Holiday Gift Ideas

If you're still stumped for holiday gifts for your foodie friends, please check out my RedBubble shop: https://www.redbubble.com/people/theminx1 The image above shows food-related patterns, all designed by me. They're not only available on dresses and leggings, t-shirts and miniskirts, but also scarves and household items like pillows, duvet covers, mugs, clocks, and more.

There are also several floral designs available in my shop--roses, daisies, waterlilies, mums, and more--if your giftee isn't into food so much.

Today is December 4th. If you order in the next couple of days, you'll definitely get things in time for Christmas. If you order today, you can get something for Hanukkah, but don't wait too long as that holiday is pretty early (12/12) this year.

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Textile Designs by Minx

I always have to be doing something creative, be it making jewelry or knitting or graphic design. I've recently taken up textile design. Fun repeating patterns of flowers or food items so far, but I'm always dreaming up new ones.

The one exception so far is this rather trippy yellow and green pattern that is made from the fire of an opal. Honestly.

Can you see it? I took the opal and mirrored it a couple of ways to make the pattern. I love it.

I'm using RedBubble.com to get my designs on garments and such. The Magic of Silica is available on scarves, dresses, tote bags, pillows, and more. Check them out here.

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Let's Ping Wu!

I met up with Project Runway season 7 designer Ping Wu at the American Craft Council show in Baltimore a couple weeks ago. Her booth was full of her innovative knitwear designs, all hand-crafted. Here she's modeling her "kiss" hat and a vest of her own design.

Among her cleverest designs are a "washable cashmere" and vegan leather scarflet, the butterfly scarf, that serves both as a neckwarmer and a substitute for a necklace. Also available in silk, the simple design is edgy and chic. While I visited, I noticed that people couldn't help but be drawn to her booth, where she was very happy to let people try on her products.

I fell in love with the gorgeous "2D" baby alpaca poncho (seen on the wall at the left side of the photo), which was super warm and cozy. And her chain scarf (seen behind her), is a statement piece that bridges the gap between scarf and jewelry.

Always fun to see Ping and chat with her a little. Also makes me want to get on the stick and produce enough to exhibit at the ACC show myself.

Ping Wu Design Studio

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