Greetings from the Golden Gate: Britex Fabric Store
By Ellen Heck on October 3, 200920Read moreI BARTed into the city a few days ago to meet with some artists who are participating in the San Francisco Open Studios with me this month, and I arrived just early enough to make a quick stop by Britex Frabrics – a four-story color-coded Mecca for San Francisco’s textilephiles. The place was packed at 5pm, and the people were
Howdy From Austin, Texas: Zilker Park
By Cathy on September 30, 2009Read moreSometimes it’s fun to take a vacation in your own hometown. Lucky for us, two weekends this summer brought our cousins to Austin, so we just put on our tennies and gimme caps and went on a road trip … across town. Our first Austin-y thing to do was walk around the Lady Bird Lake Hike and Bike Trail. The
Cathy Heck Nursery Art: Speaking of Little Trains
By Ellen Heck on September 30, 2009Read moreHere is a brand new set of nursery art that we just added to our group of ever growing nursery art canvases. This group is called Little Train and there are six canvases from which to choose, including a red polka-dotted caboose. All aboard!
Chalkin’ it up in Virginia
By Ellen Heck on September 29, 2009Read moreThe last time Julianna and I used sidewalk chalk was at least a decade ago, but as you might guess, the art form hasn’t changed all that much… I was lucky enough to be able to visit my sister Jules in Virginia this past weekend, and we had a blast. It was a good old-fashioned vacation for me: the beach,
Room to Grow
By Ellen Heck on September 28, 2009Read moreHow very fun to be featured again in the online children’s design magazine Tot Trends! As you can see, Cathy Heck Nursery Art is front and center in the article about cool new products for a modern nursery’s decor. And we’re making “room to grow” here at the studio as we speak: There are new collections in the works, and