Here are two brand-new books that I look forward to reading this weekend! I've just added them to the shop. (click on the covers to get directly to their pages.) Hey, fresh ACAD VC and illustration grads: these two books have got you covered.

Thank you to Jan at Poppytalk for interviewing me for the Design*Sponge Guest Blog! Take a photographic tour of the UPPERCASE space and find out how I get my work done with so many lovely distractions.

The wonderfully inspiring Petite Pattern Books are back in stock. 

When I see a great forthcoming book in the publisher catalogues, I usually preorder it, often months in advance. That way, I get copies for my shop often before the big guys! This is hot off the press: Apartment Therapy's new book profiling 50 interiors by real (ie not professional interior designers) people. Lots of inspiration! It's in the shop now and we're selling it the US cover price of $27.50.

One of my favourite bloggers, Victoria of SFgirlbybay, is featured. Check out her pages here. 

Lotta Jansdotter is here! Well, her new book anyway.

With beautiful photographs by Lotta's childhood friend, Jenny Hallengren (you can see many of the book's photos on her site), Lotta Prints is an guide on how to print with "anything from potatoes to linoleum". Rubber stamping, iron-on transfer, leaves, stencils, and Lotta's forte: silkscreening, are all covered. Lotta's writing is conversational and to the point. The projects are easy in process, but it is her ability to create elegant organic lines and simple shapes that truly inspires. The book includes a number of tear-away stencils so that you can reproduce her patterns and there's a handy back pocket to keep the used stencils and even perhaps your rough drawings or printed experiments.

Click here to purchase the book in the UPPERCASE shop ($19.95 - we're selling it at the US cover price). We've also restocked her sticky labels, Seedlings journal, Simple Sewing book and other goodies. All this can be found in the Lotta Jansdotter category on the site.

p.s. We're having a spring sale on the website – just enter the code "spring" on checkout to save $10 on purchases over $30. Valid until the Tuesday after Easter.

Thanks to Katie, the Petite Pattern Books in the shop now have some sample patterns for your previewing pleasure. I simply love these books. I'm posting this from home, but knowing that this lovely series of books is sitting on the UPPERCASE bookshelf waiting for me just makes me happy!

New in the shop: lovely Japanese pattern books (with full English instructions) with companion cds of all the royalty-free patterns. More photos on flickr...

 

Here's a preview of the lovely letters that I've put on display in UPPERCASE for First Thursday. (And yes, they're for sale – ranging from $0.25 to $4.00 each.) More photos on Flickr.

I can always use more time, so having an extra day in an already short month is most welcome. To celebrate leap year, orders of $25 or more placed in the online shop tonight until February 29 at midnight will receive a special gift — a pocket notebook by mmmg. (While supplies last. If I run out, I'll include something equally charming.)

If you're shopping in person on Friday — and we're always happy to see you — mention our blog and you'll have a choice of a mmmg notebook or an UPPERCASE greeting card. Leap on over!

I am happy to add the beautiful notebooks by Nantaka Joy to the store and online shop. Designer Joy Deangdeelert Cho is the author of the ever-popular blog Oh Joy.