How is this for a first day in Germany? We started our afternoon in a church and ended it in a castle. We are in Heusenstamm, a small town in the outskirts of Frankfurt. Home to my sister Julia and her soon be be husband Wolfgang. Today it was all about their upcoming wedding day. […]
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…and off to the Motherland we go…
Jarek and I are on our way to Germany…visiting our family & friends. My sister in Frankfurt, my mother and my brother in my hometown Altena, then friends in Hamburg and Berlin. Soooo exciting. Stay tuned for updates. Tschüss!
“…and we will always be who we are because of who we want to become.” — Kevin Willard
stillife of tweenlife
There is no denying that my son Jarek, my collaborator, my “baby” is growing up. Here my “Sunday Morning” stillife -objects from around his desk, his room, our kitchen, the studio…these are the things he carries with him; the things he creates every day on his journey of becoming who he will be. Today, he […]
“Data is not information. Information is not knowledge. Knowledge is not wisdom. Wisdom is not truth. Truth is not beauty. Beauty is not love. Love is the only thing that matters.” — Scott Johnson (with apologies to Frank Zappa and T.S. Eliot)
Tiny Fingers Tiny Toes
I got a beautiful email from a customer today: I am so glad I had the presence of mind to bring the baby book with us to the hospital. It was the only thing I cared about making sure I had with me. My son is named Raleigh Wyatt and his birth date was February […]
The Queen & King of England. For a day.
When Laura Robinson called from London and asked if we could be hired to design her wedding invitation we said yes. Yes we do. Laura and her groom Adrian had fallen in love with BINTH over our Joker Print collection and the matching playing cards. So much in love that they decided to go with […]
Dear Swallow
No, this is NOT another picture of my grandmother…this is artist Ria Charisse’s card. And her “Thorny Twig” cast, a present from my friend Bonnie. For years I have been eyeing Ria’s work, I have a piece of her jewelry-but it is the casts that I love most. “The fascination with natural forms continues. After […]
Lobster Octopus Nutcracker
Look! Our framed Alphabet letters are featured in the latest Land Of Nod Catalog. I love that the stylist spelled out one of my favorite boy names-and then put these on a BINTH Green wall…FUN! ( Thanks Jamie, Lia and Nancy from LOD for letting us use the picture here.)
BINTH HAUS
You might have noticed our new address-yes, it is true-we moved the BINTH Studio. Moved it to Oak Park. Out and away from the city- I guess we technically will now be called “Chicagoland Designers.” Oh well. With a birch tree in the front and a big old Chestnut tree in the back – we […]