Our first line of 100% Soy Wax Candles is debuting at the NYIGF today! Should you be out there: go and visit the CRASH Candles Booth 4121 at the Javits Center to see them. Featuring classic BINTH designs we also developed the scents for each of the 8 candles. All made by hand here in the US and available in cool stores across the country and of course here as of September 15th. Enjoy!  

( Here two snap shots that Becky just sent from the show...)

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 seems to be very RED. ( Check out the cards we created together, when he was a little younger. We called that line “Offspring”. Last week I found a drawing on his desk. It is titled “Offspring. Part 2. The Evolution.” Can’t wait to see what he is thinking.)

Pictured here are...

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 the playing card theme for the entire wedding weekend in Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire. And today is the big day. Congratulations !

Turn off the lights...

A new dimension is added: we are developing our very first line of candles. For weeks now I have been tinkering with an amazing array of essential oils-trying to create the perfect concoction. Then name it and marry it with the perfect BINTH design. I love this process. 8 original designs. 8 original scents. All hand poured and made from 100% soy wax. Our candles will release in September.

Thank you Adrienne for your eyes, Gigi for your marketing wisdom, Bonnie for your words...and all of you for lending me your sense of smell. And style.

Look what Jarek got me for my Birthday- a Marshmallow Man. The toasted one. Tasteful on so many levels... Yes, he knows me well. The cutest thing: he delivered this present on a tray, serving me breakfast in bed. Made by Squibbles Ink + Rotofugi this is my third "Marshall" character.Further to be noted is that he carefully picked our BINTH "Woozy" Card to go with the present...Very tasteful indeed.

Our new catalog is printed and I wanted to share my favorite photographs. ( Download the full pdf at the end of this post. ) Alll images were taking in the our studio by our amazing photographer friend Patrick Voigt. Check out his work at patrickvoigt.com

Well, allow me to bragg for just a moment today...My friend Andrea from Arizona texted me last Sunday afternoon: “OMG. Ur prints are at the Banana Republic Concept Store in Scottsdale.” Really? Next I got a message from Justine, our girl in Manhattan, reporting that our prints are at the Banana Republic in Soho. Wow! How cool! Justine was kind enough to go right back there to get us some evidence...and if the security guard hadn't gotten in her way she would have taken much better pictures. But here they are in all their glory: the Queens and Kings from our Joker Prints Edition amongst Banana Republic's finest. As seen in Soho and Scottsdale. Tada!

Wanted to share the inspiration behind my favorite of our many Valentine designs. My grandmothers hope chest! She stitched those beautiful borders by hand and pinned them to the shelves of her armoire of innocent, intimate whites... So pure it's sexy.

(The below stitching says "Was Mütterlein mir einst beschert" which translates loosely to "what mother gave me for the way...")

Opening a package of Belgium chocolate from Tammy at the Cake-Factory made me remember that lovely evening we had with her and British Photographer Martin Wonnacott. Martin is one of the most talented and sought after commercial “shooters” in the world of liquor and liquids. He moved from London to NY two years ago, and is booked so much that he has only been able to leave his studio in Manhattan twice so far:  once to get married in Vegas, and then to come for a visit to Chicago. I understand why, as it is quite beautiful what the man can do with booze besides drinking it....( Look what he created for my client Herradura Tequila.) Anyhow, the night I am talking about here, 12 of us started gathering for cocktails at BINTH studio and ended with a long and lavish dinner at one of my favorite restaurants: Sepia. Great place, rustic yet contemporary.

Cheers! (I tip my hat to you Martin and Tammy, thanks for the chocolate…)