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Wednesday, December 15, 2010

Wintery Goodness

Every single Anthropologie window display I have seen in San Francisco and Philadelphia has been amazing and beautiful.  No joke.  I look in the windows and wish I could win the lottery so I could hire their window dressers to come decorate my apartment.  Oh, yes, I dream big. Ha!

Their winter display is particularly awesome because it's full of yarn and crocheting and knitting!
I love these pine trees.  One is knit/crochet patchwork.  One is balls of yarn with little birds (adorable close up below). And the third is made of wonderfully dyed mittens arranged in layers.  If you peek to the left wall inside the store, you get a hint of the cuckoo clock theme they have in the rest of the first floor.  Amazingly awesome.

There are sweet little tweed and felt birdies tucked in all the nooks and crannies of the window display.  You can also see from this photo that some balls are wrapped in yarn and some are wrapped in knitting.

The other window is dominated by a house covered on a marvelous red and white collage of knit and crochet pieces.  The roof is all white and strewn with crocheted chain icicles.

Here's a close up of some of the house patchwork and the dangling crochet chain.

The little scene inside the house's window is a group of little birdies at their knitting ... on circular needles no less.  The white felt pine cones on the left are dangling from the pink cuckoo clock (which you can see above).

I want to live in a world where everything is covered in cuddly, soft crochet and warm, stretchy knitting ... all made by little birdies in acorn hats.  I do!
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This is beautiful! They always have interesting displays on their windows.. I love the snow they created with crochet chains!!! I think it would work on a x-mas tree too... Happy Christmas Alice!
12/15/2010 9:22 AM

Seanna Lea said ...
I love that display. It is very cute and crafterly without being overwhelming.
12/15/2010 10:18 AM

Jessica said ...
Thanks so much for sharing that Alice - so very beautiful, I wish I was living close by so I could admire it properly.
12/15/2010 1:04 PM

Barbara said ...
Thanks for those photos, I would love to see who did the display..maybe they have a blog about it!?
12/15/2010 1:45 PM

futuregirl replied ...
Barbara ... That is such a good idea! They would totally get traffic if they blogged their merchandising designs, and possibly increase interest in their merchandise. You should be a marketing exec at Athropologie. ;)
12/17/2010 6:24 PM

Amy said ...
that's really amazing! I wonder who did all that work...
12/15/2010 9:28 PM

Rikke said ...
Thanks for sharing - it is so creative and inspiring - I would also wellcome the window dresser to my home :-)
12/16/2010 7:49 AM

renee said ...
thanks too see the window displays you have taken the time too show us some of us could never be there wow the crochet and knit works of art fantastic Renee
12/16/2010 9:02 AM

Kristen said ...
I'm sad to admit I've never been to Anthropologie. I need to do that.

And is that really a birdie with an acorn hat back in there? I love it!
12/16/2010 1:55 PM

val said ...
i could so live that forest!!!!!
12/16/2010 5:10 PM

Kuky said ...
You know I have never been to a Anthropologie store. And I want to make a tree like that yarn one. Except with felt balls.
12/17/2010 3:00 PM

macati said ...
the tree I really love is the one with yarn and knitted ball... I have a passion for yarn balls... hmmm... probably in my previous life I was a cat... :)
12/18/2010 12:50 PM

I love getting to walk by their window on my way to work, I'm glad you took some pictures of it!
12/20/2010 12:41 AM
 
Suzette said ...
Awesome! Thanks for sharing.
12/20/2010 2:12 PM

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