Cute and functional kitchen towel

I'm crazy for anything with animals on it-especially when it's functional, too, like these kitchen towels by printmaker Lisa Price. The 100-percent cotton towels feature Price's original linocut block prints of deer, owls, kingfishers, chickadees, bunnies, swallows, roosters, quails and other animals, with a few prints of cupcakes and hearts thrown in for good measure. Images come in colors of forest green, brick, orange, brown, and black printed on white. They meet all the criteria for good kitchen towels: Durable, absorbent and cute. Price also makes aprons, block print stuffed animals called "stuffies" and fabric-covered books.

Towels are available at Bluebottle Art Gallery for $15. If Capitol Hill shopping isn't on your weekly hot route, Price's towels and other Artgoodies products are also available online at www.artgoodiesonline.com.