Inspiration

Woops another old tin tea caddy found its way onto my blog - wonder how that happened. You can get it here - but someone might have beat you to it - me.

Random Objects

What do you think of these? Vintage paint by numbers. I quite like some of them especially these ones. The Japanese scenes are quite stylishly kitch. There are quite a few here and here.

Tord Bontje

Interesting images from Tord Boontje's studio in France - you know his work . Love to see in other artist's studios. Photos by Hans Zeegers.

Design
I'd like you to see this. I was so impressed when I saw this gorgeous fabric over at The Cottage Industrialist. Cameron designed this pattern and she won the chance to have it printed on fabric in a competition at True Up. I love this pattern Cameron - great job! 

Random Objects

Happy Monday everyone - we are all about patterns and packaging this morning. Check out these cool skins from Urban Outfitters for your iPhone - very cool. Hey, I'd like to design one of these  - so if anyone's listening from UO give me a call, I've got lots of pretty pictures  ;-)

Design

More wonderful packaging this time from Tokyo Milk - via my Country Living magazine!

Design

Very pretty packaging from Lollia - what a dream job this would be for any graphic designer to design fabulous packaging like this. 

Inspiration

If you'd asked me 5 years ago what I thought of plastic jewelry you would have got a different answer than today. I think these are wild. Above all I think they are strangely inspiring and, as I am in the throngs of a design session at the moment, and hungry for inspiration, I gobbled them up as soon as I saw them - yum!

From Out of the Blue, 

Have a wonderful weekend - enjoy the all the weekend festivities(and if you're on the east coast I'll cross my fingers for sun!) See you all next week - ciao!

Image from Grey Likes Weddings

Trinkets

Why am I so drawn to these charms? I think it's because they remind me of all the tiny things you hope you will find in the bottom of boxes at the flea market and the antique stores. I'm always the one down on my hands and knees raking through boxes of old ephemera and when I get to the bottom of the box, or the back of the drawer, I always wish I'd find some forgotten trinket . . . just like these . . .

Random Objects

Looking for a fun way to personalize your art, a little bit of DYI or just a curiosity to sit on your mantelpiece? This gal has a whole bunch of these cool wooden letterpress letters. They are only $5.50 each and you'd better hurry before they are all gone.

Art

I feel like I am seeing way too many Keep Calm posters these days. How about some new art for your walls? I love framed posters and there are some great ones available at Poster Cabaret. take a look at their collection I'm sure you'll see something that you like in the way of contemporary art.

Inspiration

Need some end of the week inspiration? Here are 3 images that catch my eye every time I see them in my little stash of eye candy that I keep close at hand. First image is from Purl Bee. Second is from a birdy project and third is a lovely shot of Maryams stenciled floors. 

Playing hooky!

So it's a rather short post today. Here's what happened - it was a big holiday here yesterday - Canada Day - first official day of summer holidays! I was going to work all day but, contrary to my workaholic nature, I quit at lunch time and went to the beach. It was such a beautiful day! We got home late and there just wasn't time for my usual evening flurry of blogging activity - woops! {don't worry I'll make up for it tomorrow!}

Eye Candy

A beautiful interior photographed by the brilliant Alexander Van Berge. This is the Dutch home of Maria de Haan who obviously loves to collect all the wonderful curiosities that we love here at Cafe Cartolina. You have to look very closely at all the pictures to recognize all the cool details.  Enjoy!