Inspiration from 1st Dibs.

A Donegal carpet, 1870. From here.

Turkestanian rug from here - just gorgeous.

Mid century modern rug from Scandinavia from here. (Which kind of reminds me of the tiles below.)

vintage pins

Luv these! So fab. Vintage french cross stitch patterns turned into lovely little pins by the ever so talented Suzanna at Sushi Pot.

Instagram

I'm having great fun with Instagram. Have you joined yet? You can follow me at user name Fionacartolina. Love seeing everyone's pictures and meeting lots of creative people. Hope to see you there soon. Instagram is a photo based, social media, iPhone app that you can download to your phone from the app store.

New at 5 Gardenias

How fun is this? A vintage owl tape measure. I've never seen anything like this. How fun. From 5 Gardenias.

Pinterest - new board

I recently put some of my favourite store front pictures on a Pinterest board that you might like - right here.

The Cartolina iPhone app - almost a year old!

The Cartolina iPhone app is almost a year old - I can hardly believe it! I think we'll have a little celebration - maybe a fun giveaway!.

The Cartolina iPhone app is available right here.

Doing your own thing.

I was talking to Doug last night about how seldom I see really unique and original art these days. There's so much similar stuff out there - which I don't understand (what's the point of making art that looks like someone else's art?) Then we got talking about Dolan Geiman and how unique his work is. Recently he's been recognized for his talent by some big names like Fossil and he deserves it. I love seeing his newest work and the long panel below just blew me away yesterday when I saw it. He's a super talent - someone who just does his own thing and doesn't worry about everyone else - and that's what it's all about - do your own thing!