Sorry folks - no post on Wednesday morning - I have to zip out of town for the night and I'll be back here bright and early on Thursday morning - see you then!

French Style

There are some lovely French blogs out there in the blogosphere. One of my favourites is Ciel d'Orage. The photography and styling is wonderful - very ethereal and inspiring. 

Paper Stories - Grand Opening!

If you are in the Grayslake Illinois area on Saturday please take in the Grand Opening of Paper Stories Boutique and Workspace. I wish I could be there. Good luck Kelly and thank you for including Cartolina in your opening collection! 

Click here for more info

P.S. You must check out Kelly's Site she has one of the cutest page layouts I've ever seen!

A good eye

At some point over the weekend I ran across this Tumblr collection. The images are from many different sources and the collector of these images has a very good eye! I think you will agree!

Random Objects

I feel like there is *something* intriguing about these little wire objects. I am quite fascinated by them - probably because I am a hardcore crafter at heart and I always want to know how things are made. Anyway - I like each object for it's sculptural quality and its potential usefulness(and it helps that the photos are pretty too!) You can get your potentially useful wire things right here. 

My Neck of the woods

Here's something different, just for today. I haven't done this for a while - an entirely local post (local, as in Nelson BC). I actually remembered to carry the camera around with us on Saturday  -  so here's how I spent my Saturday morning. 

First we went for a walk at Cottonwood lake(above) and then we headed in to Nelson(below)

On our way into Nelson we ran into my old friend George(below) who owns the antique/junk store in Nelson and he was on his way to a yard sale - so I followed him (always a good junking technique  - follow the expert!)

I got some very cool stuff at the yard sale including these books, biscuit tin, clock, egg holder thingy etc. My favourite thing is the old steel tape measure - it has wonderful vintage numbers on it.

Next we went to Cottonwood Market which is held every Saturday morning - lots of fresh produce and hand made items. I had a great time looking through this guy's carpets from Iran(below) Totally fell I love with the pinks, reds and tourquoise in that beautiful 10ft runner(2nd image) Too bad I don't have the perfect spot for it.

After the market we went to check out the new antique store - and ran into my friend Linda. We were both drooling over the gorgeous upholstery on this 1930s sofa(below) I also loved the collection of wonderful asian antique furniture and art pieces. This will be a wonderful addition to the shopping scene in Nelson.

After the antique store we went to Oso Negro for a coffee(below) - the patio is open now and it's a great spot to sit outside - Oso is a Nelson institution!

From Oso we headed down Herridge Lane to visit Tracy Fillion at Very Hush Hush(the silver Airstream trailer full of cool and stylish treasures)

I spotted a few new things that I loved including these ear rings from Lauren Elgee(below) and card pockets from Flightpath Designs in Vancouver.

I was really interested in these badges (below). They are like giant Boy Scout or Girl Guide badges for grown ups.  

Made in Canada by Lee Meszaros check them out.

Well that's it - that sums up my Saturday morning in Nelson - a little bit of local content. I hope you liked it -  it's good to have something different now and then.

Have a great weekend!

Happy Friday - and enjoy your weekend everyone! Don't forget we are now Twittering right here and, if you are interested in our new Cartolina wholesale shopping site(brand new this week), email me and I will set you up with a link and a password. And finally, welcome to our newest Cartolina retailers this week - Unity Books, Auckland NZ, Fat Finch, Los Ranchos NM, Vroman's Bookstore LA, RR#1 Chicago, 2 Old Hippies Aspen, U of Vic. Bookstore BC and The Pink Crow in Ojai CA. Happy to add you all to our list of retailers. See you Monday!

Image by Hotze Eisma

Window Shopping

I was reading one of my favourite blogs last night - Curious Sofa Diaries and I came across a post about a book - "The Recycled Home". The images are fabulous - exactly the kind of style I love - using props that I love to collect. I thought you might like to see some images from the book.

As I read about the book I was curious to find out more about the author. Turns out this book is produced by a store in England called Baileys Home and Garden which is located in the various restored buildings of Whitecross Farm. Here are some images of the store - you must check out the site - it is beautiful and fascinating - you will want to go there immediately!

Random Objects

For all of us typoholics - did you know you can get these great marquee lights at Urban Outfitters? Me neither - very cool!