Found

Good Monday morning - we are starting off the week with some super frilly girly stuff! I think you will like these - beautifully embroidered samplers from Sally White. They look vintage but they're not! I think they would be fun with some more cheeky little phrases on them too - don't you? Thanks Sally!

Interiors

Interesting interior shots from fabulous photographer Roland Bello. These look like catalog shots - they're quite lovely and eclectic. {When I was a kid in Scotland I remember entering a raffle and winning a glass poodle, just like the ones on this shelf, filled with bright pink bath salts - and, what d'ya know, apparently they're now considered a valuable decorative accessory!)

Curiosities

You must check out this site some time - Adeodata. they have all sorts of  vintage and industrial salvage - mostly french and all very cool. So many things you never knew you needed until today . . . . 

Inspiration

This is wallpaper- no kidding! Designed by Brian Yates. It looks like individual vintage postcards and other ephemera taped to the wall and it's done so well that the repeat of the pattern is really hard to determine - really random looking. Very sweet and really inspiring for those of us who love vintage imagery. The other wallpapers are also by Yates and you can see even more of his work on his website right here.

Chandeliers 

Beautiful photography from Hotze Eisma. This is the home of 2 artists in the Netherlands - looks like the prefect place to be creative! Love the chandeliers in every room(they only work for me if they are juxtaposed with an unstuffy interior - how about you?)

Staged

A couple of home office shots that I couldn't resist from City Sage - both of which look extremely 'staged' but absolutely delightful - wouldn't you agree?

Looking for something more realistic and candid - check out this link.

Shopping

Checkout all these pretty things at Plumo(which I discovered yesterday at Home Shopping Spy.) Everything has such great patina and muted colours. They also have great clothes and jewelry - a bit like Anthropologie really.

Mingle

Woops almost forgot - Mingle tonight at Louies 5pm - 7pm. A very fun evening of networking with other local entrepreneurs - see you there!

Butik Sophie

One of our giveaway winners this week was Nina from Temps Perdu. Nina lives in Finland and at the top of her very pretty blog there is a link to a shop called Butik Sophie. I am in awe of this store. I have grabbed a few shots from their site for you to see but next week I will spend hours trolling through all the amazing vintage treasures to bring you my, and what I think will be your, favourites. It's quite something - so in the mean time check these out . . . .

I really love how stark and utilitarian all these pieces are. I would definitely have to soften the feel up with pillows and rugs but I love all the wood and iron.

Thanks

Just wanted to say thanks to the folks over at Home Shopping Spy who named Cafe Cartolina as their Blog of the Week this week. Thank you we are honored! Please take a trip over to Home Shopping Spy - lots of fresh and unique things that you may not have seen before on this side of the pond. Here are a couple of gorgeous pictures from their site.

Found

Just for fun - here are a couple of odd things that caught my eye and made me smile over at Other People's Flowers. Never a dull moment here at the cafe  ;-)