Treasures

This Etsy seller has a great eye. A wonderful selection vintage treasures. These birds are very cool - and I bet they don't last very long! You can pick out your favourites right here at Great Findz!

Interiors

I ran across these cool interior shots at Mustard and Sage. This is so me - I love this style, as you probably know by now! A bit of vintage, a bit of industrial - dark colours - yes please!

Random Objects

Great selection of odd vintage items from Ruby Beets to accessorize your vintage/industrial space. I have no idea what these black numbered tacks would have been used for you do you? I like to take items like these and group them in containers for display.

I collect these little spikey flower things(what do you call these again?) - they are so useful for propping up cards and postcards etc.

What kind of box is this? A camera box maybe - any ideas?

Inspiration

I found these super cool images on a site called TeenAngster but I have feeling they are originally from from The Constant Gatherer. So intriguing! Please check out these sites - you will love the imagery!

Inspiration

This is such a simple idea - I love this - postcards out of vintage paperback books(you know, the ones that have their covers hanging off!) This fun project is part of a collection of great ideas by Jason Thompson of Rag & Bone. It can be found in his new book,Playing With Books: The Art of Upcycling, Deconstructing, and Reimagining the Book, coming this spring. we need to watch out for this one - looks like lots of great ideas. You can see the full directions to make your own postcards right here.

Random Image.

This wonderful image came from here - but the link doesn't seem to be working. It's wonderful - so I hope whoever owns this picture doesn't mind if we admire it. Update - apparently this image is from Sandra Juto Thanks Nathalie!

Inspiration

These little beauties are known as the Gould Hummingbirds from 'A monograph of the Trochilidae' by John Gould, published between 1861 and 1887. They are some of my favourite bird illustrations - hope you like them too.

We Have Winners!

Firstly, thank you all for entering the Great Canadian Mitten Giveaway - almost 350 of you! I have had so much fun reading the comments and getting to know you all through your Tweets and blogs. To make it fair I printed out all the comments, sliced them up and picked the winners out of the giant salad bowl.

Here is the list of winners:

Deanna Gabriel

Pamela Angus

David Ramirez

Anali - www.analisfirstamendment.blogspot.com

Molly - Artful Sentiments

Krissy - Paper Schmaper

Jenna - www.spirographs.blogspot.com

Allison - www.allisonjw.blogspot.com

Robin(Robin Beth)- Luxe Earth

Sasha - mango-family.blogspot.com

J.Me - Jamie Billington

It was fun to sponsor this giveaway because, did you know, that the proceeds from the sales of the red mittens goes directly to the Canadian olympic athletes. What a great way for us to support our team! So if you see your name in the list of winners email me and send me your mailing address. Thank you and CONGRATULATIONS!

Inspiration

These gorgeous images are from The Paper Is Lovely collection on Tumblr. I know that all you paper peeps will love these. I start to hyperventilate when I see such loveliness. Imagine being surrounded by all these pretty things while you work - yes please!

Illustration

One of the nicest things that came out of the mitten giveaway - apart from warm hands across the country - was meeting some great new people. Including surface designer/illustrator Jenean Morrison. I really enjoyed looking through her online portfolio and her blog. This pretty design that she did for Sigg really caught my eye and I thought that you would love it. I'm going to watch out for this one in the store soon. Thanks Jenean!

Inspiration

Have you seen this? From Country Living - a fantastic example of how to turn a very basic bedroom closet into a home office. I'd love to do this. I have a nice office but the idea of it all fitting into the alcove in the wall is so appealing - everything at arm's reach. And this one looks so cute and cheery, can you see the little chandelier? Have any of you guys tried this?

The Great Canadian Mitten Giveaway!

{Note: all new posts this week will be directly below this one.}

Come one, come all to The Great Canadian Mitten Giveaway. After the Olympic Opening Ceremonies on Friday night I got so many emails from US readers wanting to know how they could get some of the coveted red, Canadian Olympic Mittens that are the fashion hit of the games so far. Lucky for you we have the goods - Yes it's true, thanks to my well-connected friend Linda we have managed to get our hands on some of the official wooly wonderfulness that everyone is coveting - and they could be yours! Details below.

It's open to everyone, not just Canadians! All you have to do is comment below. Tell me one thing you know about Canada. If you'd like to enter more than once then you will have to know 2 things about Canada! No seriously, to enter more than once you just have to Tweet this, reblog it or if you don't already follow Cafe Cartolina just sign up on the right and you can enter again. Good luck! Email me if you have any questions! {Don't forget to make sure there is a way for me to contact you on the comment.} Winners here on Monday morning - the 22nd!

Update: the comment page has split itself into 2(because it can only handle 200 at a time) so if you leave a comment, and wish to see it, click on the tiny blue link in the corner of the window that says 'newest' - thanks!

Canadiana

I am quite intrigued by both of these items from Etsy seller Hindsvik. The first one is a vintage Canadian film reel case - I think it's quite wonderful. Next up, we have some authentic vintage cabin-chic in the form of a stoneware lamp with a rustic Canadian scene on the translucent lampshade - I'd say that's a real score - and it's up for grabs at $54.

Treasures

When I saw these images I just knew you would love them. These amazing treasures are from a store called Trove in Laguna Beach CA. I discovered the store and these fabulous images through Trouvais.com which is a site you are sure to love. Love this french bird cage and the aqua coloured furniture.