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Friday, July 22, 2011
Really like this indian design textile at West Elm. It looks stunning on that beautiful sofa too - doesn't it? I wonder if there's a site or software where you can upload a pic of some fabric and upload a pic of your sofa so that you can see how your reupholstered piece would look - probably there is - I'm sure I'm not the first person to think of it ;-)
Thursday, July 21, 2011
Sew Sweet Stitches!
This is the sweetest handmade iPhone case I've seen. From Sew Sweet Stitches on Etsy. And she also creates gorgeous felt pins, hair clips and cuffs(below).
My Bearded Pigeon
Putting maps on pillows is not exactly a new idea but these are done REALLY well - they are graphically splendid, don't you think? The producer, My Bearded Pigeon, has chosen such a wildly colourful selection of maps - grouped together they really are impressive. Another vendor at Poppytalk Handmade Market this month.
Helen Rawlinson
Really fun and fabulous printed textiles from UK artist Helen Rawlinson - love these! Just one of the amazing vendors at Poppytalk Handmade Market this month.
Inspiration - ribbon
A staggering selection of ribbon from IFN Textiles. A mesmerizing collection - hard to chose my faves. See for yourself :-)
Tuesday, July 19, 2011
All the time in the world!
If I had all the time in the world I might attempt to do some embroidery with sprinkles. Or, I might bake 9 fancy cupcakes and ice them all differently. One things for sure, I would definitely bake them in these gorgeous cupcake wrappers . .
Vintage thread cards.
More vintage thread cards - this time from Swan and Shears. I'm really intrigued by these - they seem to be all the rage at flea markets and vintage shops these days. In fact vintage notions in general are hot hot hot.
Monday, July 18, 2011
Mini envelope notebooks.
I think these are cool and clever! Little notebooks made from reclaimed paper and brown envelope covers. Wonderful unique idea! From Miniature Rhino!
Friday, July 15, 2011
Cross stitch iPhone case
This is such a great idea. A diy cross stitch iPhone case. It comes with thread and patterns - but of course you could come up with your own creations - like an alphabet sampler for instance. So if you go ahead and buy this I insist that you send me a picture of your creation and I'll post it here! 18 bucks from Connect Design. Via Unplugged.
DIY mirror
Now, I am very picky about diy projects and usually stay away from hokeyness but this mirror looks pretty good from this angle don't you think? Maybe if I look at it for too long I'll change my mind but, truthfully, you thought it was pretty cute when you first looked at it right?
Miniature carnival
Did you see this on Design Sponge this week? It's a miniature fairground/carnival sculpture from the 1960's by C. Jere. There are some better images here at 1st Dibs. It's really exquisite - and you know I like miniatures!
Wednesday, July 13, 2011
A Collection a Day - blog tour.
Today I am happy to be part of A Collection A Day's summer blog tour. You may remember last week that I posted about the release of Lisa Congdon's book A Collection a Day published by Uppercase. Janine asked me to be part of the blog tour and to do a post on collecting. So here we go . . . .
It doesn't take long to find a collection in this house - pretty much everywhere you look there are multiples of small items - which I would say constitutes a 'collection'! So I took some pictures of just a few of my favourite things. Enjoy . . .
My collection of old biscuit tins is way out of control - I should probably sell some. But I love them especially the Peek Frean tins. And they're so useful - where else could I put my collections of sea shells, beach glass or small flat grey rocks? Pretty much every tin hides a collection of something. One of my faves - the small square marzipan tin has a nice selection of Romanian stamps (you never know when you might need those!) The Magic Baking Powder tin holds the collection of broken china that we found when we dug out the basement of the house on Stanley St (not to be confused with the selection of green marbles that we found under the back porch of the house on Mill St.)
Another of my favourite collections which is kept in a biscuit tin is this collection of vintage miniatures. Everything from Monopoly pieces to tiny people meant for model train sets - have you ever been to a model train store and seen all the cool tiny things they have for those miniature trains - fantastic! I love hobby shops!
This is one of my faves - Mr motorbike rider - he's a bit beat up, but he's cool!
Don't forget to tune into other Blogs on the A Collection a Day Blog Tour including:
July 20th (DesignWorkLife), July 27 (Poppytalk), Aug 3 (sfgirlbybay).
Also, you can buy your copy of A Collection a Day right here.
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