An exercise in design appreciation Well it's Friday all ready. This is such a busy time for us at Cartolina - lots of big Xmas orders go...

Random Objects | Hardware Had a nice revisit to  Cleveland Art yesterday - just wanted to share these wonderful vintage steel side tables w...

Window Shopping | House Doctor A lot of my UK friends swear by the mail order products from House Doctor so I thought you might like to see ...

Inspiration | granny chic Great floral designs combined with some crochet and some woolly dingle balls makes for one superbly chic granny ba...

Random Object | Blue Pot I found this pot on World Of Good which is Ebay's new site which promotes fair global trade and positive impa...

Illustration | Jen Rowland These drum style lampshades from Jen Rowland have wonderful, oversized, sketchy illustrations on them. The scale...

Illustration | Sarah Young I remember one of my very first sewing projects when I was a kid in the UK in the 70's was sewing up a cat pi...

Window Shopping | Raw Space We get Cartolina wholesale requests from the loveliest shops. Raw Space is an Australian retailer with 3 shops...

Wants and Needs | the pink pouf I rather fancy this too - love the nail head detail.

Wants and Needs | the pink dresser I may need  this dresser . I merely wanted those shoes.

Random Objects in Yellow Hello, I'm out of town for a couple of days but I thought I might be able to keep your attention level high wit...

Random Object | Paper lantern II Another gorgeous paper lantern from Pearl River.

Have a great weekend! Have a great weekend. Jump in the car and go for a drive, its a fab time of the year to go on a road trip. Thanks for ...

Inspiration | Pretty things to inspire a Friday morning. Some very pretty things from Tracy Porter (pillow) and amazing wall paper from From...

Inspiration | Turquoise I LOVE turquoise paired with red like this pillow . But I also like it on glazed ceramics and old peeling painted s...

Random Objects | Buttons and buckles Great piece of political calligraphy from Etsy seller Gallardo Works via the Rifferaff blog Make It ....

Random Objects | Mercury glass accessories Both of these items, a mercury glass mirror and the mercury glass place mats are from Ochre via ...

Inspiration | Monochromatic tones Enough with the wild colours for just one day. There's nothing like the drama that you can create when...

Inspiration | Ephemera This stamp is from about 1951, French. I think it might be earlier, should probably check. Do you like it? I do, I lo...

Inspiration | Paper Beautiful block printed wrapping paper at World Market . I always buy wrap at World Market they have great designs and w...