Ecraftic!

These are clever and unusual (and beautiful of course!) from Spanish seller Ecraftic

Restoration reproduction

After I posted that job listing yesterday and that great pic of the reproduction postal desk I became quite obsessed with Restoration Hardware's office furniture. I know it's a bit masculine but I really love the industrial style of these pieces. They are extraordinarily expensive but, gosh, I really like them. I love the patina and the huge scale of the pieces. This first piece, the desk, is zinc - so cool! RH really does a good job of reproductions. These pieces may not be to your taste but perhaps you can be inspired in some way :-)

Dog. Blanket.

What a show stopper this vintage Pendleton pillow is - and what a great idea to piece one of these iconic blankets together, creating a whole new design - kind of Nordic! Love it. Great job Little Byrd Vintage.

Also from Little Byrd this fantastic scotty bookend. It's amazing how many dogs end up on this blog and you know I've never even had a dog!

Perfect world

I hadn't seen this until yesterday. What a great idea - you could truly make the world the place you'd like it to be(and apparently this budding artist fancies a world filled with unicorns and sailing ships!)

The chalkboard globe from The Well Appointed House. First image from Spirit Southwest Airlines Magazine

Graphic Designer Needed!

I have a wonderful, talented friend in NYC who is looking for a graphic designer to work with on an ongoing basis. I have offered to help her find the perfect person! This is a great opportunity for a well rounded designer with all the current software skills, a friendly personality and extremely good taste. If you think you fit the bill or would just like a little more information why don't you shoot me an email!

This fab office ensemble is from Restoration Hardware.

Do you know Jack?

I think all of these pillows are very nicely designed and produced - by Secdus. The first one is just lovely, especially if you happen to have a Jack Russell (any of you?) That's a very calm looking pup - much more calm than any of the feisty Jacks around here!

Honeycomb paper

I love honeycomb paper don't you? It's such a retro thing! Hey Yo Yo has lots of it and these are my faves . . .

Vintage illustration

I couldn't resist this great little illustration of Puss in Boots. What a fab little outfit he's wearing! From here.

Hello everyone - I am going to take a couple of days off blogging. I've been feeling a little under the weather for the last few days but will be back on my feet again by mid week. I'll be tweeting of course :-)

Image from design*sponge

The New Cartolina iPhone app.

Yay - we have a brand new Cartolina app ready for you to download today. Due to some complicated details we had to get our new developer to rebuild the app from scratch over the last few weeks and so today we are happy to launch the shiny *new* Cartolina iPhone app! The new app is slightly different in function and flow and I think you are going to love it.

Along with

the 18 current Cartogram designs there is now an option to buy the new Post & Salvage Collection - 9 fab new designs for 99 cents. The new designs are pictured below and are all based on layered vintage ephemera. Some of the pieces are almost 150 years old - isn't it fun that we can reuse vintage paper in such a hi-tech format?

So if you already have the Cartolina app you can just update your app to the new version - you'll find the option to purchase the Post & Salvage Collection at the foot of the thumbnails page - it's an easy, in-app purchase. And, if you are seeing the Cartolina app for the first time - you can read more about it and find a link to the app store here.

Here's what the new Cartograms look like. . . . .

Thanks for all your support over the last few months - the Cartolina app has been such a success and we are really thrilled that you love it :-)

Inspiration - wax cloth pillows

How can you not be inspired by the gorgeous patterns on these wax cloth pillows from Henry Road. These fabrics originate in Africa but this first pillow looks almost like it could be bark cloth from the 50s doesn't it? These patterns are hot hot hot at the moment - adding yet one more decorative layer to your modern, boho look. Lots to choose from and a great price - Henry Road.

(We are a little short on blog posts this week because we are working like little beavers to get the new Cartolina app ready for the end of this week - so, stand by - new Cartograms coming Friday if all goes as scheduled!)

Hats off!

Super cool vintage hat box from Bellalulu. What a beautiful piece and it can be yours for $56. Wish I'd seen one of these at the auction!