Interiors

I love these images - I expect the owner of this place was planning on doing some redecorating - maybe a bit of new wallpaper - when the location scout came round and said, 'Don't do a thing - it's perfect!' This place is now available for your fashion shoots your independent movies, your rave - or whatever you feel like - from here.

Found

I really like the esthetic of this store Tuttemerull - lots of wood and zinc and linen. Very natural and northern hemisphere-esque.

Inspiration

Beautiful photography from Mikkel Vang. I love this photographer's work - when you have a chance check out his site - especially the food images!

Found

Oh my gosh these are so pretty. I thought I would fill the blog with prettiness for the easter weekend - I don't mind a few spring showers especially if they look like these. Simply gorgeous - from Jojooland

Inspiration

Looking for a little project this weekend - how about you teach your self how to make these sweet little silk flowers courtesy of Karrie and Elizabeth at Posh Paperie via Style Me Pretty. I can think of so many applications for these little beauties. Be inspired - create something beautiful - and then show me!

Inspiration

Look at all these wonderful, colourful new things at Graham and Green. The love bird cushions are great and do you like the turquoise shelf - definitely brighten up a dull spot in the porch or the pantry.

Found

Love these wire drawings by Gilhooly. They remind me of those drawings you do when you don't look at the paper just the subject and you don't lift your pencil off the paper - what do you call those again? Blind contour - thank you Doug.

Inspiration

I was just thinking how much these beautiful dishes reminded me of letterpress - can you see that - that impression pressed into the porcelain and filled with colour? I'm really drawn to these. I would want to display a group on the wall . They really are quite fabulous - I want to touch one. don't you? The talented artist is Raquel Masri.

Found

This Irish gal has absolutely perfected the art of felted corsages - hasn't she? It's hard to believe these beautiful, light, ethereal-looking creations are made of wool. And I love the peachy pinks. I have not worn a flower in my hair for a long time but any day now I might be spotted with that 2-tone pink number sitting jauntily to one side . . . . if I'm brave . . . maybe . . . .

Very pretty things from Crafts 2 Cherish.

Inspiration

Here are couple of interesting pieces from Anthropologie that I haven't seen before. Pretty cheery. I like the details. Hmmm, raffia - that's another flash back to my crafty youth in the 70's.

Inspiration

To be inspired is to be motivated - and if these pretty little treasures from Nantucket Mermaid don't motivate you to get up and do something creative then nothing will. The honesty and energy in these super cute rocks and eggs is fabulous - great job!

Found

I think that a pair of these earrings would make me feel like spring - how 'bout you? I love enamel. Being a girl of the '70s it's actually one of the good arty things that came out of that era. In fact we learned to enamel in art class when I was in grade 6 - we made ash trays - isn't that funny?

Lovely jewelry from Teka and Zoe

Good morning!

Can you believe it's almost April? Did you have a nice weekend? I took Saturday off and worked yesterday. It's been so busy here at the studio. I have one more week of design work to do - I'm designing all new notebooks - new styles and formats. Our latest card collection goes to print this week and I can't wait to show you. We also have a couple of completely new products hitting production next week as well. It's all very exciting and I'm very thankful to have Doug helping me with production these days. I'm working on my very first licensing project which I can share with you very soon. Orders keep flooding in. And, thanks to all our fabulous reps and distributors, we have some great new stores including Indigo in Canada, Scribblers in the UK and Urban Outfitters Europe. I'm not one to rest on my laurels but occasionally I stand back and I can't believe how far we have come in the last 3 years - I am thankful every time we sell even one card - thank you, thank you.

Image from here.

Found

This little treasure combines at least 2 of my passions - vintage lithographed tins and vintage indo/asian graphics - oh and worn out, old surfaces too!

Seen here - sold on Ebay to some lucky buyer!

Inspiration.

This time every year I get quite obsessed with finding a fun new bag for spring. I just love the colours and the needlework in these bags. They are based on tribal pieces from the Hmong people - I'd have to research that - Hopefully its a fair trade practice that benefits these talented people. Maybe I'll just admire them and let the colours and textures inspire me. From here.