Pastels from Etsy

These soft blue pastels fit my winter-mood quite well.



circle paper collage from Made by Anna, pin badge set from Watersounds, tiny leaf studs from Lila Ruby King, winterly paper collage from Made by Anna

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Mia Rosa: Cakestands

I hope you all had a good start into the new year? I'm still very busy with some school work. But in between I try to relax and find some inspiration in my daily life. I've enjoyed some wonderful winter-weather we have had here. It has been very cold and snowy. We also had visitors, lovely relatives from Finland. :)




Friendship and also simply the winterweather can be so inspiring.
And what is better on a cold winter day than meeting a friend, talking and having some tea and cookies? If only the day had more hours, so that I could do that more often...
Today I'm looking at these beautiful cakestands instead and thinking of chocolate treats to fill them with. They are handmade out of second-hand plates by Swedish blogger Mia, available in her online shop Mia Rosa.
(Images: Mia Rosa)

Calendar: Lena Corwin + Caitlin Mociun

I hope you are well and have a good time preparing for christmas. I'm buying and making the last presents, still decorating a little and looking forward to meet all my family on christmas.
This calendar by Lena Corwin and Caitlin Mociun would have been a great addition to my little calendar round-up. It's a sreen printed poster inspired by imagery of the four elements: fire, earth, air and water. Available in Lena Corwin's webshop. I really like the colors and the shapes in it.



(images: Lena Corwin)

Calendars

Here are some of my favorites.

I like everything from Domestic Candy, also this calendar on a wooden board.

Pretty illustrated calendar by Flora Douville.

The little calendar from Dear Oly.

A beautiful linen calendar from Linea Carta.

Colorful version by Susy Jack.

Calendar with cute cut-outs from A Little Hut.

And last but not least the one that will hang on my wall next year, it was a birthday present from my boyfriend. Yay!

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Julia Rothman: wallpaper and prints

I'm a huge fan of Julia Rothman's work, I'm sure the most of you might know her patterns and illustrations.

Recently I found this new to me wallpaper that Julia designed for WallCollection, it's really darling and I thought I'd share it with you.

And these are two letterpress prints by Julia, available at Little Paper Planes for $25 for each, or $40 for both.

Make sure to have a look at Julia's portfolio if it's new to you.

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Calendar and cards by Amy Soczka

How cute are these products by Amy Soczka of Amy Marcella? I love her simple illustrations and use of color. This beautiful calendar would look so good at my wall.

Do you have already a calendar for 2010? I thought I might make a little calendar round up. What do you think?

And these are some cards made by Amy. The leaves, the cone and the raindrops perfectly illustrate this time of year, don't you think?

(images: Amy Marcella)

Manifold

Christine opened an Etsy shop called manifold. Yay! The shop is stocked with beautiful lavender pillows, knit necklaces, totebags and other goodies. Good luck Christine!

(images: manifold)

Atlantic Treefox

Beautiful cross-stitched pieces from Atlantic Treefox. Designer Erin Gilkes creates these beauties inspired by vintage patterns and samplers. She also offers custom initial and monogram/crown cross-stitches.

(images: Atlantic Treefox)

New print by Elisabeth Dunker

And she did it again. It seems that everything that Elisabeth Dunker of Fine Little Day gets in her hands turns to gold.
Her new print is inspired by vintage embroidery, ornamental folk art and modern pixel graphics. The details are too good. See the pooping cat? :D
You can pick up the print in her online shop for $35.



(Images: Elisabeth Dunker)

Have You Met Miss Jones?

Oh, I have a crush on both, the products and these beautiful product shots of Have You Met Miss Jones. Have You Met Miss Jones offers a huge range of white bone china, clay pottery and other decorative products for your home. Their shop is really worth a visit.




(All images from Have You Met Miss Jones | found via Little Glowing Lights)

Four little etsy finds

1. pattern stamp set from lemontree
2. I like the idea to decorate your plants with ribbon motives from nothing elegant
3. tote bag from melangerie, found via Oh Joy
4. boat necklace from yellowgoat

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They are now available

For those of you who might have missed it, the wooden blocks from The Small Object are available now. I posted about them here.
I hope you have a good week. I have a busy one. Busy but good!


(Image by The Small Object)

Buntings by Wunderlust

Really like these buntings by Wunderlust. They are handprinted on cotton fabric. Simple and lovely.

(All images from Wunderlust | found via simple lovely)

Apples & Pears: Etsy finds

How about a fresh apple or pear? I keep seeing them popping up here and there. These are some of my Etsy finds:



Set of 3 ceramic Pears from Element Clay Studio, Vintage Candy Apple Dish from Rosy Apple Vintage, Cedar Apple from Holzfurhaus, Large vintage brass pear lidded container from High Street Market




A Pair of crocheted Pears from Seventytwostitches, Apple Brooch from Naomi Murrell, Pear, Apple Salt and Pepper from Sweetshorn Vintage, Print 2 half of a pear from Big Girls Don't Cry

And by the way, I'm sure you have seen some pear terrariums lately, I like the one in the Brick House.

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Colorful blocks from The Small Object

I discovered these wooden blocks on The Small Object blog. And they will be available soon! Cute, aren't they?

(all images from The Small Object)

Hygge & West

We won't live in our current home for very long anymore so that wallpapering unfortunately doesn't make any sense. But there will be some wallpapered walls in our future home for sure.
Until then I will daydream a littlebit. These two wallpapers designed by Julia Rothman for Hygge & West I like very much. The blue one would be perfect in a bedroom.





Hygge & West also carries these pretty ceramic items from Casalinga. They could look quite good on my white walls. Don't you think?

(All images from Hygge & West)

Geraldine Mattis ceramics

How about a cute cupcake plate to celebrate the coming weekend? These fun plates are designed by London based artist and designer Geraldine Mattis. I like the fact, that their designs are based on original paper collages. Available directly via Geraldine Mattis's website, or in the Mydeco online shop (scroll down a bit). 

Have a great weekend!

Outdoor wishlist

I hope you are enjoying your weekend! We have the prettiest sunshine. Perfect outdoor weather. We are the happy owners of a balkony, but we are in need of a sunshade, the direct sun gets too hot in the summer time. And some other beautiful items would be nice, too (if only my wallet was full enough). The walls of the house we are living in are painted yellow, so I gathered some products fitting the yellow walls. But I'm totally into blue, purple and mauve tones lately, so I made a collection with some blue and purple splashes, too. It's so much fun to make these.
Which collection do you prefer, or do you have other favorite colors?





Left to right, top to bottom:
Birdhouse Rohbau from Das Rote Paket, hammok Dyning from IKEA, salad bowls from Branch, fabric Natural Blooms from Twins' garden, vessel Chloe from Branch, fork knife and spoon set from Branch, fabric napkins Ritva from IKEA, basket bowl from Branch, tealight Dots from Zara Home, bucket BBQ from John Lewis, watering can from IKEA.






White lantern from Iittala, plant pot Kapa with a lavendula both from IKEA, garden gnome Augustin from Das Rote Paket, sunshade from Connox, placemat Amphi and drinking glas Devon both from Habitat, terracotta dinner plate from Toast, Edda carafes from Anthropologie, Fabrics She Is Cosmos Flower Grid blue and Nani Iro Saaaa Saaa from Repro Depot, planting pot Faceted from Habitat.

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Pillows, pillows, pillows

Just a very quick post today with some lovely pillow-finds I made recently. If only my sofa was big enough for all of these beauties.
Starting from top left: Rainy Day Cushion from Donna Wilson, Doily Pillow Cover from Nuka, Lines And Arrows Cushion from Be Still, Handmade Vintage Cushion Cover from Loll&Lie, Star Pillow by Alyssa Zukas from Urban Outfitters, Cushion Cover Painting Cat from Pattern Bakery.

Domestic Candy

Do you remember the lovely products by German based Domestic Candy I showed you in March? Kerstin has updated her Dawanda shop with these vintage cutting boards she turned into wall art. What a nice way of recycling! 

Don't the graphical patterns on them make you think of security envelopes?