Jonathan Adler: Zodiac Pillows

Now Jonathan Adler is brilliant. His designs are classic yet funky. Case in point: his needle point pillows. With these babies he has definetly taken your granny's ho-hum hobby and did some serious re-design. I am currently loving on his Zodiac Pillows. Now the ever flattering question of "what's your sign?" can be answered by a well designed pillow.

Beautiful Books

Well Penguin Classics and Coralie Bickford-Smith have done it again! Perhaps some of you remember their first set of cloth-bound classics she designed? Well the second series is just a beautifully designed as the first! It is compiled of 10 classic books: The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doylecan, Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens, Emma by Jane Austen, The Odyssey by Homer, The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins, Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson, The Sonnets and A Lover's Complaint by William Shakespeare, Lady Chatterley's Lover by D.H. Lawrence, Little Women by Louisa May Alcott, and Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll. All of these can now be purchased at Waterstones for £12.99 each. You can find most of the 1st series on Amazon. These are definetly going on my Christmas List!

Veggie Mugs

How adorable are these Veggie mugs designed by Graziela for Thorsten Van Elten? They come in radish, cucumber, onion, sweetcorn, pepper and asparagus.


They also have matching dinner plates

& serving platter too : )

Poppy Talk Handmade Marketplace: Home Sweet Home

Yesterday Poppy Talk launched their new monthly theme Home Sweet Home for their shop Poppy Talk Handmade Marketplace. The shop boasts a plethora collection of handmade housewares and vintage goodies that will have anyone drooling. For those of you that don't know, every month the shop has a different theme that showcases talent, new & old, from designers around the world and I've gotta say, I am really liking what I am seeing this theme!

Pretty Packaging Please

Perhaps you've seen these already? If not, these pretty patterned cups & bags are designed by Sarah Walsh for Mallard Tea Rooms in Kuntsford. Unfortunately they don't have an online shop, poopoo, because I love the mix&match patterns Sarah created by being "inspired by the eclectic feel of the establishment which is quirky, eccentric and unmistakably English."

These are a few of my favorite things: Mugs

It's no secret that I am obsessed with mugs. There are so many pretty ones to be found on the internet, all of them just waiting to become a home to my coffee and daintily sipped out of. Here are just a few (okay 30 isn't really a few) fabulous mugs that I would LOVE to own.
1. An Apple A Day Mug, 2. Atomic Robot Mug, 3. Pete's Vintage Logo Mug, 4. Pole Pole Frog Mug, 5. Orla Kiely Multi Stem Mug, 6. Lion Mug, 7. Plum Crush Mug, 8. White Bird Deux Mug, 9. Red Riding Hood Mug, 10. Bird Mug
11. Linear Flower Oval Print Mug, 12. Hattifatteners Mug, 13. Unikko Mug Yellow, 14. Rainy Monday Mug, 15. Aarikka Koivisto Mug, 16. Trellick Tower Mug Soft Green, 17. Tea and Toast Mug, 18. Grape Pantone Mug, 19. Pear Crush Mug 20. Kulkue Mug, 21. Keep Calm & Carry On Mug, 22. Cottage Classic Mug, 23. Solar System Mug, 24. It's A Beautiful Day Mug, 25. Poodle Shiloutte Mug, 26. Pink Love Mug, 27. Yellow Snorkmaiden Mug, 28. Pepe and Friends Rosenthal Gogo Mug, 29. Flower Oval Mug, 30. Jaakarhu Mug

Some Fancies for Wednesday

1. Message in a Bottle from the Curiosity Shoppe 2. Brooklyn By Wayne Pate 3. Embroidered Dress from Salt Water 4. Eames Fiberglass chair from Modern Dose 5. Channing Buffet from Johnathan Adler 6. bureaulampje grys (Lamp) from Made By Gump

Retro.etc & Lotta Kühlhorn

If I ever visit Stockholm Sweden I would totally fill my suitcase with items from Retro.etc

The shop is a fun and colorful fusion of the old and the new, providing retro & vintage products along with some modern day designers such as my designer idol Orla Kiely (see her pretty notebooks above?!) and some fabulous newer designers like Lotta Kühlhorn.

Her designs are bright and bold, with all of that voluptuous retro appeal that I live for. Just look at that wall covered in her fun designs! Here are just a few of her kitchen wares:

Apple Cutting Boards

Bricka Tray

Apple Coasters

Beetroot Tea Towel

Don't forget to check out more of her stuff over at her website! She has tons of wonderful patterns & designs to rifle through!

Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, & Something Blue.

Vintage Suitcases from Etsy. A fun and inexpensive way to acquire unique luggage.



Well this is new to me anyways. Stumbled upon Ungt blod the other day. This fun, bold and considerably different blog is a joy to read.
Repost of some photos from the organized collection pool on flickr from the ever lovely Aesthetic Outburst.
Rosa Wool rug in Midnight from Anegla Adams.

Martha Stewart's Handmade Ornament Ideas! Oo-la-la!

Feeling creative this holiday season? Want to spruce up your tree with some handmade ornaments? Up to doing some tedious but worth while ornament crafting? Then take a looksee at what Martha Stewart has cooked up this year for some do-it-yourself ornamenting! I love the honeycomb paper ones and the button wreath. There are a ton more and Martha crafty as ever includes full instructions for every style. So check it out!

Some more Holiday Cards from Egg Press

These delightful letterpress holiday cards come from the ever fabulous egg press. I am currently REALLY obsessed with letterpress, not to mention cards in general, so I was super excited when I saw these posted over at {frolic!}

Seasons Greetings!

Send your best wishes this holiday season in style! Personally I always get really excited when I receive some holiday cheer through snail mail. I keep all of my cards and tack them up on the wall as the seasons roll by. Cards are the perfect interchangeable artwork in my opinion!

1.Socks Card from Seltzer 2. Cheers! Cards from Fred Flare 3. Holly Jolly Card from Paper Source 4. Chester Wisemen Cards from Expressionary 5. Warm Wishes Card from Dutch Door 6. Ornament Card from Pink Loves Brown 7. Peace on Earth Card from Night Owl Paper Goods 8. Reindeer Games Card from Kate Spade

These are a few of my favorite things Mondays Wednesday

1. Apila Dishes from Arabia 2. Carethine Holm Bowl Ebay Find 3. Swedish Grace from Rostrand 4. Gustavberg Tea Pot Ebay Find 5. Esteri Tomula Plate Ebay Find 6. Marianne Westman plate from H is for Home 7. Kaj Franck pitcher Ebay Find

In keeping with the Skull Theme

Halloween's over I know but I just can't help myself! I don't know maybe I am just holding on to Halloween or I just really like the look of skulls. Whatever the case I found this illuminated hanging skull light fixture (boy that was a mouthful) to be very alluring.

Dave from Mixko Boutique

The Head, More than a Bottle

I don't drink but I have just gone gaga for Crystal Head Vodka. Why? Because it comes in this delicious skull shaped bottle.
I love it when great design is incorporated into what could be such an ordinary thing. Who cares about the alcohol! I just want the bottle! I found this lovely online at Bevmo.com

Pumpkin Way

My whole body is tingling with excitement because Halloween is just a day away. Which means it's time to carve those pumpkins! To help inspire you check out these splendid pumpkin carvings from the master crafting hand of Nathan Wesling.




Nathan's unique and distinct carving technique of shaving and carving some intricate tooth filled grins sure make me crack a smile of my own. Check more of Nathan's work here and make sure to read Nathan's about section to learn more about his wonderful carved pumpkin creations!