metallics

Well every now and then I like to do a post with a pop of a particular colour, so today inspired by the Olympic metallic medals I've selected some gold, silver and bronze pieces.....I think some DIY may be looming, all I need is a spray can and a sunny day outside to transform some of my household items, sparkle, twinkle, bling here i come.....

DIY a chair via Pinterest

{me}longings

Gift Shop Brooklyn

Kes T designs

Apartment Therapy

grey

Sad to say this post again is related to the weather and unlike the blue post where the weather was not getting me now I'm now on the brink of changing my mind. The relentless wet weather seems to be not letting up and even when I look 5-10 days ahead there is the rain cloud symbol on each day. Despite the popularity of clouds in the creative world when it comes to the sky I'd love to blow them away, this is backed up by my two girls too!
Grey however can and is a gorgeous colour, and these fabulous finds back that thought up nicely!

If you like the colour grey check out an earlier post 'grey & happy'

                                                         gorgeous cats by Eszter Dobo

                                                             

 DIY cloud rug

  

birch & wool stool from souk shop

super hero by poetic poesie

yellow

Feeling bright and happy with a big yellow sun in the sky this morning and extra special for mini1 because yellow her absolute favourite colour except on days when she says 'all colours are my favourite' but that can be a rainbow post one day!
Back to yellow here are some yellow objects to add to this sunny happy day....

           

neckpiece Artloeria

mini acrylic painting Pinkrain 

whale tissue holder GnomeSweeeetGnome

bird whistle molly-meg

yellow fish Sisters Guild

doll PinselBlues

a happy cloudy day

We've been having a great time with clouds this week, mini1's imagination has been on a roll as we lay on our backs and looked up through the glass roof and picked out what all the clouds were, some I could see but others were true originals! Later when we were out along came some big black clouds and mini1 and mini2 and me all did our bestest blowing to move them on, I think it worked, because the black clouds went to give space to some fluffy white ones and then there are these really special ones I've picked out below....some of which Mr Postie will soon be knocking on our door with :)

Harvest Textiles

PilliPilli Handmade

Snug

hAppy eaSTer

Up a tree collecting carrots! walking a pompom tightrope, egg hunting or spending time with loved ones, whatever easter has lined up for you have a really jolly yummy fun one. xx

We love Catalina Strada

This morning I'm feeling happy and inspired, ready for warmer days and brighter light, that is because of the amazing walls by the creative talent of Catalina Strada. Products featuring Catalina's artworks range from the very beautiful wallpapers to bedding and even helmets, clients include Paul Smith, transport for London and My Little Pony.
Here are a few of my favourite wallpaper images but a visit to her site and shop (woohoo!) is a must. You will feel lifted and wear a smile, enjoy.

If you'd like to see more wonderful walls take a peek at the post we did last October when we featured the wonderful walls created by Kirath Ghundoo, her gorgeous geometric patterned wallpapers are something to be amazed at, they truly are wonderful.

love design

lots of love around today and here are a few design finds we love lots.

With thanks to creations from:

Vol25

Etsy shop of dreamy prints

Double Fox Studio

for their amazing original clay hand illustrated 3-d accs and wall art

Zany Hat

for glasses and fun!

oilily

for clothing and year on year strength

RecycleBuyVintage

Etsy shop taking you back

Dandy Star

Love bag by Dandy Star available from Sisters Guild with 20% off today, the sisters again share their love

paper shades we love

Almost as much as I love chairs I love lighting, these likes have all escalated since my mini1's arrived by the way so we can thank them for my hunting and foraging even more so than usual of some really gorgeous happy finds. A very recent such find are these fabulous paper hanging shades and those who are fans of Helen Dardik's illustration work you will be doubly excited, Helen is a truly fabulous original illustrator and her works are inspiring and happy so we're very excited with this post, hope you are too.

You can see some other wonders from where we found these at Raw Space.

transformer tuesday #13

There has been lots of collage designs recently being designed cut and stuck recently and as the Mini1 always see what I'm up to in the studio Mini1 has been enjoying it so much and wanting to do her own, it's such a lovely way to create new creatures and friends, buildings and cities....
Yes there is another big plus as this cutting and sticking involves recycling again, so get your boxes, papers, and ideas at the ready to cut, stick and create some jolly wall art....

We used:

- recycled boxes, cut into shapes

- patterned papers

- gluppy glue

- scissors

This is what we had when we stuck our long panels together and they transformed a plain wall into Mini1's 'come alive jungle'
Our next collage is a big one to contrast with some of our favourite little framed ones, woohoo lets get cutting and transforming .......

fab find #6

Candy Stripe Cloud is filled with delights and fabness!
These wonderful fruityy shaped miniature shelves are our fab find for the wall. Mini1 just loves little things and how cute would her little treasures look on either the pear or apple shelf.

cosy up 'blabla' cushions

I do have a soft spot for cushions and there is such great choice out there so we have quite a few in our rooms, on sofas, floors, playhouses, chairs....

As well as the many "add to basket" cushions! I make too, ranging from the cloud shaped to the traditional square, they're fun and can transform a setting in an afternoon and at not a huge cost.

Today though i have these lovely knit ones by blabla to share with you.....

transformer tuesday #11

Halloween week is upon us so we thought we'd make this week a transformer 2sday with double the crafting and making.
We are using some of our favourites; paper, gluppy glue, card and some garden finds.
For our halloween party we're focusing on the orange rather than the black so we've been making orange paper garlands, twiggy spider garlands and cardboard twig spiders.

we used:

- patterned papers

- gluppy glue

- scissors for cutting shapes

- thread

we used:
- garden twigs
- gluppy glue
- scissors for cutting shapes; round bodies and doughnut ring
- bakers twine
- clear nylon thread for hanging

Both of these cloud cuckoo crafty projects can be adapted for many occasion, birthdays, christmas and simply to just decorate, enjoy x

sleeping with which light on...

The minimini1 has started to wake at some awful hour, we keep a lamp on out side of her room and she has the fantastic Thorsten van Elten wall pigeons in her room but I'm on the hunt for a softer light to keep on in her room that is light enough for her to settle herself but not too strong to take away the night time calm feeling. I'm edging toward the fabulous Lapin&me vintage bunny, however there is then the growing range of LED lights they're a great price, good selection and we haven't got to worry about the plug sockets either.

Lapin & Me £62 for the signature Lapin & Me vintage bunny finished by hand in 'vintage granny-green' finish, looking adorable when lit and not.
Little Baby Company superb range of lighting with a good range of prices too, I love the LED bunny and toadstools starting at £7.50
notonthehighstreet ranging from £14 to £69
nubie £65 cat & dachshund (other cols available)

toddler plus bedding

i know i'm biased on the baby bedding front as we have our own organic collection which of course i use and test! and yes as mini1 is 3 and the owl print is not too young and fits her converted cotbed perfectly I can't help but shop around as I'm feeling a little pre christmas change in the air.
So I hear you say, what did we pick, what did we find... well I must admit I've yet to finalise our decision, but here is where we are and some of our finding

Mini1 does not want pink with or without fairies, her natural tug was for bold, clean lines, I'm not sure whether this is because of the clean silouette of her current owls? but she did like the clean silouette of Anoraks red rabbits, I'm not too worried it's in single size rather than toddler because once we make the move we will go from converted cotbed to single and miss the toddler bed out anyway.
I was however thrilled to find Little Auggie 'Rabbit Patch' this was with thanks to coos and ahhs.
Designers Guild had the wonderful Best Friends range and mini1 very much liked the owl rug!
Although not one particular design stood out for us Zara Kids have a good offering.
So mini1 which is it to be?

fab find #5

Little Odd Forest is todays fab find and from this super site I'm picking these super cute indoor cosy gnomes.


and look what they're busy working on, we love these woodland animals bags.