Hey everyone,
Ive been looking after this really cute work experience student at work the last two weeks and hes been sharing with me some really cool websites. This one is especially for old Tigerprint chums (who didnt make it to my picnic).
These French graphic artists are really skilled in the art of paper cutting and make wonderful replicas of game boys, and do the most wonderful typography with paper.
Check them out at Zim and Zou.
I stumbled across this gorgeous corduroy cat bed on a great website called Mungo and Maude.
Its now the exciting part of my job where I get to scour the globe for cool things and decide if I can take inspiration and do something wonderfully cool for my company.
Im just about to email Mr TC with this image to inspire him to allow me to get TWO cats when we do finally get residency to live in this wonderful country (hes a dog person at the moment and he doesn't know it yet, but hes about to convert).
I also love the name Maude and its mine and his affectionate name for each other - along with Dave. (it keeps things interesting for eaves-droppers)
Ive got a little bit of a migraine today as Ive been working extremely hard for the last 5 ish months. Even though we had out little Yorkshire break, I just haven't been able to relax the old back of neck muscles and its starting to take its toll. I just want to climb into a human size one of these cat beds and sleep for at least a week.
Thats fast work! Current affairs greetings - very clever. Check out their great cards at www.moonpig.com - but then buy my friends at Tigerprint's handy work for Marks and Spencer
"All products in Miss Étoile’s collections are carefully and thoughtfully designed with attention to details. Every collection is put together to tell a new story from Miss Étoile’s glamorous life and therefore each collection is a natural successor to the previous collection. The products are affordable and follow the styles; French, feminine, glamorous, Art deco, luxurious and elegant styles. "
If I could design my home interiors from scratch and to a theme - Id pick this. I love 1930 glamour - I love the bathroom in the film Scar Face. And apparently Etoile means Star in Fwench! Haw He Haw!
If I were to have a shop - I would stock these designs. They are based in Denmark. YUM YUM.
I like this idea - painting an old fridge door with chalk board paint. I think in the photo they have applied a think sheet of painted MDF - but I like the idea of it being straight onto the fridge door better.
Talking of Fridges - touchy subject for me at the moment. Considering we have Pricess Tamsin of Seed staying with us at the moment and a Rennie - there really couldnt have been a worse time for our fridge-freezer to call it a day. At the ripe young age of 6 months I might add. I had to buy what they call an 'esky' which for those of you who dont know - is a coffin like cool box. So we currently 'camping' out of that.
I found the picture from a website called The Noisettes I havent had a good look yet but it says 'Intermittent updates from nutty people…' which I like the sound of alot.
Cath Kidston is known and loved for the re-vival of all things vintage and nostalgic. Her pinks, blues, and greens with white spots are iconic and she has claimed these simple patterns all for herself. The chinz practically screems Cath Kidston and even if its not her chinz it can easily be refered to as "Cath". But deep down, I think Cath struggles with Christmas - on the website difinitely - cant vouch for her stores (of which she has many) but I think her ever expanding ranges may have hit a stumbling block with Decembers festivities.
Its just NOT enough to have crappy hand-made looking decorations that look like theyve been made on a Monday evening at the Brownies - sorry.
This must surely be my most favourite blog of all time. This girl is SUPER talented.
Lobster and Swan is FULL of THEEEEeeeee most amazingly styled images - so beautiful. the colour palettes, the products, the lighting - I wish I could see what she sees.
Please have a look - you wont regret it. Some of the images remind me very much of our much loved Tammytutu - Princess Tamsin of Seed - who is residing with us here in Melbourne for the next 2-3 weeks. I wonder if I put a pea under her mattress she would feel it?
This is her adoreable website. She really is a clever lass - she must be - she found me!
I came accross this lovely website when I was at work. E.M. group. It gives you the option of chossing English or japanese, but guess what - the English one doesnt work so I took a trip down 'look at the pictures' -which suits me JUST fine.
The photography is lovely, and the website is fun - if a little 'under construction'. But take from it what you will. Theres some lovely suggestions of how to display things and with my greetings card thinking cap on I can think of a few scenarios myself.
It makes me think of my very tallented and lovely friend Josephine - whom I miss max-imously. She designs and makes jewellery .
How cute is this idea!
and this is very sweet.
Yum - almost edible.
Thia blog A Field Journal is absolutely amazing. The way its put together and the time and effort that has gone into the styling and photography - Livy (the blog owner) is truly talented. It says shes studying History and Art too - man am I jealous!
No one ever said it needed to be a plastic bottle now did they!
The small town of Bundanoon in Australia's New South Wales has banned the sale of bottled water for environmental reasons. The community voted to replace branded water bottles with empty bottles labeled "Bundy on tap" that can be filled and refilled with water from taps and fountains on the main street.
Also, UK sandwich chain Pret a Manger have stopped selling tuna sandwiches after a documentary about over-fishing of the world's oceans - well I never.
JAM BODY WASH AND TOAST SPONGE!
(thanks WGSN!)
As seen on WGSN, as seen on www.yayhooray.com
I just wanted to share with you this little picture of a wild parrot up in the Dandenongs. I don't think I will ever get used to seeing parrots and coca-teals flying around in their natural habitat and me living alongside them.
We went for a cuppa at a the Cuckoo restaurant up there and watched all these beautiful birds flying around - it was amazing. I can really see where fashion designers can get their colour influences, and why my tutors at art college and uni always told us to start our research by looking at nature. Someone really knew what they were doing when they made animals, plants and, well, everything! The coca-teals with their white bodies and an amazing shade of lemon for their head dress, and their grey feet - thats a dress from French Connection any day!
The length of time it has taken me not to write to you guys has been ridiculous. It wasn't intentional - time just got away. it wont happen again.
So how are ya? what have you been up to? Ive been up to heaps. Ive seen lots of my little Wendy, been Go Go dancing a few times, learnt some new moves - the Freddy and the cat paw lick with a reach-round behind the ear, Ive even been iceberging which I will tell you more about later.
The above picture was taken at Wendy's holiday home in the Yarra valley. She has THE most magical garden and she needed some help clearing some dead wood. I jumped at the chance - fresh air, manual work, vanilla slice - how could I not? So we headed from her house up to Warburton. We narrowly missed being hit by a falling tree onto the road. We arrived seconds after it had fallen - right across the road. We stopped, got out and started to clear as much of the tree as we could - although the main trunk was far too heavy for just the two of us. Cars started to stretch as far back as the eye could see - with only women getting out of their cars to come help us! The men just sat in their vehicles. There was enough room at the tip of the tree for one car at a time to go around - so, for the first time in my life i got to achieve one of my lifes ambitions....-I directed traffic! I stood, in the middle and did the whole 'hand up, hand ushering, other hand up, other hand ushering'-brilliant! It lasted only a few minutes as the next thing I know some truck had backed up, hooked a chain around the tree and started to drag it off - no one told me this was happening and I felt the tree hit my legs and try take me with it! - I had to jump over it, or be crushed - wheres the health and safety?
Anyway, that was exciting. Off we went and got stuck into pulling all the dead leaves from the fern trees. I asked Wendy "whats the likelihood of seeing a snake?" and she kinda comforted me with "its a bit too cold still for snakes" which made me jump every time I saw a movement. But all in all I thought myself very lucky when I escaped with only swallowing one bug and then a twig poked me up the nose.
Her next door neighbors came round for a chat - with them their 3 Labradors - to which the nice chap said to me "they're Labradors, they're very good natured dogs - have you got Labradors in England?' -bless!
So, Ive seen Wendy quite a bit. We even went to the State parliament building the other day for a look round. It was very impressive. It had the red seats and the green, like in England and it even had real gold decorating the inside (thats the beauty of having gold mines nearby). We had a nice day in the city and then the other day I went over to hers and we dyed silk scarves.
Wendy makes these to sell and all the proceeds go to helping Stroke suffers. The process was relatively easy if your'e not a perfectionist! I found it very hard on this occasion to be un-regimented and attempted to do stripes (mines on the right) whereas I think the random ones look much more effective. I still like mine though.
I ask you - I dont even think the UK is this premature? Is it?
This is David Jones's shop floor (like a House of Fraser).The Christmas dec display wasnt showing any sign of being revolutionary - but it could just be the warm weather putting a 'hard to take seriously' slant on things. I hope my first ever 'warm' Christmas isnt hard to take seriously, I really do.
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