Pretty Walls

I found this lovely image on flickr some time ago on pretty & quirky's flickr page I love the mix of prints and colors and the lovely sets of vintage tins are really sweet.  I've seen fabric displayed similarly before in embroidery hoops and in frames but I think i prefer it this way - I really love the simple but effective way of displaying pretty fabric.

Lyndie Dourthe - Beautiful creations

Continuing the French theme ... I originally saw some of these beautiful creations by the very talented Lyndie Dourthe in Amsterdam on holiday back in February at the wonderful store, Egg Mercantile and I couldn't resist one of the lovely bird pins.  These gorgeous nature-inspired pieces remind me of museum and nature collections.

Celine Saby

A lovely splash of color - I recently found this wonderful site - it's all in French which I'm not great at, but from what I can make out, Celine is a part of a group of 4 people who regularly hold thematic sales of their creations with other artists.  Celine makes wonderful stitched lampshades which you can see on her site too.  I really love the tiled gallery too - it provides a great backdrop for these colorful wares.

Fancy Picnic

Fancypicnic is a UK designer and the lovely lady behind these wonderful colorful pieces of jewellery, inspired by travelling circuses and her grandma's attic.  The vibrant mix of tones,textures and colors is a real feast for the eyes.  Amongst the collection are earrings, necklaces and cuffs which you can see at her Etsy shop.

Kirsty Kirkpatrick Jewellery

Kirsty Kirkpatrick makes these wonderful and original pieces of jewellery.  Kirsty has a regular stall at the Sunday upmarket in London, so if you are lucky enough to spend your Sundays wandering through this lovely market, then keep your peepers out for Kirsty's stall.

Porcelain Pretties by Jade Gallup

Jade Gallup is the designer of these wonderful creations.  The porcelain jewellery is so delicate and has a real contemporary twist.  I'm a big fan of the pretty plates too - I'd love a real mix and match style like this for my village fete style wedding reception.

Paumes Books for Inspiration

These lovely images come from the beautiful 'inspiration' books by Paumes, a small Japanese company.  When I was in Japan last year, I bought a book about Nathalie Lete by Paumes and it is so full of wonderful pictures - I just wish I could afford the whole range!!  The range is available to buy at Yvestown.   The books feature images from creative  studios, interior design, crafts, shops, galleries and more.

Sewn By Blythe

I found these amazing felt creations from Sewn By Blythe on a blog some time ago, before I had my own blog.  I'm afraid I can't remember where I found the feature so please tell me if you have previously featured this on your blog and I can credit you.  Blythe has recently won the Softie Awards too - and you can see why, the detail on these plush toys is incredible!

Violise Lunn

Last year I got engaged while on holiday in Japan.  Although its now over a year ago since we got engaged I haven't really done much about organising the wedding.  Although I have started looking at wedding dresses and this is one of the lovely designs I found.  Violise Lunn was born in Copenhagen, she graduated as a fashion designer in 1995 from Denmark's Design School and has run her own design studio in Copenhagen since 1997 where she specialises in designing one off pieces of clothing for women, and as you can see they are pretty stunning!  The black and white dress is made from paper - can you believe it!  Violise also makes pretty paper shoes too.

Family Tree Shop

The Family Tree bricks and mortar store is based in Clerkenwell, London.  They are currently updating their online shop but you can still see some of the lovely items such as these wonderful items above.

Bookhou Design

Bookhou design has been in my bookmarks for some time as a favourite.  Bookhou was co-founded by John and Arounna Khounnoraj in 2003 to showcase their individual and collaborative works emphasising handmade natural materials and small production pieces.  I love the linen accessories and the lovely natural colors really complement each other.  

Little Circus

I pretty much would like to own everything at wonderful French online boutique, Little Circus.  It is a lovely lovely shop!  Here are just a few of the lovely items instore.  The cheeky Racoon is by Egg Press, the beautiful linen doll is by Le Train Fantome and the 'Petit Coussin Renard' pillow is by the wonderful Apolline a Paris.

Otchipotchi

Otchipotchi design lovely simple but well designed clothing and accessories in linens and neutral colors.  Above are just a few of the lovely designs.  They remind me of Japanese style. 

The Small Object

I came across the The Small Object recently and love their range of stamps and small wooden homewares.  The stamp set above is called the Getalong Gang.

Azucar

I'm love travelling and going to warm places and I can spend hours looking at lovely boutique hotels that I can't afford to stay in - this one is especially gorgeous.  its called Azucar and is by the sea in Mexico- maybe for my honeymoon!  I found Azucar though the designhotels website which features lots of beautiful getaway hotels.

hoakon/helga

Hoakon/Helga design lovely bright and unusual bags like these two here.  They have an etsy store too.

Present & Correct

Present & Correct is a small company based in London and with an online store who design fabulous stationery and posters like this one, which I bought last Christmas.

Massey & Rogers

Barbara Massey & Helen Rogers are the duo behind Massey & Rogers, a british design studio based in Derbyshire who create lovely , who studied together at University and subsequently set up a business together designing lovely items like these woven baskets and fabric covered buttons.

The Piemill

Im a massive fan of pork pies (and other varieties too) and the Piemill is an award-winning piemaker based up in the Lake District near to where my parents live.The Grizedale Pork Cumberland and Apple Pie and the Swindale Venison Pheasant and Rabbit pie sound particularly good!