I want one too!

I saw these lovely, unique handmade dolls from Tumbleberry Toys and I want one! It makes me want to be a little girl again; since that isn't possible, I'll contemplate buying one for my daughter. Everything about these dolls are special from its' natural materials, to her pure wool stuffing and cotton interlock skin and her handspun, hand dyed hair. It's a work of art, simple as that! My only reservation in handing such a beautiful doll to a baby or even a toddler (when my little one becomes one) is the possibility of her damaging it. I know, I know, what's the whole point of buying her a toy she won't be allowed to play with?? But what if I set it aside and hold it for her after she turns say.... 4 years old??

Grown up Nursery

I love the idea of a nursery that is modern, stylish, sophisticated yet still sweet and child-like, it's a hard combination to pull off but DwellStudio does it effortlessly. The colors and patterns are bright, cheerful with a dash of simplicity. Check out their new arrival of their baby/kids collection. Everything is so irresistable that makes me want to redo my baby's room like: now!

Rex Ray

I've been a huge admirer of Rex Ray's artwork for a while now and if you saw his work you would see why it's so amazing! His eye and use of color, design and texture is just simply brilliant.

I see potential!

While digging around on craigslist for a folding table for the upcoming craft fair, I stumbled across this blog called Circa60 selling this fabulous set of mid century modern lounge chairs and I'm in love with them! They have crazy potential; I envision them reupholstered in a textured fabric with fantastic graphic pattern, I can just see them now. If I could just convince my husband that we have indeed have space for them, the world would be a happy place….….*sigh*

I Love Orange

My absolute favorite color is yellow, but you would never know it by looking at our living room's decor. We have sheer orange linen curtains, orange accented pillows, orange accented chairs and Vintage 50's artwork with orange accents too. Plus my workspace as you saw in a previous post has an orange striped rug and orange storage boxes on the shelves. Even my baby's stroller is orange. Oh and our accent color for our wedding was orange too. It was never really a consicence choice; it just happens that Orange is a great color that both my husband and I always agree on.

So like fine china, I use the color occasionally so it's always a treat when I wear a yellow dress or something. In the meantime, Orange will always be that bold color that looks irresistable on just about anything, like these fabulous items from Jonathan Adler!

Sketch book pouch

I'm a chronic doodler/sketcher so I see every blank space on a paper as an opportunity to give life to my little creatures. I got my moleskine sketchbook to curb that habit and keep it contained in one safe space since it looks unseemly in my corporate day job, to have little monkeys or elephants dancing around my reports and other paperwork! I just love my moleskine and I take it everywhere with me, problem is, it doesn't have a pocket or even a loop for me to attach my pencil. So when a sudden inspiration hits, I have to spend a few minutes digging around my bag for my pencil and eraser and quite frankly, it's just a big pain in the butt!

After plenty of searching, I found this fabulous seller on Etsy: downstairsDesigns.etsy.com, who makes really cool clutches/pouches where you can neatly carry your notebook, pencil, biz cards etc. I love the combination of the linen fabric with the variety of fabric prints she offers. I'm having her custom make a pouch similar to the one (same fabric print) above but larger to accommodate a larger sketchbook plus a little pouch to contain my pencil, eraser and biz cards, I can't wait to see how it will turn out! I'll be sure to post a pic once I receive it.

I'm back!

I'm back from my vacation in Jamaica tanned (or burnt, depending on how you look at it!) and feeling well rested and ready to rock out as many collages as I can for a craft fair I will be attending on October 17th called Crafts in Chelsea in NYC. I'm excited to be a part of this event which is being co-sponsered by The NewNew NY etsy team, a local NY Metro group of etsy sellers, mainly because I will be meeting and interacting with potential buyers! If you'll be in the area, feel free to stop by, I have a big headful of curly hair so I'm hard to miss!

Oooh, I like!

I've found really great 50's modern items on Ebay and this is one of the items I'm "watching". I love it's orange globe shape and the textured linen lampshade but most especially I love the round spaceship-like lights on the bottom! Located in the UK it's going bid is already at $150, which is already over my max but I can I guess I can still dream of it one day gracing my desk!