...and another.

After falling in love with Ingrid Jansen's crochet stool I was delighted to see that Dotty Angel has created a crochet footstool equally as beautiful! It looks fantastic in this room setting.

Sitting pretty!

Ingrid Jansen creates the most wonderful crochet topped stools made from reclaimed timber. Visit her Flickr page to explore the many wonderful crochet pieces she makes. http://www.flickr.com/photos/woodwoolstool/

Mollie Makes- A new magazine....

50's Illustrations

These fantastic illustrations are vintage educational charts, I found them on Three Potato Four, one of my favourite websites to browse. They remind me of Miroslav Sasek.

Pale & Interesting

I was sent this link by a colleague... Pale & Interesting is a life-style shopping experience. Inside this site you will find furniture, accessories, jewellery and books all chosen or designed by Atlanta and Dave, inspired by their love of the functional, beautiful and out-of-the-ordinary. Their philosophy is all about mixing it up, teaming old with new, contrasting rough with smooth and pairing femininity with utility. http://www.paleandinteresting.com

More Pretty Vintage Fabrics

Here's some more pretty vintage prints found by Martha of http://qisforquilter.com/. 

Step in Style

I first saw Charlotte Liddle's work at the Sewing for Pleasure show at the Birmingham NEC. Charlotte embroiders and appliques leather ballet pumps to create unique works of art.

Pretty Prints

Martha of "Q is for Quilter" documents the scraps of vintage fabric she finds before she uses them in her quilts. Her blog is a fantastic source of inspiration for print design and graphics. The wonderful unique and retro feel of these fabrics makes me thoroughly jealous of Martha's fabric collection!

Vintage Fabric Hotwater Bottle

I adore these vintage style fabric hot water bottles available for Caravan, on Redchurch St, London. Great idea for how to use up a favourite piece of vintage fabric that you're been keeping waiting for a spark of inspiration.

Vintage Postcards

Make Something Good Today

Good advise from Jen Renninger, this sweet print is available from her Etsy shop.

Pretty Paper Boats

I first saw these at Maison & Objet in Paris and have just seen that they are also available from Selvedge dry goods. Designed by Jurianne Matter they look beautiful hanging on stings or decorating a table setting. 

Shakespeare's Bookshop in Paris

Three previous trips to Paris and I still hadn't taken a look at the wonderful gem that is Shakespeare's bookshop, until now! I adored the message wall and the writer's cupboard- unique! www.shakespeareandcompany.com

A day at a Parisian flea market

The Textile Society - New Events

Loads of new events have been added to the Textile Society's 2011 program. Check out the TS News and Events page here, http://www.textilesociety.org.uk/events/ These include private tours and behinds the scenes at Dennis Sever's House, Waddesdon Manor, a look at the collection of Spitalfields Silk at the Museum of London and much more!

Homemade Home- Christmas

This year homemade decorations took centre stage, with paper discs cut from old wallpaper, suffolk puffs, beads and music paper decking our lounge this festive season.

Temporium

In the lead up to Christmas, Dezeen (an inspiring design blog/magazine) opened a wonderful pop ip shop, apply named The Temporium, it was open only for two weeks. Located on the Brompton Road, London the store had some intriguing designers exhibiting and selling their work.


The Temporium Christmas 2010 pop-up concept store

221 Brompton Road, London SW3 2EJ
9-19 December 2010

Highlights included Shan Valla bird cermic milk bottles with gold finch stopper. 'Inspired by birds drinking from milkbottles delivered to homes, a sight that has become rare over time. These bottles add a touch of luxury to a special tea party!' Visit http://www.shanvalla.co.uk/ to see more of her work.

Lee Broom's quirky and decadent lighting also caught my eye. Each light is made from a lead crystal drinks decanter sourced from antique markets and vintage shops. http://www.leebroom.com/

To read more about Dezeen and The Temporium, click here.