Wilkintie

Wilkintie is a wonderful project founded by Carly Hargreaves and Niels Oeltjen based in Melbourne, Australia. They produce "letterpress prints for the young and the young at heart." Each whimsical piece is designed by a world famous artist. To see more of their work stop by the Wilkintie website where you can learn more about the artists they work with or take a peek
at their Etsy shop.

Canary Yellow

A few sunny items and a short clip of a singing canary to start your weekend off right- especially for those of you stuck in a cubical.

Her name was Lola...

... she was a show girl.

Okay, so I am not much of a bling bling or feather boa kinda girl, but sometimes it can be fun to live vicariously through someone else. I admit I'm such a square- when I hear the word pastie the first thing that I think of is craft glue- not sexy nipple covers. Watch out men it's cut and pastie time!

Well, it's about time...geesh!

"Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it." -Ferris Bueller

roses and rosie cheeks

A few items I am smitten with today.

nine lives

If you had nine lives what would you do with them?

state fair of yesteryear

The great annual, end to summer celebration of the local fair.
There was a time when your neighbors would enter their best baked goods in hopes of winning the first place ribbon to gloat about all year. Someone green with envy would eventually gossip about how Mrs. Jensen's peach pie always wins,
"I heard she adds a little rum to soften the judges," gasp!

Popcorn and fried food wafting through the air. The sweet bliss of having cotton candy in one hand and a corn dog slathered with mustard in the other. Sadly, for most of us it has lost it's luster since childhood. I remember when the wildest thing at the fair was the carny with a naked lady tattoo under his arm. If he reached up for a prize you could get a free lesson in female anatomy.

Now you have to wonder if some of the staff members are sober enough to operate the machinery... "I apologize sir, I realize you smoked something earlier but, I didn't really want to ride the merry-go-round for forty five minutes. If it isn't too much trouble could you please let me down now?"

elegance without color

If you peek at our shop, house or even my wardrobe, it is not hard to realize that I adore color. No, that doesn't mean I like wearing a rainbow of loud colors all at the same time- I was born in the eighties and once was enough thank you. Years ago, I realized that there is not a single color, shade or hue, that I dislike. There is the only the chance that a color gets wrongly used that gives some of them a bad rap. For example, pea green color in nature can be lovely. However, 1970's pea green on your bedroom walls...
not so nice and it may just remind you of the Exorcist.

Even with my fondness for color I think a black, white and gray palette can be elegant and refreshing. Maybe it stems from old photos or classic black and white films, I am not sure. That being said here are a few great examples.

Real Simple

Hooray! We are very excited that Holly Becker, from Real Simple magazine and the creator of decor8, was kind enough to include some of our work on her Simply Stated post. Holly is a freelance writer and interior design consultant with a knack for sharing beautiful things with the world. In addition to working for Real Simple she has also contributed to Cookie magazine, HGTV
and the late, great Domino.

For the full post please swing by Real Simple.
Thank you Holly, you have made my day!

Bright Sunshiny Day

I can see clearly now the rain has gone,
I can see all obstacles in my way...

It's gonna be a bright, bright sunshiny day!

I have been working on this poster off and on over the last couple months. It went through some changes along the way until it was just cheerful enough to do justice to such a great song. We cherry picked the best lines to make this sunny giclee. Complete with two little birdies ready to sing along and greet you everyday.
Now available at Farouche- I hope you like it!


For those who want to be reminded of how lovely this song is check out the Johnny Nash version below...

Blush and Bashful

Some of today's favorites, enjoy!

Sun Kissed

This collection of photos is the work of Camilla Akrans
for Italian Elle.
It sure would be nice to stay on a sunny holiday forever...
especially if it was on the Italian Riviera.