foliage

These beautiful planters are from jayson home and garden, based in Chicago. I love the structure of these planters, especially the tall switchgrass and perfectly reclining ferns. So much love for them!

garden light

Some of these are product photographs for work. I'm just getting started with K's digital SLR and have so much to learn...

we just had a glut of fresh blackberries and apples so I had to try this recipe by lena corwin which she so kindly shared here. Mine was nowhere near as aesthetically pleasing as this, but it was delicious, even if those apples we picked were a little tough-skinned.

lina rennell

Her new season is really beautiful, entitled 'knitting grom the past, present and beyond.' i really love the 'lobster' print on the bottom dress.

little birdie

this sweet little birdie sits on my desk at work.

i love the bubble votives we're selling. and the packing room had some great colours for such a dull day.

mary jane

is what the lady who designed this hat called it (pattern here). I love how it sits in kind of a whirl.

rachel comey spring 2010

Loving Rachel Comey's Spring 2010 collection. Especially the belt bags and cardigans.

be still

I'm still loving ikat, I'm totally unwilling to move on. These cushions are from bestillshop.

galway

Galways has a certain smell. It might be damp, but a nice cozy damp.

This abandoned boat filled with water in the rain:

A lovely postcard.:

One of our favourite places in Galway is Charlie Byrne's Bookshop where I found this amazing little book: Mother Goose in Hieroglyphics.




I also picked up an old copy of an Irish visual culture magazine called Circa:

i also did these...

potatos and paint

We had some old sprouting potatoes so i thought i'd do some good old-fashioned printing. It was so much fun, but old potatoes do smell a bit. I'm a sucker for hand-stamped fabric, especially washed-out, watery prints. The textured surface of a potato prints a perfectly uneven pattern.

floral

Today I was inspired to get out my watercolours and do some patterns. I've never been very confident with paints so I just messed around doing some of the patterns I like to draw. It worked out quite well...

nani iro

By my favourite textile designer, naomi ito.
Maybe the Japanese to English translation isn't perfect but it sounds quite dreamy:
"NAOMI ITO also spread to the world with visions of where it gently. Is enveloped in colors like red chan-friendly in the world ...."

wikstenmade fall

Fall preview at the wikstenmade blog. I love a peter pan collar.

red

Today I saw this Ted Baker hat in Selfridges:


I considered buying some of this:

lamb's pride bulky in ruby red. get knitted is great because it sells every yarn you can think of and is based in the uk.

This image from paramount vintage was on the etsy homepage:


I wondered whether tartan is ever permissible. I hope so, I really want to wear this topshop shirt:

sweet

sweet little goodies from mykonos on etsy.

fall flats

The perfect autumn indoor shoe. And they're vegan! From hydraheart on etsy.

card

A little experiment with some felt scraps. It was really fun to decide what shapes to put where. I would like to do larger more elaborate ones too.

polyvore

Fall by karenm featuring Jasmine Di Milo cardigans

My first attempt at a polyvore collage. I'll have to get more creative in future...