rice homewares

I love the rich colours, textures and patterns of rice home wares. Sometimes I think I gravitate towards naturals and soft colours too much, its nice to throw in a few more brightly coloured things to add a bit of life, I am particularly fond of the patchwork pouffes.

things in matchboxes

Such a beautiful concept, putting little things in decorated matchboxes. Something so simple, yet so fun and sure to put a smile on someones face. The last two images are from The matchbox project, which is a project undertaken by a Sydney girl, who, each week, takes a decorated matchbox with a tiny present hidden inside, and leaves it somewhere in her travels. It's a random act of semi-artistic kindness aimed at disrupting someone's day in a tiny but positive way. I love it.

The top image is from Fine little day, who received this lovely little 'wish star' from Maartje. I also highly reccommend reading Fine Little Day, her blog is delightful.

The second image is from Abigail Brown who creates the most gorgeous little textile animals. Including these ever so sweet matchbox birds.

With Kid gloves

I love these cute embroidered napkins from With Kid Gloves. Designs available as napkins, coasters, dish towels and pillows.

Myspace find- Kaori

I decided to start a new myspace page, as my old one was a mix of business and personal, I decided to make a strictly business page, to showcase and promote my work. Also with the new page editor 2.0, its so much easier to make your page look good, without being a genius at code.
Take a look.

While I was adding friends to my new page, I came across a lot of cool new artists and designers I hadn't seen before. I had forgotten how many cool things you could find on Myspace, if you look in the right places.

I thought I'd feature some of these people, who don't necessarily sell on etsy.

Today I'm going to share with you Kaori. A girl from Tokyo, who makes cute, quirky animal inspired pieces.
Including these quirky, yet adorable little kitties.

Jewels and time

I think you can tell how busy I am by how often I blog. This month has been hectic, and l have been rather neglecting my blog.

I came across this jewelry designer ( Lizzie Fortuna) the other day, in someones blog. I really love this textile and vintage style. It makes me want to give it a go myself. If only I had time. I guess its a project for the Christmas holidays.





the inspiration (how gorgeous!!)-

Textile beauties

I love pretty textile things. Even if they serve no real purpose, their is something about fabric and thread that makes me happy.
Here's a few recent finds on etsy i love..

Chair stuffies by Mummy Sam

Gorgeous, sumptuous bags from Mary Kaiser


And these gorgeous brooches from Dream a little dream (they look so british, love it!)

Cyber inspiration pages

I did this once before on my blog, a collection of images sourced from the net that are inspiring me at the moment. For me, inspiration is a feast for the eyes, a meal i must eat regularly to survive. I really need my fill daily.

Textile blog board:



Graphics/art board: