This is a very sweet little ceramic jewelry line out of Australia.

Here’s a great video presented by Hallmark about Hermann Zapf’s work and the importance of letter form and the “purpose and techniques of calligraphy”. He is enchanting, let alone his incredible talent. The film is perhaps a little slow for a modern audience, but it’s lovely… watch it.

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Though I can only imagine how difficult it must have been to design this collection so soon after the tragic death of Alexander McQueen, I think that Sarah Burton deserves much respect for this collection, as it is most definitely in keeping with the progressive McQueen aesthetic.  Truly beautiful.

This salesman sample is up for auction here.  The model in a suitcase is just so sexy.

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The pillow I’m keeping, but this amazing child’s coat by “Little Friend” is in my shop.  The tag in this coat is almost as rad as the coat itself.

Ancient Man: The Beginning of Civilizations

Written and Drawn and Done into Color by Hendrik Willem Van Loon
New York. Boni and Liveright, 1920

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Perhaps the lovliest thing I’ve read all week.

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Some new handmade jewelry items in the shop!  More to come…

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I love this installation Haygarth made for the Victoria & Albert Museum as part of the London Design Festival.   The installation was made in collaboration with framer John Jones using picture-frame offcuts.

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A recent aquisition to my potted succulent collection.  I thought at a glance that there were flowers on top, but they’re actually leaves!  I think it must be a recent variegation, because I can’t find much info on this species.  I think it’s lovely, don’t you? I found a handmade pale green matte glazed pot to go with it.

Hey there boys and girls.  Sorry I’ve been a little absent, but I’ve been working pretty regularly, and I was away this past weekend for a birthday celebration in San Diego with my husband (which was so nice and relaxing).

Anyway, I’m back, and I’m fairly sure my neighbours heard me exclaiming/shrieking while looking at this collection.  While I do love collections that go all out, over-the-top like this fall’s Givenchy collection (which is breathtaking), I get more excited over things I’d actually want to wear.  Call it my die-hard practical side.  Marni is one of those collections, along with a few others, that I can generally look at and think “yes, I want to wear that” about at least half of the collection. What’s even more mind-blowing to me is that the clothes that are in a runway show are only a fraction of the actual collection.