stripes

love these striped cards from essimar. (via the scoop)

pinocchio

i’m glad i found this pinocchio figure at canoe. we have a vintage version of it sitting on the shelf in the kids’s room. it once belonged to my mother or father and now it is sitting on a shelf in the kids’ room. this one’s nose “grows” by adjusting a hidden lever behind his [...]

chinese sock hanger

i just like this picture from amy karol’s bend-the-rules sewing book. it makes me feel like buying such a chinese sock hanger and peg random things on it. it could also serve as a hanger for a mobile.  

matchstick tree

via emma’s designblogg

christmas crafts: ball ornament balloons

we just sent this angel off to switzerland where it hopefully arrives safely at my in-laws. my daughter e. decorated the nacelle and choose all the materials. an assortment of things you could use to make such a balloon is shown in the picture below: a ball ornament, a little paper cup, trimmings, cord and [...]

shadow puppets

i don’t know how good a toy shadow puppets are for little kids but these are also just beautiful to look at. owly shadow puppets.

four little boys

found these four little boys on etsy. they come in a nice little felt bag. 

exhibition in the kitchen

the kids and i hung a batch of their artwork on to our blue wall. inspired by a recent post, about an interesting way to display art, we used blue tape. it was great fun to do it and they were proud to have an exhibition of their art in our kitchen.

details

nadja müller’s berlin apartement is just so beautiful! i like its simplicity and how she puts a lot of love into detail. i particularly like how she hangs pictures (and these hooks) and how decorative objects and things of everyday use (like the tape rolls) are arranged. i love that she uses books as a display for art. oh, [...]

dolphin studio’s calendar

this folksy, colorful, silk-screened calendar was made by the ceramic artist john ffrench and his wife, primm. they have been making them for 37 years. all members of the family, even their grandchildren, have been contributing artwork. the production grows each year (they are up to 1,500). go to http://www.thedolphinstudio.com