La Fleuriste Flower Design

These flower arrangements from La Fleuriste are so fresh and colorful, her work is really stunning.

Have a great long weekend, I am going on a mini-vacation and will be back to posting late next week.

{images from La Fleuriste}

Learning To Love You More

Just recently a friend showed me the book Learning to Love you More. I had been aware of the project created by the artists Miranda July and Harrell Fletcher and was excited to find out they published a book, compiling all of the lovely, happy and sad stories of people from around the world completing the assignments created by the authors. Some of the assignments are silly and fun, while others are more thought provoking and sad, all of which will help you build a greater sense of self. Some of my favorite assignments are:

#6 - Make a poster of shadows.
#25 - Make a video of someone dancing.
#35 - Ask your family to describe what you do.
#45 - Reread your favorite book from the 5th grade.
#53 - Give advice to yourself in the past.
#63- Describe your ideal government.

Here is a link to the Oliver family, they created a blog documenting the completion of their assignments.

{images from Learning to Love You More}

Bread and Butter

I love the simplicity of these cards from Bread and Butter. Such sweet little messages that would make anyone smile.

{images from Bread and Butter}

Kate Sutton

I absolutely adore these Cuckoo Clocks made by Kate Sutton, these are some of the cutest clock I have seen in a long time!

{images from Kate Sutton}

Reverie

Designer Alison Woodward of Reverie makes some of the most incredible handmade jewelry around. Each piece is an original one of a kind, at times looking more like a beautiful composition in a painting than something you can wear. Lucky for us, we can wear her art. These pieces remind me of warm weather, something I desperately miss right now!

{images from Reverie}

Thomas O'Brien Dinnerware

Recently a friend sent me photos of the Thomas O'Brien dinnerware. The photos were taken at Thomas' store Aero and show how all of his dinnerware collections work beautifully together. Patrick and I are registered for the Elissa collection, and now I am thinking of adding either the Marielle or Tilden Lace chargers to our assortment.

{images from Emily Rose Wood}

Just Another Day

Browsing through Etsy, I came across the great little Minneapolis sketchbooks by Just Another Day. Although Patrick and I now live in New York, we started dating back in Minneapolis a long, long time ago. We share such fond memories of MN and these sketchbooks would be great additions to our welcome totes to represent the beginning stages of our relationship.

{images from Just Another Day}

Record the Day

I am off traveling for work the next couple of days but I thought I would share one of my favorite blogs with you, if you don't already know it, you should. Record the Day is a brilliant little blog full of random, everyday thoughts and images compiled into gorgeous little collages. Give yourself plenty of time to browse through her site, many a nights I have spent hours looking through all of her lovely collages.

{images from Record the Day}

More NY Gift Favorites!

I just love Sukie, they are one of my favorite paper/stationery design companies. I met one of the designers Darrell and he was so nice! Their line of new Travel Journals is fantastic, really fun illustrated covers with little storage pockets for memorabilia collected from your travels. The new Rescued Paper Note Books are full of discarded papers from India, such a great and green concept. The pages are from end of print runs, advertising and bound simply without processing. All such great little gifts!
{images scanned from the Sukie Spring/Summer 2008 pamphlet}



Suck UK always has such fun product ideas, these Wooden Postcards are an easy and primitive way to spread the love.
{images from Suck UK}





I love the fresh colors of the new dinnerware by Jonathan Adler, I especially adore the eye-shaped chargers. How great would a table look set with these? The porcelain hands on lucite blocks are also fantastic, anything on a lucite block gets me excited! Not only are they beautiful little table sculptures, but I think they would be great ring holders!
{images from Thoughtful Day}

Mizzonk

Mizzonk had one of my favorite booths this year at the NY Gift show. This husband and wife design duo from Canada had really thoughtful and considered work. They were the recipients of this years award of excellence in the Accent on Design area of the gift show. Some of my favorite pieces were out of their art collection: Inspiration Series. Simple shapes partially cut from paper then hand folded in a specific direction to create a sense of movement, shadow and light. I also loved the Yes or No Tic Tac Toe, the beautifully crafted X's and O's placed in a nice big chunk of walnut or cedar would be a great gift, especially for a hard to gift Dad!

{images from Mizzonk}