Awesome!I don’t actually says “awesome” generally, but this paper illustration work from Russian artist, Yulia Brodskaya is, like, mega awesome! Via Swiss Miss Happy weekend everyone. I’m planning some serious battery rechargement, mostly in the form of book reading and yoga. There’s so much I could be showing on this blog (new patterns, new products, …

Roddy & GingerThis post is practically just a repeat of one on Bloesem yesterday, but I fell so hard for the beautiful prints by Roddy & Ginger, I just had to have them on my blog too!

IkatI bought Paul a present last week – this silk Ikat cushion from Turkey (actually, I got it in Rondebosch, just 15 minutes away!). It looks like my photo is out of focus, but it’s not – that’s just what Ikat weaving does to your eyes, and one of the reasons that hippies like it …

Shortcuts to EleganceApologies if this post over-promises somewhat. I have no actual shortcuts to elegance to share (except, perhaps, to recommend a silk scarf tied just so at the neck?), and it’s just the name of a book I picked up at Milnerton Market with an illustration style to which I aspire. PS: One tip …

BeretI’m enchanted by these wool berets by Japanese Etsy seller Tiny Toadstool Label, found thanks to Helen Dardik, who always has the niftiest Etsy Finds ever. Via Orange You Lucky

Mug and FiepI had good finds at Milnerton Market recently, including this Staffordshire Potteries mug, and piles of melamine plates and bowls adorned with adorable illustrations by Dutch illustrator Fiep Westendorp . Fiep Westendorp was, by the way, a lady. I didn’t realise this until I visited her website, where I also discovered that her …

ShowersFound this 1958 Showers print by Alexander Girard over at True Up. The colours in particular knock me out – especially the addition of blue into the rest of the earthy tones. How does he manage to do something simple, and so right? True Up has another great Girard post that’s worth reading if you’re …