For a while, I’ve been returning to these beautiful pictures in an article on minä perhonen in Issue 16 of Selvedge magazine. I can’t visit the minä perhonen shop in Kyoto and buy any of these perfect clothes… … so I must content myself by just drawing them and dreaming…
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Cords and plugs
One fine day, Fine Little Day took a look under her desk… …and then HappySilly dipped her head (and camera) too. There’s no way I’m showing what it looks like under my desk (urk), but these bloggers’ cute pics of corded chaos reminded me of some extremely neatly-kept cords and plugs I snapped while we …
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A gang of chairs
This gang of Bauhaus chairs look to me like they’re up for anything. I wouldn’t like to have them coming down a dark alleyway at me. Found at 2 or 3 things I know, who found them at reference library.
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Salvia
In my inbox this morning, I found a very sweet email from Amy of ReMakeables, reminding me about Japanese design collective, Salvia. I wonder why… Yes, I can also hear the echoes of my Borrowed Spoons design ringing loud and clear, but I only saw Salvia’s beautiful spoons after my design was finished, teatowels were …
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Arum shapes
I brought back these arums from the farm on Wednesday. The next morning, I put milk in our green melamine jug for our breakfast oats. And then today I found this Russel Wright vintage creamer at DeadBirdFinds on Etsy. I like this kind of noticing.
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The same but…
I rather liked this photo from the charming Sara of HappySilly. She calls it Same same but different. Not just the title, but the colour and lines made me think of this linocut that Paul made a few years ago, called The Same but Different. The photo doesn’t do it justice, but it’s really quite …
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Mugspiration
On Friday, Lena Corwin posted this charming pic of vintage mugs on her shelves. I’m such a copycat, I just couldn’t resist photographing my collection of vintage mugs over the weekend. Actually, that Marimekko ripoff is not a vintage mug, and those teeny ones are, in fact, eggcups. So in the interests of accuracy, here’s …
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Rockin’ Flyin’ Cow!
It’s Womens Day today, so it sounds like a good day to announce that Devliegendekoe (aka Nicolette) has given me an award! I’m a Rockin’ Girl Blogger! Wooo!Ok, I do realise how inappropriate it is to make any link between my blog about pretty things and the courageous women we remember on this day for …
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Kokeshi doll
Look at the lovely little Kokeshi doll that I found at Charles’ bric-a-brac stall at the NeighbourGoods Market on Saturday. Now she lives in the bedroom next to our very inaccurately nicknamed “Chinaman”, which I bought from Charles a while back. What a happy couple they make, and how happy they make me when I …
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