Peculiar but charmingI adore this NY Times article by Joanna Goddard about people who only wear one colour. There’s a green one, and a pink one, and a blue one… Charming. Photos by Tina Tyrell.

Odette’s paletteI like the way this photo of my studio mate Odette’s palette looks like an oil painting.

It’s officialEtsy seller Absoluut has the best vintage fabric pillows in the world. I’m putting these up here as a displacement activity to stop me from buying them myself. Actually, my arid bank account is what’s stopping me, but nonetheless, they Must Be Bought, so here they are, folks. Go geddem.

Jesse’s Coffee Last week ended on a high note with Jesse’s launch of her graphic novel, I Don’t Like Chocolate, and look what I got my hands on: Mmmm – “Coffee”. I’m the lucky bum who has the original exquisite ink drawing, but you can buy a print of the same from Jesse’s prints shop …

You make my day too!Thanks to Danielle from Of Paper and Thread for the You Make My Day award she gave me and five others yesterday! (see Danielle’s lovely Mariko purse above) Now it’s my turn to pass on the award: The rules:1. Write a post with links to 5 blogs that make your day2. …

Tea and bears?Frauke Stegmann is drinking tea today while she’s guest blogging at the Elle Deco SA blog this week. It’s getting interesting…

OunoThis amazing bedspread made from vintage scarves (including some by Vera) is by Ouno Design and is for sale both on their website and in the Ouno Etsy shop. Lots of Ouno’s recycled and upcycled things are very interesting. There’s also some fur stuff that kind of scares the vegetarian me, although I’m sure our …

Milnerton Market loveI went to my favourite car boot sale on Saturday with my friend Marion. The wind howls, it’s bleak and sandy, on the edge of a highway in an industrial area, but I love Milnerton Market. With dogged persistence, pickings can be seriously good – I’m talking unused le Creuset, amazing collectible mid-century …

KokeshiI’ve done a little trendtjie post on kokeshis over at the Elle Decoration SA blog today. This one is by Matte Stephens.