Inspiration: origami and bright flowers ... I made these origami cubes and set up some still-lifes with flowers ... The flowers are matsomoto mums, button mums and zinnias ... I think these would make great centrepieces too ... Here are some of my favourite shots from today ... [dyi:origami cube tutorial - via:origami mommy]









Some great blogs to check out ... BORNAY Tartelette POSTCARDS & pretties poppytalk little pheasant Golly Bard's Drawing Room small stump + studio choo

Inspiration: cute and childish kitsch ... Here are some still-lifes and photographs I have taken over the past few days ...

Rainy days ... It is gray and drizzly outside ... I had a craft and colouring day planned for Leo and I, but he proved to be too young - I had to take the crayons away from him, he was eating them ...

Just outside my door, this kale plant is hanging on, it's one of our last plants thriving in this dull weather ...

This past summer, D and I got engaged ... we are excited to have a photo shoot with Blair Marie in a few weeks. Once the leaves start changing colour, we're all going on a nature walk so she can snap some engagement photos. I'll post the pictures once we get them!

Today, I photographed some more still-lifes and redid the letters for Leo ... I am happier with these - they turned out more clear... and I framed the 'L' for Leo ...

Inspiration: thrift store finds ... Yesterday I visited a couple thrift shops in Cochrane. I love finding old frames and photographs in thrift and antique shops. I found these old frames to add to my collection. When I get around to it, I'll to do a grouping of these on a wall. ... And I was especially happy to find myself some hand knitted mittens for winter.

Inspiration: prop styling ... I want to involve myself more in prop and craft styling ... I LOVE setting up still-lifes, so I am going to play around with this subject and keep at it until I get some nice compositions. Here are some pictures of my first attempts ...

Inspiration: Little Leo ... My little lad is huge inspiration for me ... I'm about to paint these letters to hang in his room, but thought to photograph them first with some of his toys ... just for fun!

Inspiration: some pretty things ... like precious adornments, paper petals, pinwheels for parties ... and some DIY:projects ...

Shown below is the Souvenir Delft Blue B-Set (2003) by Jongeriuslab - A miniature of the Delft Blue B-Set, intended to be used as a neck­lace, a light-hearted comment on the cliché Delft Blue souvenir industry.

Fabric and bead necklaces from Anthropologie ...


I adore EmersonMade. for their paper flowers as adornment for hair, shoes and clutches, as corsages and even as table decor ... shown below are some of their paper products ...

FYI : How to set for a formal dinner (from: BUTLERSGUILD)


DIY Project: Paper Pom Pom by Rachel of Smile and Wave ... (click on link for tutorial)


And another DYI project ... dozi: paper flower tutorial (click on link for tutorial)

DIY Project: Pinwheels by Style Me Pretty (click on link for tutorial)


More paper rosettes/pinwheels and tablescape design from: Design*Sponge: spirograph wedding

A quick little post for today ...

Here is a cute company Minimii. I especially like their dollhouse Arne Jocobsens Own House, 1929 (pictured below)

"Kids can play for hours with a dollhouse. With miniature furniture, the house can be redecorated again and again, differently each time. With dolls, countless stories play themselves out, scenarios that remind us of what happens in a real home. The idea with Minimii is just that, to create dollhouses and furniture that look like a real home which both kids and adults can play with."

Here are some great blogs ... Apartment Therapy Re-Nest + April and May

I love the work of Shana Faust, she is a Toronto photo-stylist who has worked for Martha Stewart Weddings magazine. She is now based in Brooklyn. I love her props/crafts styling ... Here is a sample of her work ...

Katrin May is an internationally recognized professional origami artist. First introduced to origami in France in 1989, she and her partner developed this art in a heretofore unseen way. Now residents of Toronto. Here is their website ORILAND and some of their work is shown below.