Inspiration: Decorating for the holidays ... Here is some inspiration ...

{Grinch Christmas Trees from Griffins Greenhouses}

{Decorating with Paper Snowflakes and tutorial via Martha Stewart}

{White Paper Snowflakes via RE gREtings}

{outdoor decor - giant lace snowflakes by resurrection fern}

{outdoor decor - frozen berry ornaments via Easy Outdoor Decor}

{outdoor decor - frozen water balloons by Plants are the Strangest People}

{love doves from Polli}

{decor by Rie Elise Larsen}

{colourful and Kitschy Christmas Interior via Home Sweet Home}

Inspiration: Botanical drawings and flower stars!

I really love old botanical drawings ... so when I came across 'Floating Lemons' blog, I was impressed with her pencil crayon drawings of flowers and fruits ... Here are some of her works that I admire ...




I am a floral designer by trade, so I really admire other people's work and ambition when it comes to floral design ... Here are some inspirational pictures from amazing designers ...

{floral by: Floral Lab}

I love Nicolette Owen's natural style with floral design. Here is an article about her and her budding floral design career.

{floral by: Nicolette Camille Floral Design}

Another young designer that I admire is Bess Wyrick. Here is an article about her and her floral career. Her company Celadon & Celery is much more about teaching floral design and appealing to corporate culture.

Lastly, Mignonne HANDMADE is inspired by floral. Their Romantic Floral collection is my favourite. Here is a link to their ETSY shop. Just some of their many beautiful creations are shown below...

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.