Inspiration: soft romantic blooms {peonies, hydrangeas and roses}

Wedding season is upon us and I love this! Here are some photographs of wedding flowers I worked on yesterday ...

Inspiration: origami paper crafts ...

I spent a good portion of yesterday evening folding colourful paper into origami hearts. I know it's a little late for Valentine's day, but I thought it would make for cute garland if I strung them, or perhaps incorporate them into wedding favours or decorations ... a little premature, but if I can get it done early I might as well!

{image courtesy of Paper Source}

Paper Source's How-to: recycled origami hearts offers some great ideas. Click here for their tutorial.

Some of my next origami projects ... These are all how-to videos, if you want to give them a try ...

Cherry Blossom Ku-Kusudama
Kusudama Flor
Flores de revista
Cherry Blossom Plate
Origami pouch {part 1} Origami pouch {part 2}

If you care to read the article I wrote for UPPERCASE magazine, Issue 8, you can find it here.

Inspiration: paper + fabric craftiness and groupings of collections ...

I am excited to be designing a window instillation this coming week. We are making it spring-themed and over the top - with bicycle and basket, floral-inspired garlands, and sprouting flowers ... Pictures to come soon ...

For inspiration, I am loving this handmade flower installation by Ashley Meaders, in which she used both fabric and paper to create the hanging centrepiece for a ceremony. Also, these heart pillows she made for use as props for a wedding shoot are adorable ...



Crafty lady and graphic designer by day and night Debee Campos collaborated to make these pretty cards (one is shown below). More cards along with her beautiful photography can be seen on her blog ...


Loving these interior shots of Liza Giles' home, especially the groupings of collections in every room! She is senior stylist for the Designers Guild London ...

{photographs via decor8}

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.

Inspiration: all sorts of pretty things

I was recently reading flower magazine and came across this painter Gee Gee Collins. I really like her floral paintings, her loose brush strokes and drips of paint are my kind of thing. Here is one of her paintings ...

(pink and white floral)

I love this jewelry ... Nest Pretty Things by Tamar

(Little Friends Earrings by Tamar)

(Prudence Necklace by Tamra)

Here is a great link to guides for Handmade weddings on Etsy ... Everything from vegan punk style weddings, to vintage-inspired place settings and crafting an eco-friendly wedding.

The Land of Nod have adorable children's furniture, toys, etc. Like these ABC cards by artist Julie Morstad.

And these are adorable, fancy font wallpaper letters ...

And this toy... "And Your Bird Can Sing?"

Inspiration: seeing things a little differently...

How a circle composition may look better than a square composition ... Here are some images I have worked on over the last little while, and inspired by Marco Suarez, I decided to change the frame from square to circle to see how it would alter the composition ... I like it.





Knack Studios make incredible furniture, they refurbish old pieces by dramatically resurfacing furniture and adding unique hardware ... Here are some samples of their work ...

{via Design *Sponge}

Here is another furniture refurbishing project done by sticks and bricks. They sanded an old table down, hammered in 'the summer day' poem by Mary Oliver, rubbed black paint in and gave it a coat of furniture wax ... The finished table is shown below.

{via Design *Sponge}

Tied Up Memories make wonderful and eclectic pieces. She describes her style as romantic, shabby and vintage ... one is shown below.

The style reminds me of these old brooch bouquets by Fantasy Floral Designs. Some of their brooch bouquets ...

{via sweet jessie}

But it's hard to beat real flowers, especially when they are this stunning ...

{via Style Me Pretty}