By a French interior designer based in Montreal, The Butter Flying shop is flying right into my heart!
It's filled with the most whimsical little creations to adorn your home with- mobiles, paper butterflies, colorful garland and more. I'm in love with her cloud and raindrop mobiles- they're simple and adorable in great color combinations, perfect to brighten up any room on a gray, rainy day.
{collage by Found Paper Co}
I just discovered Found Paper Co in my overflowing inbox and I'm disappointed (in myself, and my lousy keeping-up-with-email-skills) that I didn't come across it sooner! It's an awesome little shop featuring vintage housewares, paper goods and office supplies. The goods are well curated & well photographed by owner Xenia, a lover of paper and flea market scouring. It's the perfect place to find what you need to give your office or desk a vintage touch- a new instant favorite.
Not only are the handmade pottery creations from JustPotters awesome (I especially love their garden herb markers) they're also made with a great purpose. Part of JustWork out of Canada, JustPotters' goods are made by people "facing physical disabilities, mental illness, homelessness and addictions," people who face barriers to traditional employment. It gives them a sense of accomplishment, boosts their self-esteem and opens up economic opportunities they may not otherwise have. It's "pottery with a purpose" indeed.
Vintage ceramic pitcher that's perfect for summer? Love it. Designed by Finnish designer Kaj Franck for Arabia Finland in the 50's probably? Love it even more. With a super cool green and blue cat painted on the side? Oh, my love runneth over! Someone buy this pitcher please, and fast. I can't afford it, but can't resist either. Help!
This week I did a little web window shopping (man, curtains can be expensive!) and naturally found myself oohing and ahhing over all the pretty garden related selections. Sifting through them, I realized that a lot of the mass produced items are very similar to products on the indie-designer handmade market right now. Take a gander and see whatcha think. The big box varieties are to the left, the indie business, crafty versions are on the right.
(a) The Eggling made internet rounds last year: $9.50 or the handmade version (b) by Revisions Design Studio (includes a half dozen eggs!): $24.95, is a much better buy. (c) VivaTerra Moon Chimes, $49 are pretty enough to go indoors or out, but the handmade version (d) by Michael McDowell (aka Mudpuppy), $65, are made to order, and I can vouch for the incredible quality and customer service he offers.
(e) Anthropologie's Placid Lakeside Planter is on clearance for $19.95, but the cheery, sunshiny yellow version by (f) Fruit Fly, $34, is still a great buy from the little guy. (g) Crate and Barrel's recycled glassware, $3.95 each on clearance, looks perfect for lemonade on a hot summer's day, but you'll sweat a whole lot less knowing the maker is receiving fair pay for a day's work by supporting (h) Rewined Recycled, where aset of 4 recycled wine bottle tumblers is $38.
(i) These ceramic bird wind chimes from Pier 1, $15, are pretty adorable, but for half the price and a whole lotta DIY pride (j), you can string up a nearly identical version from Laurel Arts, $7.50. (k) The Aqua/Green Maritime Rope Doormat from World Market, $16.99, has a nautical bent, but you can knock the mud off your Wellies in a more authentic manner, thanks to (l) Knotically Inclined: $60.
Renee Garner has a passion to make things grow, although her
brownish thumb wants her to believe otherwise. When mud pies aren't on
the menu, you can find her doodling the days away at Wolfie and the Sneak.
Last night, when I was picking out the lucky random winner of the Plywerk giveaway, Lara, I clicked the link to her name and was led to a little store full of wonders. I was led to Enid boutique!
Enid is a brick and mortar shop in Fredericksburg, TX featuring handmade and independently designed goods. Owned by Lara and her husband, the shop is named after and inspired by her grandmother, Enid Collins (seen above), who designed handbags from the 50's-70's. Pretty cool, hmm? There's also an online version of the shop, so we all can partake in the goodness. That's where I found all these lovely items below.
See what entering a giveaway could do for you? Not only can you win it, you can get featured at the same time! ;)
Vanilla Bug oh Vanilla Bug. Your felted adorableness and cute clay goodness is almost too much to bear:
From jewelry and brooches, to art and home decor, everything that this Australian shop pumps out is pure gold, and it's all handmade by miss Amy (who's also the brains behind Baker's Dozen- them is a whole lot of brains.) Find more cute tea-loving goodness in the Vanilla Bug shop!
note: as I was finishing editing this post I saw a little tweet from Heart Handmade about the honey inspired picks she just posted- doh! Great minds... I thought of scrapping this post, but since I had already spent a bunch of time editing it and our selections are totally different, I decided to go ahead with it- but be sure to check out Heart Handmade's sweet picks too!
1 :: sweets for the sweet necklace by Rachel Ann Designs
2 :: honeycomb modern wall clock by Pilot Design
3 :: queen bee earrings by Red Heart 13
4 :: Karl Von Frisch purse no.3 by The Sea Within
5 :: tilly necklace by Stone & Honey
6 :: honeycomb necklace by Brevity
7 :: honey ginger soap by Aniselle
Sarah over at The Small Object just released these new clothespin people and they're just too adorable!
I love their expressions and little outfits, their crazy wild hair, and the burst of color behind them, attached to their stands, only adds to the wonderfulness. Find these one-of-a-kind little companions over in The Small Object etsy shop!
Have you seen Udessi yet? I've been browsing through all morning and it's gorgeous, I can't get enough!
Host to art and craft items made by some phenomenal Australian talents, Udessi has a wonderful collection, all of which is photographed and styled to perfection. It's run by Kim Wallace, a fantastic ceramacist who also sells her work there (that's her gorgeous vintage lace dish in the upper left!) The entire shop is a real treat for the eyes and I'm thrilled to see another option that focuses on Australian art and artists.
Wish You Were Here is a UK based husband and wife team who creates awesome patterned designs, and they just released them on some fabric- oooooh... And then they hand-made adorable cushions out of that fabric, with even more adorable custom designed acrylic buttons as closure- oooh-la-la!
Take a closer peek at these and the other designs they have available as prints, at Wish You Were Here!
No, these aren't creatures wrangled from the deep blue depths of the ocean... the items you see below are bowls, jewelry and more created by hand by Gulnur Ozdaglar, a very innovative artist from Turkey, out of PET bottles. Yep, they're just recycled plastic bottles taken to a very beautiful degree!
Eventhough all the pieces seem like they belong in an art museum, they're actually usable, wearable pieces for you and your home. See more stunning creations by Gulnur on her blog and purchase some in the Tertium Non Data shop!
enhabiten is a stylish little shop filled with eco-friendly goods galore!
From the little zip purses made from vintage feedsack cotton fabric and lined with hemp, to the hand-embroidered cushions made from tea-stained hemp and filled with sustainable kapok fibers, everything at enhabiten is thoughtful, pretty and made with earth-friendly materials.
I'm Jena and Modish is a daily design and style blog full of art, craft and inspiration. I've been writing here since April 2006 and blogging is my full time job. I'm happy to have you here and sure do hope you'll stay awhile.
