jasper goodall

: : first I was blown away by the .sneak peek. on d*sponge of  illustrator .sanna annukka's. home. I love the unique use of Scandinavian products and influences in her home, I would highly recommend checking out the photos. Then I learn that she is married to graphic designer .jasper goodall. and now I am completely blown away by his work. so much amazing creativity in one home!

: : fernando volken togni

: : this could be my new favorite illustrator.fernando volken togni. Love illustrations with icons that tell a story. and i love all the color of course. so glad I found this via .not cot.

diary illustrations

: : this is making  me smile right now. wonderful illustrations by .gemma correll. (via .yellowgoat.)
and she post daily diary illustrations on her flickr account-what a treasure!

click on the images to see them larger. 

wall collage

: : I'm looking for inspiration for our guest bedroom wall.It's painted dark blue. I want to do something different, something playfull. I love .yellow goat's collages. Especially the little people on the light switches.

beantown beanshare

: : On thursday night, I attended the .SHIFT Boston. awards ceremony at the .Boston ICA museum. 

.katie. & .morgan. (two architecture friends) and I have started a local project called .beantown beanshare. Our project was one of 18 finalist (out of 142 submissions) in the SHIFT Boston competition.

.beantown beanshare. is an urban garden share program aimed at matching would-be gardeners who have no place to plant a garden with neighbors who have unused outdoor space. we even provide easy instructions for how to get started so that anyone, even those with no gardening experience, can learn to grow their own vegetables.

beantownbeanshare.com connects gardeners and land hosts in just 3 easy steps! Our slogan "pairing eager hands with idle land" will make our city's greenspaces and ourselves more productive and healthy.

We are in the processing of building our website, and are hoping to be up and running in a few weeks. If you would like to stay in touch with us and be notified when we launch the full website, please sign up on our email list. Visit beantownbeanshare.com

Please help us spread the word about .beantown beanshare.!

wrap with doilies

 

: : another great way to use doilies. (should have posted this one too before christmas)
via .style files. originally from .decor 8.

Rörstrand kulinara

: : .hanna werning. my current favorite swedish pattern designer, has designed a new line of dishes for Swedish china company .Rörstrand. called .kulinara.

I have a special love for Rörstrand as it used to be the center of the town where I grew up, Lidköping. The production was happening there up until just a few years ago when they moved it to China. Rörstrand was the reason we moved to Lidköping in the first place when my Dad took a job with the company. When the production was moved to Hungary and Sri Lanka, my dad decided together with a few other investors to buy up all the land and facilities of the factory. Today, the area has been developed into a design and culture center. The Rörstrand museum and shop still exists, shops and offices have moved into the old production facilities. And a great restaurant and skybar have been built in the center of the grounds. .Strand. restaurant and .Rymd. bar is most definitely worth a visit if you are traveling through Lidköping or live closeby.

swedish christmas

 

 

: : I should have posted this .dos visit. as inspiration before Christmas but I didn't find it until today.how I missed Swedish christmas this year. iz and I were fortunate to spend the christmas holiday together in New York City, we had a great time. but I sure missed my family, the tree, swedish christmas food, gingerbread making, lussekatter.....next year I want to go home.

these .dos. pictures are as wonderful as always. I wish .freja. could teach me how to make those paper christmas stars! my grandma used to hang white ones in the tree.

rock vases

: : It's a new year and today's date is completely symmetrical 01.11.10

Hope you all had a great holiday and a good start to the new year. 

Beautiful colorful rock vases by .jin kuramoto. via .below the clouds.