Inklore + Inspiration Daily + Inside Out

Hi!


How was the first half of your week? I hope it has gone as planned... we are now sailing toward the weekend - yay! Today's ensemble is lookin' good! - enjoy!

Inklore

There is nothing like arty crafty goods that are practical, and there's nothing like choosing arty crafty goods to use around your home - no more boring bins to store you wool, or plastic tags to hold your keys - why would you when you can have a hand printed lavender sachet on your key chain? or a gorgeous purpose-made 'yarn keep' next to your favourite knitting chair? Sam from Inklore makes and prints all this and more - check it out...

(images from Inklore)

NOTES:
visit Sam's website
visit Sam's blog
visit Sam's store


Inspiration Daily

This is probably something that is already firmly fixed into your regular reading, but just in case it isn't, I wanted to share one of my favourite daily stops - Inspiration Daily at Creature Comforts.

Ez from Creature Comforts is well known for her impeccable taste and ability to find the most gorgeous goodies to share on her site, and her Inspiration Daily segment is one that I really look forward to.

Ez chooses one image a day to share, and as with everything at Creature Comforts, each image is beautiful. I find this the perfect place to ponder before beginning my day and I trip over there when I need a bit of time out or when I need to reflect and charge my batteries - And then there's the links! Oh my! You could get lost in there!

I have chosen my favourite image out of Ez's recent posts. You will need to hop over Creature Comforts to see more - enjoy!

(image from Creature Comforts. image by Andrew F)

NOTES:
visit Inspiration Daily

I couldn't skip through 'i' without mentioning Inside Out. Inside Out is one of my favourite Australian home and design magazines that always manages to put together a collection of the most gorgeous homes and interior pieces.

It was pretty exciting stuff when the Inside Out blog was launched in March this year, and sticking true to all that is fabulous about the magazine, the Inside Out blog delivers more delicious design and interiors, a bit of background into the magazine's feature articles, and "where the staff happily reveal a few of their favourite things". Ohhh! and the sneak peek into their new magazine layout is divine! I can't wait for the next issue!

(image and quote from Inside Out)

I am off to a Contemporary Art exhibition with my oldest son this morning - I can't wait!

have a great day!

See you tomorrow for J! xxoo

Kindred + Mimi Kirchner + Kristen Kieffer

Hello! Thank you so much for joining me again. I am actually quite excited about combining K and L together - there is such an amazing variety of styles and mediums amongst these two groups. A whole heap of work to ponder and enjoy.. let's get to it...

Kindred

Surely you must already know about two fabulous blogs Decor8 and Creature Comforts? Well, just in case you don't - Holly Becker of Decor8 and Heather 'Ez' Pudewa of Creature Comfort's both write exceptional design and goodness based blogs - you really should check them out.

Even though Holly and Ez have never met face to face, their 'online' friendship has blossomed into the wonderful joint venture that is 'Kindred'.

At Kindred Holly and Ez bring together a selection of their favourite artists, give them a small brief and then pop a free (yep, that's free!) down loadable version of their work to have on your very own desktop. - pretty fab huh?! To top that off Holly and Ez also have a great wee selection of free (there's that word again : ) printables for your very own! Luckily for us, both Ez and Holly have exceptional taste and you will LOVE all the freebies they have to offer!

"... to us it's about making the most of the often overlooked little things. No doubt you feel exactly the same way. It's amazing how we meet and connect online, sometimes replacing missing people in our own day-to-day life with new found friends we've never met face-to-face. No doubt many of you have your own kindred spirits online, those who encourage, share, motivate, comfort... Kindred is a mini celebration of such friendships formed inside the delicate and vast online web."

Take a peek:

above: by Samantha Hahn

above: by Jessica Gonacha

above: by Traci French

above: by Holly Becker

above: by Ez Pudewa

(images and quote from Kindred)

NOTES:
visit Kindred
visit Decor8
visit Creature Comforts


Mimi Kirchner

So, if you have been on the last couple of Alphabetical journeys with me you will know how fond I am of Softies, and hand stitched dolls and creatures.

It is always a pleasure to come across someone like Mimi Kirchner who carefully crafts each of her pieces.There is so much detail in Mimi's work, these pictures below hardly do it justice. I do suggest you pop over to her blog to check out more detailed images.

Mimi creates a series of pin cushions, patterns, note cards and magnet sets, but it is her doll collection that I love - check them out...(oh, and i love the fact that she creates pieces that are orientated towards boys like the robots and tattooed men below : )

(images from Mimi Kirchner)

NOTES:
visit Mimi's store
read Mimi's blog

Kristen Kieffer

On a completely different note to the two above is the ceramic work of Kristen Kieffer. What I love about Kristen's work is not only the delicateness and beauty of each piece, but also the colours of her glazes and the intricacy's of her pattern work.

I imagine a friend sipping a drink from the tumblers pictured 4th below, and then all of a sudden discovering that the gorgeous pattern on the front is created our of bunny's. Or a sweet plant in the pot pictured below, with the little wise owls sitting knowledgeably underneath.

I also imagine each vessel housing a sweet collection of creamy peonies - looking divine!

(images from Kristen Kieffer)

NOTES:
visit Kristen's website
visit Kristen's store here and here

Are you looking forward to L? I am!
- let's skip right over there now!