Homespun Style: Frillie Designs
I came across these photos by Shella of Frillie Designs the other day. They’re snapshots of her house in a little coastal village in Essex, England: Shella’s home will be featured in a new book, called...
View ArticleMonday Inspiration: Stitched
Dottie Angel Katie Haddox Fiona Watson Buitenlander {Jewelry & Wall Wear }I really want to learn how to do embroidery. It’s my next craft pursuit!
View ArticleThings to love…
Just a few things on my wish list: Thackeray’s Vanity Fair, Illustrated…Tovicore Leather Card Case…Red Embroidered Pillow Cover… Little Blue Birds Studios’ Owl Art Print…Joe Vintage’s Restored Red...
View ArticleA Glimpse
For a very short time a girl named Paulina kept a flickr page called “Irony on my tongue,” a beautiful visual diary… She photographed some of her favorite things: books (Henry James and Jane Austen), a...
View ArticleInspired by: The Princess and the Pea
A very organic interpretation (above) by Dinky Dot on flickr…What makes The Princess and the Pea so endearing? The princess part? Pretty linens and feather beds? Marrying the prince? Out witting the...
View ArticleWallpaper the world in chintz
These lovely illustrations were created by a young woman in Tehran named Maggie, who has a Tumblr page called A Walk with Jane Austen. (She writes: It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single...
View ArticleA Prada Pastiche
At the start of every season, I try to make a point of going to the Rem Koolhaas-designed Prada store in Beverly Hills to look at the new arrivals — displayed like fine art — and pick up a (FREE!) copy...
View Articlecosmos✦travel
Hello readers, It’s Liss here from Daydream Lily and I’ll be posting here every few days while Tina takes a much needed break. I’ll be sharing beautiful things and words that inspire me, similar I...
View ArticlePostcards and Souvenirs
I’m a predictable flea market shopper. I always end up on a treasure hunt for things I can bring home without much ado… …Like postcards… ….Old matchbooks… …Fifty-year-old bottles of “My Sin” and pink...
View ArticleIrish Times: Vintage Love
Happy Monday. I hope you had a relaxing weekend! As usual I spent lots of time this weekend reading (finishing the Philip Roth book and starting the new biography of Cleopatra). During my Internet...
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