most influential designs of 2007 {part one}

going through my 2007 archives, i picked out some designs that really popped out at me, as the most influential over the past year. what comes to mind mostly looking back, the influence of craft and art, collections of favorite things, tactile surfaces and hand-lettering to start.

1. painted bottles by laura normandin from the tinlark show (posted here).
2. hand-lettering (this one by robin cameron)
3. porcelain pinecones by coe & waito
4. felt accessories from bludot (posted about here).




5. image transfer ceramics (this one by vancouver's elizabeth burritt).
6. die-cut wool felt (pendant light from mixko)
7. collage on paper, by aja robb, eciad student



8. immacolata and her friends by stina persson (amazing colors)
9. wooden rings from somethings hiding in here
10. letterpressed with hand embroidered prints by lisa solomon
11. escutcheons (by suzanne carlsen)



12. a collection of wooly sea gems by helle jorgensen



13. cursive fonts (image from flickr folk typography pool by feaverish



14. amazing things being done with gocco, tiles by circa ceramics
15. restless things prints by olivia jeffries
16. anatomie by lisa congdon
17. cul de sac designs by laura mckibbon



18. faux underwater scene with a kodak dualflex on hula's digital camera
19. cute little nuggets by small stump
20. collection series by camilla engman
21. to nashville love brooklyn show, works by caitlin keegan & julia rothman, sq. ft. gallery, nashville

new things for the new year!

looks like somethings hiding in here has some things in store at their online shop this new year's day! lots of fun things they are sneak peeking at their blog going on sale 01.01.08!

{*update* we just got an email from shauna & stephen of somethings hiding in here and anyone who mentions poppytalk in the comment section of their order when buying something from their etsy shop on 1.1.08 will get a special treat with their package!) - cool!

re-cap & trends 9 & 10 - {canadian house & home 2008 trends issue}

i'm going to speed up on the last two posts of 2008 trends i was posting about prior to christmas (to be honest, it's getting a little tiring/boring?) and even though i'm not exactly sold on the trend thing, (i'm more of the "do what you love" school - when it comes to design); i still like to highlight what's out there (from a canadian point of view); for inspiration, and as kate bingaman-burt says, "in order to design for culture, you must be aware of it". so that said, here's a fast capture of the top 10 trends for 2008 as picked by canadian house and home:

1. forest
2. jewel box
3. casino
4. granny-chic
5. modern baby
6. fair trade
7. neo-classical
8. root vegetable
9. global textiles (see below)
10. hot & cold (see below)

trend no. 9 - global textiles:

fabrics from the international bazaar, representing morocco and peru, malaysian pillows, navaho rugs and suzani wall hangings from central asia (all placed within white walls). (image below from canadian h&h trends issue): photo by michael graydon



trend no. 10 - hot & cold

a variation on the metallic theme, with new vibes from warm colored metals paired with cool hues like lavender, corals and lemon. metals mixed with each other. (image below from canadian h&h trends issue): photo michael graydon

trend no. 8 - root vegetable: {canadian h&h 2008 trends issue}

root vegetable - another trend mentioned at canadian house and home's '08 trend issue for january lends itself to the hues of beet red, yam orange and chocolate browns. i'm thinking of this as a winter themed influence. (images above - ceramics by elizabeth burritt and inspiration page from canadian h&h).

senegal square seating from fluf (as seen in h&h)

porcelain collection from mud, australia (as seen in h&h)

resin chair, martha sturdy (as seen in h&h)

alyssa ettinger 2nd's & sample sale!

alyssa ettinger is having a 2nd's and sample sale at her phm table for our boxing week sale! eek! lots of amazing deals here!

last affordable art post 0f 2007

number 15 schoolbook print (framed), scarletbeautiful, $10
liaisons by wexfordgirl, $70 (via modish guest blog).

butterfly superstition by robindanely, $30

the good machinery print, $13 (via modish guest blog).

story time by ashleyg, $20

trace my face sale!

traci has put some cards and prints up for sale at her table today! click here to see more!

kwoozy handmade sale!

kwoozy has just written to tell us she's having a sale on most items at her table too. click here to see her cute handmade dolls!

paloma's nest

i just found this lovely etsy shop called, paloma's nest out of austin, texas. it's creator, caroline colom vasquez hand-crafts each piece in her studio using natural materials such as wood, fabric, paper and clay.

trend no. 7 - neo classical: {canadian h&h 2008 trends issue}

this is the trend i mentioned about in my first post about canadian house and home's '08 trends issue which sort of scared me. perhaps it was the colors picked for the inspiration page (see above photo for h&h); the hues yellows, blues and blacks; (maybe not the trend as much as the colors). some pieces that attract me are the silhouettes (portrait ones); the grecian patterns, and the idea of fun colors used with them. here's a few items i found around with this theme in mind; (above mirror from anthrolpologie):

doily girl framed print by trace my face

chairs by draga obradovoic

apollo linen pillow by thomas paul

vintage neoclassical style boudoir lamps from paris hotel boutique

leafy shade rug, anthropologie

paula birdy sale!

paula birdy has put up some of her prints and holiday cards up for sale today at her table! click here to see!

annie and olive sale

a few sale items on at sweet annie and olive's!

tsk tsk on sale!

originals and prints on sale from tsk tsk out of brisbaine, australia!

cecily ink sale

cecily ink has her holiday cards and calendars on sale! great deals!

susan schwake table sale!

susan schwake has put some items on sale over at her table too! from originals to cards! click here to see!

the paper bluebird table sale!

the paper bluebird has all her items on sale at her table. from gocco printed paper cut 2008 calendars to hand crafted felt holiday ornaments!

Online Boxing Week Sale!

Please join us for our exciting "online" Holiday Madness & Sale Market starting Boxing Day through to January 4th, 2008! Participants in the December Poppytalk Handmade Market will be placing select items from their handmade (and even some vintage) works on sale!!

unravelling on sale!

beautiful photographs from uk's unravelling are on sale. click here to go to her table.

happy holidays

we'll be off for the next couple of days to take in some holiday activities, but back on the 26th to set up the poppytalk handmade boxing week sale, (psssst! some good deals already to be had!) see you back then! best wishes! (banner from small stump; wall from our dining room - waiting to be reno'd).

draga obradovic

i came across these beautiful chairs and pillows by draga obradovic via the decocentric blog. draga graduated from the academia di belle arti with a degree in painting in 1988. as a designer she attempts to achieve a union between painting and style. through years of refining her painting technique directly onto fabrics this process naturally lent itself to furniture where she started a collection in 2006.