Inspiration: A Few Clippings

It's a long weekend here and as we wind down, a bit of inspiration from some magazine clippings I've collected this week before we go. I love the flowers displayed in the above photo - especially seeing the hyacinths freshly cut and out of a pot, and don't the rannuculas look perfect in that mason jar? (Photo credit: Virginia MacDonald for Style at Home - Jun/11).

If weather permits I'd really like to hit up our local beach and see what treasures have drifted in over the winter. I quite like this home that was featured in June's Style at Home designed by the Kelly Deck here in Vancouver. It's got that perfect beachy mix, with lots of white which really helps brighten up a space in the sometimes dark and cloudy rainforest we live in. (Photo credit: Barry Calhou for Style at Home - Jun/11).

I sort of like the writing on the walls and ceiling too in this photo. Although I'm not a chandelier/romantic-style person, I may grab inspiration from it.

Anyway, off for a bit of a break over the weekend and to work on our newest market which will launch Monday! Have a great weekend. See you then.

Kelly Deck Spotlights the Handmade

Canadian Interior Designer and Globe and Mail columnist, Kelly Deck wrote a good article about hand-crafted design online this past week in her column Hand-crafted design within easy reach. Referring to handmade, Deck mentions how "intimacy exists between one and one, not one and many" and how impersonal and unfulfilling it can be buying from big box stores.

Cool she mentions Poppytalk and one of our vendors this month, Comma Workshop. If you haven't had a chance yet to see Kerry's handmade quillts yet, they are truly beautiful and modern, and as Kelly states, "they make quilts – but not the patched, violently colourful quilts of my grandmother's generation. Using just cloth and thread, Comma strips the craft to its rudiments". She stitches prose across the surface, using poems such as "Three Blind Mice" or "Striped Dogs Howl". Visit Comma Workshop here or here.

Thanks to Kelly for shining a spotlight on the handmade! Be sure to check out kellydeck.com; it's flowing with inspiration!