shhhhhh very hush hush

Oh how cute! An airstream for a little shop. And such a cute name, "Very hush hush"! Fiona Richards sent in these pictures of her good friends, Tracy Fillion and Cathy Terepocki's gorgeous little store located in a 1964 airstream trailer. Fabulously retro-fitted to display their great collection of Canadian, indie-designed clothes, jewelry and home goods! Located and open all summer and into fall in Herridge Lane, Nelson B.C., Canada! (and if you can't make it to this beautiful part of the world, they both have online shops - thank goodness!):

hornofplenty.ca (Cathy's site) and Tracy's dear pony etsy shop.

new ink & wit

tara sent an email today announcing the launch of her new website, ink & wit, gifts, greeting cards and art. nice and clean design.

i highlighted tara's work in my affordable art guidelast month. beautiful illustrations.

new at modishoppe

love these new fun pieces over at modishoppe! fern frond bag and lavender sheets (below) by moontea artwork and enamel brooches (above) by queenthings.




(i've mentioned these sachets before, but they're just so darn cute!)

sprout new arrivals

fun new arrivals from sprout home i found over the weekend.

(top) - flaura and fauna plaques
(bottom) - ceramic bird houses.

mixko.net

speaking of mixko, they have their new website up, i had checked just last week looking for that butterfly lampshade and it wasn't available online yet. but now it is. along with a few other unique new items for the home.

coaster chain link tiles

estela from moderndose.com emailed me, introducing their new and exclusive chain links coaster collection. i thought these would be nice as a backsplash. go black & white or choose from our four yummy flavors!

made outdoor space show

i'm making a sneak appearance here (on my break, ha!) to post these pictures i just got from MADE in toronto from their outdoor space opening last week. featuring these adorable bird tents. they look so fun! dieter janssen worked with many different military camo patterns.



these coe & waito owl lights are apparantly mind blowing in person. they are approx. 8" high and give amazing light that shows through the hand carved parts of the porcelain as well as through the openings.



the "holey stump" has storage spots sized for your bottle of wine or a few bottles of beer. pink and orange versions are also available.



castor's stone stool is hand carved from a single block of stone.



also some shots of the interior show within their ancient walk-in cooler. eva and kris from tsunami glassworks came through with some amazing prototype lighting that actually raises its own wheatgrass. you just need to add a little water every few days. the wheat grass lamps were combined with some of their blade-like tube vases in grassy colours.





MADE Design Website

new from not on high street

new things from notonthehighstreet.com. loving that
smooth bowl (below) by pop guru and the vintage jack cushion by angel linens.

psssssssst! modish shoppe coming today!

a little birdie told me that the highly awaited indie shop, modish shoppe by fellow blogger modish is opening later today - in just a few short hours! and, there's free shipping for the next week when they use the code "congrats44" at checkout. yay! and congratulations jena!

modish
modish shoppe

the regional assembly of text - in video

i've always talked about this store from almost the beginning i started this blog. and now you can check out the regional assembly of text (in video) too, by watching an episode of living vancouver, a local cbc show featuring things about town. (just click on one of the above links).

flip flop

love the colors, love the patterns. summer where are you?

i don't normally talk about footwear here, but i just couldn't resist these havaianas seen at free people today.

free people

trunkt goods

new from trunkt ceramic tags, bowls and mugs from circa ceramics; and silkscreen wooden panel prints by dolan geiman.

dang! those crafty devils

dang! love the word, and even more, the gocco'd card found at the pacific northwest's crafty devils. designed by vice & vision. and this ipod case, brown leather with aqua screenprint.

dart good idea

i thought this was such a brilliant way to present or hang art. found at bittersweet genevieve's blog, she used this idea for an art installation she had at the regional assembly of text. i asked if i could snitch her images to show here. i featured her work in january at d's guest blog. she now has some handbags over at collective in edmonton.

urban exhibit at rose and radish

rose and radish who nearly a year ago underwent a transformation from high-end florist into floral and design gallery have a new exhibition, URBAN. featuring designs inspired by metropolitan settings the new collection is composed of conceptual lighting by industreal, elegant hering berlin place settings, architectural steel tables from blu dot, and surface designs by erika wakerly.

along with the launch of the URBAN show, rose and radish is starting a project called the sixty forty print club. a different artist will be chosen to create a signed, limited-edition print based on each new show’s theme. this artwork will be extra-special because all the profits will be split sixty forty between the artist and a selected non-profit organization. for URBAN, the print artist is kate durkin, who also created a graffiti-inspired mural in the gallery; and the hamilton family center will receive the donation to help them continue their work in assisting homeless families. the prints will be launched for sale online, roseandradish.com, on march 20th and displayed in the gallery for the show’s duration.

rose and radish stays true to its vision by utilizing a gallery format, displaying design objects as true objets d’art. the boutique gallery, located in hayes valley, reveals a different themed show about every three months. after the duration of the exhibit, the gallery space is cleared, repainted, relit, and restocked with an entirely new selection of products. items from past shows are available in a beautifully designed web-store, roseandradish.com.

eclecto pockets & pouches

whilst trolling the internet, looking for canadian content (cancon as us canadians call it), i lucked out when i hit calgary's uppercase shop, as they had just uploaded these truly fabulous eclecto pouches and pockets! i instantly emailed janine and asked her if i could snitch a couple photos. she was so nice to send some special pictures just for this. made from a selection of vintage papers each one is hand sewn by janine herself. the pouches are 7.75" x 4.5" x 1.325" and the pockets are 4" x 2.75" (great for holding credit cards). get them before they no doubtedly may sell out!

New from MADE

for my guest blogging post over at sweden's emma's blogg yesterday, i wrote about MADE's new "hybrid stool" that was featured at the "come up to my room" exhibit that was held at the gladstone hotel in toronto recently during the toronto interior design show. i love how this company takes twists and turns to produce these "hybrids" as they put it.

they are also carrying some new porcelain from jennifer graham who has started a really amazing new black and white porcelain series you can see a picture of it at emma's blogg.

MADE will be launching some outdoor product in early april and i'm hope to have a sneak peek here! MADE, 867 Dundas St. West, Toronto, ON M6J 1V6, 416.607.6384, madedesign.ca

spring goods

i'll be posting about spring stuff today over at emma's blogg.

with the cherry blossoms finally appearing (seems late this year), it's been a long wait. and no better way to ring it in with some fun spring pails from mahar dry goods!

fairy wall tattoos + rockett st. george

some fun new designs from rockett st. george were emailed to me the other day, like these fairy wall tattoos; as well, check out this lace tape; and
crumpled paper style paper bins .

all new stuff, can't name them all here, but lots of fun products as usual.

rockett st. george.

cute as a button

never thought of a button as a ring, but these adorable ones from inspire co are it.

so fun to open a box with one of these in it.

inspire co.