Now This Is What I Call a Teashop

I found this little gem via the ever fabulous Karey M of Macink who no longer has her blog but still writes over at Kirtsy. This is a Tea Shop in London available for photo shoots, if you are interested.
Don't you just love the mercurial mirror with the menu written in lipstick?

A Lesson In Buying Designers Names

Self explanatory really. Though what is going on with Jean Paul Gaultier I do not know.
Found at Handbags.com

Ricochet Studio - A Life In White

The initial idea for Ghost Furniture was to take an every day item and finish it in white. It evolved into something entirely different but these pieces by Ricochet Studio at Etsy remind me of that idea.

An Early Ghost Piece

Disgruntled of Donkleywood

When you live in the country, as I do, the World can seem a very different place. Yesterday I was in the city with my grand daughter Georgia. I returned full of hell and this is why:

• Businesses Gone - Shops and restaurants closed, businesses that have been in that city for years no longer there.
• Shops - Well the ones that are left, full to the gunnels with stuff that is just not moving.
• Roads - Full of potholes that are just not being repaired.
• Houses For Sale - Lots of them. What's the point when people just can't get a mortgage?
• Apathy - The radio played in the car with news items just full of unimportant crap.
• What Put The Tin Hat On It - All the above left me feeling depressed but not half as depressed as when I was returning home and I put Radio 4 on and heard Barack Obama rallying the nation and giving them hope. Our politicians are silent most of the time, no rallying cries from them.
• The Final Straw - On my return home BBC news was playing on the TV and a BBC reporter revealed that the boss of RBS, a bank that has just made the biggest loss in history has been awarded a £650,000 a year pension and he is only 50. A government spokesman said he was not happy about it but had no answers, well hello, you were the ones that deregulated the banks, of course you have no answers.
  

What the hell is happening here? The British taxpayer is going to have to foot the £500 billion bail out bill that our clever little government decided to award to the banks that caused this disaster.
People have had their houses repossessed, lost their jobs and their dignity and need a plan and some confidence boosting. Hello, is there anybody out there!

Camille Lescure - Real French Chic

I was attending a fashion exhibition in Paris a while back with a friend and this is exactly the sort of thing I saw on stand after stand. I thought I had died and gone to heaven.
The French do this sort of fashion so well. Delicate, understated, sexy and very very tempting.
Camile Lescure of Paris

Look, I Have a Lamp Named After Me

I know these lamps have done the blog rounds lately but I have only just realised that the little one is called Mrs Di, meet my husband Mr Di, the big one. Available at PID in Sweden.

Doing The Flamenco In The Shower

If I had a shower I think I may have a shower curtain like this - The Flamenco Shower Curtain at Anthropologie but remember DON'T do the Flamenco in the shower unless you have a non slip surface.

Just Sit Back and Enjoy - Twig Hutchinson

This British photographer, Twig Hutchinson, just does it for me.





Work done in Toast's flagship store in Westbourne Grove, London

What Is Designers Block

Mydeco asked me to do a moodboard showing what my blog is about, for use on their homepage. Well I thought I knew until I started to put it together. What do you think? Is it a good representation?

HM Home But Not Mine

Great news that HM is now doing a home range but only in certain European countries, the UK not being one of them. Oh well I will just have to be patient though they do look good enough to wait for and what great set design.

Iceland's Hot Products - Birkiland

These kitchen utensils are made from electroplated aluminum and use existing production steel punches.

Iceland may be bankrupt but they still have some fantastic designers and online shops. Birkiland is one of the online shops that is full of clever Icelandic designs. Well worth a look.

Fabulous bags by Hidden Goods

Cup Hooks using old pieces of hardware instead of handles

Cup Hangers (I would hang them the other way then you could use the handles also).

Hot and Cold Placemat depicting Iceland and 11 of its largest glaciers.

And Then There Was This

Last week I showed Food Face the plates with faces on for the kids to decorate with their dinner. Now I have found this cutlery complete with a bulldozer pusher, fork lift fork, and front loader spoon. Well if this doesn't make them eat then I give up. From Flying Peas

Don't Throw Anything Away

Can you believe that this tree in a bag is made from a MacDonald's Happy Meal Bag

and these are made from toilet roll inners? I am speechless.
By Yuken Teruya

Sweet 16

My gorgeous grand daughter Georgia, the singer, is 16 today. Happy Birthday Georgia. As you can see

her little brother Sonny

and little sister Marcie both have plans to follow in her footsteps. Love 'em all!

Getting Someone Out Of Your Head

This image is called - I must delete you of my head - strange English but never mind. I think this is absolutely stunning. By Pablo Barra

Panorma - Go and Feel Dizzy

You must go and see this panorama of a library. It's amazing, I know how they do this but it takes some skill to make it this good. Warning it may make you feel dizzy, well it did me anyway.

Cabbages and Roses Bring Spring To My Laptop

The new season's range from Cabbages and Roses and cheered me up no end. It makes me feel as though Spring is just around the corner. These pieces are so up my street they are nearly in my front door. In fact that last picture looks exactly like the back entrance of my cottage.

Indenfor and Udenfor

I happened upon this Danish Antiques site yesterday and assumed that Indenfor and Udenfor were the names of the two owners but now I realise it means Interior and Exterior, how wrong can one be.
Anyway go and take a look at some of their totally awesome pieces. I want to go to Copenhagen NOW!