see: yellow submarine

how very, very cool is this!?
for those people who love tea as much as i do,
this is perhaps one of the coolest things i have seen.

all i can hear in my head right now is:
'we all live in a yellow submarine, a yellow submarine, yellow submarine...'

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found here

see: deep blues, violets, and sparks of gold

i love sunday suppers
as it inspires many of us to take dinners and table settings
to a whole new level!
brilliant people - artists, renowned chefs, stylists, photographers, etc -
all come together and participate in this 'class-cookin-dining experience'.
anyway, i really really love the winter dinner series.
i love the richness of the colour palette, and yes,
i love, love, love the terrariums that were
incorporated in this setting!






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images from sunday-suppers.blogspot.com
and are the work of photographer/stylist Karen Mordechai

do: framed wall collages

i bought a ton of white frames
of different shapes and sizes
so i can finally put up some of
my favourite photos from all of my travels.
i want to create an asymmetrical vignette
but i wasn't sure as to how to approach this.
so i did some research for inspiration and tips
on how to create a wall of framed photos:








i will update on how mine turns out soon!

see: winter blues

see: dreaming of gypsies

i think one could so easily appropriate
this palette for a warmer winter
and a holiday bursting with colours
taken from the heart of gems and jewels,
and the life of travelling gypsies...







(p.s. i think i my next major trip will be to: egypt, jordan, turkey and morocco)
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images from this beautiful and brilliant site

see: dace

how inspiring is this canadian label/designer?

DACE Spring 2010 from Arcade Original on Vimeo.

(here is a little secret:
well, not so much anymore...
i keep thinking about going to art/design school.
i would love to go to parsons...
but there's this nagging, practical, superego side of me that
thinks pursuing something like this is almost indulgent.
or that i am not talented enough.
perhaps i should feel more than think...
sigh.)

see: the appeal of teal

i still have to tell you about my birthday weekend.
but for now... how about some teal?








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images via ffffound, apartment therapy,
plum pretty sugar, & snippet&ink

just because: mermaid matches

designed by packaging & logo extraordinaire louise fili

see: pale blue

over the weekend
i bought this pretty blue dress
from bcbg
(and i also had a lot of greek food and beer
at the taste of the danforth festival here in toronto):



... and something about wearing it
makes me imagine that
i own a summer home in the maldives
with an interior as crisp and beautiful as this:



... but really and truly,
i am more than happy that in reality:



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images via bcbg, le love image
& this is glamorous

love: le coup de soup packaging

by danish artist peter urban

how cool is it that each label looks hand-written
and the little pastel floral print looks like pretty doodle-ry!?







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found via lovely package

love: maps

my little traveller heart desires...

framed quirky paper cut-outs of
paris and london city maps
from famille summerbelle.



and here are some inspiring spaces
featuring maps as wallpaper.

taste: pho

pho (traditional vietnamese beef noodle soup)
is an awesome comfort food.
but what's more awesome is this
tableware set designed specifically for this dish
(and meant to look like a traditional vietnamese lantern)
by designer omid sadri.





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found via yankodesign