stop and stair(s)

Speaking of white....

What a great touch these staircases would add to any white interior, don't you think? 

 

(images: 1: belle maison / 2: sobinique  / 3: home designing)

white in white

Dying for white interiors. Just so you know.

 (images via: ginger-ella)

x-mas decor

Lovelies! What happened to our little Christmas-decor-deal? All up and running? I did it! In case you broke our little agreement; here is some inspiration to get you started.

product crush: megaphone

Seriously. How cool is this gold megaphone? Created by Italian designers Isabella Lovero and Enrico Bosa of En & IS Studio, it uses no electricity and the sound waves are reverberated through space.

(via designboom)

weekend with lights

Corazones, how was your week so far?

I need your help! Can we agree on putting on Christmas lights and decor this weekend? Don't roll your eyes! :) It's first of advent on Sunday. And for once, I want to be ready.

I use to tell myself every year to start soon, in order to really enjoy Christmas time instead of being stressed out because there are still a hundred things to do before Santa arrives. Usually, I put up the Christmas decoration when it's almost time to pack lights, deer Rudolph and baubles into their home for the rest of the year: A box.

Not so this year! Let's agree to hang the lights and get the baubles out of their box!

Happy lights - happy Rudolph - Happy 1st Advent weekend, xoxo

ps:   Planning on making an advent calendar? Find here a cool advent printable!

pps: Organise a secret Santa dinner with your friends. We've already had our yearly round
       with friends last Saturday. Thanks for having us K & F!

(photo via rock'n roll bride / photo credit: Team Rhodes Weddings)

thursday in style: nude & neutral

Versatile neutrals. Nudes. Powdery colours. Pale, brittle and delicate. Plus...


...the marriage with blue jeans works perfectly.

...with another soft but brilliant colour, nude looks romantic still sophisticated.Think gold!
But it also works with black, and most of other colours. YAY!

(photos: 1/2/3)

win a birdie!

Remember curly-hair designer Laila and her sweet baldhead birdie? 

You can win your own little birdie now - the contest starts today! Just join birdie & friends on Facebook and leave your comment. Good luck!

Done? "Now go get a coffee!"birdie says. :)

(copyright: Laila Karadeniz)

sweet illustrations

 

Chilean illustrator Judy Kaufmann is based in Barcelona and designs the cutest prints. See her Batman & Robin, Frida Kahlo and Co. illustrations over here.

 

 

golden 2012

Having a golden planner would inmediately transform you into an optimistic person, don't you think? How rad is this one, golden and worn out. Where can I get it?!

 (if anyone knows the source, please let me know)

going mad

(via where is the cool)

how to tie

Just becaue it might come in handy.

(via imgur)

zara & the selby

Two of my favorite friends have cooperated and created this beautiful and soft video-clip. I love it for the softness, the white, the worn-out floors, more white, the bun, the light, the calm.

Yes, The Selby and Zara are definitely good friends of mine - measured by the time I spend looking through Selby books and Zara stores. A friendship documented over here and here, and also here. Does this look obsessive to you? Well it actually is obsession with both of them. :)

So hello, Zara-Selby cooperation, you are very welcome!

PS: My love letter to Zara from over a year ago.

reply all

How rad are these office posters by Division of Labor? This week, I could have used the blue one for the office.

Don't you hate receiving copies of emails you really don't care about because the information they contain doesn't interest you, AT ALL. But what's even worse is having a creative topic discussed over email with... let's say... 10 people. Emails just won't stop to come in for the whole day. Creative exchange, one after the other. Back and forth. Back and forth. What happened to good, old brainstorming meetings that require physical presence?

To my annoyance I have to admit that once in a while I turn in and do that myself... :)

Anyways, have a great and warm weekend everyone! Talk to you on Monday, xoxo

thursday in style: nomad updos

What do you think my lovelies; would you wear one of these nomad inspired, knitted updos from Thakoon? Wouldn't they add some colour to your outfit this winter?

(images via Vogue) 

crazy

Sometimes I think I might go crazy. Easily. After a never-ending train journey yesterday, lots of work, discussions, delays, some strange encounters on said journey (first with the steward who didn't want me to pay in a currency they actually HAVE TO accept and then with a pretty girl from an Eastern European country who was rummaging in her suitcase and almost cried when she saw that the sausages(??) and the roast(???) she was carrying between her clothes in her suitcase, had left their food storage containers and spread the gravy across the entire suitcase),
I felt that way.

(Ohhh may I add that before the girl found out about the sauce in her suitcase, she had to pay her train ticket and didn't have enough money. So I offered the missing bit to her. Ohhh and then I gave her my bottle of water because she wanted to go to the toilet to "clean" the roast before putting it back intot he tupperware (!!!)).

I arrived at the station late at night quite frustrated. I opened the car door, sat down in front of the wheel and suddenly had to laugh. A crazy laugh. All became so incredibly funny, absurd and meaningless.

Does that happen to you, dear readers? Sometimes, when you find yourself in a strange situation? Not sure why I am posting this. :)


(the screaming-yawning-bust-still-pretty-Audrey-Hepburn via bushdog)

pig, ostrich & friends

Lately I've been drawn to funny home decor. Adding some fun to your home can never be wrong, right? How rad is this quirky terracotta chalk piggy bank above?  

Want to add a little fun to your home-sweet-home?
Ostrich vintage plate. Love this one!

Cool rhino teapot.

Animal cans.

Style your spyhole. :)

Ohh - it's x-mas soon! Good!

monday daydream: trans-siberian railway

Wouldn't you love to do the legendary Trans Siberian Railway route through Russia and then travel around China? An epic endurance test of nearly 10'000 km across the vast Siberian steppe.

Which journey would you choose? I think I'd go for the Trans Mongolian journey, starting in Moscow, through the Gobi desert and going all the way to Beijing.

Happy dreaming - happy week! xoxo

(pictures: Train/Mongolia/Mongolia/Siberian lace house)

gift for him (and/or her)

Did I show you guys our cute Gemma Correll drawing? Last year's Christmas was our first as husband and wife :) and I wanted to give hubby something special. I found Gemma's website and fell in love with her sweet caricatures. Sent in a picture of us and some weeks later a little package arrived in the mail.

We love the funny note - look at how round we are! :)

ps: More of her illustrations.
pps: ... and her comics! Can you tell she loves animals?

happy karma weekend!

Corazones, how was your week? I hope you had an inspiring one with lots of good work, nice talk, good coffee, late nights with your love, but still enough sleep... :)

Mine was pretty intense. It went kind of up and down and up and down and up! Lots and lots of chaotic work. Relaxed family meals. Some fighting :). Some creative meetings and even more creative fondue-eating. Some workout. Some late evening walks in the dark. A funny book in the mail from a dear friend (thank you doll!). Reading said book and laughing out loud. Not sleeping but making plans. Deciding that the best plan is no plan.
Good news.

And now it's the weekend - Enjoy every single bit of it! Talk to you on Monday, xoxo.

(illustration via Cheyne Saw)

thursday in style: dotty dots

Here comes something that works all year around, for business meetings, family parties and such: Polka dots & Bows. One dotty piece = must-have. And: Minnie Mouse will love you.

Blouse from EmersonMade

Bow dress with black bow collar, from Asos

Amazing dresses by Jonathan Saunders



Some fall must-haves and favorites from 2010.

(picture 1 by amazing little miso)

glass

How rad are these beer glasses? 

And this milk can? It's called udder. :) You can get both products over here at Discovery.

what counts

(via Nicole W)

caffè caredda, zurich

The other day while (hungry and) strolling around Zurich's Niederdorf we found this little and stylish Italian pasticceria/bar/restaurant.

The Neapolitan owners offer just a few pasta dishes and foccaccias during the day and dinner with selected wines at night. We went for an antipasti platter - delicious! But the best part is the pastry counter, full of all the most mouth-watering Italian sweets. Sicilian husband had to eat some cannoli (of course). :)

Go here for directions - Buon appetito!