Five Faves #46

 Back to Basics!

Holiday time at last!

Dylan, Savannah and Miles broke up for two weeks on Friday and we celebrated with a long lie in, a leisurely breakfast and a slow, pleasant Saturday. Feels good!

Not so sure I'll be quite as fresh and upbeat tomorrow; it's almost 3 am here and I'm wide awake, beavering away.

I'll let you know if I find anything at the flea market in Montpellier, if I get up, I'm in the mood for some digging and delving - wish me luck!

Here are last week's Five Faves:

1) Favourite Handmade Toys, or should I say, Child's Accessory... - Varpu's felt houses

2) Favourite Craft Tutorial - Ann Wood's paper mache teacups, divine!

3) Favourite New Discovery - Lynn Jackson *

4) Favourite Children's Clothes - Bouille de Clown**

5)  Favourite Laughter  - So nice to see and hear you Ryoko Ishii!***

See ya later gaters!

* art room plantl

** babyology

*** a bonne vie de tous les jours

Inspiration: Going Grey

 Ha! Believe me, it's no fun when you start going grey... but a grey room with just a hint of yellow, that's a different story.

I love Kari Anne Marstein's recent work, bang on trend and perfect for a contemporary interior.

They need a new home together, don't you think?

Five Faves #23

Thursday Press

Well, time for my Five Faves.

It's been a short week so I didn't think that I'd have enough time or material to put together an interesting collection. How wrong I was! Thank you for all the inspiration, your creativity and imagination never ceases to amaze me!

Happy Sunday!

1) Favourite Soft Toy - Hug-a-Cloud by Goodbye Blue Monday*
I mean, c'mon, just look at those legs!

2) Favourite Children's Bedroom - Jenni's Girl's
With dresses, patchwork, origami, dolls and doll cushions all made by Jenni!

3) Favourite Kids' Fashion Find - Kab'nKa**

4) Favourite Jewellery Design By Kids - FormiaDesign***





5) Favourite Affordable Art - Cards

Teddybears

Kari Anne Marstein

Herzensart


The much-awaited Paul Thurlby from 1973

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Kari Anne Marstein

Foxes, yes, more foxes. But these are special, colourful fellows, don't you think? As soon as I saw them, I knew they'd be perfect for decorating a little one's room or for brightening up play spaces and living areas.

image via Aftenposten

When I digged and delved a bit more, I found out that Kari Anne is working on a new exhibition of children's paintings, planned for March. Here's a sample of her previous work from her portfolio.

Kari has her own epla shop (new-to-me epla is a Norwegian marketplace for crafts and handmade goods, you need to check it out!) selling original paintings similar to the ones above and her fun, toy-based photography.

Image via Aftenposten

Of course, this Norwegian "flea market/interior design enthusiast" has a wonderful, inspiring blog full of vintage finds, home decor ideas and colour! Go look for yourself! It's a happy, uplifting place to be, believe me.


Seen originally on Meet Me at Mikes
More images on Sweet, Sweet Life