Take your pick!

I love paper goods. I like to buy original notesets, notebooks, cards, travel journals, calendars and exercise books. I also have boxes and boxes of vintage bits and pieces that I save for the right occasion, the right present, the right school project... I always find a use for torn wrapping paper, old postcards, gift bags and envelopes, it's the compulsive 'reuse, recycle, recreate' streak in me you see.
However, I now know that I am not alone. There are some very clever people out there making my paper hunting task easier. The only problem I have now is deciding which one to choose!

Paper pail - Present and Correct
Paper pack 1 - Three Potato Four
Paper pack 2 - Found Paper Co.

Bruna with a difference

I'm always looking out for new, unusual things for our home, it's quite an obsession. We moved from Montpellier to the countryside last summer, in search of a more relaxed lifestyle and a bigger garden for the kids. We found both and have now started to renovate and "relook" (as the French say) our house, using shades of white and grey, with different materials and textures such as tadelakt, cement and wood (sounds nicer than it actually is at the moment as we're doing this ourselves with three kids but we're getting there...). Against this backdrop I like splashes of colour and if we didn't already have walls, cupboards and shelves full of prints, cards, books and vintage toys I would have chosen these three Bruna books to decorate Savannah and Miles's bedroom, along with the sweet birdie board. They're fun, bright and different.
I love Present and Correct's stuff. If you haven't had chance to read Neil Whittington's guest blog over at Design* Sponge take a peek. I really enjoyed his piece on Sarah Bridgland's exhibition. Her work would definitely appeal to my eldest, very talented, son Dylan (more of which later!)