High Five #73

 

I have come across a couple of interesting Lithuanian children's brands recently.

D.J.M Studio is one of them.

If you love soft, natural linen and beautiful handmade shoes (want!), 

this kids' shop could be for you.

Dianora is on Facebook and sells via etsy and her own bricks-and-mortar & online shop in Vilinius.

Kelsey's Cards

Last year I discovered the beautiful artwork of 

Kelsey Garrety-Riley

Now I'm delighted to share the link to her brand new etsy shop

Keep an eye on it, a little birdie told me she's busy, busy behind the scenes...

A Touch of Fantasy

Bows

Straps

  

& Frills

Three vintage etsy finds to add a bit of fun and fantasy to your little ones' lives.

Balance

Sorting

Stacking

Making piles

Making it fit

Always a question of

Balance

Manzanita Kids

Etsy Finds: Pour Toujours

Three bright and cheerful vintage French books (early 1980's) from the lovely  

Pour Toujours

Etsy Finds: Flour Clothing

I love a good rummage, don't you?

I grew up in Engand,

The land of charity shops, jumble sales and car boot sales

Now I spend my time on etsy, browsing lovely vintage shops 

like

Flour Clothing

A-Leaping

I can't stop thinking about this beautiful mobile I saw on etsy last night.

I love the tiny white and black clay rabbits, leaping up high.  

I think it's one of the nicest things I've ever seen.

What a wonderful heirloom this would make, perfect for a nursery or a quiet corner in the home. 

Laurie Poast's shop ARTISANIEeurope is a special place

Look at her French maison set, Dutch canal huis and clay marbles.

Visual poetry.

Etsy Find: Typewriter Pillow

 I know I've said it before but Heather Shaw always gets it right.

Have you seen her latest addition to the Pi'lo collection?

Perfect!

Etsy Finds: Delightful Dioramas

We all have our favourites, n'est-ce pas? 

I personally love everything that Cindy Steiler, a.k.a. Marysgrandaughter makes -

These beautiful handembroidered dioramas are no exception.

Winter Blues

 Sweet Bestiary

Trampoline

 Odd and Old

Low, grey skies, a bitter chill

I have found the perfect answer to those post-Christmas Winter blues

A few minutes browsing etsy and our last box of chocolates...

Etsy Finds - Winter Animals

Winter Poem Book - illustrated by V. Kanevsky, Moscow 1984,

Hanna Rivka 

Wouldn't these illustrations look beautiful framed?

Bird and Bear

I'm a bit of a hoarder if the truth be known, I keep things just in case, I'm mean, you never know, we might need them one day...

I have a chest full of vintage linen, passed down by my French mother-in-law and many a doily, cushion cover, tea towel, napkin picked up at jumble sales, charity shops and flea markets.

I wish I had the time and patience to hand-embroider and reappropriate them as beautifully as Brooklyn artist Joetta Maue.

Joetta Maue

LittleYellowBirds

Consonants and Vowels

Do you know your Cs and Vs? Another lovely vintage find - two 1960's phonovisual learning charts from Lackluster

Etsy Finds - Stig Lindberg

I don't normally post anything other than my Five Faves on a Sunday but it's raining and everyone's having an afternoon nap after our trip to the ice-rink this morning.Yawn!

 I thought I'd nip in quickly and show you these two fun illustrations that I found on etsy yesterday. Taken from a vintage Swedish children's book called "ABC" by  Stig Lindberg and Britt G. Hallqvist (1953), I think these two pages would look great framed in a children's room, regardless of whether or not you understand Swedish. You may have noticed that I have a weak spot for circuses, and I like vintage finds and foreign languages, so...

The Only Way Is Up

Yes, very nice.

I'll take both please

26 Olive Street

Thank you.

Inspiration: Sweat it Out!

Everlast Under Glass - Andy Spade

Vintage miniature men's leather boxing gloves




Vintage leather gymnasium equipment

That's better!