Give Me Three #52

 French School Counting Aid

 Italian Illustrated Alphabet Blocks (sold individually...)

Russian Rocket & Pine Tree Counting Sets

ABCs and 123s

The Old School Way

My Vintage Finds of The Day.

Softly, Softly

Forever inspired by the colour palettes and poetic creations of

Désaccord

Un régal pour les yeux !

Auprès de Mon Arbre

Have you any idea how difficult it was to choose only four images?

Four photographs to convey Hélène's particular talent, her eye for colour

and her ability to create visual poetry from simple objects 

- a paper bag, a piece of wood, a shell.

How I'd love to explore the nooks and crannys of her home and sit and watch her paint.

Happy Colour My Monday!

Count On Me

 I wish I was in London right now.

I'd love to see this chair from SEKS designed by Eva Korae.

 You'll have to count your pennies if you want to buy this one-off Count On Me Chair made from metal sheets and wooden beads (it carries a 7,000 EUR price tag) but window shopping is free and all of Eva Korae's designs are brilliant. 

How about a Rake or a Whisk-y Lamp instead? 

Thanks for sharing your pictures from Tent London Martushka

Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes - Part One

 Now you see them...

Now you don't...

 
Oh, look, that's clever!

So clever, I'm not sure anyone actually noticed...

Yes, I changed my banner and avatars a few months ago! To cut a long story short, this April, one of my lovely blog readers informed me that a Korean company were selling products based on the same Czech matchbox label characters as Kickcan & Conkers. Having done some research and consulted specialists in London before adopting these labels I was very surprised and disappointed to see them being used commercially elsewhere.

Luckily for me, Delphine Doreau (Del4yo) is a kind-hearted, enthusiastic illustrator with oodles of talent and years of experience to boot.  She also likes a challenge and offered to redesign my banner. I didn't want to change my K&C look but had also found an old black and white photo of a young girl and boy, which seemed perfect for my shop ( sssh! - Ch-ch-ch-changes - part 3!). Delphine decided to start from scratch, merging the two ideas, recreating the stamp paper, quadri way of printing and even making a new Photoshop brush to reproduce the way the paper absorbs the ink - magic! 

This post is long over due and is the first of three official Ch-ch-ch-changes on K&C in the coming weeks. I think of Delphine everytime I look at my blog and will be for ever grateful for her generosity and talent - Un grand merci Delphine!

 

N.B. These pictures were made exclusively for Kickcan and Conkers and Delphine owns the copyright!

L for Libero

 

Bend me, shape me, anyway you want me...

Cabane Libero designed by Jean-Sébastien Poncet / Edition Sous Etiquette

Simple articulated foam and fabric dividers become mazes, cities and play spaces

oh so pleasing to the eye.

Le facteur n'est pas passé

Le facteur n'est pas passé
Il ne passera jamais
Lundi, mardi, mercredi
Jeudi, vendredi, samedi
Dimanche 
 

I've been working on a fun magazine contribution about typical French games and playground activities this week so when I saw these two 70's "La Poste" money boxes I couldn't help but associate them with the popular "Le facteur n'est pas passé" rhyme. 

  Les Happy Vintage is one of my favourite French vintage addresses. Online shops will come and go but time has shown that Les Happy Vintage is here to stay. Whether its children's furniture, books, posters or unusual decorative objects that you're looking for, there's always something to catch your eye. 

Be quick though, or you might just find that it's

Too late!