Oh I have so many things to share with you but first I must give a big apology to the world wide web for a boo boo that I made. I totally, 100%, absolutely positively forgot to post Etsy Take Five Tuesdays yesterday for a simply fact – I forgot that it was Tuesday. Seriously [...]
Archive for January, 2010
I just heard about the newly-founded German design studio VIAL namely because of NOOK, their new stool made from a single piece of an innovative material called VarioLine. This material is an extremely sturdy and weatherproof plastic designed by Patrick Frey of Patrick Frey Industrial Design.
I need to take a break from reading and approving contest comments to sink into a lovely little home tour for some inspiration. Are you with me? Good. So let’s visit the home of Katrin who is known online as Lillian’s Diary — she has a Flickr page where you can follow her [...]
Martha McQuade has such a lovely new online space called MWM Workbook that I thoroughly enjoyed browsing today and I believe that you’ll find inspiration from this as well. Martha is the designer behind UNIFORM Studio in Minneapolis where she creates ethically made clothing and accessories. From her bio, “Trained [...]
After Tara’s guest post highlighting her adventures to Iceland, I’ve been thinking about taking a trip up north for a weekend visit to Reykjavik. I recently heard from Eirikur Adalsteinsson over at the online shop Icelandic Market which sells only wares created by designers from Iceland and enjoyed seeing the clean, [...]
I’ve teamed up with West Elm to host a special new year’s contest, would you like to participate? West Elm has generously donated 5 $75 gift cards to giveaway on decor8 to 5 readers! Well aren’t you lucky!? Here are the details, read them carefully please because your entry may not qualify unless [...]
You may have noticed that Tartlette has been my blog of the week for a bit more than a week! Truth be told, I’ve not wanted to remove her because I love clicking over to her blog each day to see what she has cooked up since my last visit. One thing I [...]
A new year means new stationery! I usually freshen up my card file around this time because I like to keep cards on hand for spontaneous giving that feel current. Plus paper always inspires me and in January and February with a mostly gray and white palette outdoors I find that I really need a [...]

































