Hand Made by Sammy

Love these  pieces by sammy: hand made in Ethiopia a company that specializes in quality colorful accessories hand-crafted by local Ethiopian artisans.

Draw me a Chanel

AnOther Magazine commissioned London-based illustrator Ellie Tzoni for to interpret, Chanel's latest 'IT' bag, the Boy; and the result is classic and elegant. The illustrations are a mix of hand-drawn prints and cut-out shapes digitally transformed and crafted together.

More of Ellie Tzoni's work here

Lay your head on my pillow

These beautiful pillows by Crate and Barrel x Marimekko will add the perfect splash of colour wherever you choose to place them.

Fairytales Wonderland

We sumbled upon the most unique and cute hand-pressed fabric buttons. Starting at $8.00 for a pack of 4, you can purchase these Fairytales Wonderland buttons - and many more- on littleoddforest's online store.

New In: Animal Font

Spread happiness among people with this playful app entitled Animal Font. It consists of creating animal shaped balloon typography inspired by current environment concerns. Buy it here.

Secret trick: try shaking it like a polaroid picture to create harmonious sounds.

Cuteness at its best!

 Bonus: 100% of the proceeds from sales of this app helps Japan.

It Might as Well Be Spring

This week, California based design hub Poketo released its Spring  201 lookbook, a colorful set of refreshing images photographs featuring some of their  new creation ( Rope-knot bracelets, 'Future' t-shirt...) and more.

Founded in 2003, Poketo offers limited edition goodies for your every day life. We approve.

Etsy Stroll: Eva Juliet

Eva Juliet

Brooklyn Delight

On a recent visit at a Whole Foods Market, our eyes stumbled upon these stylized chocolate bars by Mast Brothers.

Mast Brothers are a team of Brooklyn based chocolate artisans that make delicious handmade chocolate in their Williamsburg atelier.

Using beans from the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Madagascar and Venezuela, Rick and Michael have found a winning a formula with a packaging that is esthetically enticing and a product that is real delicacy.

Curious about their creative process, check out these superbe pictures by Todd Selby

Atelier: m0851

Welcome to M0851's new head office & showroom. 

A few months ago the company moved from their boulevard St Laurent location to this beautiful loft on De Gaspé street. 

Back to School

Castle, by Rachel Castle 

Love Homework | Felt and linen on linen
340mm w x 260mm h

Atelier: Esty Labs

Esty Labs lofty headquarters in Brooklyn. 

Castle & Things

Created by hands with love, Castle named after the Sydney-based creator Rachel Castle, represents a love of beautiful, often handcrafted or hand printed, pieces for the home. Our favs have to be the screen prints and embroidery art pieces. Witty sayings combined with colourful, felted-crafts are a win. These splendid one-of-a-kind jewels easily adorn any room -- making any house into a home. We want it!

Note: All handmade artworks are sewn by Rachel Castle and her very patient and loving mother, Jillian Patching.

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Back to basics

Pinhole cameras are undoubtedly the most basic and oldest devices enabling us to take photographs. The procedure is fairly simple, a fine ray of light enters a light-proof box where a piece of photographic paper has been placed.
You don't even need a lense!

Here a link to build your own camera + more images here

Souk it up

Bazar organisé comme un immense loft dans lequel on retrouve une multitude de créations contemporaines montréalaises.

Bazaar organized in a loft-style space, where one can find a multitude of contemporary creations by Montrealers.

Why? Participants

When?
Friday, December 11th, 2009 and Saturday, December 12th, 2009 from 12 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Sunday, December 13th, 2009, from 12 p.m. to 5 p.m.

Where?

Society for Arts and Technology - SAT

1195 Blvd. Saint-Laurent (between René-Lévesque and Sainte-Catherine)
Montreal (Quebec, Canada)


Image: Society for the Arts and Technology

Shopping Wonderland

What? Handmade Cavalcade - more than 50 artists
When? Saturday, December 5, 2009 from 11 am to 8 pm
Where? The Openhouse Gallery, 201 Mulberry Street, NYC

More info here