Peace & Gold

Gotta love the Interwebs for always bringing forth the most refreshing talents. Created in 2008 by multi-talented designer Camille Peace, PeaceImages Jewelry offers original, gorgeous and affordable handmade jewelry for bling lovers (and more...). Here are some of my favorite pieces, you can shop them here.

Sam

Sac du Jour

This is a match made in heaven. We're head over heels for this gorgeous navy blue satchel covered with white polka dots, crafted by none other than British brand Zatchels.

A Blog'Anniversary Giveaway

As most of you already know  TAM+SAM, turned 3 last week and to mark this, we teamed up with two awesome partners, TASCHEN and vintage jewelry brand La Raffinerie, for a giveaway to thank our very special readers.

So how does it work ?

For a chance to win a copy of 'Helmut Newton, Polaroids' or this beautiful 'Panama' necklace, leave a comment with the answer to the following question:

Who's the French designer who was interviewed on TAM+SAM earlier this year ?

You have until Thursday November 10, 6:00pm EDT to enter.
We will announce the 2 winners the following day.

Good Luck!

T + S

Thank You, Merci, Obrigado

1 Blog + 2 Girls = 3 Amazing Years filled with Beautiful Imagery & Words. Thank You.

PS: On Monday October 31, we will announce our 3 Year Anniversary Giveaway, so stay tuned, you're gonna love this one...

Straight from Nature

We love the  straight-to-the-point slogan and philosophy of  this all natural cosmetics line that offers natural products straight from nature. No artificial scents, colors or  preservative, a re-usable bottle made out of  biodegradable elements, that's what the german brand has in store for us; and we love it.

For more info on 'STOP THE WATER WHILE USING ME' go here.

Pretty Stationery

If, like us, you believe that one can never have too many notebooks, you will surely fancy these paper goods by illustrator Graddy McFerrin. McFerrin has worked on several  stationery  lines with  San Francisco based publishing house Chronicle Books and each one is more exciting than the other.

Danish Apparel

Last week we attended the opening event for InWear's very first store on Canadian soil. Located in Montreal's  Les Cours Mont Royal, the Danish brand offers casual and chic women's fashion,  handbags, belts and accessories. Subtle hues, animal print, silky fabric are some of the words that come to mind when thinking about the fall collection. 

For more info on the collections and the brand, go 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.

Olympic Stamps

To celebrate the 30th Olympiad, taking place in London next year,  Royal Mail teamed up with Studio David Hillman to create a series of 30 stamps .
Here are the most recent ones, they were released a few weeks ago.

What do you think?

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.

Love me Some

 

A few months ago,
we told you about one of  our favorite jewelry brand out of Montreal's
'lovemesometreasures' a line of original hand made bling. Well, the new
collection has been released, so we're sure you're gonna love it as much
as we do.

To order or for more info, go here or there.

Beautiful Icons

The vintage feel of these gorgeous illustrations by Bosnian visual artist Zoran Lucić reminded me why I am a sucker for the sport. Football truly is The Beautiful Game.

More of Lucic's work here

Off The Book

Peep this short excerpt taken from a new PBSarts online series entitled OFF BOOK.

The video that features  designers Deroy Peraza,  Julia Vakser, Paula Scher, amongst others, and explores the culture & art of  typography, design and more...

Thanks to illustrator Sara Wood for sharing this.

Zara Fall 2011: Handsome Lady

Another post, another lookbook. Zara's Fall 2011 looks sober, classy, masculine & chic.
Model, Stella Tennant is the perfect fit for the campaign and, the white & black polka-dots blouse is simply gorgeous.

Long Live Vintage

Fossil stands vintage, creativity, quality and authenticity. Their Fall 2011 catalogue is all that and so much more...
View the full catalogue here

Disco Beading

Beads have never looked as good in this BrokenFab pieces. Hand-made earrings, necklaces, bracelets, headbands (...) Fabienne Morel, the designer behind the lego-like jewelry line does it all.
The latest collection Disco Beading is colorful, sophisticated and definitely caught our eyes.

Visit BrokenFab online online here. 

Art Fabrics

Liberty Rocks A/W 2011 Art Fabrics collection offers an eclectic set of fabrics with designs inspired by music, visual artists, vintage paper goods& more. We approve,

More info here

Hot Pink

Fashion designer Naana Tennachie Yankey and her team at Coccolily recently unveiled an new line of nail polish called 'Coccolily's Pink London Collection'.
We love the different shades of pink and the simple and  elegant packaging. Get these and more here

Emissar, C'est Chic

Last year, multi-talented visual artist, Alex Wise launched Emissar, a brand that specializes in  bags and accessories for the dapper gentleman. Handcrafted in a Paris atelier using old U.S. Army canvas, fine French leather and linen linings, each model comes in a limted edition run.
Emissar is exclusively at Colette, where else.

Visit Alex Wise's website to view his amazing body of work.

PS: Although, these goodies are for men,  we're sure most of you would agree that the ladies could rock these. too ...

Excursions

It's Saturday, the sun is shining and the weather is sweet. It's Q-Tip, Phife Dawg, Ali Shaheed Muhammad & Jarobi White.
Enjoy this ATCQ mix courtesy of Mick Boogie here.