last pieces

i know, it hasn't been snowing yet but the washi paper snowflakes... only few pieces left! 

if you did buy some last year, or the year before and enjoyed decorating with them, now is the time to snatch up the last pieces.

if you want to read more about them, cf blog entry 20.11.12 and 10.12.13.

last pieces!

if you've always ment to buy one of the large magnetic frames... now is the time to make a move because these are the last pieces!

grey, black and bright red are now sold out, last colour available is the darker red shown here (still severall pieces on stock).

details

new in

today another parcel arrived from danemark, this time i unpacked these wooden frames, consisting only of top and bottom. the print, drawing, wallpaper etc can be slid in a slot and thightened with invisible screws. the weight of the bottom piece also helps to make lighter paper hang straight. the mapple wood sticks are 51cm long, top piece with a leather string, hexagonal key included.

i tried it with a handprint from the store, see below.

mobile

also available in red for chf 38.-

a hello from Visp

ursula sent me this picture, many thanks!

angels sold out for this year unfortunately...

owls around the world (ok, zurich)

these two owls are lucky enough to live as a couple in nathalie's home!

thanks for sending the pic :-)

last week i received more owls, the colours now available are: black, blue, white, gold and yellow.

decorate

remember last year's washi snowflakes? the genious thing about them is that you can reuse them every year and this is what i did! i so much liked the wreath of last year that i practically replicated it (cf blog entry 12.11.12). to this i added a second mini-wreath that is not shown here (this picture is not of the current window display).

there are so many ways to use the snowflakes, below you will see another decoration i did last january. just hold them against the window pane, wet them with water and they will stick!

more owls

i'm a big fan of the new owl and am definitely taking one for my own home. a lovely and foolproof match with glassware or ceramics.
 
the one down left is of walnut wood and has a gold top, whereas the owl top right is oak with a blue top.

landed au boudoir

the new bird... hope you like it!

blue notes

with me there's always a bird somewhere! soon there will be a new one :-) 

drawing by aude who makes some of the jewellery i sell in the shop. more on that when the expected delivery is in. 

a nice weekend to you all!

a prickly situation

call it the return of the cactus. en vogue sometimes in the eighties (of course some of you weren't born yet :-)) they're back. big time. i've seen them everywhere from home magazines, trade shows and shops in paris and copenhagen.

now... do we really need a trend for plants we want to decorate our homes with? course not.

but guess what: i have already fallen for the cactuses i have brought to the shop yesterday. they look fine in the ceramic pots, don't they? 

plus you only have to water them once a month!

neat idea

yesterday a young lady from mexico bought this little tree to hang her earrings/rings from.

now that's a neat idea! (why haven't i thought of it?)

so copycat me did it and here's the picture. 

someone like me with a million earrings would need a whole forest of trees! in such case just pick the ones that are in heavy rotation at the moment and keep the rest in a box. (btw you shouldn't store jewellery in the bath room!)

bunch of flowers

... all the lovely details of daniela's work.

inspiring

i wish i had a window sill like this to display vases (and more) at home!

you know i love vases and i certainly have lost count of how many types i sell in the shop. 

while a flower may be dainty enough to grace any empty bottle i prefer a vase that looks good on its own too because i don't have flowers that often.

so even if i feel very inspired by this picture of the "house doctor" catalogue, if i look closely at the vases i'm less impressed: taken one at the time i'm not a fan of these vases that imitate old ones. no, (in various degree) they're not up to snuff.

so kudos to the stylist of this picture... and let's wait for real flea market finds to mix with other vases.

new space invaders

do you feel a bit psychedelic looking at that? 

this is just one of the brand spanking new danish mobiles that have now landed in the store. 

mobiles may be the nemesis of utilitarians, so i definitely think you need one in your office :-)

the one shown is rather funky (i like it!), but there are also more subtle ones available that still add that edge to your home. more pics to follow (unfortunately there is not enough room to hang them all).

bring on the colours!

i don't know if you're a reader of living magazines or blogs, but if you are, then you will have noticed the scandinavian trend for all "black-white-wood" that has prevailed for the past few years. and that seems to have been picked up by the cool crowd everywhere else. i could show you zillions of photos, but let's just have two:

pics by kristofer johnsson

now this looks like a beautiful appartment (space-window-floor-walls) but i would NEVER EVER like to live in a black-white-wood colour scheme. where is the juice?

how about you?

ps: i have bought 2 pink wood chairs. say the pink of a newborn (read: clean) piglet. more on that next week.

getting closer

bf has bought a new camera! 

sure enough i have stolen annexed adopted it subito, so he's not seeing his camera any time soon i'm afraid.

the thing is: with this camera i can finally get as close as i always wanted! with my much loved iphone camera i couldn't.

i can't say i totally control this camera (i'm useless reading instruction leaflets, i won't even touch them, he,he) and it seems to have a major let-down: the colours are not rendered as i see them, even when the pics are taken in broad daylight (a bright neon red for example turns into orange).

steal from bf and infidelities to my iphone camera... i think this is bad for my karma. hell, all in the name of close-up pictures, but you're going to get a ton of them.

my kind of carnival

here a colourful novelty that is in the pipeline for february. polka dots to stick on a wall, on windows and furniture (any smooth surface). an easy way to embelish a child's room, staircases etc etx. easily unsticked too.

hello - good bye

or rather the other way round: good bye and hello...

much as i liked it, with the christmas season well and truly behind us, it was time to say good bye to the snowflake wreath and so i've recycled the washi snowflakes (throwing in a few more pieces) into a vertical strip. it would actually look rather nice if it wasn't for... the road works in front of my nose.