Etsy treasures in orange and blue

It's no secret that I spend quite a lot of time on Etsy, browsing for beautiful things I shouldn't buy, because I have to spend my money on things I actually need. And I don't like the fact, but it would be a lie if I said need new earrings. But you are allowed to dream, right?

I made this treasury list a while ago, some of the things are sold already, but then you can check out the shops for other gems (you can find links to the specific item and seller below each group of photos).



1. Beautiful earrings from SurfandSand 2. Cute clock from ClockworkUniverse 3. Pretty print from GordanaPhoto 4. Colourful painting by MariaKitanoArt


1. Wallet by rntn 2. Cute hippo figurine from meritandworth
3. Colourful earrings by Kande 4. Bird No. 27 print by Geninne


1. Geometric earrings by BooandBooFactory 2. Pouf Crochet by lacasadecoto
3. Cute felt bear by RoyalMint 4. Paper garland by 3GIRLSandaGOAT


1. Sole Print by yellena 2. Leather earrings by HotPinkandSequins
3. Earrings by bijouxbydesif 4. Fun soap by CleanerScience

Origami

The first week of the new semester I spent folding paper like crazy. We had to explore different origami patterns and how to make interesting shapes, which resulted in a desk filled with folded paper. Origami is not new to me, as a child I folded a lot of animals from the origami paper my mom brought home from Japan long before I was born. But when I ran out of paper, I didn't bother to get more, so it's been a long time since I've made any origami. But it was fun to do origami again, now I just need some pretty origami paper.

Apropos origami, these fun, colourful candles was to be found in my reader a few days ago. There's so many things I'd never knew of if it wasn't for blogs...
As a teen I collected candles in various colours and shapes and I think these would be a great addition to my collection. And it would look so pretty with a few origami boat candles floating in a bowl of water.





[Photos: Sviecky Candle Design and DesignEast]

Poppies

I love poppies, it's one of my favourites when it comes to flowers. I really like how fragile they are (but that's also the bad thing about them - they're not long lasting and almost impossible to bring inside).

I'm always looking for beautiful prints for my bare, white walls. I found these prints by Jennifer Comstock at Etsy a while ago, maybe one of these would be suitable for my wall decoration project. I just can't decide which one I like the most.

Which one do you prefer?


"Here today, gone tomorrow"


"My alter ego"


"Warm breeze"


"In pursuit of forgotten"


[Source: Jennifer Comstock/Etsy]

Skog and Funghi

 One of the light bulbs in my ceiling lamp has blown, so I dream about better lighting these days. I don't have many lamps as it is, so it's kind of dark in here. Maybe I should put lamp and bulb shopping on my to-do-list...


Anyway, I stumbled upon these cool, colourful lamps yesterday. I got a thing for glass, especially coloured glass. If I had space (and money) for the whole group I'd love to have them in my home.


They remind me of the Funghi lamps (last photo) I've had a photo of in my inspiration folder for years. But I think I prefer the Skog lamps. Even though I (also) love ceramics, I think it works better with a glass shade. I mean, how much light do you get from a lamp that doesn't have a translucent shade?


 


[Sources: Caroline Olsson, Magnor Glassverk and betterlivingthroughdesign]

Cool lamps

A new look behind the scenes is up at The Makers Project (I wrote about the project here a few weeks ago). This time we have a look into the design studio of Pelle Designs. I think those lamps are pretty cool.




+ I enjoyed this toy camera guide by Elsie Cake from A Beautiful Mess (I love that name for a blog, I would have chosen that if it wasn't already taken). I have to get a toy camera someday, but it's not easy to choose what I want. The Golden Half Camera is nice with two photos in one, but the Action Sampler looks like fun too.

[photos: The Makers Project/Jennifer Causey]