City Love

I would, and will, buy these napkins from Toronto designer Avril Loreti.

His & Hers

It's weekend craft time. How's about some His & Hers pillowcases, courtesy of Apartment Therapy? Single ladies, please don't fret if you don't have a "his" - with these directions, you can write anything. Mine & Mine?

Full directions here.

Pick Me Installations

We Pick You, Heather Nicol. More beautiful work here.

Pretty dresses and plenty of tea

I had an amazing time a couple of Sundays ago doing something I've always wanted to try: dress making. We arrived at the Papered Parlour in Clapham and boy was I jealous. A lovely little studio decked out in all things vintage, they were living my dream! It was a long day but with lots of help and even more tea, this is what I made. Thanks to the girls at Papered Parlour, I now have the sewing bug!
http://www.thepaperedparlour.co.uk/

Miss Dior Couture

♥ This blog ♥ It bad!

I'm reminded of a quote from Invisible Monsters by Chuck Palahniuk:
"Nothing of me is original. I am the combined effort of everybody I've ever known."

Hurrah to the crazy collage / illustration / photography / postmodern design recipe that is the blogsite of Miss Dior Couture! View more here.


♥ HJ

I don't know why, but this idea sticks

Advice printed on sticky tape comes under the category of "Dang you, James Greenfield, for thinking of it first."

I feel like Dexter when he finds the body with no blood.

Recession Progression tip: never buy gift wrap again! Wrap up your gifts in newsprint, stained dinner napkins, banana leaves or your co-worker's love letters and bound them with this beautifully designed roll of tape for decoration.

Buy it at Blanca for only £5.75

♥ HJ

Bearfriend Strikes Back

Usually I avoid re-posting things from one of my blogs to the next [it's like re-gifting at Christmas. No one wants those socks twice], but this I just had to do.

Red Nose Studio specializes in creating 3-D Models for Print use and - Oh My! Oh Potatoes! - hurray for badass bears.

Check out the full gallery here.
♥ hJane

The Beauty of the Postcard

So PostSecret managed to make these babies cool again, but why not bring the postcard back into your everyday life, sans the deep dark secret confessions? Great for love letters + lunch notes + cheap framed art for your starving apartment walls.

Recession Progression Tip:
A pack of 30 postcards will set you back around $10 USD, the equivalent of the cost of two birthday cards. Use these for birthday cards instead and you'll get an extra 28 celebrations, hey-o!
Plus you'll also get "you're the supercoolest" points FREE from your friends. Barg-wain!

Chronicle Books do great postcards, all around $10 USD / pack. Featured here are ones from the collections Catalog Woman and Romance Pulp:





Want to be even thriftier? Many charity shops have a postcard basket where you can purchase old, unused postcards for 10¢ each. So go on and fake that trip to California in the 70's! Who cares if you were born in '81??!

Long live the postcard! We heart.

HJane ♥