A little inspiration - DIY that is

photo credit: Apartment Therapy Kristin Hohenadel blogging from Paris for Apartment Therapy found this great look on Elle.fr - I also found another that I would like to try. It is a bench made from old books.

Inspire Me

Photo by Rini Boer in the Flickr group Ideas and Inspirations Today’s post might not be so obviously about business, but for us creatives it is at the heart of what we do. It is important because it can help keep us focused and on track. It feeds our creative soul. It can show us where [...]

Manon Gignoux´s love for wear and tear

Manon Gignoux makes clothes, accessories, jewellry and home decor from pieces of fabric. I think she has a wonderful way to combine (muted) colors and to transform worn down fabric into something comfortable, soft and inviting. “The origins of my work can be traced back to my last year of study at France’s Duperré School of [...]

Not so BoringSidney

Meet Belle, the fab milliner from Etsy known as BoringSidney. She makes hats with that have that special wow-effect. With a BA in Apparel Design and a Minor in Costume Design, Belle has had the opportunity to design costumes for some 25 plays or musicals over the last 18 years, several ballets, independent film, and [...]

Design Sponge Interior Blog

Wow… just…wow. I have found THE diy+design+thrift interior blog. Ladies and gentlemen, let me present Design Sponge. It´s all here. Thrift store finds and small label design pieces spiced with stylish interior DIY projects all wrapped up in impeccable taste of color and form. I ended up browsing through all April entries and it took [...]

Re-inventing your craft

  Craft artists love their creations but sometimes I think they lose the ability to view their designs and technique objectively and that often results in lack of renovation in their designs or product range. They just keep doing the same stuff year after year… Let me give you an example. I went to a recycle-craft [...]