Archive for April 2009

This lady is one serious Bento Box maker! From Sakurako Kitsa. Via Stranger Than Fiction.

The other assistant had a hard time choosing from all the wonderful entries and in the end, her master had to make the final pick. The 2nd winner of the Domino Book giveway is: Jaklyn Andrews from Halifax, Nova Scotia! Congratulations and thanks to everyone for entering and to Simon & Schuster for the giveaway!

The first winner of our Domino Book Giveaway is........(thanks to our furry friend) is Alexandra of Virginia! Alex we're emailing you right now!

Stay tuned for the next draw shortly!

Photo by Jea Jea

I'm loving this black building - Stable Cafe, in the mission district, San Francisco featured at Remodelista today. (via this tweet).

Just a quick note - we're gathering all the entries as we speak and will announce the winner of the Domino book giveaway we held yesterday shortly, so stay-tuned! I'll announce when the post is up on twitter or check back here!

Lisa Kirkpatrick

Jaime Derringer

If you're in the Rochester, New Hampshire area this weekend, the much anticipated Incredible Print Show is opening on May 1st at artstream . And incredible is a good word for it as there are 50 artists from around the world. All the work is under $400 and hundreds of pieces under $100. Printmaking mediums such as photography, digital, intaglio, wood and lino cuts, silkscreens, lithographs, monotypes, and letterpress were printed on paper, textiles and clay. online and at the gallery. Work can be previewed right now online at artstreamstudios.com and will be available for sale on the 1st both at the gallery and online. There will be an opening reception on May 2nd from 5-8 pm featuring the artists, good nibbles and incredible sips. (See below for more images - I wish I could post them all)!

artstream LLC
56 North Main Street
Rochester, NH 03867
v-603.330.0333 f-603.330.3444
http://www.artstreamstudios.com
http://www.artstreamstudios.com/shop

Art for kids should be happy, whimsical, adventurous and dreamy. We asked a few wee ones for their picks on what they would like in their rooms. Here’s what they chose! Top left clockwise:

Octy w/Hat, kateendle.etsy.com; Co-existence, shirae.etsy.com; Owls, cathynichols.etsy.com; Rooster School Bus, matteart.etsy.com; The Sandersons,vivstrauss.etsy.com; The Slide, kikiandpolly.etsy.com

Perusing the new blogs over at the re-designed Canadian House and Home website today, I came across a post by Sarah Hartill on Cheap Art for Kids' Rooms. And since I was featuring some Affordable Art for kids from our marketplace today, I thought this post was an appropriate read. Sarah hung some twine and then attached Charley Harper flash cards as artwork! Click here to read. Photos: Sarah Hartill Photography

I just read over at Design Hole (who twittered me about my book giveaway) that there's now a whiteboard paint out there on the market. This is news to me and apparantly lots of companies are making it, including Idea Paint and Rust-oleum. Jennifer suggests using it in your laundry room to note your stain removal cocktails or on furniture and accessories to create personalized gifts. I can see lots of fun paint projects appearing soon!

I don't usually post about fashion here, but this blouse from Akina out of Australia is really a piece of art, isn't it?

Beautiful papers from Hanna Nyman out of Sweden have caught our eye today. Via this tweet.

Wooden Sailboat from Willow Baus (Poppytalk Handmade table 110); Dandelion Decal from Lewas Designs (Poppytalk Table 74
A bat mobile, Jen Hewett; and Heirloom Baby Quilt by Jewelweeds (Poppytalk Hanmdade Table 33.

Monte Ninna - Nanna Bassinet from Fawn & Forest; Jungle Friends Mobiles by Petit Collage; The Sarah Tote by Inklore (Poppytalk Handmade Table 29; Kids Hooks by Beehive Kitchenware (Poppytalk Handmade Table 5).

Chalkboard kids retro style RV Wall sticker from Spell It Out Designs (Poppytalk Handmade Table 77); Crib Bumper Set by Aunt Bucky (Poppytalk Handmade Table 9); Maple Seed Pod Bib by Jewelweeds (Poppytalk Handmade 33).

We were very sad (like many we’re sure) when the news of Domino Magazine closed. However their innovative and gorgeous ideas live on in their book, Domino, The Book of Decorating. The folks from Simon & Schuster have kindly sent us two copies of their book to give away to our readers.

Having a chance to flip through this book over this past weekend, not only are the images amazing (in the Domino way), but there are some creative decorating tips and innovative how-to's too! I love this book, and truly didn't know how good it was! (I wish I could keep a copy)!

Please leave a comment here (at this post only) with your email address and location. We will run this giveaway from now through to the end of Wednesday, April 29th/09 at 11:59pm. We will post the winners (there will be two) here Thursday, April 30th/09. Good luck and a HUGE thank you to Nina at Simon & Schuster !

One entry per person please.

UPDATE NOTE: We have so many comments, that if you are using Safari, you are going to have trouble reaching the bottom of the comments page to comment, so if you could, please use Firefox to comment. If you don't have Firefox, please email us at poppytalkblog[at]yahoo[dot]ca and I will enter your name in. Use the words 'DOMINO GIVEAWAY' in the subject line. Sorry for the inconvenience. Blogger and safari aren't mixing well with our creative fandangled coding! Thanks!

Simon & Schuster
Domino: The Book of Decorating
A room-by-room guide to creating a home that makes you happy
By Deborah Needleman, Sara Ruffin Costello and Dara Caponigro
ISBN-10: 1416575464
ISBN-13: 9781416575467

We came across these unique ceramic clocks in our hunts today. They are from Maria Kristofersson out of Sweden. What more can we say than, wow! Click here to see more.

1. Cushions, Famille Summerbelle
2. Letter Lights, Romp
3. Monte Cubino Chair, Fawn & Forest
4. Vintage Desk, Bianca and Family

5. Metal Basket, Bianca and Family
6. The Oeuf Mini Library, Oeuf
7. Metal Number Knobs, PBteen

We found a very fun and easy di.y. kids tee tutorial online the other day and had to let you know about it! Guest blogger Jenn from Ambrosia Girl posted this on the Tangled and True blog. Using a great font, and printing it on freezer paper, then painting the stencil in, voila. Check it out at Tangled and True.

Loving the new Circus Violet collection from Violet Studio that I just got a glimpse of after lunch. From playful porcelain and prints to whimsical stamps and wall stickers, creators, Camilla Engman and Elisabeth Dunker bring magic to home decor. Click here to view the entire collection.

Today we're kicking off a week of all things little! Yes folks, It’s Baby & Kids Week at Poppytalk! So many friends and fellow bloggers are having babies, and because we’re holding a Mother’s Day and Kids Market this month we thought it would be fun, to switch things around a bit and offer up design focused around kids and family.

From kids room art to handmade organic clothing, we hope you’ll join us this week while we venture out to playland! Above Custom Birth Date print by Almost Sunday.

Offerings over at The Handmade Artist this past week include a giveaway print at Sycamore Street Press, a peek into Sarah Ahearn's sketchbook and a moving sale in Michele Maule's shop!

Jean and Dylan of L&G have a new storybook to show us at The Handmade Artist today. It's on a book called Interior Decoration A to Z by Betty Pepis. Lots of fun retro stuff to see. Click here to follow.

A room in New York

We got a nice email from the people at Nylon magazine letting us know they now have a paperless version of their magazine, which we instantly perused and immediately loved with all the sound effects (like pages turning, etc.) Thanks Nylon! Inside we read that Ace Hotels is openng locations in New York and Palm Springs, and being fans, we had to post a couple of their room photos.

To view Nylon's paperless publication, click here. To visit Ace's page, click here.

A room in Palm Springs

We will be posting a little late today, and hope you'll come back to check things out!

Mother's Day card from La Familia Green

We just took a look and found the deadline for the Poppytalk Handmade "Paper Pops" Market - a papergoods and affordable art themed market is this Saturday, April 25th! This market is lined up at the same time as the National Stationery Show in New York. We are looking for mainly papergoods (from file folders to journals) and affordable art (work under $100).

If you are planning on participating at the NSS - we encourage you to read It's Showtime - a post by Susy Jack on the steps to preparing for the show. She also mentioned Poppytalk Handmade in this post and it's benefits to participating in it at the same time as the show.

Please submit your submissions to poppytalkblog[at]yahoo[dot]ca with the words "PAPER POPS" in the subject line.

Above three pictures via Core77 from some student work out of the Design Academy Eindhoven

We also found some good photo's from The Incidental (a newspaper specifically for the fair). Here are a few picks from their flickr Milan 09 flickr pool. Starting with the chairs above from spot.it (via spot.it flickr stream). And below, www.dutchinvertuals.nl, a group of independent designers from Eindhoven present their latest work. (Via Antonia Halse).

Craft Punk (below image - photo courtesy of Fendi for The Moment) , a collaboration with Fendi and Design Miami's Ambra Medda is at the Milan Furniture fair bringing eleven designers working in as many different media for a performance-based event. Medda is reporting it all for The New York Times, For The Moment.

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