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Tape Christmas tree ideas by pimpelwit styling

*Guest post by Marieke van Proosdij aka pimpelwit styling

I just love to experiment, besides the usual christmas tree, with different materials. With tape you get the most great effects on your wall. And Christmas is the time where candlelight is a must. I taught of a lot of little lights in different colors which gives you an extra happy and colorful feeling

The greatest thing for me with christmas is that I can invite a lot of people. For the cooking I will ask someone else but the decoration for the table setting I will be working on the whole day. For example these glasses with a name tag, so everyone find his place at the table..

Thank you and we wish you a Merry Christmas Marieke.

Guest Post by Justina Blakeney.... glass bottles living installation

Guest Post by Justina Blakeney from Compai blog

"My home is quite green (both literally and figuratively).  I have plants and flowers, and floral and leaf prints covering most surfaces.

I got the idea to create this 'living installation' one morning when I realized how much I loved hanging plants and when I noticed how much suspended plants can add to the atmosphere of a space. So, I began to gather old glass bottles that I had lying around my home-- some used to hold spices, other liquor, or bath oils. 

I cleaned the bottles and used vintage lace and string to suspend them from a frame that had lost it's glass. I filled the bottles with water and flowers and I had my living installation.

Guest Post by Maike Keuben....Liat Yaniv

 

Guest Post by Maike Keuben from Orangefarmhouse

A little while ago I received a beautiful catalogue in the mail from paper worker Liat Yaniv (33). It made me so happy to see all those colorful creations. I was truly surprised that all of it was just made out of paper and glue. Can you believe that? It made me immediately crave to see and know more about this freelance artist and illustrator. 

From her home studio in her neighborhood Ramat-Gan, Israel, Liat gave me the answers I was looking for. It all started back in 1991 during the gulf war, Liat was 13 years old and very much afraid.

Happy Gardening

*Guest post by Joelle Wehkamp

These little seed bags make me smile! It looks so much fun you really want to start with gardening right away. I found them on The Balcony Gardener site. Here you can find all kinds of products… from plants, window boxes to pots. There is everything you need to create your own green garden full of vegetables. And I can assure you, your own vegetables taste so wonderful.

Salon Maison & Objet by Stephanie Rammeloo

A guest post today by Stephanie Rammeloo

End of January I (=Stephanie) visited Salon Maison & Objet in Paris. It is a big trade market with a lot of home design, where you can find the latest trends on interior fashion. A tiny part of the fair is Objets de Mode, with small boots for little design companies, like La Cerise sur le Gâteau, Zoe de las Cases, Miss Print and Numero 74 . The designs are all really personal and authentic. But, if you want a general trend, there's a lot of humour in it and a lot of colour.(right image by coco amardeil)

La Cerise sur le Gâteau makes home linen, like dish cloths and bed linen, but I like the pillow cases best. With which you can add a light, funny and colorful touch to your house.

Zoe de las Cases makes inventive, cute objects for your house. Like posters, bags and boxes with beautiful old family pictures printed on them, or a game with different scents. Her latest design is this stamp kit, which you can use to cheer up you paperwork. (Like contracts or bills, for instance.)

I loved the wall paper and fabric by Miss Print. The fabrics are all hand printed. The wall paper Dandelion, shown in this picture, is also available in yellow and grey.

Numero 74 from Italy restores (and sells) beautiful vintage children's furniture and also makes lovely soft hand knitted blankets and toys ...

While I tried to skip a few halls I got lost in the hall with all the big fabric producers. Luckily, because otherwise I would never have met the wonderful fabric designer Marie Riche of Lalie Design. Unfortunately her booth was too full to take a good picture of it, so she sent me and overview of some of her fabrics.

I also stumbled upon these wonderful, handprinted pillows by Geneviève Lévy édition.

Thank you Stephanie ... tomorrow another post by Stephanie about the trends she spotted at Maison et Objet.

Special guest :: Astrid from Hei Astrid

I’ve had my eyes on Scandinavian Surface for a while and I’ve written about them on hei Astrid a couple of times, here and here. This is how they describe themselves: Scandinavian Surface specializes in developing "patterns for any surface". With professional background, skills and experience we are able to offer outstanding surface design and original solutions for products such as: fabrics, wallpaper, building facades, interior decoration details etc.

The WallPiece is a beautiful wall decoration that comes in a variety of patterns. Scandinavian Surface also makes a collection of placemats, trays, cards, cushions and bags. It’s all available in the webshop.

{THANK YOU Astrid, irene xx}

***post by Astrid from HeiAstrid