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Just some Tea Towels I like...

{image above: First kiss tea towels by zakka nouveau} 

After waiting for the longest time we finally got news about the keys for our apartment in Singapore, 'no' we are not moving... due to work related things for my husband we decided to buy a small apartment in that fantastic city and I can finally start packing all the things I have been collecting over the last six months including some tea towels for our new kitchen... here are some towels that i really like, not in my collection 'yet' :)...

Outer Space Tea Towel by Leah Duncan...

    

I Love these tiles from Made a Mano

While visiting Norwegian blog, design-shimmer my eye immediately fell on these pictures showcasing the amazing ceramic tiles from the company Made a Mano, which was founded in 2001 by Rosario Parrinello, NanaKi Bonfils and Josephine Aquama Hoffmeyer. Their ambition was: "to create a collection of tiles, counter-tops and sinks, combining ancient traditional handicraft with modern techniques. Revealing a sure sense of beauty and style."...well they succeeded don't you think?

I absolutely love seeing them on the floor and on the walls and totally makes me re-consider using 'tiles' as decoration for flooring and kitchen walls.... it beautifully brings back the old-style kitchens and gives character to any house....love love for Made a Mano

Bloesem’s Joy & Good Tidings Gift Guide 2010: The Kitchen

Happy to share the second categroy for the Bloesem Gift Guide 2010...today ideas for the Kitchen ...hope you find my tips useful :)

Many more categories to come during the coming weeks...stay tuned...

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Rose Patate at Vitrine

 

I believe it was over at BKIds that I mentioned Rose Patate for the first time. And seeing her great new pillows over at Vitrine today convinced me again that her designs are absolutely my kind of thing!

Rose Patate aka Rachel Peloquin grew up between Montreal and England and currently lives and works as an independant textile designer in Paris. You can buy her textile collection right here...

Onszelf

I keep apologizing...this time not for not sharing a post, but for postponing a new Let's Get Personal Tour until tomorrow and it's going to be a Fantastic one :) ... i'm having too much fun celebrating my vacation here in Oldenzaal, a small village in the Netherlands. But these tablecloths by Onszelf caught my eye today in a new issue of the VT-Wonen magazine and thought you might like them too...

They are made from plastic, normally not my piece of cake, but during the summer and with children I do like these unqiue ones. Onszelf (= ourselves in Dutch) is the design duo Astrid Nieuwenbrug and Claudia Drube who also produced and designed a nice line of wallpapers...have a look here.

Club Geluk = Happy Club

Some bright inspiration for you today from the Netherlands...Club Geluk or Club Lucky or the Happy Club... founder and maker of all these nice goodies is Marieke Voorsluijs and her new bold and colorful collection looks so cheerful...and I have to mention that I believe her pillow covers are so very reasonable priced!