current observations

Category: etsy

  • An eye for :: square jewellery

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    I purposefully went in search of squares to relieve my eyes from all those circles. I found myself so struck with the beautiful silver square shaped jewellery on Etsy. I love square jewellery, I think I like the idea of something so straight and formal on the human body that is round and irregular. My…

  • Inspired by :: topiary

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    It was Zuppa Atelier’s small garden plate (bottom right) that caught my eye this week and I’ve been seeing topiary shapes ever since. I know technically they are small trees but they just reminded me of topiary and my neighbour’s impeccably shaped rose bushes – how do they do that? We have been toiling away…

  • Trellis patterns

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    I have such an eye for lattice/trellis patterns at the moment. I think in general I like patterns that make me look at the negative space as well. I’m very aware that all my selections today are cushions and this is because my vintage fabric cushion cover that I blogged about in January 2008, has…

  • It’s snowing – somewhere in the world

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    My Mum used to say that she’d often have a colour in her eye – meaning that for a short period of time she was attracted to a single colour. I suffer from the same problem but with me it’s always a pattern and this week it’s been snowflakes – they are everywhere I look!…

  • A few nice pears

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    I love pears – their taste, their shape and the multitude of colours. Have I said that before? I love their big fat bottoms and the way they never really sit upright – they kind of find a lean of their own like they’re lounging in a sofa after Christmas day lunch. I chose a…

  • Thinking about :: chandeliers

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    On the way home from yoga on Tuesdays we pass a lighting store. I really think these stores should be open at night – the best time to showcase their wares. I am like a moth to flame with it comes to pretty lights – of course the one that glimmers the most catches my…

  • Thinking about :: handwritten

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    Today I sat and wrote a card to a friend – there was no occasion. The card seemed to speak to me and I know how much she’ll love receiving it. How often do you do that these days? How much do you love receiving handwritten notes? I remember some years ago (early days of…

  • Thinking about :: colourful interiors

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    I have been catching up on my Real Living reading in the past couple of weeks now that I have no uni assignments. I’m so taken with the colour that some people inject into their decor but I’m still not sure I could join them. I love colour and I use it a lot in…

  • Thinking about :: stripes

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    My brain has been filled with pattern ideas for the last week. While reading with the Jolly Monkey last night I found myself studying the colours, line widths and repititons of his striped quilt cover. I really love stripes – I’m not sure why that is. I have a good friend who hates stripes! What…

  • Thinking about :: Japan

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    It happens a few times a year – this overwhelming nostalgia for Japan. I get such a yearning to drink ocha and eat mochi and once more ride my bike around Nagoya-jo park. I’m not sure why it happens but I feel that Japan shall evermore be part of who I am. I spent three…