icycat

via kitty stampede via modcatlove via prettyfoods

merry christmas

Source

sssssnaky

I don't suppose Ssssssanta...

Emilio Pucci 

Embellished brass snake bracelet

net-a-porter $690

found via design*sponge

EDIT: now $345. Still...

book plate

I'm not sure why I like this book-plate. 

It's pretty vile. But graphic & bold.

Via letterology.

pyjamas

Well, I need some new pyjamas...

"For the November 15, 1931, Vogue, George Hoyningen-Huené captured the beauty of flowing bias-cut crêpe pajamas by designer Madeleine Vionnet. The model's Grecian-style pose also emphasizes the Classical quality with which the designer is associated."

Source

virginia's bedroom

Virginia Woolf's bedroom.

Monk's House, Rodwell (Sussex).

via the persephone post

medusa

Scott Hilburn via rogueclassicism via the argyle sweater

chairman meow

Follow Chairman Meow! tote.

Available at cafepress

queen mary

Shopping bag from fabric designed by Duncan Grant for the Queen Mary. His design was rejected. Ancient Industries have brought back some of his lost designs, including 'Queen Mary' (1936), above, and 'Charleston Grapes' (1932), below.

Credit: ancient industries (blog)

pomegranates

'Renaissance Pomegranates'

one of the gorgeous prints

by Yana Beylinson

via design*sponge

pineapple cake

A Betty Crocker pineapple cake.

via found in mom's basement via saltycotton

ch{ocol}at

Pierre Hermé: combining cats and macarons...

Chat Brun; Chat Roux

paperback

Demeter 'Paperback' scent.

I've mentioned library/bookish scents before.

purse DIY

Ridiculously cute rendition of craft passion's concept 

via how about orange (images).

I've featured the ribbon before.

sarah coventry

The Sarah Coventry pineapple.

It's really known as 'Autumn Haze' (1966).

Image sources (1), (2), (3)

more squirrel love

The Lady Buxton purse

via kitchen retro

He looks like he just mugged an old lady.

bladerunner

Rutger Hauer & Sean Young

Aren't these wonderful? 

Sean Young's polaroids from Bladerunner.

(c) Sean Young

via how to be a retronaut via la boite verte

poire william

I am completely smitten by Poire William, a very potent eau de vie, best served chilled. But I am even more smitten by how they get the pear in the bottle (known as poire prisonnière) in some of the versions of this delicious digéstif:

 Source: maison j colombier

kelly reemtsen

All paintings by the amazing Kelly Reemtsen.

uterus in a jar

Loving...

Buy a uterus in a jar (and many other organs)

from your organ grinder on etsy or madeit.

hello!

I bought some of these at 

the Sydney Finders Keepers this year.

via bespoke press

best butter?

via how to be a retronaut

adelaide

Julia Rothman's illustration 

from design*sponge's

Adelaide guide.

more daffodils

I found this at vintage poster blog

daffodils

Daffodils, coming out everywhere at the moment.

These are by Yana Beylinson.

while Rome burns

ROMA, DCCCXVII a.U.c. fire-screen 

by BBMDS (1999).

Found via eternallyrome via core77.

frieseke flowers

'Gloucester Garden' 

by Frederick Frieseke (n.d.)

 via it's about time

welsh tapestry

I bought a sort of gorgeous, sort of vile Welsh tapestry handbag from ebay (where else?). Orange. Brown. Hmmm. But it works. The colours and patterns of Welsh tapestry are quite gorgeous. Their bold colours are nicely balanced by their very rigid patterns.

Credits: bluecoat (top); me (bottom)

book art

Wonderful images 

by Jane Mount 

at ideal bookshelf.

demonstration purposes only

The description from the Australian War Memorial (ID 140486) reads: 

"Melbourne, Vic. 1944-02-29. A papier-mache cow, used for milking demonstrations at the Werribee experimental farm, being tied on to the luggage carrier of Mrs O. Mellor's car for transport to the farm. Mrs Mellor is Field Officer in charge of the Women's Land Army Mont Park training depot.

(via the Adelaide Showgrounds Farmers Market digest)

keep calm...

I'm so over the KEEP CALM AND CARRY ON posters 

but I do like a customising thingy:

Make your own at Keep Calm-O-Matic.

(found via jeri's organizing & decluttering)

things organized neatly

(Todd McLellan: credit)

Your obsessive compulsive 

gets a daily hit of 

things organised neatly.

even more squirrel love

Travel poster 

via vintage poster blog

more squirrel love

Log and Squirrel plant pot from firebox.com

When the squirrel drops out of sight, 

it's time to add more water.

bowl

Hunslet bowl. An eighteenth century design classic. 

From ancient industries shop.

squirrel love

Ribbons designed by the talented how about orange.

lifesavers

via things organized neatly