Ooooh la-la!

Spied at cute overload, the animated short for a new line of Swarovski crystal cats is must see material.

I watch way too much TV, but 60 gooey-good seconds like these compensate for hours of potential brain decay:



Oooh, I am feeling so French. Well, I am already French but I am feeling somehow French-ier. More Continental, non?

polyvore: Petaliferous

Child of Fantasy by ♥petaliferous♥ on Polyvore.com




Bookmark III - Mere and Little by ♥petaliferous♥ on Polyvore.com



[Pastel Green PPB] by ♥petaliferous♥ on Polyvore.com


I hadn't visited polyvore in a long while, and these pieces by member petaliferous were a nice surprise. Pretty!

ibride: remarkably beautiful things

These trays from French design team ibride are nothing short of achingly beautiful. I just can't get over how incredible they are.

kawaii: so cute it's almost SCARY!

I guess I'm pretty late in the game as far as finding out about "kawaii" style. I've seen some similiar things -- Hello Kitty comes to mind -- but had no idea there was so much more. Although it's love at first sight for me and the Red Riding Hood items (no news there), I can't get over that grinning tofu liquid soap dispenser.

These designers are mad geniuses with an unerring sense of The Cute. They are going to take over the Universe with their Cute! Make them stop!

(Or not :).

More of this deliciousness at Decolo Co., Ltd.

flickr fun: Venetian Glass Mosaic Brooch

Wow. I can only imagine the kind of painstaking labor it took to produce this gorgeous piece. From redrickshaw's photostream.

blog happy: Cece Marie

The kind of blog I like the very best opens wide the shutters of my mind, pipes a cheery hello to the new day and holds the promise of happy company. So it's a discovery indeed when I stumble upon something like All Dolled Up.

Cece Marie blogs out of her Northern California home, where she runs All Dolled Up, an on-line cottage industry business making almost-unbelievably cute things from her own original patterns: aprons, totebags, skirts, handbags and flower pins, as well as original artwork. It's clear that her myriad influences show up in her homespun creations. Here are just a few examples:

L: Delilah Tulip Wrap Skirt R: White Cherries "Le Flirt" Apron

Cece is also a fellow "magazine magpie": somebody who scouts for inspiration via images. Like many of us, she is probably absolutely compelled to share them, to show what she likes, to say something about them. It is a real joy to do this, and in that way we flock together, birds of a common feather!

I've scrolled through dozens of her blog pages that make me want to stand up and cheer. "I love that, oh no wait I love that even MORE!" Best of all, she shares my fondness for yellow houses, pale pink and an undying love of the red and white kitchen.

Really, is there anything more cheerful than a red and white kitchen? Hardly. Does the world need more red and white kitchens? Absolutely.

Country Living Magazine

Dutch treat.

Many of the old railway poster advertisements were just beautiful. I particularly like this one from Southern Pacific:



As sweet-looking as they are, I can't imagine that wearing wooden shoes was ever a truly comfortable experience!