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22Sep
Van Gogh’s sunflowers…
Broad brushstrokes, bright yellow and wild form. There’s a reason why these are famous sunflowers.
I see Van Gogh’s sunflowers…
Fig. 1: Rosette pillow from CB2
Fig. 2: Botanical Notebooks from Rifle Paper
Fig. 3: Hand-painted porcelain sauce dishes
Fig. 4: Screen-printed fabric brushstrokes
Tags: color, craft, fabric
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15Sep
There’s something about block printing that really gets me. I’m always drawn to it; I guess it is something like letterpress printing, where it’s one press at a time, one color at a time. A true hand-crafted process.
I love Papa Totoro‘s block printed work, a London-based artist who uses her hand drawn and cut lino patterns and vintage print blocks. So bright and colorful! 
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31Aug
What is it about rustic wood? I can’t help myself but I just love the look. Simple, elegant and bringing the outdoors in. That’s my style in a nutshell pretty much. :)
These beauties are reclaimed wood from picket fencing designed by Getting Weddy from Texas. They could work inside or out…maybe with a candle in? They are a fun alternative to sconces…which are not big in my book but these I could handle. {found via Sweet Peach}
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25Aug
Artist Terada Mokei from Japan creates these beautiful little worlds. Starting off creating tiny architectural models at a firm, he developed this “paper pop-up” way of making models. And now he makes coasters as well. Aren’t they so delicately beautiful? Check out the rest of the little world he created.
Tags: paper
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23Aug
Here’s a fun tutorial that Sarah over at Sarah Hearts found via Martha Stewart. All you need is a paper plate and some washi tape. Now if only I had a little garden where I could pick berries … it’d be a perfect little gift!
Tags: DIY
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28Jun
Indian block printing. Beautiful, amazing. I can’t believe the intricacy that they achieve in the patterns with such a simple tool and method. Watch it and you’ll fall in love.
{found via Wren Handmade}
Tags: fabric, pattern, printing
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27Jun
Storm Clouds clutch by Good Marvin from Etsy. Perfect for a stormy summer evening, don’t you think?
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