the colored crocheted jewelry of studiokarma
Yellow Brown Necklace With Large Crocheted Rings (detail) by StudioKarma.
I am always amazed by the beauty of felt or crocheted jewelry. There are a few extraordinary shops @ Etsy – you regularly find their items on the front page – and StudioKarma is one of those. Her necklaces are simply gorgeous.
They are OOAK, but you can ask for custom items anyway. I found this one below in the sold section, and it is one of my favorites :
Multicolored Nacklace With Various Crocheted Rings.
blythe fashion : oh daisy
oh daisy – Turquoise wool bonnet with daisy button by loou @ Etsy.
So I am up for another round of funny hats for Blythe which I plan to release in the following days, but in the meantime let’s just enjoy this blue turquoise bonnet by loou. She also has an amazing pointy orange one called “orangelove” at the moment !
heather smith jones
“in this place” by Heather Smith Jones @ Etsy.
I love this piece by Heather Smith Jones and since I was going to post it before I took my “little break”, here it is !
It is an original watercolor painting with pinholes on paper. Heather Smith Jones uses this “pinhole technique” a lot – you can see some here @ Etsy or on her Flickr in this album – but I really love it the most when she combines techniques.
She has an amazing sense of color which is not only obvious in her watercolors – she grinds and prepares them herself which tells me she has a sensual relationship with pigments and colors – but also in her acrylic, tempera and oil paintings. I absolutely love this one called “a cottonwood seed”.
And did I say that she only sells originals in her Etsy shop ?
She also has a blog.
orange bowl by lynn cardwell pottery
Orange and Textured Iron Bowl by Lynn Cardwell Pottery @ Etsy.
I do not fall for all of Lynn Cardwell’s pottery works, but I really really love her bowls. The contrast between the bright and glossy colors on the insides and the rough aspect of the outsides is very interesting, plus the shapes of her bowls are extremely beautiful. That orange one is a favorite of mine, I always come back to it, but then I love orange so much…
Her Ikebana vases are amazing too, they have the same kind of strength and simplicity.
She is a member of the Etsy Mud Team.
a pair of blue cups by kristin pavelka pottery
Pair of cups – light blue and white by Kristin Pavelka Pottery @ Etsy.
I absolutely love those two cups by Kristin Pavelka. Here’s the description in her own words :
Darling pair of earthenware teabowls with blue and white arc pattern and reddish orange dots. Inside is glazed pale lime green. Trimmed footring with personal stamp.
limited edition ultrasilencer by pia wallen for electrolux
Ultrasilencer Special Edition by Pia Wallén for Electrolux.
I discovered this on yatzer a very inspiring blog by interior designer Costas Voyatzis and I must say that if ever there was to be “a dream vacuum cleaner” (imagine such a category…) that would be it. It’s just perfect ! I love white and orange so much, and I even think in a small appartment like mine I could let this one apparent happily since I do not have a spot to hide my own ugly one (which I bought a long time ago when vacuum cleaners had not yet started to become interesting)…
It reminds me of Jasper Morrison’s Breakfast Set for Rowenta – let’s just hope it does not have the flaws the Rowenta products had.
(It also reminds me a bit of a version of the Tissot Danica Patrick T-Touch watch that I liked a lot, because of the few touches of red upon the white leather).
But anyway, once again, there’s nothing like simplicity in design. This thing could well be the ultimate vaccum cleaner for some time.
Source :: yatzer.
the aliens are coming by dreamalittle7 @ etsy
UFO The Aliens Are Coming by Dream A Little @ Etsy.
Once in a while you stumble into something that simply sweeps you off your feet and it might just as well be because I love SF so much but those little aliens are the cutest ever ! But the real thing though is the flying saucer or UFO, for they would not be as interesting without it. This whole set totally rocks !
It is OOAK and an original creation by Dana Dunn and had I a little bit of money I would have bought it right now.
the world in technicolor #2 new balance
New Balance M1300 – Made in England
I’m not much of a sneaker girl but I saw those New Balance the other day on glltn.com and I must say I wish I had a little bit of money. My favorite ones are the blue and orange ones, but I also like the yellow ones a lot.
Source glltn.com via Sneaker Files
gary taxali’s green toy monkey
The Toy Monkey by Gary Taxali – Exclusive Green Version available @ Kung Fu Toys
While Gary Taxali’s new vinyl figures “Oh No” + “Oh Oh” are on the verge of being released by Bigshot Toyworks, you can still find some of his Toy Monkeys. The yellow version (500 numbered pieces signed or unsigned) is the regular one and not many people are aware that a green version was also released in a limited edition of 200. It was at one point sold by some museum – I think it was the MOMA but I am not sure now – and I just found that Kung Fu Toys has it for $150 dollars.
You can still order the Original Toy Monkey Deluxe Edition @ Chump Toys or @ Orbit Gallery space.
Also see the Original Hand Painted “Toy Monkey” on Gary Taxali’s website.
Oh No + Oh Oh by Gary Taxali – sculpt by Scott Wetterschneider
Note that you can buy the Oh No Bronze Statue along with some artwork by Gary Taxali @ Magic Pony.
OH NO Bronze Statue – Gary Taxali