Area Ware

I love any time someone prints a plate with something unexpected on it. These artist palette plates by Area Ware are great and familiar.

Area Ware

Looks Good To Me

These fantastic watercolor prints were created by Caroline on the It Looks Good To Me website. This is an incredible discovery for me since I not only adore the water color illustrations on her blog but her insights and links are great too. I plan to make it one of my new daily stops.

www.itlooksgoodtome.com

Bling Escape

I always adore chunky jewelry and anything with rhinestones. Necklaces of 2010 seem to be getting bigger, chunkier and sparklier... which tempts me to go bankrupt adding to my already ridiculous accessory collection. These gems are by Elva Fields and it would be difficult to pick which one of her genius designs would be my favorite.

Elva Fields

What a view!

Spectacular Spaces

Black Walls

When someone finally lets me design their house, I am definitely going to paint some walls black. Fair warning: I think these are fantastic!

Carolina Melis

www.carolinamelis.com

5 Minute Candle

How adorable would it be to keep a set of these on hand for last minute celebrations? Everyone likes to blow out the candles and with these matchbook sized candle sets from Poketo, anyone can make a wish for any occasion. Cleverly designed and packaged, I was instantly drawn to them and cannot wait to order a few sets.

http://poketo.com

Heading towards 2010

Irvington-based millinery designer, Meagan Swinney was gracious enough to share complimentary samples of her Spring 2010 headband line at last night's New Year's Eve bash. The pieces are versatile, displaying a thoughtful palette and fun textures. As you could see, they went over incredibly well!

Caroline Benech

Caroline Benech is a French artist that does these stunning skylines and nudes in a combination of photography and digital graphics. They are so unique in their composition and palettes, they seem to glow.

Caroline Benech