• Soft, cozy teapots on Etsy

My artist cousin, who lives and works in Berlin, has just started her etsy shop. I appreciate her very much for the fact she just moved to Berlin a few years ago, and is living an artists live there. Just by that… something I wouldn’t dare to do…..
And now she started selling her soft and [...]

• Desirables – found on the web

While browsing the internet and through magazines I stumbled upon these very desirable items. I love them for various reasons:

Canvas tote bag – bird in cage (dolly blake) I love it for it’s simple bird print
Sewing collection in a can – Favorite stamp set (karaku’s shop) I need more stamps, just because. [...]

• Serendipity

Serendipity is the last, but certainly not the least, Paris shop I feature on my blog. This one was one of the first that appeared on my ‘must visit’ list. Clare, from the Lulu Carter blog, insisted I had to go there, but I was already convinced by the pictures of this shop she had [...]

• Entrée des Fournisseurs

Right next to HOME Autour du Monde, Rue des Francs Bourgeois 8, you can find the most yummy haberdashery store I have ever visited. The shop is mostly full with buttons and ribbon, but they also sell Liberty fabric, wool felt and patterns.
I spent a fortune on French ribbons, I loved them and I now try [...]

• Autour du Monde

Another great shop in Paris is HOME Autour du Monde. I found a lot of inspiration there, they offer a nice mix of vintage like and design stuff. I visited their shop on Rue des Francs Bourgeois 8, which they call their concept store.
The street Rue des Francs Bourgeois is worth visiting all by itself, it’s [...]

• Antoine & Lili

Antoine & Lili was on the recommendation list of Clare, from the Lulu Carter blog. And she was so right, I was so overwhelmed by the shops, I couldn’t buy anything (lucky for my wallet ;-)) On their website I found out that they have several shops around Paris. I have visited the ‘flag’ store [...]

• Retail therapy

These shops above are two of my favorite shops on Texel: ‘t Lant van Texsel and De Witte Engel.
‘t Lant van Texsel is full of lovely stuff for inspiration and just to have… they sell Rice, Anne-Claire Petit and lots of other stuff in my favorite colours. De Witte Engel is a shop full of [...]