Nest Decorating & Designs by Tamar

From my favorites

Here are a few of my favorite Etsy sellers this week:

1. Hand Stitched Leather handbag from Artemisleatherware

2. Modern Abstract Print by Twoems

3. The Cupid color combination of Hair ties from Manemeassaga

4. Gigantic World Map Pillow from Mybeardedpigeon

5. Amazing Ring made with an Agate and oxidized Silver by Mirta

6. Lovely loose blue linen dress by Qiujuer

7. Origami light blue Denim rope necklace by Homako

8. Wooden Make Up Holder by Less&More

9. Giant Decoupage Ampersand by Bombus

10. Amazing cables from Cordinated

11. Hand crafted wooden pencil holder another lovely creation by Less&More

 

xox

New Pillows

I spent all of yesterday sewing new pillows with some wonderful remnants of fabric I got last week at our local fabric shop, also used a piece of blue rose french antique fabric and a little piece of Liberty Of London Tana Lawn, I love to mix modern and vintage and here they are:

xox

Spread some Etsy love

A few of my favorite Etsy items and designs this week

For the home:

1. Beautiful hand embroidered Turkish Antique rug pillow at SUKAN

2. 24 feet of gorgeous hand felted garland at Big Brown House

3. Adorable collection of tiny painted tin cups at Sushi Pot Parts

4. Pretty and Playful Fox napkins at Linea Carta

5. On my wish list, Vintage Conran Maclamp at Little Dog Vintage

6. Great designs at PM Custom

7.  This beautiful Tea Towel is called First Kiss...I love it! at Zakka Nouveau

8.  Lovely hand painted Ceramic Soap Dish at Nantucket Mermaid

For you:

1. Adorable vintage green Doc Martens floral print shoes at Sassy Grove

2.  I absolutely love this delicate necklace by Vanessa Moore

3.  Don't you just love this yellow Harris Tweed Satchel by Breagha

4. Another wonder in Black and White Leather from the amazing Rennes Les Chateau

I hope you liked my little list!

xox

Knitting knitting knitting

It's been so peaceful here at home for the last 10 days that i've been actually resting and taking it easy, my favorite thing to do is to knit, and i've been doing that a lot this week.

Some special requests from the boys and some for myself since I really fell in love with the slouchy beanie style and can't resist making more and more of them...so easy and fun!

so here they are:

this one is for me, made from Cascade Baby Alpaca I had left over from last year

I used lots of little pieces of left over wool for this one for my husband, but I think we will share it...

this one is my favorite made with Amazing from Lion Brand yarn, the color is called Joshua Tree, but seriously I drool over every single color this yarn comes in.... I eliminated some colors I don't like wearing in this scheme like bright fuchsia. The pattern for this hat is on the back of the label, or you can download it for free here , it calls for a garter stitch which I changed to a knitted stitch and knitted it on the round.

I am still working on this one for my son, more of the Cascade Baby Alpaca in a lovely shade of blue (#562), this time I am using the above pattern exactly as is, I will show you a picture when I'm done.

all together now

by the way, do you know about the amazing Ravelry site? if you don't you must check it out, it's a knitters heaven.

I am slowing down now, orders in the shops are back to normal so I have little time left to knit, but I will finish the blue hat this week I hope.

xox

 

Marie Claire Idees

Few images from one of my all time favorite magazines, the French Marie Claire Idees, I purchase every issue of this publication and have a giant collection, I can't tell you how many times I go back to  old issues to get some inspiration, it's timeless!

Here are a few favorite images from the Sept.2009 issue

xox

Spreading some Etsy Cheer

A liitle random collection of Etsy love

1.  Bracelet from Chic Choices $5

2. Vintage pitcher from High Street Market $38

3. Geometric Abstract print from Twoems $25

4. red Knit Copper necklace from Martice $19

5. Heart Pillow with applications, embroidery and sequins from All The Luck In  The World $95

6. Say Something Tote by Pure and Noble

7. Oversized Black T from Lamixx $44

8. Sterling silver and gold flower ring by Maria Gotijoyas $60

xox

 

 

 

Sweet Paul

Are you ready for a real treat???  do you love to cook?  do you swoon over amazing photos?  check out the new issue of one of my absolute favorite online magazines "Sweet Paul" :

 

xox

Etsy Faves

Here a few faves on my wish list from all around the world

No. 1,6,7  Check out this incredible shop Dadaya from Japan

No.2 The cutest hand knitted baby hats ever! at NYrika from NY

No. 3 Lovely embroidery on handmade wallets by SewZinski from Florida

No. 4 Great prices and colors at RayDesign from Thailand 

No.5 Absolutely love the art work by Inaluxe from Australia

No.8 Gorgeous hand felted slippers by Grazim from Lithuania

No.9 Check out these beautiful vintage inspired pillows at PlonkaHome from Norway

xox

Giveaway winners and news from the garden

Here are the winners!  

The names were written on little pieces of paper and put in a bowl

 

they were mixed up again and again and then 3 random little pieces were chosen

and the winners are:

 

Cheri Mosgrove

Claudia Horner

Melissa (since they were two Melissa's the whole name was written down, this is Melissa from I Love the Kitchen Blog)

Thank you so much to ALL of you who participated! winners, I'll be contacting you to get your addresses.

The beautiful table cloth was a gift from my sister, it was immediately put to use and we  enjoy having our breakfast on it every morning.

 

and since we are talking about the garden...we are in full bloom! the combination of hot and humid weather during the day and rainy nights really resulted in an amazing burst of colors 

Here are some I brought indoor and mixed with orange roses from the grocery store, aren't they AMAZING!!!???

 

and more in the kitchen in purple and lilac combinations, I can't believe how big they got!

 

have a great weekend!!! and try to keep cool!!!
  

  

 

New Necklaces

I've been very lucky to find a lovely rare vintage glass bead chain that got me so inspired I designed a whole load of new necklaces, you can find them all in my Etsy shop, here are a few from the new collection:

Chloe Necklace

 
Geranium Flower Necklace

Wisteria Necklace

Vintage Rose Necklace made with a rare vintage hand stiched rose cameo (only one available!)

 
 
 
 
Sea Breeze Necklace

   

Vintage Rose Necklace (only two available) with a little variation on the hand stitched rose cameo.

and finally due to a high demand a necklace with tiny colorful flowers just like in the kid's shop...

 

there are lots of more new necklaces and earrings available and a few more necklaces in the children collection but I will post those in the next few days.

xox