Big laughs, small paper

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art, cartoon, drawings, flickr, Marc Johns, post-it notes, sketches

I laughed out loud at some of these clever post-it note drawings by Marc Johns. I love his cartoon style sketches and the subject matter is quirky, thoughtful and fun! There are more post-it note drawings on flickr. To visit Marc’s blog click here.

Inspired by The Raven

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anime, arts, contrast images, edgar allan poe, edgar allen poe, flickr, illustration, movie, raven, the raven, tumblr, upcoming movie release

Edgar Allan Poe is one of my favourite authors of all time. I know the movie won’t live up to Poe’s tales of the macabre, but I’m going to see it anyway. Today’s images are inspired by the upcoming movie release of The Raven… dark and eerie… depth and contrast.

Images sources from the top
500px, imgfave, tumblr, fromupnorth
wowitsalightbulb, tumblr

A photograph

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Atmosphere, black and white photography, dramatic, flickr, Imagination, monochromatic, photos, tumblr, Ty Holland

Black and white, or monochromatic images. The lack of colour allows the subject matter to create atmosphere….

dramatic images from top to bottom, left to right: deniscollette, ingaphotography, Merwelene van der Merwe, lorilynn15.tumblr

magical images from top to bottom, left to right: flickr, barbaraelka, justcallmegrace.tumblr, 28.media.tumblr, hisaemi.tumblr

Do you pin?

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beautiful images, black and white photography, cromer, ELLEBY Design, flickr, inspiration, Mood Board, photography, photoshelter, Pinterest, tumblr, Typography

I recently joined Pinterest, a virtual pinboard, to create a mood board for inspiration. There are so many beautiful images and products to discover! I’m finding other blogs that I never would have stumbled upon otherwise. I love Pinterest and I highly recommend that you check it out!

This is the board I created for my “kitchen inspiration”.  I’m going to paint my kitchen very soon and add accessories. When I see an image I like on the internet, I “Pin” it. Now I know what to add to my shopping list, instead of wandering around the store aimlessly. I am on a mission now!

Here is a roundup of some stunning black and white photography that Lauren from ELLEBY DESIGN pinned. Her taste mirrors my own and thanks to Pinterest, I now follow her fabulous blog.

Lauren (Elleby Design) from qenbleu.tumblr.com

Lauren (Elleby Design) via OneLittleNest from jeffreymurray.photoshelter.com

Lauren (Elleby Design) via Holly Cromer from rikshawdesign.blogspot.com

Lauren (Elleby Design) via Johanna Valenzuela from flickr.com

Lauren (Elleby Design) via Engly Chang from playwtlife.tumblr.com

Lauren (Elleby Design) via Kjerstin Bjerga
from prettynaughtythings.tumblr.com

Lauren (Elleby Design) via Lindsey Leitner from weheartit.com

Lauren (Elleby Design) via Julie Regner from inthisinstance.com

Lauren (Elleby Design) via Liz Baughier from tumblr.com

Lauren (Elleby Design) via Jen Bryan from vintagerosegarden.tumblr.com

Christmas in Germany

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Christmas Markets, flickr, Germany, St. Nicholas, travel

This post is dedicated to my little sister. She is spending the holidays in Germany with my cousins this year. I will miss her terribly, so I thought I would share some images of their über fabulous Christmas Markets. Germany has some of the oldest and best Christmas Markets in Europe.

Two German Santa Clauses. What elaborate costumes!

Nürnberg Christmas Market

Christmas Market with carousel via flickr

Heidelberg

Bernkastel

Wooden ornaments and toys

Beautiful lights and baked goods galore!

Granny Chic is fresh and modern? Where is my teacup at?

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chic design, DIY, eames chair, flickr, granny chic, photos, true blood, vintage

Granny Chic. I first noticed it in Lafayette’s flamboyant abode on True Blood.

What is Granny Chic you ask? Emma Lamb, the admin for the Granny Chic Flickr group, provides a really fantastic description of granny chic design. She says: “It is about great design in new and vintage pieces… it is about beautiful vintage and retro inspired colour combinations… it is about mixing old and new ideas, patterns, colours and textures to create something that is both fresh and modern, yet traditional at the same time… it is about expressing your vintage passion from a modern day perspective… these principals can be applied to everything concerning design, crafts, fashion and interiors”.

Whatever your design aesthetic may be, I think you’ll agree that Granny Chic a trend that might be here to stay! Take a look for yourself on Flickr.

Here are a few of my holiday favourites!

This vintage DIY Christmas wrapping is so darling!
Link: inspirationivitt.blogspot.com

A white tree with vintage ornaments and a granny pillow on an Eames chair!
Is this moose ornament the cutest little guy, or what?
Link: rainingsheep’s photostream

 The father of a very dear friend of mine makes white stars
like these at Christmas. He is Grandpa chic and he doesn’t even know it!
Isn’t this shelf the most lovely display of vintage or what? Granny approves!
Link: www.flickr.com/photos/craftcreativity