I love the sign on Melissa Averinos' shop Yummy Goods, in Cape Cod, Massachusetts (as seen on Decor8): For almost two years I've kept regular hours — Tues. -Sat., 11am to 6pm (10am to 5pm Fall/Winter), and I would still hear over and over, "I come by and you're not open." Agh! Let me guess,…

Paul Vogel is a fabulous textile designer from London, England whose history is as colorful and dynamic as chinoiserie. From Saks, to Jean-Paul Gaultier, to Martha Stewart, he covers the waterfront. "Over the last 15 years I have worked on projects for companies as diverse as: Levi Strauss, Dockers Timberland, House of Fraser, Victoria’s Secret,…

I celebrate Sublime Stitching today, discovered from a button on Oh Joy's sidebar! It's the brainstorm of amateur embroiderer Jenny Hart from Austin, Texas. No, that's not a slight. She admits to being a naive stitcher. She took up embroidery while her mother was recovering from breast cancer surgery and was frustrated with the lack…

If we’re all going to hell in a handbag, then I wanna go in a handcrafted handbag created by a lovely Argentian woman named Veronica! She is the sweet blogess over at Petunia who just celebrated her blog anniversary by having a contest where the prize was this beautiful bag that she made: She had…

Love the frocks on Nina & Lola:

I've seen the work of these designers, Maria Hibri and Hoda Baroudi, here and there, and been stimulated and inspired by their unique compositions in upholstery, but I never really explored their background until today. I saw some of their pieces on Eclectic Gipsyland's Flickr and I proceeded to meander down the internet garden path.…