colour-me-cute

via matryoshka dolls

This pattern is really intended to give inspiration for painting these cute blank nesting dolls. I'd love to have a go at that. But their sweet shapes are also inspiring me to create felt appliques, wardrobe sachets, greeting card motifs... Well just about anything really. I know that babushkas are already adorning everything from measuring cups to manicure sets...but I still can't get enough!

a paper doll to call my own

paper dolls via The Paper Collector

Since childhood I have had a fascination for paper dolls. When my mum would take me along to the supermarket I would linger in the magazine aisle, poring over the paper doll books- usually featuring Barbie or maybe Jem and the Rockers- and wish that I could take one home to press out all the little outfits, and prop the doll up on her little paper stand. Aren't you jealous of Kathy and Karen and their fantastic little paper dresses? I am so tempted to print these out right now and start snipping!

reuse, recycle

the other man's treasures via poetic home

is this not the cutest idea ever? this is a d.i.y. i can see myself attempting (or perhaps directing my boyfriend to attempt). i have often seen nests of cheap tables with those retro legs in op-shops, but these days, a vintage suitcase with character at a reasonable price is hard to find. and i must say that if i ever found a vintage suitcase as cute as that green hat box, i would be reluctant to risk ruining it! my grandmother used to keep old letters and photographs in a lovely plaid zip-up hatbox like that. i wish i knew where it was now.