Inspiration Elsewhere

Today's Inspiration Elsewhere post is dedicated to a couple of new (to me) blogs that I find beautiful and inspiring and thought it will be nice to share with you, in case you're not familiar with them yourself.


A Day With Kate

Kate's photo-blog has a lovely mix of bits and pieces from her everyday (I especially love the sneak peeks into her meals and the cute cafes she visits) as well as random finds from the world-wide-web.
I recently discovered her blog through Danica that pointed out to the interesting topic Kate was raising about taking photos in public spaces and it immediately became a new fave of mine.
Kate also has a shop of her super pretty hand-painted cards.



The Dress I Made

On the day Renske stood in front of her closet and didn't know what to wear for the umptieth time, she decided it was time for a change. From that moment she only wore clothes she designes and made herself.
Her blog documents her creations and the process behind the scenes. The wonderful photographs by Eelke Dekker make her dresses look even more beautiful and interesting.



Les Composantes

Les Composantes is first of all - French. A fact which immediately gives it a special charm and an intriguing attitude (at least for me!). It is also a design house for limited edition bags, purses, and unique selection of vintage and contemporary pieces, which are all Très chic!
I don't know much more as the people behind it - their About page is still a mystery for me as I couldn't translate it using Google Translate. But even without understanding a word, it is a wonderful place to visit and enjoy those magnifique photos and fashion!


Daily Fiction

Daily Fiction is my most recent blog-find. I was introduced to it via Les Composantes and when I understood the concept of it I sigh and immediately fell in love.
The idea here it is brilliant - a daily photo and a little fictional story that goes with it.
The excellent dou behind Daily Fiction are photographer Matthew Raffard  and writer Alberic of Hardivilliers. They both share the love for travel (ocean crossings as they say) and collaborate in different artworks as the Valiants. Daily Fiction is their latest project.


Kristina Klarin's blog

Last but not least is Kristina Klarin's blog. Most of you must be familiar with her signature chunky wooden colourful necklaces. As creative, colourful, and happy her necklaces are, so is her blog. Her posts always put a smile on my face. Most of all I love the colour palettes she creates for some of her posts (as in here) - both unique in its presentation and so inspiring. Kristina also has a separate little blog-space for her colour files here.


Hope you find new sources of inspiration within those virtual spaces!
Let me know if you enjoy the introduction and we can maybe have a second round soon! x



P.S. The Reading List has lots and lots of other interesting and inspiring blogs, in case you're hungry for more!

Wear a mask on a Monday morning

Make Monday morning a happy one:
Brew yourself a perfect cup of coffee, deep in a little piece of homemade marshmallow, and wear a mask while browsing Karen Barbe's blog and shop.

Too easy and guaranteed to take the blues away!!
(Hey, come back later and tell me if my prescription works for you!)

Have a lovely week and easy Monday lovelies!!

Happy Monday!

Hello Slow Monday!
I enjoyed some blogs-catch-up time this weekend while I had a couple of free quite hours.
I can't even recall how I found Dawn Cooper's blog - My Deer Friend but I can tell you it was a love at first site!
So many beautiful and sweet illustrations, many by Dawn herself.
These stamps are a part of a series of twenty five stamps she is illustrating at the moment for a poster exhibition taking place at the Black Swan in Frome on 25 March. Aren't they lovely?

I miss getting more snail-mail. A touchable paper with handwritten envelopes and fascinating stamps.

Anyone looking for a pen pal? I'm in for the challenge!


P.S. My blog is a nominee at The Lovelies blogs awards. Please vote for me!! You can vote for as may blogs as you like. Click here for details. Thank you, Thank you!!

What Made You Happy Today?

It wasn't very easy to make me happy today.
I'm a bit under the weather and just woke up to another gray and rainy day. Something is very weird with our weather this year...
But no matter how gray it is outside, Mandy's new project What Made You Happy Today is sure to put a smile on your face.
Mandy photographs people from all different walks of life answering one easy question "What made you happy today?" and create in her new blog a gallery of happiness.
It is such a charming little idea and I just love looking at those smiling people with their simple reasons to be happy. A nice bonus is having a glimpse of Sydney's streets as the photographs background.

Visit What Made You Happy Today for your daily doze of sunshine!

What Katie Ate

My dear friend Hadar just reminded me how much I love the adorable foodie blog What Katie Ate. I thought it would be only fair to remind you too!

The perfectly photographed and beautifully written blog features what's hot and tasty within the Sydney and Australian food scene and also offers tips and links to Aussie and world-wide food publications, food packaging, markets, wineries, gourmet stores, restaurants, bars and cafés which makes it not just a feast for the eyes but also a wonderful foodies travel guide.

Bon appétit my friends! (as I'm sure you're about to make yourself a nice dinner soon after you'll visit this site... These photos are mouthwatering!)

Triangles Fun

Giddy Giddy is the creative and inspiring brainchild of Teri Dimalanta.
Her blog is full with wonderful DIY crafty activities and lots of clever ideas, most of them can be shared with your kiddies.
Teri's latest brilliant project was challenging her family to create art from hundred triangles in different colors...



This is what they came up with:










What a geometry joy! It is so much fun to look at the different works and admire the endless variations and possibilities even when your art is limited to using only one shape.
I also adore Teri's idea of entertainment for Friday's night, when most families would just spend the evening in front of the T.V... Superb!


P.S. It has been very quiet here the SlowLane on the last couple of days. My MacBook stopped working unexpectedly on Monday and I had no internet access until now. I'm still trying to figure out what went wrong but I hope to be able to go back to posting regularly from now on...

Things Organized Neatly

A new blog-crush of mine is Things Organized Neatly which is a sweet treat for the OCPD* hiding in all of us. It is also doing a great job with fueling my collections mania.

I would definitely like to submit a nice, organized photo. If only I could have kept even one little thing neatly in place in our home...




Pssssss.... last day to vote for your favorite season!
(look up to the right corner - yes, that's there!)

Anja Mulder

How are you my dears? We're having a terribly stormy night here with scary winds.
A perfect excuse for a quiet pause at home. I'm going to wear 2 pairs of socks and catch up on some lovely blogs over a nice warm cup of chai.

A new blog that makes my days brighter and sunnier lately is Anja Mulder's photo blog.
Her photos are wonderful work of tranquility. I can't get enough of her precise but laid-back styling and her great eye for the little fantastic moments/places/settings of great design in our day-to-day life.
Enjoy some of Anja's latest photos/posts.

To view new photos by Anja, visit her website.

Keep yourself nice and warm my friends (or cool if you are on the other side of the planet...) and have a great weekend!! xx

A Collection a Day

Day 12



Day 36


Day 41


Day 49





Day 55


Day 64

A Collection a Day is a blog documenting the collections of artist Lisa Congdon. The project will span exactly one year. On each of those 365 days, Lisa will photograph or draw (and occasionally paint) one collection of her. She says: "Since I was a young girl, I have been obsessed both with collecting and with arranging, organizing and displaying my collections. This is my attempt to document my collections, both the real and the imagined".

I'm not a collector myself. I rarely am patient enough to keep my interest in the same thing over couple of months not mention years, and therefore find this project fascinating.
I marked it down in my calendar to go back and check Lisa's collection later this year.