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2012 year in food calendar, $18.75; AmeliaKayPhotography on etsy.com.
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Fab find
Soap, lotion or bath salt, and lip balm gift box, $20 US; belleterre at Etsy.
Fab find
Snowflake holiday cards, $6.26 (set of 4); Simple Ink on Etsy.
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If you’ve ever been on etsy.com, you must go now, but make sure you have a couple hours to spare because it’s easy to lose track of time on there. Etsy is a cyber flea market, offering a forum to buy and sell handmade goods across 150 countries. You’re pretty much guaranteed to find anything and everything you’re looking for – clothing, jewellery, stationery, beauty products, linens, bath products, furniture, and home décor.
For those who may be a little wary of online shopping or just love handmade goods, head to West Elm in Toronto’s Liberty Village this Saturday, June 4th, 2011 for the “WE Heart Handmade Art” event! Anabela Carneiro, owner of the Fieldguided Etsy shop and curator for this event, has gathered 14 other local Etsy designers for an afternoon of shopping, refreshments and tunes. This event celebrates Etsy’s mission to “buy, sell and live handmade art”, a credo West Elm has been supporting through these events, as well as their catalogue and website.
Tote bags by Anabela Carneiro, owner of Fieldguided. Photography of white tote by Hannah Hayes.
The shopping starts at 1pm and goes until 6pm with drinks, snacks and a DJ to keep you energized. To RSVP, simply go to facebook.com/westelm and click on “Events”. To check out all of West Elm’s favourite Etsy artists, go to www.etsy.com/people/westelm.
Event details:
West Elm at 109 Atlantic Avenue (Liberty Village), Toronto
1pm – 6pm
westelm.com
Countdown to the Royal Wedding — 5 days left!
Royal Wedding processional map, $65 US (pre-order); HouseThatLarsBuilt on etsy.com
I saw this sweet Royal Wedding processional map over on Sarah Gunn’s Wall Candy blog and thought it was an adorable collector’s item for the Royal Wedding. The route shows the ride that Wills and Kate will take from Buckingham Palace to Westminster. It’s actually a giclee and letterpressed print — you can see more of the detail at the seller’s Etsy store.
Where would you hang this?
Stay tuned for TV Guide’s Royal Wedding Special Issue, edited by Style at Home’s Erin McLaughlin — available May 9th!
A couple of months ago my friend started a little thing called “Wine, Cheese and Documentaries”. It’s a night spent with wonderful friends, sipping wine and devouring cheese and other goodies while watching…you guessed it, a documentary film! Yesterday was Round 2 of WCD. We watched Helvetica, an independent film on fonts, typography and the graphic design industry. As a wannabe graphic designer, I found the film both fun and fascinating. Given the surge of typography art work popping up in homes across the globe, it was definitely relevant to interior decor. Designers and home owners alike are using them to instill a quirky and dynamic sensibility into their interiors. The best part is that graphic posters, like the ones shown below from Ikea, offer big impact at a small price tag.
1 – you’ll be seeing red with the Olunda Picture by Ikea ($59.99 CDN, 69W x 93L x 5H cm). I love how restraint meets rage in this bold typography print!
2 – get more for less with the Kort Art Cards by Ikea ($4.99 CDN/ 5 pack, 13 x 18 cm). Plunk them into an inexpensive frame and you’ve got punchy art for pennies!
3 – paint by number takes on new meaning with the Bild Poster by Ikea ($10.00 CDN, 51W x 51L cm). Count on this clever collage to deliver a curated feel in your home.
Art is all in the eye of the beholder. These days, art can literally be anything! So what’s your fav style of art? Oils, acrylic, mixed media, digital…leave us a comment and let us know!
amy*
Amy Walters is a Winnipeg-based design enthusiast and blogger. For more design inspiration from Amy, check out her blog aDESIGNdock.
Fab find
Handmade pillowcase, $25 US each; Milk & Cookies Canada on Etsy.
I’m always on the hunt for new cushions to change the look of my home, but can’t bring myself to pay over $60 for one. You sit on them, lean on them — in a few month’s time, that throw pillow is not going to look like you paid $200 for it.
I can’t get enough of these cushion covers that I spotted on Etsy. Handmade in Toronto by Milk & Cookies Canada, the colourful cushion covers sell for $25 US a pop, but you can also get some styles for $20 US each. If you do want to go the designer route, they also have fabrics from DwellStudio ($35 US each) and Kelly Wearstler ($75 US each).
What’s the most that you’ve paid for a throw pillow?
I can spend hours trolling through Etsy, and last night I came upon a fabulous seller named Natalie French, who is a fine art photographer from the UK. I love the softness of the prints and ended up ordering the first two below for my home office (which will soon be my ultra-girly retreat in our house). I am beyond excited to finally get some artwork up on our walls and get a bit of character going on around here!
The prints come in a variety of affordable sizes (you can get four 5″x5″ prints for $30 US) and ship for a low cost, considering they come from the UK.
Until the end of February, Natalie is offering Style at Home readers 15% off any print in her Etsy shop — just use the code STYLEATHOME15.
xo,
Lauren
The holidays are upon us and two of my favourite things about the season are sending Christmas cards and wrapping gifts. I’m super picky about my choice of cards and gift wrap, and nine times out of ten, I can’t find what I’m looking for at retail stores. Instead, I click through Etsy.com and order from the artisans themselves.
One of my favourite Etsy sellers is Adele, a British designer living in Toronto, who has created a fabulous eco-friendly paper goods company called modernemotive. She has a very simple, modern style and I find myself buying cards, gift tags and notepads from her all the time. I adore her new line of holidays gift tags for this year {above}. The tags come with vellum envelopes and you can get a set of eight for only $8.50 US. And if you’re looking for some fun holiday gifts, Adele has also introduced her line of 2011 calendars and sassy notepads.
Since it’s the season for giving, from now until midnight on Thursday, November 25th, we’re offering a 20% discount on all products from the modernemotive store on Etsy. Just enter styleathome when it asks for a promotional code.
Happy holidays!
xo,
Lauren
Lurking around Etsy again, I stumbled upon Whitney Smith Pottery, a seller that specializes in handmade ceramics. I fell in love with the simplicity of the wee cupcake stand below and the beauty of the flower-inspired nesting bowls. Check out Whitney’s Etsy page for more vintage-y wares (she will also do custom sizes and colours).
xo,
Lauren
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