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The perfect vintage t-shirt personalized to celebrate year two.
Michelle Lane’s hand-knotted necklaces from light cotton rope at Stand Up Comedy.
Our vintage handkerchief card.
One of our clients held a bouquet of cotton for her wedding. Perfect and simple to order as an arrangement for your beloved. (Images by Jamie Watts)
Erin and Andy’s simple cotton string monogram
October 20th, 2009 - 08:00am 
Hello! We are Erin and Nicole from Bird and Banner, a design studio in Philadelphia which specializes in custom invitations. We recently started our own blog and are thrilled to be here guest blogging on d*s all this week.
We will be posting about ideas for anniversaries following the traditional wedding gift-giving list. Starting with year one — paper. As invitation designers paper is of course extra dear to our hearts, and the best part is that meaningful gifts can come from the most modest of materials. 
This woven paper heart was Erin’s first anniversary gift to her husband. It’s made out of her leftover wedding invitations.
Vintage book with personalized bookplate from Nicole to her husband.
Your thumbprint + your beloved’s thumbprint.
CLICK HERE for more 5 more anniversary: paper ideas from Bird and Banner after the jump! read more … October 19th, 2009 - 08:00am 
In today’s post some glimpses from a small but very nice antique store close where I live in Gothenburg, Bebop. I like to strawl around here and gather inspiration from past nordic artists and designers like, Aksel Bender Madsen , Märta Måås Fjetterström, Taisto Kaasinen and Carl-Harry Stålhane. So if you ever pass by Gotheburg sho should pay a visit here. You can also browse some of their range on the web.
(Top image: 1950s Side table – Inlaid wood Rosewood, teak and elm)
This was my last post on the D*S guest blog, it’s been a pleasure posting here. Thank you so much Grace for inviting me. Hope you’ll keep up with me on Fine Little Day. Wish you all a great weekend! /Elisabeth CLICK HERE for 7 more beautiful images from Bebop after the jump! read more … October 16th, 2009 - 08:00am 
Have you ever visit the blog Dos Family? Dos Family is Jenny, Staffan & Isabelle from Sweden. A collective or modern family who likes to collect and make stuff. They have a category called “Dos Visits“, where they photograph peoples homes, filled with interior eyecandy. A nice part of it is that they don’t style, just photograph the environments as they are. Lot of details. Better than any interior magazine.
CLICK HERE to see 5 more interiors from Dos Family after the jump! read more … October 15th, 2009 - 08:00am 
I want to introduce you to my friend and ceramic artist, Marianne Hallberg’s work. Clever, unique and playful pieces rolled in thin stoneware, painted in white and cobalt blue naive lines. Everyday life objects in distorted forms, often with a twist. Marianne sell her ceramics all over the world but mostly to Sweden and Japan. I know she’s going to open a webshop very soon, so keep your eyes on her website or visit Fine Little Day, I’ll keep you updated. (The pink loop sculpture is called “Motor man”.)
CLICK HERE for 6 more images of Marianne’s work after the jump! read more … October 14th, 2009 - 08:00am Today a peek in to my every day life. 
Half made beds and piles all over.
I spent a lot of time in the studio for the moment.
Me and Camilla (Studio Violet) are making a book, “The life of Mr Mustache“.
Limited edition, hopefully ready before next year.
A luxury it is, being able to play while working.
Autumn is here, slowly turning green into golden.
Warm sweaters and wool socks are on.
October 13th, 2009 - 08:00am 
Hi. I’m Elisabeth Dunker of the blog Fine Little Day and I’m happy to be guest blogging this week on Design Sponge. In Gothenburg, Sweden where I live I have a studio together with artist Camilla Engman, Studio Violet. You can also find me / my work over at Lula, which is a common web platform for a bunch of great talents, also from Sweden. When I’m not working with Studio Violet or freelancing assignments I amuse myself with treasure hunting for my Fine Little Shop. I’m going to start this week with a little tribute to that – my passion for vintage and second hand.
When I was little my mother often took me to country auctions. I can still remember the tingle feeling in my stomach when I was about to open the just bought “surprise box”. Always a lot of fun for a little amount of money – a passion was born. 
An artist colleague of mine, Lena Sjöberg, found this fabulous dress on a second hand store in the little village where she lives and immediately fell in love. She wrote on her blog: “Found this dress in a second hand shop some days ago. Instant love! The fabric is hand printed and the dress is tailor made, one copy, with nice details, as the removable upperpart and the clothed buttons. Came home, tried it on, couldn’t wear it! Grrr…
So Lena kind enough gave it away, which I´m very grateful for. It is the most beautiful dress in my wardrobe. Splendid handicraft details, and the Egyptian style pattern is hand printed! So far I´ve used it twice. I have a feeling it will be with me on many more happy occasions. 
I visit auctions and second hand stores, several times a week. Not always to buy stuff but also to gather inspiration. I like the feeling of that there´s a history in the things. And of course the thrilling feeling not to know what to find out there. This very beautiful old Swedish hand woven tapestry I stumbled on by chance at a small neighborhood flea market. The woman who sold it told me a sweet story about her great grandmother, who was the one who had made it. Probably one of the nicest pieces I’ve ever sold in the shop.
CLICK HERE for the rest of Elisabeth’s post (and more beautiful finds) after the jump! read more …  October 12th, 2009 - 08:00am | 
