wooden thumb tacks = genius!

kate, (obviously brilliant as you can tell by her name :P) over at design sponge posted the cutest idea today that I think would be perfect in newly organised garage. check out these push pins (or thumb tacks as I call them)

for directions on how to make them yourself go here

sleep in a tree?

I took one look at this place in sunset magazine and knew that I wanted to sleep here - isn't this so romantic?

great invitation idea

isn't this the cutest idea for an invitation? I found it here amounst the many gorgeous designs on d*lish

I'm dreaming of a white christmas...

no, not really... snow is too cold and that's the reason we left Toronto, but here's some fluffy white stuff I can deal with...

anthropologie windows in Portland - wouldn't it be fun to design their windows?

bang bang, he shot me down

sometimes you just need some ray guns right? Check out more of Adam Simpson's work here

Pod People

I was reading an article on America's promising start-ups and found this awesome company that makes dome homes! I would absolutely LOVE to buy one and plant it on some land up in Bass Lake for me and Cody and the kids.

window dressing

when I left school many years ago I studied to be a visual merchandiser (window dressing, calligraphy, ticket writing, & silk screen printing) it was a full time year long course which was lots of fun - imagine making art projects all day long every day...

while I went to college I worked part time in a hair salon and after I finished my certificate was offered an apprenticeship as a hair dresser - that sounded so glamourous & fun so off I went & became a hairdresser... but I always love great window displays & wonder what my life would have been like if I had followed that path...

here's the latest anthropologie displays that I am always inspired by

isn't this a great business card?

coffee (table) anyone?

We've been looking for the perfect coffee table for a while now, and for some reason I just can't decide what I want... but I do keep going back to these guys.

Aren't they gorgeous???

I first saw one of these Adler Cubes by Brent Comber a few years back in an office building lobby in Vancouver and searched all over the web (and trust me when you google 'wooden log table' you get some hideous results...) to find who made them, and where I could buy them... I wanted to wait however until we had our own home as moving one these things can't be easy - they're solid wood!

Now, I'm not so sure that they'd fit in this house with the whole '50's modern ranch' theme we are going with, but perhaps in a corner of my garden with a couple of red muskoka or adirondack (depending where you're from) chairs and lots of greenery.

muskoka

adirondack

Showdown

I'm watching Showdown on HGTV and low and behold Jamie Durie is hosting it - talk about a blast from the past!!! He's come such a long way from his ManPower days.

I liked him on Backyard Blitz but really loved him on The Block - I can't believe they cancelled that show!

Jamie is actually a really accomplished horticulturist amoung his many other skills and I have taken lots of inspiration from his books Patio and Outdoor Room and now I find he's even 'Danced with the Stars'...

Good to see such a talented Aussie on US HGTV!

cool photographer's website

another I found while stumbling on stumbleupon...

Click here as this one is quite interactive

outer space...

I saw this a while back and saved the pic to my laptop for inspiration (as I do with all things cool I find online) and re-discovered it tonight while searching for something and knew I should share, isn't it cool! I want one in my garden, under a big shady tree with a comfy beanbag inside...

buy one here

carbon fibre indulgence

you may have guessed that little Cooper is living the good life, and Bryce and I wouldn't have it any other way... so when we saw this doggy bowl in MoJo Bicycle Cafe we had to buy it.

carbon fibre dog bowl - $65

knowing that Cooper has the best of everything - priceless

on a side note, after trying to link back to the place you could buy these dog bowls (because yes - your dog needs one!) the site doesn't seem to be up and running anymore, I guess they were only selling them to people with more money than sense such as us :P