(via Ancient Industries)

If your looking to re-create that summery, cottagey feel in your home (and aren’t we all?) take a look at Ancient Industries. The little web shop is bursting with lovely, rustic, old fashioned, European wares, in lickable ice cream colours.

I particularly love this Wedgwood dish set.

As babies, me and my brother and sister all ate off of a set of the ubiquitous Royal Doulton Bunnykins dishes. I think we even had the matching silver spoon – not that my upbringing was in any other way very privileged. They were indulgent shower gifts, that proved to be incredibly practical – good china lasts forever, even through 3 children. And of course, now we know plastic leaches all kind of icky things into baby’s food anyways.

I feel like this set is a much more modern and design-forward interpretation of that old tradition (but retains some very similar traditional origins). It would make a perfect shower gift for an expecting Graphic Designer friend.

Kid’s Circus Room

(via poppytalk)

I don’t know what it is with me and circuses and carnivals right now, but I am strongly drawn to things that remind me of them (especially time worn vintage ones). Even my wedding was, very subtly carnival themed (a friend actually said Liam looked like a carny from Carnivale on our Save the Date – that’s a compliment in my book).

This little boys room is, then, pretty much the sweetest thing I’ve ever seen. The colours are perfection and don’t you just love anything red and white and stripey?