HULASEVENTY
She likes to makes lists, she takes pictures, (the most beautiful pictures), she dances, she's my first ever blog friend and commenter, she's a mother, she's a wife, she's got talent oozing out of her bones and now she's our first contributor! Andrea of Hula Seventy is a regular contributor offering up inspiration bi-weekly every Thursday! Andrea shares lists of some sort and if you've ever read any of her lists before, they are always filled with the most interesting items and ideas, as well as inspiration to knock your socks off! If you haven't been swooned by her beautiful picture taking and words yet, we highly recommend a regular visit to her blog, hulaseventy.blogspot.com and her etsy shop, girlhula.etsy.com!
Blog / Shop
JANIS NICOLAY OF PINECONE CAMP
An interiors and lifestyle photographer (and closet baker by night), Janis Nicolay hails from Vancouver and adores travel, airports, road trips, camping and mid-century style. And she's a totally awesome person. We're thrilled to be sharing her talent here.
Blog: pineconecamp.blogspot.com
Site: janisnicolay.com
Shop: PineconeCamp.etsy.com
LISA SOLOMON
lisa solomon is a mixed media artist who lives in oakland, CA with her husband, young daughter, a one eyed pit bull, a french bulldog, a cross-eyed cat, a 3 legged cat, and many many spools of thread. she moonlights as a college professor, a graphic designer, and is a partner in MODify/d a crafty biz that up/cycles and re/purposes discards from the fashion industry. continually interested in the mundane, hybridization, domestic arts, the relationship between art + craft, and spaces “in between” her work ranges from the very small intimate drawings to grand scale room size installations. [she also dabbles in photography – she’s particularly fond of polaroids].
for poppytalk lisa will be sharing her “make believe collection” - her dream collection of art for her pretend home – any art, any scale, any price! we’re sure we’ll be introduced to a whole range of artists – from famous to those just getting their feet wet – as she shares her reasoning for her collector’s lust a couple times a month with us. you can follow the collection as it grows on { https://pinterest.com/lisasolomondotcom/make-believe-collection/} pinterest.
blog: http://lisasolomon-musings.blogspot.com/
website: http://www.lisasolomon.com
MODify/d: http://www.etsy.com/shop/modifyd
for poppytalk lisa will be sharing her “make believe collection” - her dream collection of art for her pretend home – any art, any scale, any price! we’re sure we’ll be introduced to a whole range of artists – from famous to those just getting their feet wet – as she shares her reasoning for her collector’s lust a couple times a month with us. you can follow the collection as it grows on { https://pinterest.com/lisasolomondotcom/make-believe-collection/} pinterest.
blog: http://lisasolomon-musings.blogspot.com/
website: http://www.lisasolomon.com
MODify/d: http://www.etsy.com/shop/modifyd
JEANETTE ORDAS OF EVERYBODY LIKES SANDWICHES
Vancouverite, foodie, crafty, freelance designer, Jeannette Ordas from the popular food blog, Everybody Likes Sandwiches joins us every Wednesday enticing us with her hearty and simple recipes!
Blog: everybodylikessandwiches.com
Site: jeannetteordas.com/
Shop: thebeautifulproject.etsy.com
LYNDSAY SUNG
Lyndsay Sung is a self-taught baker and lover of foodstuffs. She also teaches art to kids, has a conceptual synth pop band, likes to write and blog, and is the proprietress of her own small cake business, Coco Cake, located in Vancouver, British Columbia.
Lyndsay loves eating ice cream, watching cats do hilarious things, wearing nice button up shirts, going for pizza, reading a sad and/or funny book, watching movies, getting exercise, hanging out with her cute husband, taking photos, mellow-partying with her awesome friends, making food of all types, learning about food, celebrating life and spending time with her wonderful family members!
Lyndsay can be found on the web at
www.cococakecupcakes.blogspot.com
www.cococakeicecream.blogspot.com
www.trompechomp.blogspot.com
www.lesguimauves.com
RENA TOM
Rena Tom is a retail strategist for creative business owners. She previously owned Rare Device, a boutique and art gallery with locations in New York and San Francisco that was renowned for its carefully edited collection of design objects, books and fashion, and for supporting small, innovative designers and artists whose work was not easily found in stores. For this work, she has been featured in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Lucky, Real Simple, Anthology, Food and Wine and Martha Stewart Weddings as well as numerous design blogs. She has contributed an interview to the book Craft Inc.: Turn Your Creative Hobby Into a Business, and has been a juror for the AltCraft section of the American Craft Council Show.
Before starting Rare Device, Rena operated a successful jewelry design and invitation design business and was a web content management consultant. She remains an avid crafter, and blogs about personal projects as well as retail trends and small business tips at renatom.net. She lives in San Francisco.
DIPATCHES FROM....(Series):
Austin - FAIR MORNING BLUE
France - Deborah Beau
Twenty-six years ago Deborah Beau decided to leave her native England for France. With a background in drama she thought she was destined to tread the boards in London but a flash of that Gallic smile and she soon found herself following her husband to the sunny South of France. Together with their three children, they live in a small, beautiful village near Montpellier.
After another degree and ten years working as a freelance technical translator, Deborah decided it was time to rediscover her creative self. Passionate about art, photography, design and beautiful things, ever since she can remember, she started writing her blog Kickcan & Conkers in June 2009. She loves sharing her finds through social media and recently opened a small online shop for kids and the young at heart.
My links:
Blog / Shop / Twitter / Facebook / Pinterest
Italy - Zero the One
Kat Conte is a Filipina multimedia artist. Zero the One is her work-in-progress masterpiece. Everything she does there boils down to Art + Travel = Living. She lives in Italy with her love and their little-big son. She travels, shoots, animates, collaborates, draws, makes brilliant things happen and calls it magic when it happens with other people. Some of her best experiences include: teaching in a multi-arts school for kids (MMM), living in a rooftop in Manila, working as an Arts Associate for The National Art Gallery of Singapore, singing in a band called The Strong Republic, holding a video workshop in a treehouse in a volcanic island.
Website, Blog, Twitter, Facebook, and Shop
Montreal - *ouistitine
Camille is the co-founder of *ouistitine as well as being a freelance photographer and mother. Using upcycled pure wool and wool roving, *ouistitine creates eco-friendly and all natural unique toys and blankets to warm any kids heart.
Find out more of *ouistitine's philosophy here: website | online store | facebook
Spain - SERENA OLIVIERI
Daughter of an artisan and a business man, she was used to be surrounded by art and handmade products, therefore, almost naturally, she studied art history in her country, Italy.
She moved to Madrid in 2005, where she took a master degree in Exhibition Design and ended up working for artists in several exhibitions and museums around Spain. But there was something she always wanted to do really badly and finally did it in 2010: she and her bf left everything to travel around Asia for one year.
Well, this experience eventually changed her life and she decided it was time to start creating.
Designer and maker of handmade paper goods, she's now producing custom notebooks and diaries that uses as prototypes for new series. She's also focusing on surface design and illustration.
She loves stop-motion video, listening to great travel stories, thai food, analog photography and creative inspiring people.
Blog / Shop / Facebook / Twitter / Pinterest
Sweden - FINE LITTLE DAY
I’m an independent cross-disciplined designer/artist. Holds a MFA from HDK, School of Design and Crafts in Sweden. I also work as a photographer in Gothenburg, Sweden where I live. When working I enjoy to combine illustration, photography with set design. Urban Outfitters, Kosta Boda, Die Gestalten and Kappahl is some of the companies I've worked for during the years.
Site: finelittleday.com
Blog: finelittleday.com
Shop: finelittleday.com/?page_id=2
Sweden - CAMILLA ENGMAN
Camilla Engman is a collaboration between Camilla Engman and Morran the dog. Morran is the face and Camilla does most of the work. Camilla calls herself a picture maker and Morran calls herself nothing but thinks of herself as a goodess, a queen. This is a very fruitful collaboration and will probably grow to a whole consern one day. These two will contribute with pictures from their days in and around Gothenburg + Camilla's travels for exhibiting her work.
Site: camillaengman.com
Tokyo -
Ireland
Emily Westbrooks is a Dublin-based creative and travel writer, artist and blogger. Raised and educated in Maine, Emily married an Irishman and moved to Dublin in 2008. She lives with her husband, Michael, on the northside of Dublin. Originally planning only to stay for a year, she now calls Dublin home. She loves exploring Dublin, adventuring through the hills of Ireland, and traveling around Europe,. And she really loves to write about her adventures, which she shares over on From China Village. She's passionate about design, and can't wait to change your perception of Irish craft and design.
If you're ever traveling to Ireland, make sure to get in touch - she loves to make recommendations for experiencing her new country like a local!
Twitter: @emilyholmes
DISPATCHES from Tokyo
Ros Lee is Singapore-born designer that has been living and working in Japan since 2005. Inspired by Japan's traditional crafts and unique zakka goods, she moved to Tokyo after being awarded a scholarship to study textile design at Joshibi Universitiy of Art and Design. Upon graduation, She was offered a position as a product designer at Accent Corporation, a Tokyo-based interior goods and lifestyle product company.
In 2011 Ros decided to strike out on her own. She began working as a design consultant and officially launched the Polkaros brand. She is currently a design consultant for Clinique Asia Pacific, designing gift premiums such as cosmetic pouches, tote bags and other accessories.
In her freetime, Ros enjoys pottery, silkscreening, sewing and going around Japan with her camera.
Website polkaros.com
Store store.polkaros.com
Blog polkaros.com/blog
DIY
ANAMU
An LA native living in London, Ana Maria is a flea market fanatic with a knack (and love) for DIY. She shares her vintage finds in her online shop, The Pond Market, and captures her adventures and inspirations on her personal lifestyle blog, Anamu.
When not blogging or scouring antique markets, Ana Maria is hard at work at her new career as a freelance graphic designer and photographer. Two passions fueled by her travels and the endless possibilities that lie ahead.
anamublog.com
thepondmarket.com
PENELOPE AND PIP
Penelope and Pip illustrations are drawn from the imagination of Rachael Smith – illustrator and lover of all things crafty. Rachael lives in Brisbane, a beautiful city on the East Coast of Australia, working away in her little studio at Stones Corner to create editorial illustrations, prints and surface patterns for textiles. When she is not immersed in Penelope and Pip’s whimsical world of make-believe, she can be found photographing, sewing and crafting all sorts of fancy things.
penelopeandpip.com
etsy.com/shop/PenelopeandPip
society6.com/penelopeandpip
New Product
ROOM6
Megan finds it very difficult to refer to herself in the third person, therefore, she'll be writing this in the first person. I started Room6 in 1997 and in 2005 I opened up a little shop in Deep Cove where I find special things for nice people. Today, in no particular order, I plan to learn to use the table saw so I can build new clothing racks, get first tracks at Whistler, bake a chocolate stout cake, cut-up fat quarters, write belated birthday cards, stage an elaborate photo shoot, replace all our ikea "oak" laminate with the real deal (and paint it white), ride my single speed in the city, take a bubble bath, go mid-century furniture shopping, learn french, remove sparkly/chipped nail polish applied by 4-year old niece, paint & organize my office, source new products, mail online orders, change out of my sweatpants, make throw pillows and of course, take Auggie & Mike for a nice, long walk. But, I might not make it to Whistler.
I'm excited to share the special things I find on my actual and virtual adventures with poppytalk readers. Hello!
PHM Contributor
DEAR EDNA
Erin McIntosh is the one-woman show behind Dear Edna, a small handmade accessories line that she designs, sews, and screen prints from her home in Hamilton, Ontario. Erin is heavily influenced by the past – think florals, houndstooth and plaid; doilies and lace; brooches and pearls; high tea and happy hour. Erin is also constantly inspired by the handmade tradition -- she is currently learning crochet, quilting, and needlework and is eager to find ways to incorporate them into her work. Outside of her sewing room, Erin is a full-time editor, tea fanatic, bookworm and baker.
Blog: www.dearedna.com
Shop: www.dearedna.etsy.com
Twitter: www.twitter.com/dearednashop
Facebook: www.facebook.com/dearedna
DISPATCHES from Tokyo
Ros Lee is Singapore-born designer that has been living and working in Japan since 2005. Inspired by Japan's traditional crafts and unique zakka goods, she moved to Tokyo after being awarded a scholarship to study textile design at Joshibi Universitiy of Art and Design. Upon graduation, She was offered a position as a product designer at Accent Corporation, a Tokyo-based interior goods and lifestyle product company.
In 2011 Ros decided to strike out on her own. She began working as a design consultant and officially launched the Polkaros brand. She is currently a design consultant for Clinique Asia Pacific, designing gift premiums such as cosmetic pouches, tote bags and other accessories.
In her freetime, Ros enjoys pottery, silkscreening, sewing and going around Japan with her camera.
Website polkaros.com
Store store.polkaros.com
Blog polkaros.com/blog
DIY
ANAMU
An LA native living in London, Ana Maria is a flea market fanatic with a knack (and love) for DIY. She shares her vintage finds in her online shop, The Pond Market, and captures her adventures and inspirations on her personal lifestyle blog, Anamu.
When not blogging or scouring antique markets, Ana Maria is hard at work at her new career as a freelance graphic designer and photographer. Two passions fueled by her travels and the endless possibilities that lie ahead.
anamublog.com
thepondmarket.com
PENELOPE AND PIP
Penelope and Pip illustrations are drawn from the imagination of Rachael Smith – illustrator and lover of all things crafty. Rachael lives in Brisbane, a beautiful city on the East Coast of Australia, working away in her little studio at Stones Corner to create editorial illustrations, prints and surface patterns for textiles. When she is not immersed in Penelope and Pip’s whimsical world of make-believe, she can be found photographing, sewing and crafting all sorts of fancy things.
penelopeandpip.com
etsy.com/shop/PenelopeandPip
society6.com/penelopeandpip
New Product
ROOM6
Megan finds it very difficult to refer to herself in the third person, therefore, she'll be writing this in the first person. I started Room6 in 1997 and in 2005 I opened up a little shop in Deep Cove where I find special things for nice people. Today, in no particular order, I plan to learn to use the table saw so I can build new clothing racks, get first tracks at Whistler, bake a chocolate stout cake, cut-up fat quarters, write belated birthday cards, stage an elaborate photo shoot, replace all our ikea "oak" laminate with the real deal (and paint it white), ride my single speed in the city, take a bubble bath, go mid-century furniture shopping, learn french, remove sparkly/chipped nail polish applied by 4-year old niece, paint & organize my office, source new products, mail online orders, change out of my sweatpants, make throw pillows and of course, take Auggie & Mike for a nice, long walk. But, I might not make it to Whistler.
I'm excited to share the special things I find on my actual and virtual adventures with poppytalk readers. Hello!
PHM Contributor
DEAR EDNA
Erin McIntosh is the one-woman show behind Dear Edna, a small handmade accessories line that she designs, sews, and screen prints from her home in Hamilton, Ontario. Erin is heavily influenced by the past – think florals, houndstooth and plaid; doilies and lace; brooches and pearls; high tea and happy hour. Erin is also constantly inspired by the handmade tradition -- she is currently learning crochet, quilting, and needlework and is eager to find ways to incorporate them into her work. Outside of her sewing room, Erin is a full-time editor, tea fanatic, bookworm and baker.
Blog: www.dearedna.com
Shop: www.dearedna.etsy.com
Twitter: www.twitter.com/dearednashop
Facebook: www.facebook.com/dearedna
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