Happy St. Patricks Day!

Are you celebrating St. Patrick's today? I'm always up for a bit of green and love people watching.  Isn't this an adorable little shamrock wreath?  It's from Brittany of The House that Lars Built (she shared how she made it on her blog this week).  And if you're interested in a few more St. Patrick's Day DIY's, I've done a little last minute round-up over at Babble here. Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Today at Poppytalk Handmade

fair morning blue

Renée Anne

Nicole Eitel

Lemonni

25 of the Best Easter DIY’s Ever!

OK, so after days of scouring the web, I’ve found what just might be the 25 Best Easter DIY’s ever! No joking and no more searching for inspiration folks, here it is!  Click over to my post at Babble today to see!

Kuching's Trip In Pictures!!^^

Foods I had in Kuching~~ Not all of them are here..^^

My Friends and Classmates..fabulous ppl~~

Some Time of my own..^^

Sarawak Cultural Village

Damai~~

Cat Museum

Places in Kuching

Some more? haha..^^

Friday Links

Ganim - The Design Files

I'm loving those little hanging planters (above) so cute!!  And that blanket!!!

How stunning is this pretty pretty silver paisley towel rail?
Amazing walls!
Make it!  Children's Bird Wings
Anything raspberry I say!
I like the idea of taking on the rain! (Especially in the Pacific NW)!

My posts on Babble this week:
10 most beautiful towels - check them out here!
A limited edition print for Zelda fans
Geektastic letterpress cards!
Kids getting bored? 10 Cool Spring Break DIY's
9 Happy Polkadot DIYs!
10 Beautiful Floral DIYs
Inspiration: 10 Beautiful Toiles

Spring Floral Desktop Wallpaper

I came across this pretty spring photo by Jodi McKee recently on flickr and immediately thought what an amazing desktop wallpaper it would make. I wrote to Jodi to see if she'd be interested in sharing it with our readers for a spring desktop wallpaper and she generously agreed!  So today I'm thrilled to be able to offer it to you.  Click here or on the image which will take you to our flickr page, where you can download a larger image for your desktop.  Choose the size you wish, then set as wallpaper.  Visit Jodi online: etsy, interestingness, blog, blurb, books, tumblr, twitter, autoimmune portrait project, sixty-four colors project.

Thank you Jodi!

Kuching Trip's Summary

First Day..drove since 10.30 am.. Reached around 4.50pm..then find the hotel.. Went to Aidi's shop..kolo mee..Spring..then back to hotel..

Second day..food food food.. wantan fish ball soup..kuching laksa..chicken hartz' buffet..boat trip around the waterfront..aidi's house..buy kek lapis..drink across the river..RJ's ayam penyet..

Third day..went to lots of places..sarawak cultural village..rojak kuche..aidi's shop ayam penyet..sukma ria..la la la..happy happy..damai beach..and a lot of other place..

Forth day..back to Sibu..reached around 9 am..bye bye..

All in all, this was indeed one of the best trip I have had for such a long time..especially when it comes to spending time with my classmates.. Oh well guys and gals, we still have 2.5 years to go. Let's bear it together and all the best to all of you ya..^^ Hahaha..i love this trip a lot and we shall meet each other very very soon~~^^

DIY: Three Styled Blinds

Contributor Post by Ana Maria

{Today we welcome another new regular contributor to the blog, 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.  Ana Maria is one of our DIY contributors and we're super excited to share her first today!}

Hi, Ana Maria of Anamu here! I'm thrilled to be a new DIY contributor for Poppytalk. Let's get started shall we?

Are any of you stuck with blah window blinds like I am? As a renter you often don't get to pick and choose the primary decor of your home but with these three quick and easy window-dressing ideas you can add your own personality and have some fun.

Because I live in London, and have grown to love the English tradition of bunting, I used remnant fabrics and a single ribbon to create my own festive flags. It was crazy simple. To give a bit of depth to each triangle cut diamond shaped pieces and fold them in half. After stitching each flag onto the ribbon use a large paperclip to create a solid end and then insert it into the bottom opening of the blind (where a rod or stick usually is for weight). Do this on both ends of the ribbon/blind and it will hang on its own!

If bunting isn't your thing then you could try playful trimming with pom poms (also inserted using a paper clip) or a single long ribbon that is fed through the bottom slot and then tied in a bow as shown below.

The bottom opening makes it possible for LOTS of different takes on styling your blinds. I did this in my office/guest room but it could be so fun in a nursery or children's room, too. So how about it, think you'll give it a shot? Have any other dressing ideas to throw into the mix?

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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.

Today at Poppytalk Handmade: Swimmers

Samantha French

 

you sentimental idiot

Magic Markings Art

Dispatches from Spain: La Eriza

Contributor post by Serena Olivieri

{Today we welcome a new regular contributor to the blog, from Spain, Serena Olivieri. Serena is an Italian girl living in Madrid and is a designer and maker of contemporary handmade works. She will be featuring shops, designers, artists, etc out of  her beautiful home of  Spain! Here's her first post - please help me welcoming her! -Jan }

I was always attracted to this lab-shop from the very first year I came to live here in Madrid. It’s located in a small street in the well known bohemia neighborhood of Malasaña.

La Eriza is a bookbinder lab with a wide exhibition space in the front. It’s the typical place you may want to enter just to take a look at the drawings and illustrations hanging on the yellow/black painted walls or the books in the display cabinets. You soon notice sea urchins everywhere on the shelves: they’re the logo of the shop and give it its name.

It has this feeling of an old wunderkammer; all the objects and paraphernalia in the cabinets are the owner’s personal collection. Óscar Sanchez Lozano is an expert bookbinder and a delicate curator: he constantly organizes solo/collective exhibitions in this space. Young artists, illustrators, as long as there's paper involved and a good project to display, he’s likely to give total freedom to the artists.

I was allowed to take some pictures of the lab in the back of the shop, and here I am, sharing them with you. From book restoration to limited editions to custom cases, as an artisan he covers everything related to bookbinding. Clients usually know Oscar's work and trust it. Oscar admits that his clients are often aware of the high quality of his work and can therefore trust his judgement with their projects.

Isn’t there some kind of magic about this lab? Or possibly, any lab?! There is always a good excuse to stop here and start mulling over every detail and see what’s going on!

La Eriza
c/ Colón, 15
28004 Madrid
Spain
+34 915214061
laeriza@gmail.com

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About Serena Olivieri

An Italian girl living in Madrid, designer and maker of contemporary handmade works.

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Cool Decorating Trick No. 26

Was it really November when I posted my last cool decorating trick?  Seems they're hard to come by, as are owners of images these days it seems with Pinterest and Tumblr.  I love this photo, love it and am so sad I can't find the owner of it - seems it was pinned to Pinterest from this tumblr.  Anyone know who's picture this is?   - thanks to reader Karla - the image is found via Apartment Therapy from The Design Office (in Rhode Island).  Love this decorating idea using a string of lights (and the poster)!

Holding on to memories of Whitney

All At Once - Whitney Houston

(Click above for the for video clip)

All at once,

I finally tooka moment and I’m realizing that

You’re notcoming back

And it's finallyhit me all at once

All at once,

I startedcounting teardrops and at least a million fell

My eyes beganto swell

And all mydreams were shattered all at once

Chorus

Ever since Imet you

You’re theonly love I’ve known

And I can’tforget you

Though I mustface it all alone

All at once, I’mdrifting on a lonely sea

Wishing you’dcome back to me

And that’s allthat matters now

All at once, I’mdrifting on a lonely sea

Holding on tomemories

And it hurtsme more than you know

So much more than it shows

All at once

All at once

I looked around and found that you were with another love

In someone else's arms

And all my dreams were shattered all at once

All at once

The smile that used to greet me brightened someone else's day

She took your smile away

And left me with just memories

All at once

--moon

Blog name - carrot head and applemint

Holding on to memories of Whitney

All At Once - Whitney Houston

(Click above for the for video clip)

All at once,

I finally tooka moment and I’m realizing that

You’re notcoming back

And it's finallyhit me all at once

All at once,

I startedcounting teardrops and at least a million fell

My eyes beganto swell

And all mydreams were shattered all at once

Chorus

Ever since Imet you

You’re theonly love I’ve known

And I can’tforget you

Though I mustface it all alone

All at once, I’mdrifting on a lonely sea

Wishing you’dcome back to me

And that’s allthat matters now

All at once, I’mdrifting on a lonely sea

Holding on tomemories

And it hurtsme more than you know

So much more than it shows

All at once

All at once

I looked around and found that you were with another love

In someone else's arms

And all my dreams were shattered all at once

All at once

The smile that used to greet me brightened someone else's day

She took your smile away

And left me with just memories

All at once

--moon

Blog name - carrot head and applemint

Hotel Style - The Saguaro, Palm Springs + Scottsdale

It's been a while since I've done a Hotel Style post. But this one was hard not to notice today on Pinterest. Looks like Joanna Goddard found a rainbow treasure this week and I couldn't pass up adding it to my Hotel Style collection of posts.

On the heels of their successful launch of the Saguaro Scottsdale, Sydell assembled the same team of creative partners to help re-launch this hotel, also named The Saguaro [suh-warh-oh], after the iconic cactus of the Sonoran Desert. The Saguaro [suh-warh-oh] with it's vibrant colour palette inspired by the native flowers of the Colorado Desert is located in Palm Springs and near The Sydell Group's first Palm Springs project, the Ace Hotel.

The Saguaro Scottsdale

A few pics from the equally lovely Saguaro in Scottsdale.  Don't all these colours make you want to just erase the entire palette of your home and redo?  I'm already dreaming of a sherbert-inspired kitchen! I think the trick here is the light pine.  Lots of eye candy to behold.  Check it out below.