Lust List: Art Prints

Happy Tuesday!

Today I'm going to be talking through my current obsession: art prints.  From colourful illustrations to mantras in hand-lettered styles, I'm obsessed with these (relatively inexpensive) ways to brighten up a space. Pinterest has only fuelled this love, especially blogger Kate La Vie's gorgeous interior style giving me major home goals!
Keep reading to see my current top 5 favourite pieces.

1.  New York Autumn by Rifle Paper Co

I've been a fan of Rifle Paper Co for a while now, and this print depicts my favourite city in my favourite season - what's not to love?! They have a huge range of prints from other cities to floral designs and more.

2.  I Must Have Flowers, Always & Always by Jasmine Dowling

Jasmine is one of my absolute favourite typographers and I've been following her blog and work for a few years (she's also a super Snapchat queen). This Monet quote is just so fitting (I mean, who doesn't love fresh flowers?!) and the lettering is so dreamy. Check her shop and blog here!

3.  Half Dozen Conuts by Cat Coquillette

I found this illustrator on Instagram and was an instant fan - Cat's vibrant pieces are so eye-catching and super fun. I especially love her 'Treat Yo Self' print - I mean, Parks & Rec, anyone?!

4.  Happily Ever After by Katie Leamon
I was originally drawn to Katie Leamon for her stationery ranges and cards but fell in love with this A3 gold foiled print. Such a cute message!

5.  Wild at Heart by Congo Studio from Nouvelle Daily

This print is directly inspired by blogger Kate La Vie (as mentioned at the top of this post) as I'd seen it featured on her Instagram. I love the contrast of the black and white image with the bold type and gold foil.

I hope you enjoyed this post, especially if you're as obsessed with these gorgeous prints as I am! If you know of any other designers/stores that you'd recommend, let me know below or Tweet us - I'm always on the look-out for new designs to add to my wish-list!

Until Sunday,

K xo

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GIFT-WRAPPING INSPIRATION

Happy December everyone!

We can't believe we're down to single-digits-until-Christmas already - where has the month gone?!

Today we thought we'd put together a little post about something we both LOVE, and that's gift-wrapping. Hopefully some of you share this obsession, or maybe you just need a little inspiration for wrapping your Christmas gifts this year.  If you follow us on Pinterest you'll know how much we love anything crafty, so read on to see how to simply make your gifts that extra bit special this year.

Brown Paper
 
 "Brown paper packages tied up with string" springs to mind here, but this style really is one of our favourite things! There's nothing simpler, but this idea can be customised to make it your own. We found all these images on Pinterest (where else!) and love the three different styles you could go with. If you're creative, go all out on decorating your presents! Take inspiration from the first image and cut shapes from patterned paper or add a cute tag (we love these from John Lewis, stamp spots on in white paint and follow with similar-coloured accessories, or stay on-trend and Christmassy with classic red and white ribbon, like this style from John Lewis.

Personalising

Personalising gifts doesn't have to be tricky or expensive and these three ideas from Pinterest show three different ideas that add a personal touch. We love the idea of using letter beads threaded on string - how cute! And with these beads coming in so cheap, it'll make you wonder why you didn't think of this before! Large letters look really fancy and are eye-catching. Choose a font you like and print your desired letter out onto card and use the outline as a stencil. This last idea is more detailed but looks so amazing. You can write on your recipient's address and some stamp-like illustrations. We love the addition of air-mail colours too.

Patterned Paper

Patterned wrapping paper is not only a cute way to show that you know your recipient's taste, but it's one of the simplest ways to wrap! As the paper is busy in itself, you don't need to worry about adding much to the present. Stick to a complimentary ribbon-colour or a matching gift-tag and you're set to go! These three are our favourites this year: Rifle Paper Co's super cute reindeer print is perfect for kids and kids-at-heart, Katie Leamon's marbled wrap is gorgeous for all year round (a personal favourite for us!) and if you have a friend or family member living in London, this Paperchase 'London lines' paper is brilliant, with tube stops replaced with festive titles like 'Santa Paul's' and 'Puddington'.

We hope this post has inspired you to be creative with your wrapping this year - where do you like to go for inspiration?

S & K  xo

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LATE SUMMER DREAMING:The Ultimate Stationery Post

If you haven't already guessed we LOVE stationery! From notebooks to planners and pens, we love it all and with a new academic year approaching, it's the perfect time to stock up on our stationary favourites!

S' Stationery Loves

 When it comes to stationery I love colour, in particular pastels. These Sharpies will make any shopping or daily list look pretty. The start of an academic year is for me the best time to start a new planner and diary and after K introduced me to the duck egg blue Anthropologie diary, it has sat on the top of my stationery wish list. The Kate Spade tackle box is a stationery's addict dream. From paper clips to pencil sharpeners, it has everything you need. Bees have become an obsession of mine as of late, I even have a bee phone case here so this busy bee note pad is a favourite of mine. During my time at University, desk planners have been my life saviour which means I couldn't not add in a desk planner. 

1.  Pens - Sharpie 

2.  Diary/Planner - Anthropologie

3.  Notebook - Sloane Stationery

4.  Tackle Box - Kate Spade

5.  Desk Planner - Abigail Warner

K's Stationery Loves
I'm the same as S when it comes to stationery, I love pastels and neutral tones! This yearly time planner from Kiki K is a recent one on my wishlist after finding them on Instagram - I'm obsessed! I'm a known list-queen and am always making daily 'notes-to-self', so this list notepad and weekly list planner are absolutely perfect for me. Washi tape is also a new obsession of mine - it's cute to decorate with and also super handy to stick things up whilst adding a little colour. As for my last three stationery loves, you can't go wrong with a classic Moleskine notebook or Stabilo pens! And this Kate Spade gold stapler is just too gorgeous not to include, right?!

1.  Planner - Kiki. K

2.  Notepad - Katie Leamon

3.  Weekly Desk Organiser - Rifle Paper Co.

4.  Notebook - Moleskine

5.  Stapler - Kate Spade

6.  Washi Tape - MT Tape at Nouvelle Daily

7.  Coloured Pens - Stabilo

Hopefully this post makes you want to buy 10,000 notebooks. As you read this post we'll be buying everything from the list above!

See you Sunday!

S & K  xo

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