be cool at your school

Thongbai Tatong (psst, she's having a summer sale...)

pamper your pencils! handjstarcreations

You'll look smart in stripes. bubyNoa

take good notes... Ciaffi

Oh, how can one resist...?  NYhop

be nice to your teacher... marina826

of course. MonkiVintage

take a peek...

I first noticed peylu on etsy through her whimsical animal art. An animal lover and keen observer of the  little critters, she has her own real life menagerie at home...

Among the many subjects in Pey's repetoire, I love her images of furniture, especially the chairs!

emeeme has loads of fun jewelry, the perfect accessory for any summer (and beyond) outfit!

Love antiques? 86forTheHome has done all the work, so you don't have to, and has a store filled with drool worthy oldies but goodies!

The Art of Gwen Meyerson

Paints, brushes, pencils, paper, and canvas. These are the tools Gwen Meyerson wields with so much skill. Inspired by city life and human activity, her paintings are studies of the everyday. Snapshots of daily life immortalized.

a busy street in New York City's Chinatown   

people out and about

Can you name the 3 cities in which these 3 bridges are found?

The Southwest also features in Gwen's imagery...

as does a day at the beach.

                                   step into Gwen's world, and you may feel right at home... 

GwenMeyerson.etsy.com

age is beauty

8 ways to embrace vintage...

sculptural 

fashionable

scientific

modernist

quaint

romantic

machine age

nature

these shops are members of imteam on etsy, and they are full of beautiful old things...

color is the connection

Tucked away in her Tel Aviv studio, Leah Lerner designs and crafts her beautiful leather handbags. 

  

elegant clutches and pouches...

...in a wonderful array of colors, some embellished with her original screen printed designs.

I love these metallics...

...and her large totes will handle just about everything!

You can see more of Leah's colorful bags in her etsy shop.

Go crazy!

And across the ocean from that sunny studio, to an apartment in Queens, New York, is another artist who loves color...

Gwen Meyerson's colorful cityscapes and figurative paintings truly capture the activity of the city and the people in it.

 In Gwen's etsy shop, you'll find original art as well as prints and notecards, all alive with color!

Scenes from around the US, Gwen works in several mediums,

but always, her focus is places and people... all in glorious color! You can purchase your own masterpiece here!

step into summer... in style

Hooray! It's June!

1. Solandia      2. LeahLerner      3. BrokenGhostClothing

4. melaniegracedesigns      5. FeltMeadow      6. MichalMiller

7. MeryBradley    8. karmologyclinic    9. paleafternoon

10. violasboutique    11. AnnaLela   12. theYarnkitchen

for your man

I was poking around in BartekDesign, a natty little shop on etsy featuring accessories designed and made by Bartek from his studio in Zeewolde, Netherlands. 

Lots of spiffy bowties, with perfect bows! 

And pocket handkerchiefs to match. Now wouldn't this be just the perfect thing for a wedding party...?

Not your father's fanny pack!

Bartek offers these cute terrier keychains in a variety of colors.

OK, these whimsical fish bookmarks are awesome! (And it looks like we have an Agatha Christie fan here...)

Pssst! Father's Day in the U.S. is just around the corner...