Are you familiar with Naptime Diaries? They have the neatest art! And this year they have a GORGEOUS Advent collection. I mean, it’s really something — prints, calendar, devotional.
And here are a few of my favorite prints from the latest collection —
“Do not be afraid / I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all people.”
“Sorrow and sighing shall flee away.”
So full of hope and GREAT JOY, isn’t it? View more here.
I haven’t done a Monday’s Pretty Things round-up in a while. In fact, if you’re a new reader you might not even know that Monday’s Pretty Things are, well, a thing! That’s just sad. I’ve been collecting plenty of inspiration, I just haven’t been sharing it. (I’m sorry. Let’s end that drought now.)
Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan via Conde Nast Traveler: Ten of the Snowiest Places in the World
I’m shivering just thinking about the fact that I lived in one of the places on this list. Brrrr.
Modern Bamboo Steamer via Quitokeeto
Utilitarian things like pots and pans and appliances should be attractive as well as functional, don’t you think? These steamers from Hong Kong are so pretty.
via the ever-lovely French blog Le Dans La
A space doesn’t have to have a lot going on to be beautiful. The unified color palette here is so calming.
Peter via David Fleck on Society6
David Fleck’s portfolio is full of gems. I spent a good twenty minutes browsing the other day, and enjoying all the illustrated details.
Underpass in Novi Sad / Нови Сад
Images from the former Yugoslavia, or anywhere throughout the Balkans, Eastern/Central Europe and the former Soviet states fascinate me. There’s a sadness about so many of them, and yet such a poignant beauty. Like I wrote here, “it makes me very happy and it makes me very sad.” If you have any seemingly-everyday snapshots from those areas, favorite blogs or Instagram accounts, photojournals (like RFE/RL’s Picture This!) or anything else related. send them my way! They don’t all have to be epic — like these images of Communist-era buildings — I love a good peek into everyday life, too.
Mary Oliver, that beautiful poet soul, expresses exactly how I feel about the words I weave. I want to give wings to the secret voice you, the reader, cannot — or are unable to — utter. I want to weave these threads together so you can hear your unspoken words in mine.
“I want to write something so simply about love or about pain that even as you are reading you feel it and as you read you keep feeling it and though it be my story it will be common, though it be singular it will be known to you so that by the end you will think —- no, you will realize -— that it was all the while yourself arranging the words, that it was all the time words that you yourself, out of your heart had been saying.” -Mary Oliver
If you follow Oaxcaborn on Instagram, you know about our succulent planting adventures (see below photo) so it’s no surprise that this week’s Monday’s Pretty Things is all about greenery! This was inspired by a couple of things — one, the incredible Urban Jungle Bloggers project, and two, the fascinating conversation here about the challenge of spending time outdoors if you, like many people, are an apartment dweller. (Most people don’t actually live on a rambling ranch!)
Hopefully these Pretty Things — and the #UrbanJungleBloggers Pinterest board — will inspire you to create your own green oasis no matter where you live.
Hanging plants via Atelier Solarshop
Urban window via Rennes on VSCO
Floral workshop via Wit & Delight
Japanese home via Spoon & Tamago
White interior via Ukkonooa
Fika via Oaxacaborn on Instagram
I have a pinched nerve in my hip (yeowch!) so most of the day has been spent on the couch, trying to get comfortable. The upside of a forced day of rest, though, is that it’s an opportunity to find all sorts of hilarious, inspiring, (and hilariously inspiring) things on the internet.
Like these Japanese cushions via JShoppers.com.
![INSPIRATION :: Quirky Japanese [Food] Cushions](https://oaxacaborn.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/5000637pb01.jpg?w=676)
![INSPIRATION :: Quirky Japanese [Food] Cushions](https://oaxacaborn.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/5000635pb01.jpg?w=676)
![INSPIRATION :: Quirky Japanese [Food] Cushions](https://oaxacaborn.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/5000634pb01.jpg?w=676)
What say ye? Yay or not so much?
I love the kids’ clothing brands popping up all over Poland lately! I’m especially taken with the emphasis on knits and jersey (aka “sweatshirt” material) as effortlessly stylish wear. The trend has hit the US in a big way now, but European brands have been using this material for a while now — and, of course, always have managed to do so in a way that doesn’t come across as sloppy.
Polish brand Flawless‘ summer line — which landed in my email this morning — is a great example of this look. And they’ve adapted the styles for all sizes, from mini to mama and papa!
I can definitely see myself wearing everything from this collection. What’s your take on the comfy chic trend?
This isn’t a sponsored post — it’s just my imaginary wallet and I talking a walk through the summer 2014 Serena & Lily catalogue. ;)
1. Fox sheets
2. Houses print
3. Ceramic elephant side table
4. Today pillow
5. Sun print
6. Polar bear
7. Pouf
8. Inlay mirror
9. California pillow
10. Blanket
11. Sea gull print
12. Basket
14. Rug
See anything here you’d love to snatch up for your own home?
Step Away from the Computer – a cheeky letterpress poster via La Farme
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