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Beautiful, subtle and surreal illustrations by Naomi Kobayashi. I'm so in love with her style!

Check out all her gorgeous creations here.

This Marchesa dress, with its abundance of perfect, white pleats and frills, took my breath away when I spotted it on Martha Stewart Weddings. This is my personal idea of bridal gown perfection. Hands off ladies, it's so mine!  ;-)

I popped into Chapel St Bazaar today and found this gorgeous vintage Christmas card from 1946!

I love the colour scheme and the adorable snowman in a tophat!

If you can find some good ones, vintage cards can be re-used to decorate your home or even gift packaging for the upcoming holidays.

How creative is the styling in this Marvels and Wonders series at Anthropologie!

Be sure to check out the Barky Turntable.

Gotta love the cute, holiday-inspired goodies over at Maileg. (I'm particularly smitten with those snowmen).  Wow, it's only a little over a month till Christmas!

Gorgeous rubber stamp set of two of NYC's classic icons by Yellow Owl Workshop. Available at Kate's Paperie.

Top Left: House bread board from Collected by Tas-ka

Top Right: Love tree ornament from Heals

Mid Left: 'Nestling' Pencil and Ink Illustration by Jacqueline Schmidt from Screech Owl Design

Mid Right: Little sack of mini clothspin clips from Oliva Manna via Oh So Beautiful Paper

Bottom Left: Handmade bone china flowers used in Teardrop pendant light by Bodo Sperlein

Bottom Right: Free pattern download from Lovely Design

And finally, a world globe to colour in from Geo-Grafia.

Have a great weekend!

I'm a huge fan of practically everything made by O-Check Design Graphics. In particular, I adore their inventive greeting card concept "Spring Bird".

It doubles as a gorgeous decoration. Perfect for christmas! Make sure to check out their other innovative christmas stationery while you're there.

One of my favourite blogs of all time is A Field Journal. I'm sure many of you have seen it before and are well aware of just how truly inspiring it is! Through her breathtaking photo-styling and the most adorable creative projects, Livy conjures up a perfect little world in which to get lost.

Last week was 'Apple Week' where Livy provided some tempting autumn-inspired apple recipes accompanied, of course, by her signature gorgeous imagery.

Feast your eyes on these: Apple Cider, Candied Apples, Caramel Apples and Apple Crisp. Yum. Yum. Yum.

I think this is a brilliant concept- 20 notecards made from polaroids. Such a novel way to decorate your gifts! Curated by Jenifer Altman. Available here.

For more Polaroid goodness also check out Jenifer's 2010 Polaroid Calendar.

I spotted this in the latest issue of Frankie mag and thought it was too adorable not to post! A collection of vintage-inspired clothing for little girls  by Olive's Friend Pop. They call it "nostalgic playwear". So cute!

I think I've just found my new favourite beverage! I am totally smitten with this Elderflower Pressé by Belvoir Fruit Farms. It really has quite an unusual flavour and is bubbly and refreshing- perfect for a sunny summer afternoon. I don't even know what an Elderflower is, but I thank god for it.

And yes, the packaging is heavenly and quite possibly a contributing factor to my reverence for this product. I am now really keen to try the other flavours in the series. Melbournites- you can find these at The Essential Ingredient in Prahran Market.

Love these bold, eye-catching floral necklaces from Make Believe.

Very cute table design with recipes and free printables including these little flags in a multitude of pretty patterns from Morning by Foley.

This cutie-pie set of christmas themed stamps from Aspen & Brown would make great embellishments for cards, tags and giftwrap this Christmas.

These chocolate filled Peppermint Meringues would make an attractive and delectable addition to your Christmas table. Get the recipe from Martha.

Also check out her Heavenly Holiday Desserts. I find her Hazelnut Praline Torte to be particularly striking.

Top: Brighten up your clothing with these Les Droplettes Fabric Pins in the cutest selection of colours and patterns from Ninon. (via Paper N' Stitch)

Bottom: Adorable illustration for Pétit Retro by Tinou Le Joly Sénoville.

Love this adorable cushion collection by Bobo Choses available at Little Fashion Gallery. Cheer up a kids room, or any room for that matter, with these little gems!

Stunning in their simplicity and natural aesthetic, wooden tableware has become a recent fascination of mine, especially pieces of the miniature variety! They add such a beautiful touch to a table design- great for parties and entertaining!  Continue for more info on my own personal collection as well as items on the wishlist!

It was just before Christmas last year and my mother and I were in a car headed towards Armadale when we discovered a little shop packed to the brim with brightly coloured packages in a variety of beautiful and exotic patterns. We were intrigued! Continue for more details and pics.

The cutest food/drink containers in the prettiest colours...

Top: Superb branding for New York Cafe "Moomah" by Apartment One. Via Unruly Things

Bottom: The cutest little cupcake wrappers from The Cupcake Wrapper co. Available here.

Who doesn't love the current stream of talented French female illustrators with their bright, colourful and cheery creations? This is a little round-up of some of my recent inspirations in this genre. Continue for more pics and details...