Below is the outcome of about 1.5 hours (not kidding) standing in the hot sun, rummaging through boxes and boxes of old wooden letterpress type. Being the kind of people that we are – we couldn’t leave until we’d uncovered every ‘w’ ever made, in search of one that would fit in that spot perfectly. In fact we were so dedicated that we even checked through every ‘m’ as well, in the hopes that one could pose as a ‘w’. We didn’t have much luck, so modified the best ‘w’ we found.

By the end of our search we were completely and utterly covered in decades-old French filth.. it was so worth it!

I wasn’t disappointed.

This year it was held on the last weekend in June, and we arrived bright and early on Saturday (ok, like 10.30 – early for me) to snatch up our favourites before anyone else could. We sought out our most favourite vendor (who consequently always sells out of her coolest stuff really quickly – and who I’m pretty sure is actually starting to get to know us) and managed to walk away with some pretty cool purchases. Who needs money when you have painstakingly handmade plates and bowls right? Priorities.In.Order.

Its first official outing was into the forest just down the road.. we had fun, but it was so cold that the outing didn’t last too long!

(Top photo by Edyta on flickr or deviantArt)

(Clockwise from top left: Rosebud pin corsage, Ivory velvet clutch, Embroidered necklace, Mister Bear print, fabrics, Bird vase, Yellow Harris Bag, Lacy bird bowl duo.

Needless to say, I got pretty excited when I saw these images from Social Designer.. look at all those colours! Actually.. there’s 500 to be exact, and they can be yours if you purchase one of their pencil subscriptions – 25 different coloured pencils every month for 20 months (making 500 total!). Awesome huh? They also offer clear, wall-mountable cases to store your collected pencils in.. which, by the end, looks like a magnificent artwork… i’m in love!

Found via Jolie Jolie who found it via 2Modern

I ordered these shoes from Buffalo (an online shoe store in Germany) earlier this week, and yesterday they arrived! mmm I love blue.

Row 1: Jorun Rug, Hanging Lamp, Bamboo Lanterns. Row 2: Silk ikat skirt, Cashmere Squiggle Scarf, Smokey plaid cashmere throw. Row 3: Glass vases, Weathered curlicue mirror, Bend-and-bow handbag

Row 1: Autumn check dress, Storm lantern, Eleanor stripe blanket. Row 2: Tree vase, Check cashmere scarf, Hanging Lamp, Glass candle holder. Row 3: Hocker side table, Suede boots, Blankets

Anthropologie is one of my all time favourite stores. Of course, I’ve only seen what’s online because their walk-in stores are all in America.. and that’s so far away! Somehow, I’ve always managed to resist the urge to purchase anything/everything, mainly because the cost of the item (not cheap) plus the postage/tax (really not cheap) have put it way out of my reach.

But never fear! This friday, Anthropologie is opening their first store in London! I’m already mentally allocating hours to be spent there while we’re in London at the end of the year. I’m also hoping it will mean lower postage fees.. hooray! Sorry to those living in Australia.. unfortunately the postie doesn’t travel that far :(

Now to start saving…

While we were in wandering around Sacre Coeur in Paris, we found this beautiful store selling all different coloured ‘ball’ fairy lights. It’s called ‘la case de cousin paul‘. While they do sell ready-made sets in certain colours, you can also browse the store with a basket in hand, and pick out the colours you would like to have on your string of fairy lights! All the different colours make for such eye-candy.. I literally had to be dragged out of the store. Luckily for those of us that don’t actually live in France, they have a website in which you can drag and drop your favourite colours onto a string of lights, and they’ll ship it to you. Brilliant!