karoline lenhult

: : these adorable patterns are designed by Swedish product designer .karoline lenhult. she's from my hometown of Lidköping. my mom sent me the latest issue of Swedish FORM magazine and in the package she had included an article from our local newspaper about .karoline. [Tack mamma!] Karoline is a mother of three, recent design graduate from HDK [Design School Göteborg], when she was decorating her own house she realized there wasn't a lot of fabrics that were fun for both kids and adults, so she decided to create some! her collection has just recently been released and is available through .ljungbergs textil.

: : for those in the know, her patterns have been inspired by famous characters such as .lilla snigel : :

montreal

: : I'm off to Montreal for the weekend to visit my sister! au revoir
pic available here.

sven burman

: : check out Swedish illustrator and multi media artist .sven burman. and his work online. watch the woman's eyes for a while, you'll notice she's blinking.

laptop cases

: : my roommate .robin. was shopping for case for her new laptop a little while ago, and came across some cool laptop cases in her research that she wanted to share with the red.house readers. maybe

cute stripes by .builtny. robin's choice. my favorite, of course, since it's orange...but ridiculously expensive. available at rushfaster. fabrix cases, handmade with great patterns.

blow

: : ohh, just one last one... this is my absolute favorite so far. simply, beautiful! .antigirl.

more from antigirl

: : tiphanie [antigirl] also sent me some sneak peek photos of her most recent work, which will be up on her website very soon..... along with some pics of the actual creation of the pieces. can't wait to see the final work up on the site! thank you for sharing with us .tiphanie.

antigirl

: : the biggest excitement of the day, an email from antigirl [tiphanie brooke] popped up in my inbox. I had been waiting for a reply and was so happy to hear back from her! I've blogged about her before. her work is absolutely beautiful! and finally today, I was able to purchase my very first piece, .flights of fancy.

it's gorgeous, and I can't wait to get it in the mail! I'm considering buying a few more. she has a great collection available right here on her website.


the second most exciting and inspiring thing today was watching all the marathon runners brave the rain and the wind to run their 26 miles....I think they are all heroes! they are incredible for putting themselves up for such a challenge. congratulations all whom completed the marathon! you inspire so many.