COLOUR - pocket tissues

spotted in the supermarket : a nice colour palette of teal and lime with a japanese floral, or baroque motif on packets of tissues.

STATIONERY & GRAPHICS - salvia

inspiring stationery from yurio seki's tokyo based collabrative salvia.i love a nice apple print especially when in repeat as per the notebooks below, and the dvd book covers at the top of the post from yurio's graphic work at ea are beautiful .

GRAPHICS - studio kanna

i love bright geometric patterns (just as much as i like apple motifs) , and these are some brilliant examples from studio kanna. they certainly brighten up this toyota aygo.

TEXTILES - japanese

these patterns are from a japanese textile company called quarter report. as with many of my japanese posts i know very little about the company itself, but it does make for good eye candy (and inspiration).

TEXTILES - heart art

something a bit diffrerent here on textiles from japanese website 'heartart'. designed by hiroshi awatsuji who graduated from kyoto university in 1950 !

STATIONERY - cath kidston

my last stationery purchase this week was a cath kidston mix 'n' match stationery set, and in this post ive snapped pictures of all the designs. in this great little pack from chronicle you get 16 sheets of notepaper with 16 patterned envelopes plus a little sheet of 14 stickers. available at amazon usa for $8.95 or amazon uk for £6.99.

ONLINE STORE - patina

i enjoyed having browse on the patina stores website, theres a whole variety of things to see and its a nice way to spend a lunch break online. this post is my pick of the patterns - especially cute were these wooden postcards, and the plates below featuring the designs 'early bird' and 'sweet pea'.

LABELS - angela adams

more lovely labels again today - this time from designer angela adams. its the same style as yesterday's 'sukie' set, over 100 labels of all sizes and designs neatly packaged in a lovely box by chronicle books. angela is well known for her fabulous colour combinations and geometric prints and you get is a nice variety in the set. priced at around $12 from amazon usa or £7 from amazon uk.