The Stones Speak

The Stones Speak from Simon Wild on Vimeo.

I travelled around Iceland a few summers ago, and the dense silence in the countryside is something I will always remember.

This incredible silent animation by Simon Wild, inspired by the glacial lagoon of Jokulsarlon, makes me want to go back.

Helvetica Cookies.

I'm doing hardcore lent this year. No cheese, no butter, no sweets, no cake, no chocolate, no alcohol.

15 hours in, it's going well - I'm drinking miso soup as I type this and feeling very virtuous indeed.


I'm already tempted by these though. Surely typographic cookies don't count?

Helvetica Cookie Cutters from Beverly Hsu - thanks Kelly!

Tea and Cake

Situated in a delightful little courtyard behind the gorgeous paper shop Daintree, the Cake Cafe brings together two of my favourite things - gorgeous interiors and great food. With mismatched crockery, hot water bottles and the best beans on toast in town it's great spot for lunch and they also make their cafe available for gatherings on Saturday evenings with yummy bespoke menus.


They are currently selling these super cool Dublin-landmark tea-towels, designed by Niall Sweeney of Pony. You can buy them in the cafe or email thecakecafe@gmail.com

I think the forty foot diver is my favourite!

Animal Magic

Help your little boy confront his demons by making sure he sees them first thing in the morning!


This beautifully screen printed Animal Magic wallpaper from PaperBoy uses light to show and hide the skeletons of family pets. It's slightly scary when the lights are on but the bones vanish at night when the lights go out.

Available from Garrendenny Lane Interiors.

The Birds

As a wallpaper virgin I'm not sure I'd trust myself to put up this gorgeous photographic wallpaper from Trove. I fear some of the little birds might get their wings clipped, or attached to their beaks…..

indi wallpaper from Trove

Covet - Wall Letters

A wonderfully messy table and a jumble of letters on the wall.
I think I might like these people.

I am looking for a selection of letters in different typefaces to put on the tables for the wedding instead of table numbers. Afterwards I plan on shamelessly copying the image above.

I've found some reasonably priced ones in the children’s section in Avoca - any tips from readers on where I could get others?

I was never one who believed that letters after your name mattered.
I think I may have changed my mind.

Image from my inspirations files - if anyone knows who I should credit please let me know.

Magnetic Personalities

Hello everybody. Sorry for not posting for such a while, I've been preoccupied with wedding plans and conundrums - how long will it take the wedding bus to get from A to B in Saturday evening traffic? How long does a dress take to get to Ireland from China?

While I've been pouring over wedding blogs my own little account was starting to turn into Dust Covet Envy (hee hee!) but I saw these little guys and had to share....

The fridge-door-opening experience just got a lot cuter with these magnets from Jordan Grace Owen.

I think they might offer some witticism as I catch their eye en route to the fridge.
"Celery again? Girl, you're taking this wedding too seriously. Live a little. There's cake on the top shelf you know"

Magnets available from Hollandsworth on etsy