Dash and Albert has always been famous for their huge variety of cotton rugs. I came across them a while back in an Apartment Therapy article. I would love to use their rugs in my home, maybe one of these days… Meanwhile I am in love with these totes. Colorful, sturdy, simple design.  30 different stripes/colors to choose from. Makes me want to stuff it with sunscreen, magazines and a blanket and head to the beach.

Just had to post this… had seen it in a photo shoot in Martha Stewart’s magazine as I waited for my daughter at the dentist. What a simple, classic bag — i love the straw/sisal/jute look with leather handles. Not sure if it is big enough though. I have a wonderful Kiondo bag I picked up from ebay years ago and it is my favorite. I wish I could find another like it!

I grew up loving anything Marimekko. Fabric, colors, the graphic quality of their products… I especially loved my Marimekko messenger bag. It was huge, and had the foldover flap with a zipper pocket. An adjustable strap too. I had a brown one and I dragged that thing all around school! It finally wore out and I ended up trying to sew my own version out of red canvas. It wasn’t the same, close but not quite…  I think at the time, I couldn’t afford a new one, or maybe couldn’t find one, so I took to my sewing machine. Looking at the same bag on the Marimekko site brings back memories. It is 15.75″ wide with plenty of room for school books.

I love the bold shapes and colors of their timeless poppy design… it seems everything they do is well thought out. I am really thinking about getting one for my Mom for Christmas! But which bag? There are many to choose from… When googling Marimekko bags, one site had a column off to the side with “related items” and lo and behold they had the black and white “Sophia” bag from etsy shown (I’ve mentioned it below)..

Another bag crush… I found this one on etsy today. I am crazy for anything with a black and white pattern on it. I really want to design bags, and when I see something like this I think oh wow I could make that… but yeah i’m sure I’d mess it up if I tried. Click on the photo for more info at etsy!

I love white dishes. Something so simple and clean about that. I have the most basic dinnerware and it makes me happy. I came across this bowl while browsing pier 1’s website. It really looks like it is begging for some apples or oranges, how about lemons?  Great gift idea if you’ve got someone on your list that likes white dinnerware, a unique serving/display bowl. Flowers would look great in this one too. good stuff.

i just love to hate martha stewart. I can really appreciate her ability to make everything super-perfect and bright and shiny happy good etc. It’s the same thing with real simple magazine. I’d love to have the time and patience to get everything just “so”… I barely have time to sit and read a magazine. I’m always on the computer! Well I thought i’d take a look at over at my nemesis’ site  and see what’s new over at marthastewart.com.

I’m not feelin’ the thanksgiving decorating or holiday decorating stuff. I’m not much of a chef or gardener, but I love love love interior design and organizational type stuff. Her “organizing tip of the day” page is gorgeous, and i love how she’s got a month’s worth of tips lined up, each with the clickable glamour shot. I’m not really sure any of these tips are that good. They LOOK good but are they good organizing tips?

It’s the penelope laptop bag from FranklinCovey’s site. It’s got an uptown kinda thing going on. Not bad! Wouldn’t mind seeing it in a chocolate brown though.