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1+1=3. Oh Chicks! We've got a sale! Purchase 2 original Cici Art Factory "Lotsa" paintings + get 1 free! In case your math is bad, that is 3 for the price of 2! And free shipping, so click here. In the meantime.... A new Notes feature "in my own words", kicked off by Liz. 

:: in my own words ::  Liz Clay of Cici Art Factory :: 

Woo! Woo! Product of the week! This week we have 2 cool prints by Decoylab. But what will be the product of the week, next week?! Suspence!

This week? The Grow Your Own series by Decoylab. Two prints -- Grow you own: ecology and Grow your own: fairy tale each printed on natural stock, measuring 11x17". 

Dreamy collage style with fluffy clouds and gnomes. Ya, fun. 

Now is your chance. Six Nurseryworks Crib Bedding sets are now on sale. 50% off. Quick before that Macaroni Canary set is sold out. To see all sale items, click here.

Olli & Lime's recently released Egg Collection is a real hotty. The toddler bedding is so sweet makes you wish you could shrink down to toddler size again? Karen, the talented creative behind Olli & Lime is not holding back and has added a few more pieces to the Egg Collection.

Owls. As in little Egg prints with Owls. They universally match but would be snappy all by themselves. And we all love owls. 

For the happiest Monday: new Decoylab goodies! Maiko of Decoylab has just released a handful of freshly  illustrated owls + bunnies + such, making their appearance on clocks + prints and even bookplates! I am loving the whimsical 70's vibe gone children's book. A set of the orange + yellow bunny prints would look sweet with this set.

It seems when I am busy like a lunatic, I feel the urge to bust out the glue and do a project. You? So I was quite excited to see this project by Karen of Ollie & Lime (found on her blog) utilizing her gorgeous wallpaper:

Our Carrie wallpaper looks equally fabulous adorning a dressing-room wall or child’s bedroom, but we’ve found another way you can use it.

It took us literally ten minutes to create this shoe storage solution, using a self-assembled ‘kraft’ shoe box, with our Carrie paper over the top. One roll of wallpaper will cover around fifty standard boxes!

 

Take a look at the Olli & Limes collection of wallpaper and their full collection of bedding + wall art! Wallpaper is available in 4 designs in a variety of colorways. Thanks Karen!

New from UK based Olli&Lime,  the  Egg Collection. It is so freaking cool! If you want to hook your toddler's room up with the style, totally go Egg Collection. I took my son to the dentist yesterday and in the waiting room they had these awesome (framed in chrome!) posters from the 70's. And I thought, Oh my that is so totally Olli&Lime Egg. Burnt orange + avocado green in all it's goodness.

The Egg Collection is a nice addition to Olli&Lime's other patterns which includes footballs + high heels (oh yes, I do not lie!). Know what else? Olli&Lime also makes wallpaper. FFSF certified sustainable eco-friendly wallpaper.  Fun.

I like these. Egg Press stitch kits.  It may not be the most brilliant, but there's something satisfying about cutting fabric and sewing a little something. Sometimes my random sewing rendezvous don't turn out so well.  But dig it: with one of these Egg Press stitch kits all you have to do is cut + sew on the right lines, stuff the little bugger and you'll have yourself one sweet pillow doll -- snail, raccoon or monkey.

The raccoon is my favorite. Would be cute on Eliot's bed. 

I am a cute magnet lately. First those Amenity ducks and now Cici Art Factory's frogs and chicks, birdies and milk bottles. Milk bottles? Cute overload. Not offensively cute, but cute cute.

I like the way Liz Clay, the artist behind Cici Art Factory, does things. Each painting from the Lotsa Collection is painted by hand. With actual paint (yes, I know!) thick + chunky style. And forget the kids, the "random chicks" makes me smile. Or does it just look like my brain? I think I would like to hang it in our bedroom. Cute. 

Double love! Amenity has added two new organic nursery + kids collections: Woodlands and Wetlands. The cute totally kills you. Like I said last week, I am usually not a huge fan of the purple family. But c'mon. Check the Woodlands! Those squirrels and violet flowers are impossibly cute, right?

And there is something irresistible about those ducks. Ducks hit their fame in the mid-American household in the early 90's, unfortunately. Poor ducks, they really are cute. Just not in combination with country blue, ahem! Amenity hits it right on. The Wetlands is refreshingly ducky and a great starting point to a really playful kid's room.

Amenity is cool. They use 100% organic cotton and non-toxic, water-based, eco-friendly dyes. Four collections available (Woods, Meadow, Wetlands and Woodlands) in a variety of prints, pillows, blankets and crib sets.

Massively exciting! New cut paper mobiles from Frazier + Wing.  A few amazing Frazier + Wing facts: The mobiles are made of cut paper... cut by hand by a girl named Heather. Each mobile is made to order, just for you. How's that for feeling special?! 

I am generally not a huge purple-violet-lavender fan. That said, I am now joining the lavender party! I am loving the new Lavender Mix mobiles. Such an  intriguing mix of greys and lavenders.  Actually does remind me of a field of lavender, which is altogether quite lovely if you've ever been to a lavender farm.

Also be sure to check out Heather's new Frazier + Wing blog!

The bold + graphic throw pillows by Boodalee are just so happy. The concept behind Boodalee's bedding + pillow collection is visuals from around the world + beyond. These pillows capture just that in a nutshell -- images as the universal language! 

Concepts aside, each Boodalee pillow is the ultimate flip-able pilow, featuring a design on each side. The pillows obviously coordinate well with the bedding set they were inspired by but are kickin' enough to look sweet in the family room too.

Complete Boodalee collection can be found here. 

Ohh, Look!! 2 new pillows by KLT Works. Kristin has taken her classic owl and nest thread line drawings and silkscreened the design onto off white 100% cotton fabric, backed with coordinating striped fabric. Love!

Mr. Owl is quite sweet + very watchful, but it is the green nest that is my favorite. Is it okay to play favorites?! Such a genuine little nest, twiggy + leafy goodness at it's best.

Kristin has a handful of new items out + we are adding them as I type this. So keep your eye on this page. 

If there was a best-seller popularity contest, the Organic White Mini crib bedding by Area would win a spot in the top 3 best sellers in the crib bedding category. Oh, congratulations Organic White Mini!! 

And rightfully so. The White Mini is now available in organic cotton (bonus! bonus!) with beautifully embroidered off-shaped circles with a striped embroidery crib skirt. White Mini has got the style, is gender neutral and has a lovely simplistic graphic quality to it. 

Crib set includes the usual suspects: bumper, skirt and fitted sheet. Matching Quilt set includes crib quilt and pillow sham. Additional fitted sheet is also available.

Go White Mini!!

Before Owen was born I decided to throw myself my own little baby shower and gifted myself with a handful of fun items. Why not?!

The Camber Mobile by Adrift is one of the things I bought. I love the simplicity of the wood and have the perfect space for it above the Case Study Arm Shell Rocker in the boys' room. 

I was intrigued by how the Camber Mobile was packaged -- just like a fine loaf of crusty bread! Hung up, it moves gracefully with the air from the vent blowing, making peaceful shadows on the ceiling.

And because it's maple veneer, the whole mobile is light as a feather. Good in-room photo of the mobile.... to come. Above images show mobile upon arrival. 

Children's clothing designer Lucy Sykes totally put the icing on the cake with this one. Her confetti crib bedding, designed for Nurseryworks, is both simple, gender neutral, colorful + crisp. And a sweet wink to the current grey + golden yellow craze that seems to be going on. Love it.

I went to art school so I know quite well that it is illegal to purposely match artwork to room decor, but I couldn't help but see a relationship developing between the Confetti bedding and Elizabeth Soule's squirrel on nuts. Right? Totally a perfet match.

You know what else would look super in the confetti-squirrel nursery? The Case Study Armshell Rocker in red, chiffon or oatmeal, of course!

Today's Forest Finds Q+A is with the very intuitive photographer Elizabeth Soule who has created her own 'Little Zoo'. I am astonished at her ability to put so much personality + life into such small plastic objects. Thank you Elizabeth! 

When you were a kid what did you want to be when you grew up?
Like most kids I went through a dozen phases, but I was determined at age 6 to be a Harvard law graduate and eventually President of the United States.  When I found out how much I loathed politics, I moved on to more practical aspirations; ballerina, actress, teacher, and computer programmer.  

Elly Nelly is rocking the wallscapes. Simple + sophisticated wall graphics. Yes! Totally fun in your kid's room and playroom. Or the kitchen.

Elly Nelly is comprised of a mother and daughter team, Elaine & Nell Oliver. Both are experienced textile designers with an intense interest in pattern. With their own unique creative approach to design, they were inspired to set up their own studio. Elly Nelly uses a fusion of hand illustration and stylized modern graphics to bring their series of wall decals alive.

Available in 16 colors and 33 designs. Shown above left is 'all boxed up' and right, 'fly away'.  

While fawn&forest carries the entire Q Collection Junior line of furniture, I want to first introduce to you the crib bedding. I'm a fabric-y kind of gal and am totally into this soft + muted (though not pastel) colorways + patterns. Gold-ish wheat tones and gray-ish blues seem to be the thing.

And although a minor detail, I am also loving the reversible crib bumper. Thin (no over stuffed bits!) and quilted, yes. But take a look at those bias-tape edges! Could it get any better?!

Apparently. Both the bumper + skirt are reversible, making the dreaded crib sheet change a little more enjoyable, as their are options involved (and hopefully a few less cuss words?). And... it's organic. 100% certified organic cotton with an organic filled bumper.  Available in 2 colorways, Wheat and Sky, with a handful of fitted sheet options. 

It seems we have reached the point where green efforts are becoming standard, many of which you may not even notice. Like granola now refers to cereal and not a person type. Or am I just saying this because I live in Portland?

Take Binth. Binth produces amazing pieces that are both organic (the pillow, pictured right) and recycled (the print, pictured left). Did you know?!

The original, modern pillow designs are screen-printed on organic linen using water-based inks, hand sewn in the USA and filled with luxurious down. The pillows, available in 5 different designs, would look quite lovely in any room, including the nursery. 

The prints, such as the abc letter print in "w", above, is inspired by Mid-Century Danish wood toys and is perfect for the modern nursery and children's room. Each letter is printed on recycled paper stock, with its luxurious feel and palette of soft, contemporary hues.