Tales of a Junkaholic is one of the blogs in the spotlight this week (check out the others in the sidebar, they’re all so goooood), and its author, Artemis Russell, has the dreamiest backyard in South London, complete with her very own working shed where she sews up a storm. She posted this photo the other day and I just love it. If you are not already reading artemis’ blog, then click here to be whisked away to her world where you will no doubt become as enamored by her creations, life, and home as much as I am.

Bonsoir mes amis, I hope you had a fab weekend. I have lots to share with you this week! But first some inspiration. Above is a wall sculpture by federico uribe made from 200 second-hand books. Brilliant. I love it when people turn everyday items into extraordinary pieces of art. (found via mandy at 16 house, who found it via visual i.d.)…

…and this stunning photograph by roland bello. (via abundance).

Right now I can smell chili con carne… someone has been cooking up a storm in the kitchen, and that someone is not me. Truth is, I haven’t cooked a meal in what seems like forever.  I have said numerous times that I will get back to cooking meals sometime in the future when my workload subsides, but there is no sign of it subsiding. Meanwhile, I’m getting a bit too used to being catered for.

I’ll be back in the (blog)house tomorrow with lots of updates and info about what has been going on in my life (just in case there are those of you out there still interested in that stuff!).

Enjoy your evening.

xx

sand dollars (and a sand penny!) by cori kindred

tomatillo skeletons by ottoman handmade

nature shelf treasures by brambly thicket and remembering sanibel by lindaolo

…Jan from poppytalk has started a fab new flickr group called collecting nature. Above are some of my favourites from the group thus far. If you have a flickr account and are an avid nature collector like so many of us are, then get in amongst it! I think it’s such a beautiful idea for summer.

emptied pockets by lindaolo

Read more about Jan’s inspiration for starting the flickr group here, and see more fab nature collections here. Nice one Jan! Can’t wait to see what you might create with some of your own found treasures in the fall.

quiet treasures from heidi swanson‘s backyard, here, and here (found via {manda}’s photostream)

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katarina krizanovicova’s mum’s garden (I quietly discovered Katarina’s beautiful work via her recent comment, thank you katarina).

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and twilight in sammy and glenn’s garden. Thanks for the quiet inspiration as always.

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Have a wonderful weekend mes amis.

…anna emilia’s website, weather diary, and shop.

just beautiful. quietly, exquisitely beautiful.

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found via nectar & light via creature comforts.