I'm sure everyone has seen this, but it seems that Liberty of London is the latest brand to partner with Target. The line is expected to hit stores on March 14th. I was lucky enough to purchase some Liberty fabric earlier this year, and it is just so lovely. The hand of the fabric is so smooth, and I just love their patterns. So i hope this can translate to their Target line. And here's an extra link to whet your appetite, via making it lovely.

Again, my love for Scandinavian design is pushed another inch, by the launch of these AJ lamps in 5 new colours. I love the line of the shades, and these would be a fantastic investment, being steel these would last forever. And you could never fall out of love with one of these beauties. Make mine light blue please! Note: anyone know anything about converting a european lamp to work in North America? That is the only thing stopping me from pushing that purchase button right now. Found via Grey.

And to go with my earlier post of my love of classic British fashion, I just came across this site, via Wikstenmade. Oh yummy.

Smythe just launched their Spring 2010 collection and is again, full of gorgeous jackets that I would love to wear. Luckily, or not, these are now sold at our local Holt Renfrew store, whereas before they were just tempting from afar. The gold jacket above is my favorite so far, but I wouldn't say no to any of the others, really.

My mailbox was full of exciting deliveries today! First up, was this great package from Nervous System. I first found Nervous System on Etsy a while ago, and had been coveting their stuff for awhile. All of their products are made using algorithmic tools, don't even ask me how that works, but the results are these beautiful, open weblike forms.

This bracelet is made from nylon using a 3-D printing method, where layers of nylon are slowly added to the form to build up the design. So cool! And they offer different sizes for their bracelets, which is great because this is a gift for my sister, who has very dainty hands, unlike me.

The next thing I pulled out of the mailbox was the new copy of Uppercase Magazine. Designed, edited, and published by Janine Vangool of Uppercase Gallery, the magazine is full of really inspiring creative tidbits and stories. She is also quite the local success story in my opinion, and it's so inspiring to see someone local doing something that has been embraced by so many people, and that takes up lots of webspace on my favorite blogs and twitter feeds. How cool to have people across the world reading this little magazine?

That's the first 4 issues all stacked together. Starting to look like a nice little collection aren't they?

I have piles just like this all over my house. Stacks of little notes, business cards I've picked up along the way, phone numbers or contact info jotted down. And my husband just despises them. They settle in unused corners of the desk or kitchen and just end up looking cluttered. This drives him crazy. So I decided to do something with all this stuff, to keep it more organized.

I've had this journey book from Lovely Design for awhile now, not really having a reason to put it to good use. I'm not much of a journal keeper, and I've tried a couple of times to start, but to no avail. So when I looked around for something to conglomerate my piles into, my eyes fell upon this little book, which coincidentally happened to take up residence at the bottom of one these said piles.

I sorted them into categories and taped and stapled them into the pages of the book. And simple as that, all my piles disappeared.

It's so great to have everything in one place. Now I can just reach for the book if I want the name of that store I visited in Vancouver last year, or the web address for someone I met in Toronto. And I'm happy that the book is living up to it's name and actually documenting my journeys.

One note if you are planning to do this yourself. A regular hard-bound journal is likely not the best thing because the cover is so hard. Journals are not designed to have all that extra paper and material stuffed into it. So find a journal with a softer cover. The lovely journal is great because the board used to make the cover is flexible enough to accommodate the extra fullness in the pages. It will need something to help keep it closed though, so a nice elastic or ribbon should do the trick.

I found a great new design blog today: Kitka Design Toronto, and an amazing little shop to go with it. The blog writers actually own a shop in Toronto called Mjolk. (Remind me that next time I am in Toronto, I need to go and visit them and the rest of their neighbours at The Junction.) The shop specializes in classic and new Scandinavian designers, the kinda stuff I would just drool all over. They have a great variety of furniture pieces, lifestyle products, and accessories, all fully encapsulating the beautiful simplicity that Scandinavians are known for.

Of course, they feature my most favourite little monkey. Found via Grey.

I just bought these Steve Madden shoes to start off my spring wardrobe. I've really been loving all the nude shoes in the fashion spreads, but as ever practical as I am, I went for these because of the patent finish being so easy to care for. I saw a couple of pairs of suedey finished nude pumps, but I couldn't image them looking to sharp for very long. I'm also thinking of wearing these to a wedding we are attending in May. Here are some dress options I'm digging:

Secrets of Charm for SA Juliet Dress from Steven Alan

Kumiko 1 Dress from Marimekko

Deborah Dress from Sublet Clothing

Lilium Dress from Elroy Apparel

You might notice a largish addition to the sidebar. I have finally gotten around to adding my life list to the site, which is actually one of the reasons I was inspired to write a blog in the first place. I feel it helps to keep me accountable to my goals. Anyway, the list was largely inspired by Maggie Mason. Maggie wrote out her list and published it to her blog about 2 years ago. I had been following her exploits prior to that, but the addition of her life list made the reading a whole lot more interesting. A few months ago, Intel decided to sponsor her list, and Maggie was challenged to do 10 things on her list in 3 months. It was really incredible getting to read all about her adventures, and it really inspired me to sit down and write a list of my own.

For years I have had a few ideas of things to do before I die floating around in my head. When I was a teenager I decided that I wanted to see Paul McCartney, James Taylor, and Elton John live in concert before they stopped touring, them being such old guys and all. Haha. But the fact is that I saw James Taylor a 1 1/2 ago, and Paul McCartney in 2009 at Coachella. I don't think I'm that bothered with Elton anymore, to be honest. But I really think that stating things you want to do and achieve, and writing them down makes them that much more likely to occur. A lot of my other thoughts related to traveling, things I wanted to do or see around the world. My biggest thought was to go to Africa the year I turn 30, and climb Kilimanjaro and go on a safari. So we will see how that turns out.

So the list is going to take up residence in the sidebar, constantly reminding me of my goals and wishes for my life. You will see a couple have actually already been completed, and others are slowly underway. And some of the items were totally stolen from other's peoples lists. There are lots of lists and ideas out there to help you get started on your own. I know that mine will continue to grow, although those 75 seem daunting at times. I hope you will enjoy seeing me through the journey.