Good stuff.

You may remember my love letter to Plover Organic awhile back? Well now they’ve given me even more reason to be a Plover lover.  I just got word that Plover Organic is gearing up for a HUGE Online SALE! On August 4th, 5th and 6th all non-sale items will be 50% off! That means you can find fantastic deals on their block-printed, vintage inspired bedding, throw pillows, fabric and table-top accessories.  If that isn’t good enough news already, they will also give 1% of the proceeds to the National Wildlife Federation to help clean up the tragic oil spill in the Gulf.  You better check it out before I snatch up all the good stuff!

Pretty pink things that struck my fancy today.

The Little Willow pet collars

Garnet Hill Lilly Pulitzer bedding collection

Port Canvas black duffel bag

May Luk ceramic Love platter

Calypso Alexa tunic

I am dying over the Spring 2010 John Robshaw catalog.  John “I-Caught-the-Asia-bug” Robshaw is originally from Buffalo, NY, like me. Maybe we can be friends? Or maybe he’ll take me to India with him on his next trip? A girl can dream right?

(via Once Upon A Tea Time…Design Stories)

I just received the prettiest block print baby quilt in the mail the other day from my friend Kerry.  Kerry is currently living in Hong Kong with her husband and darling baby girl Sofia and she’s pregnant with her second baby who is due the same week as me!  It was pretty exciting to get something all the way from Hong Kong for our baby, thanks Kerry!

After carefully placing the quilt in the soon to be revealed nursery, I had to look up where she found this sweet quilt to see what other beautiful items they might carry. Turns out the boutique INSIDE is filled with lovely, unfussy items from soft bedding for babies and adults to soft furnishings for the home, mostly sourced from India.

Knowing my friend Kerry is also a big fan of the soft block prints of Kerry Cassill it wasn’t surprising that she found this quilt at INSIDE.  I apologize in advance for enticing you with all of these gorgeous items when I’m not even sure they will ship to the U.S.! You can contact them here to find out about ordering.

I have been waiting a long time for the day when I could share this news with the blog world…the hubs and I are expecting our first baby in January! I promise this will not become a baby blog but there are so many wonderful things that I have been saving up to share with you for when this day finally came.  Since I know many of you are Moms, I hope you’ll enjoy this post as much as I did putting it together!

P.S. If you have any recommendations for things you couldn’t live without when you had your baby, please write to me. I am a sponge right now for information!

Hable Construction: Storage Bushels, Skip Hop: Diaper Bag, Uppa Baby: Vista Stroller, Serena & Lily: Glider

Halo SleepSack Swaddle, FloBib Dribble Baby Bib, MamaRosa Booties, Ella Moss Little Ella Romper, Happy Greenbee Organic Striped Cardigan

Wee Gallery Mobile, Decoy Lab Elephant Clock, Bibitty French Alphabet Cards, Cocoon Couture Whale Beanbag, Serena & Lily Peacock Sling

Harmonie-intérieure Wonderland Decal, Skip Hop Vine Floral Crib Bedding, Inke Heiland Wallpaper Tree, E.Soule Zebra 5×5 Photo Box, JennSki Letter L (lion), Sweet Nellie Martin the Dog

I’m so glad Irene from Bloesem took a break from her blogging sabbatical to share the gorgeous designs of Santiago, Chile based textile designer Karen Barbé.  Karen designs screen printed cotton tiles and then sews them together to create beautiful quilts, duvet covers and pillows.  Keep track of Karen and her latest lovely designs through her blog.  She is working to develop an online shop too so that those of us up North can someday wrap ourselves in one of her cozy creations.  I’ll let you know when her shop is live!

I am in love with this bevy of beautiful bedding from Designers Guild UK.  It’s hard to not salivate over these luxurious 100% cotton block printed quilts in perfect pastels. Complicating matters, they are 50% off right now.  I’m going to measure my bed right now to see if one will fit, fingers crossed!

P.S. Don’t you love the upholstered headboards too!

Dear Plover Organic bedding, I love you.  I love that you are made from 100% organic cotton, your thread count is a respectable 250 count and your lovely designs are block printed by hand.  You are tops on my wish list for new bedding when someday my prayers are answered and we move up from the Queen to the King sized mattress, a girl can dream *sigh*.  Take care of you, okay? Love ya, Larkyn

While tweeting this morning with @design_sponge about bedding, I was reminded of Kerry Cassill, one of my favorite textile designers.  It had been awhile since I’d visited her website so I was thrilled to find out she has finally added heavy weight upholstery fabric to her growing range of textiles (below).  If you like the beachy California bohemian look then Kerry’s prints are for you.  Check out her boutiques link to find a shop near you.

I have been stalking the website of Rikshaw Designs for weeks waiting until the shop was open so I could share with you this gorgeous line of bohemian baby bedding. I’ve been on an Indian textile kick lately so it’s no surprise that I love founder Catherine Fitzsimmons delicate Indian block-prints and pretty designs. Each design is hand printed in India and is offered in four distinct collections that feature quilted crib sets, burp and bib sets and a handy diaper set. My favorite item is her stuffed elephant pillow. When I was little and had had a scary dream, one of the tricks my Dad used to use to calm me down was to tell me to imagine that my bed was surrounded by pink elephants. Someday when I have a little girl I’d want her to have one of these elephants to make her feel safe too. Click here to buy directly from Rikshaw Designs.

When I spotted the Raksha Bella collection over at More Ways to Waste Time I almost cried because they’re so beautiful. I’m sad to be leaving our little house in the hills of Mill Valley but I when I saw this lovely bedding it made me excited to set up house all over again in Utah. It’s on the pricier end for bedding, $311-$449 for duvets, but since it’s handmade in India using quality certified organic cotton I’d say it’s more than justified. Drool over it at any of these Bay Area locations.

Needs some inspiration for reupholstering your Sunday Flea Market finds? Head over to the incredible Lotus Bleu for designer Jeannie Fraise’s boldly reupholstered vintage furniture. Jeannie travels annually to France and Southeast Asia to gather her beautiful fabrics for custom upholstery, cushions and curtains. I’ve got my eye on some bedding from India and I’m definitely filing this place away for my next upholstery project. Bonus for me, Jeannie’s store is in San Francisco!

Tia and I both flipped out over John Robshaw‘s textiles for baby crib sets. You may recognize his patterns from Anthropologie, they carry some of his items. But now you can buy directly from the man on his new shopping website, including clothes, bedding, pillows and curtains. Inspired by his travels around the world his patterns are so rich and exotic all hand stitched, hand embroidered and printed on the finest cottons and linens, sigh…

Since I have my awesome new chair I was inspired to redress my “dressing room” (which has a twin bed in it) so I bought some (on sale) Dwell bedding. Eventually the “dressing room” will be a baby room but until we hit the baby lottery it’s my chill out space so I want to make it super cushie and cute. Also at Dwell are these adorable crib sets from their Dwell Baby line.