in figural cameos, the advertising text is placed within a design that resembles the product it advertises. examples of these would be padlocks, kegs, water pitchers, boots, books and many others.

… and that… étiquettes boissons via agence eureka

well said, hilda. her vintage items styled by colour are a dream…

discovered via decor8

i found this cup & saucer in a second hand shop in kleinmond. it was made by a finnish company called arabia (i assume it’s from the 50′s/60′s) and is, by far, my favourite thing to drink tea / coffee out of. if it ever had to break, my heart would break. best of all – it has no chips!

this mini umbrella stand holds my nick nacks. it was made in the mid-fifties by an english company called midwinter

i bought these bowls for R35 each, they were a steal. they are locally made by a company called inini glass.

you may have noticed the placemat those bowls were sitting on top of, it was a gift from a friend.

bought this alarm clock at a second hand shop in stellenbosch, it was one of about 20-30 clocks owned by a guy who had collected them all his life (all working condition) and he just decided to get rid of them one day. sad. not sad for me though! it’s really nice to look at, but i turned it off after about a day because the ticking was driving me insane.

some of my jewellery (yes, that is a giant solid fake gold peanut)

bangles made by a friend and worn to death by me

i bought these two from one of those dudes who are always standing at traffic lights peddling things. i couldn’t resist them. i think i called them dustin & sheila at first, but now a days just refer to them as dustin and hoffman.

a poster

my favourite cushion filled with goose feathers. gift from a friend.

perfumes, favourite ones nearing on empty :(

gift from a friend

my bag. i bought it back in 2006. i was still a student and it was over R1000 (a lot for me at the time). i was hesitant but she said, just get it – it’s going to last forever. you won’t regret it. and she was right, of course. i use it every single day and will until it literally falls apart. it’s by jo borkett.

my mom bought me this bag in italy, i don’t use it much as it’s more of a large book bag – but it’s beautiful.

books i like

my brother took this  photo – the alhambra, spain.

i stole this from my dad

probably the best pictures i own.

i’ve shown you this before, but i’m showing you again. look at that craft!

ah, sophia loren. sexy. also a gift from a friend (they have good taste)

pics from truus, bob and jan too

Sheaff Ephemera - A place for show-and-tell, wondering aloud, and wandering the trails of curiosity. there’s so much rad stuff there – go & explore.

from pillpat at flickr ]]> http://www.missmoss.co.za/2009/10/27/vroom/feed/ 0 http://www.missmoss.co.za/2009/09/30/colour-with-an-u/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=colour-with-an-u http://www.missmoss.co.za/2009/09/30/colour-with-an-u/#comments Wed, 30 Sep 2009 07:49:33 +0000 Miss Moss http://www.missmoss.co.za/?p=5557

i love grouping things by colour (you’d only need to take a peek at my fashion specials to figure that out) – so i was immediately drawn to these object collages by salbug00. i would attempt this but i don’t think i even own enough stuff, the benefits of living in a small flat i suppose. actually, i did sort all my books by colour – it looked something like this:

just… not as cool.