{OSR’s house guest of the month}

cool modern giftshappy monday everyone!  hope you all had a fantastic weekend and a great time celebrating mother’s day (we ended up making my mom’s favorite – ratatouille – for my mother-in-law – mmm!)

i’m kicking off a new series here on the blog.  i’ll be inviting bloggers to visit OSR each month and let us know what their picks are for that month’s theme.  should be interesting to see what each month’s theme means to them!

we’re kicking it off with one of my fave bloggers – will from bright.bazaar!  he’s one of my first stops for interior inspiration and color ideas – love his magazine roundups!!  will was kind enough to drop by and share with us his “market fresh” picks for may.  take it away, will!

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Hello! It’s Will from Bright.Bazaar in London here with some shopping inspiration. The warmer weather is certainly starting to appear here here in the UK, and I have been hankering after rustic textures and soft blue and green hues reminiscent of a farmers market. So I’ve pulled together some of my favourite market picks to create the look – some products from Piper’s deliciously tempting One Sydney Road store and some from further afield. I love these wire stands as they are so versatile: Perfect for storing magazines and newspapers, just as they are for holding organic veg and fresh lemons. The ‘Olive’ cushion is pretty fab, too! What takes your fancy from these market fresh picks?

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{travel the world}

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or, at least, feel like you did with these great pillows!!  adore these vintage map pillows from my bearded pigeon…which country/state/city would you get?  i vote for sydney!!

{sweet greens earth day giveaway}

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i wanted to pop in and let you all know that the eco-friendly blog sweet greens has a big giveaway going on right now in celebration of earth day.  lots of cool goodies to be won including OSR’s very own eat your greens organic tea towel!! make sure you check it out!

{mother’s day gift ideas}

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is anyone else into gift guides as much as i am?  come christmas, i can’t wait to get all my december magazines to see what’s on everyone lists and check out all the gift guides.  then inevitably, i realize that it’s really me that i find gift ideas for since most of the people i buy gifts for aren’t into the same things as i am.  darn it.

mother’s day is bittersweet for me since my mom passed away a few years ago.  not only do i miss just spending the day with her, but i miss buying her gifts since she was one of my favorite people to shop for!  so i thought it would be nice to give you some gift ideas based on what i would get my mom (including my picks from my own store).  thanks mom for the inspiration!!

[images above, clockwise from top left:  striped scarf from echo;  bubble bath from tokyo milk;  mr nut pillow from one sydney road;  devour tea towel from one sydney road;  heart necklace from bittersweets ny;  navy boots from splendid willow avenue;  mum tote from one sydney road]

{make your bed for rue}

(Make Your Bed for Rue from You + ME* & Trent Bailey Photo on Vimeo).

just popped in to share this amazing video – have you seen it yet??  rue magazine put together this creative video about kate spade’s new bedding with trent bailey photography and you & me styling.  so fun!

inspired by {splendor in the grass}

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morning everyone!  i hope you had a chance to get outside and create your own splendor in the grass moment this weekend! it was a bit chilly this weekend for us – has spring forgotten about us?!  at least we had some sunny moments and a chance to let the dogs play (i swear, there is nothing more zen than watching them play!)  and with all the rain we’ve been having, the grass is this beautiful, vibrant, crayola green right now – it’s just begging for someone to walk through it!

[p.s. if you get a chance, head over to arianna belle today to read what 5 things made a difference to me!  thanks for having me arianna!]

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[images above, clockwise from top left:  twigg's photostream;  via 2lols.com;  yorktown road;  annie.lynn's photostream;  cuba gallery;  mayday studio;  jadesweetdreams]

{raindrops keep falling}

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we’re barely into april and already the raindrops have been falling steadily!  guess we’re getting ready for those may flowers. thought i’d share some rain inspiration.  who’s ready for some puddle jumping??
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[images above, from top:  via imkemper's photostream;  via bator horvath's photostream;  card via letterpress delicacies (all proceeds to japan relief);  tea towels via zakka nouveau;  does anyone know who designs this bag?  it's too cool!;  hooks via asshoff + brogard;  via ma + chr]

{backdoor brag}

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any fans of 30 rock?  then you’ll know what i’m talking about when i say “backdoor brag”!  but i can’t help it – it’s exciting to see designers whose work i adore get recognized!  last week, apartment therapy named their  “10 women to watch:  textile designers” and how cool is this…one sydney road carries 4 out of the 10!!  that counts for some bragging, right?!  and also gives me a chance to showcase their work (wink, wink!)  get more info about each designer here.

have a wonderful weekend everyone!

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{now in stock…}

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these cool vintage finds from pip + estella!!  i’m absolutely smitten with the pitcher & the cool zinc bucket!  i was brainstorming ideas for the spools…wouldn’t it be fun to use those as towel holders in the kitchen or bathroom?  you guys are creative…what ideas do you have?

get them here!

{it’s not too late…}

holiday cards on sale


hi everyone!  how was your holiday weekend?  was santa good to you?   i have to say that santa (aka my hubby) was very good to me…he got me the most beautiful, thoughtful, reduce me to a teary-eyed mess gift this year.  i had no idea which made it that much better!!  he got me a gorgeous charm bracelet and he hand-picked each charm so they all had meaning …i don’t think i was that good this year!  (the best one is this charm that you open to find out it’s a laptop!!  are ya kidding me?!)

ok, i’m done gushing!  you have to tell me – what was your favorite gift?

and if you’re wondering about the title of this post…it’s not too late to send out holiday cards!  we just got ours out last week – in my book, you’ve got until at least the first week of january!  and even better news?  they’re on sale! check them out along with some other beauties on sale.

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[image above:  via prettiness + buttons]

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