Sandra Backlund, great fashion designer

Sandra Backlund is a great Swedish artist/fashion designer. She makes amazing knitting garment, I am a big fan of her work.
www.sandrabacklund.com

Wool and the gang!

Don't buy scarves, gloves, knitted clothes etc... but make them!!!
With the great gang Wool and the gang you can buy a kit that includes wool + needles, and also pattern and instructions that are easy to follow!!
There is also videos to help you if you are a beginner!
www.woolandthegang.com

Customize your hat!

I love hats. And I just found out that La Cerise sur le chapeau gives you the opportunity to make your own hat (you can choose the model and the colours!)

www.lacerisesurlechapeau.com

Icon Tada, digital paintings

Icon Tada is a great artist from Japan.
I love his colourful digital paintings! He makes everything with digital tools and never use real painting, and the result is just outstanding!

Doshi Levien

I love the furnitures from Doshi Levien (two great designers from London)
I wish I could afford one of their divans!

http://www.doshilevien.com

Margaux Motin's blog

Margaux Motin is a great illustrator and an old friend of my sister.
I am a big fan of her blog: http://margauxmotin.typepad.fr/

I just received her book for christmas! Even if I had already seen most of her illustrations before, I really enjoyed reading them again. It really makes me laugh and I love the way she draws!

Shop @ Matches

Don't loose your time in the shops when you can shop online!!
There is lots of different website where you can find what you are looking for!
Here is a new one I recently heard about : Matches! For men and women.
And the most attracting point is their sales page where you can find great designer clothes at a reduced price!

http://www.matchesfashion.com/

Happy christmas to everyone!! I hope you had a great family time and lots of presents!!!
Enjoy!!

Bis Morgen

I have to tell you about Bis Morgen if you don't already know it! I love the tiny space of this boutique, which makes it very cosy and welcoming.
You can find there many cool and original accessories from different designers.
I hope one day I will have my purses and pockets sold there!..

I particularly like their feathers key ring, their plaited scarves, their bags and pockets... well pretty much everything!!

Bis Morgen, 17 rue des Quatre Vents 75006 Paris, 01 46 33 44 01
Open Tuesday to saturday from 11am to 19pm
www.bismorgen.fr

Godjo Ethiopian Restaurant

I discovered ethiopian food at Godjo, a very tiny traditional ethiopian restaurant in the 5th arrondissement.
I have to acknowledge I was a little bit sceptical before trying it and we actually had a very generous and very good dinner with lots of great flavors.

Godjo, Ethiopian Restaurant, 8 Rue de l'Ecole Polytechnique 75005 Paris, 01 40 46 82 21.
Metro: Maubert-Mutualité

City Map Prints from Famille Summerbelle

I love the city map prints designed by my sister Julie for Famille Summerbelle : Paris, London, New York City all in paper cuts! Amazing work!
Those very successfull posters can be a great present to offer or it can be a very nice decoration for your home! It can fit everywhere from the children room to the kitchen!
My favorite is the green map of Paris!

You can find them and many other great products in www.famillesummerbelle.com

Shanghai Trio

I discovered Shanghai Trio at Afwosh. I love their ligne of plastified accessories you see on my pictures, especially the big blue bag!



Find Shanghai Trio at Afwosh (cf previous post) or on www.shanghaitrio.com

Hat

I found this great hat (knitted with wool but with a real hat shape)! I love it!
You can find it in black and beige at Le Bon Marché, for 50€.

Le Bon Marché, Rue de Sèvre 75006 Paris. Metro: Sèvres-Babylone
www.lebonmarche.com

Afwosh

When you leave work all the shops are closed? You don't know how you will buy your christmas presents?! Well, fortunately there is Afwosh (* After Work Shop). Open from monday to saturday until 8pm and 9pm on thursdays! This shop is just perfect, you can find things for men, women, and children. Again a shop where I want to buy everything!

Afwosh, 10 rue d'hauteville 75010 Paris
Metro: Bonne Nouvelle

Let's have fun at the Grand Palais

Fairground event at the Grand Palais!! From December the 18th to the 1st of January!
I have heard it is amaizing! Can't wait to go!

Grand Palais, Avenue Winston Churchill, 75008 Paris
www.grandpalais.fr

Lucie & Simon Exhibition!!!

Tonight starts the exhibition of the great photographers Lucie & Simon.
Their pictures are really beautifull, amazing, and also full of emotions... In brief, I am a big big fan of their work!! And I am not saying this because they are very very good friends, I truly think it!

It starts tonight with the vernissage and it runs until the 21st of february, at the BNF, Allée Julien Cain, quai françois-mauriac 75014 Paris. Hope to see you there!

Snow time

If going skiing is part of your plans for this winter, you might wonder where to buy your equipment...
Last year I bought my new snowboard outfit at Citadium. This great concept store has a wide range of products and it is easy to find all you need from shoes to gloves.

There is also all the shops Au Vieux Campeur, they have everything and you can also have good advices as they are specialist for all the product concerning mountain sports.

Citadium, Metro Havre-Caumartin, www.citadium.fr
Au Vieux Campeur, Metro Cluny-La Sorbonne or Maubert-Mutualité, www.auvieuxcampeur.fr

Exhibition Matisse & Rodin

Great exhibition Matisse & Rodin at the Musée Rodin.
Good opportunity to discover all the sculptures of Matisse, and to see the links between both artists.
It runs until the 28th of february 2010.

Musée Rodin, 79 rue de Varenne 75007 Paris

HeatTech @ Uniqlo

It is freezing outside, we now really feel the winter!! It's time to get HeatTech t-shirts, the new line of Uniqlo! Different shapes and different colors are available, the price is very accessible, and it keeps you warm all day! I got the black top with thin straps to wear it easily under my clothes.


Uniqlo, 17 rue Scribe, 75009 Paris
Metro: Opéra, Auber, Havre-Caumartin

Cos

Nice skirt at Cos!

Cos 4 rue des Rosiers, 75004 Paris
Metro: Saint Paul
www.cosstores.com

La Sardine

Great moment at La Sardine, yesterday night. Enter this nice bar-restaurant located in the very cut place of the Place Saint Marthe, take a big table with all your friends, listen to the jazz band with my friend Paul at the piano, have some tapas with a good bottle of wine, and you will probably have such a goog time as we did!
I can't wait for the summer to come back here and enjoy the terrace!

La Sardine, 32 Place Saint Marthe, 75010 Paris.
Metro: Belleville

Merci MERCI

Enter, walk around, discover the different rooms, buy your favorite products even if you would like to buy all the shop, get some flowers, go to the coffee-library, have a hot chocolate with a lemon cake, buy an old book, and don't forget to say 'merci' before leaving!... this is how you enjoy your time at Merci, the very cool charity business concept store. Go, you will love it!

MERCI 111 Boulevard Beaumarchais 75003 Paris.
Metro: Saint Sébastien-Froissart or Filles du Calvaire
www.merci-merci.com

Present idea!

Great present idea for christmas! nice flowers to decorate your walls! I love the white ones!
You will find this at DOM in Le Marais.

DOM, 21 rue Sainte Croix de la Bretonnerie 7004 Paris