Tail of the Yak

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Tail of the Yak is one of our favorite stores in the Bay Area, if not the world! Lauren and Alice, the proprietors, have a beautifully curated collection of found, hand-crafted, vintage and new items that are totally inspiring. Last weekend, we spent hours there...

Flowers

Crepe paper flowers

Shells

Papier mache shell boxes.

Jewelery case

Jewelry case full of vintage finds.

Tulips

Crepe paper tulip bulbs.

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Tail of the Yak 2632 Ashby Avenue (between Benvenue Ave & College Ave) Berkeley, California (510) 841-9891 Store Hours: Monday - Saturday, 11 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. Closed Sundays.

Top 2 photos from here; the rest by us!

Wedding stationery shopping list

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We just learned that a bunch of our coordinating wedding stationery was featured in a recent edition of Brides local magazines! We're so thrilled about this because we always get asked whether we can do coordinating items to match a bride's wedding invitation suite. The answer is YES, and with our new digital printing option, it is super affordable! Thanks, Brides!

Le Train Fantome

Lewis and Lumi posters French born and UK-based artist Fanje Ralison has stolen our heart with her sweet handmade creations, Lewis and Lumi! This fabulous poster set above is available here.

Lumi Doll

Lewis Rabbit

Fanje's one-of-a-kind dolls are handcrafted with new and vintage fabrics. So lovely!

Thanks to Alex, currently on maternity leave, for spotting these via Baby Gadget!

Donna Hay General Store

Donna Haye General Store Donna Hay opened a gorgeous new home wares store recently in Woolahra, Sydney, Australia.  For those of you not in the know, Donna is an internationally renowned cookbook author, magazine editor and homewares designer.

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Emilie Goldstein, the retail manager, shared these lovely pictures of the beautifully styled shop interior.

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We're thrilled that our letterpress greeting cards are carried there as part of a hand-picked letterpress stationery selection.

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Bubble Bath Birthday Card

Just two of the many designs Donna selected for the shop.

Ice cream sandwich

The bottom one reminds us of Donna's gorgeous desserts!

Donna Haye Doily Runner

Hand drawn place mats

Her magazines and website are full of simple, pretty inspired recipes and crafts like this doily table runner and hand drawn place mats.

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Here's Donna outside the store. Sounds like it's been going swimmingly - can't wait for her to open one here in the States!

Mysterio by Wry Baby

Mysterio by Wry Baby We're just loving these hilarious Mysterio baby T's from Wry Baby. The packaging is genius (via Lovely Package). Each one comes in a muslin bag and predicts your child's future, which you don't find out until you open the package. Options include: Donut Tycoon, Romance Novelist, Game Show Host, and Hog Calling Champion.

Wry Baby Super SnapSuit

And while you're at it, check out their Super Snapsuits - comes with a cape! Available here.

Limited Edition Prints Featured on D*S

pr-100_f_l.jpg It was so exciting to see our new limited edition Woodland prints featured on Design*Sponge! We worked with some of our favorite artists, including Julia Rothman, Kate Sutton and Lab Partners, to create their own interpretations of the "Woodland" theme, and couldn't be more excited by the results! We even created one ourselves (above). Each print is 12" x 18" and is available for purchase here. Each one is printed in a limited quantity of 250, so when they are gone, they're gone!

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Sock Monkey Love!

mischevious mustache monkey Anyone knows we're huge sock monkey fans (as evidenced by our popular sock monkey cards). We recently stumbled on these creative handmade monkeys from Etsy seller Clarity Miller (aka Friends of Socktopus).

Argyle Monkey

This little Argyle guy would make a perfect golfing companion...

Punk Monkey

Also love her hilarious Punk monkey!

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Elsewhere on Etsy, we spotted these adorable sock monkey baby beanies. Ridiculously cute! Viva la Monkey!

Present & Correct

Present & Correct We just love all the vintage stationery supplies at London-based retailer Present & Correct. Among their impeccably curated collection are authetic vintage items like these old fashioned money bags -- perfect for gift certificates.

Wall paper post cards

These post cards, made from vintage wall paper, are to die for!

Red Balloon

They also carry a great collection of graphic design classics from the 1960s and 70s like The Red Balloon...

Apple book

...The Apple and the Butterfly...

Sparkle and Spin

and Sparkle and Spin.

Pencil calendar

This beautifully designed rainbow pencil calendar is also fabulous! Check out all their goods here.

one girl cookies (mmm...cookies!)

 We are totally enamored of One Girl Cookies (oh, if only we could live on cupcakes and hot cocoa with handmade marshmallows...)  They have an adorable shop in Brooklyn, and for those of us not fortunate enough to be able to pop by for an afternoon cappuccino and pointy cupcake, they ship! (well, maybe not the cappucino). shop2

The walls (and their bakery boxes) are decorated with family portraits.

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70’s cake!

Remember those awesome sheet cakes from the 70's shaped like teddy bears, Darth Vader, Care Bears  (like the Barbie cake where the cake was a giant skirt with Barbie stuck in the middle of it?), covered with delicious blobs of frosting?  That's what this reminds us of! Perhaps we just have glorified memories of such cakes, since our mother was prone to making healthy (ish) desserts like carrot cake - delicious, but just not the giant sugar bomb one craves as a child!

mini cupcakes

So delicate!  These would be great in a dessert bar. So cute in their stripey wrappers.

cakes and concept boards

Love the cheery colors...a fun take on your standard wedding cake!

mini cakes

They make favors such as this cute, individually boxed, mini cakes

Animal Cake

Hilarious and adorable animal cookie encrusted cake.

cappucino and hot chocolate

Coveting the retro coffee cup, and oh, that marshmallow....dreamy!

Licking the Table

This photo says it all...

Jennifer Behr 2009 Spring Collection

Voilette headband We're completely in love with Jennifer Behr's Spring collection! We got to see it in person when we were in New York a couple weeks ago and we're telling you gals, it's gorgeous!

Encrusted crystal headband

This is one of our faves - gorgeous crystals on delicate chiffon - so pretty!

Knot headband

Love this structured knot!

Crystal wing

This little crystal wing clip is so cute! Sigh...long live the headband and bedazzled barrettes!  Shop for Jennifer's creations here.

Blanca Gomèz

We came across Blanca Gomèz, a designer and illustrator working in Madrid, on Rifle and Oh Joy and we just love her graphic and minimalist style - so sweet and with a touch of a retro vibe.  The words "cute!!" and "genius!!" (inclusive of double exclamation points) are bandied about our office a lot (perhaps a bit *too* much!) but we think they definitely apply in this case! Sailor

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Love this series...

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You can see more her work here and you can buy prints, buttons and other bits and bobs at her Etsy shop and at Velocity.

Bridesmaids and flower girls at J.Crew

White ruffle flower girl How much are we loving the bridesmaid and flower girl dresses over at J. Crew right now? So much it hurts! I mean, how cute is this little ruffled dress?

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And we just can't decide which of these two headbands would be cuter! We're leaning towards the green because it's so much more unexpected for a little girl...

White purse

And of course there's this fabulous bow clutch, available in a host of pretty colors!

Grey dress detail

And our favorite of all - this stunning grey silk dress - love the petal detail at the collar!

Grey dress

The stylists have paired it with these gorgeous yellow strappy heels...

Yellow shoes

and this fabulous bauble bracelet...

Yellow and green bracelet

They're rockin' it over there!

Yellow and grey flower girl

And the piece de resistence - this perfect mod little party dress! Perfect for a flower girl fashionista! Way to go, J. Crew!

Target Red Hot Valentine's!

2 carat cup 3 Target has some great Valentine's items featured on their Red Hot Shop this month, including this hilarious mug!

2 carat cup

The perfect way to drop a hint to your sweetie if you're angling for an engagement! (who, you?? never...!)

Ruffled knickers

These ruffled knickers are adorable - perfect for some hanky panky!

Little Pink Book

Also loving this Little Pink  address book from Peter Pauper Press...

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The candy stripe pattern on the inside are just too cute!

Valentines from Hello!Lucky

And would'ya look at that? We're featured this month, too, with our Valentine's card kit, created exclusively for the Red Hot Shop!

Check out all their fabulous Valentine's finds right here!