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I received a lovely email from Sofia, a mixed media artist and accessories designer living in France. Her prints over french vintage book pages are beautiful and were featured this week on design*sponge.

Sofia is a busy girl – she is the Paris reporter for Girl’s Guide to City Life, has a website for her fine art paintings and has a very successful etsy shop. Here are some samples of you’ll find on etsy:

Emily Summers Design Associates has been featured in countless magazines and won countless awards, including being named in January as one of Architectural Digest’s top 100 interior designers and architects in the world. And judging by these photos, I can see why.

Passementerie, the decorative use of trims made from gimp, cord, beads, braids, etc. Sounds simple doesn’t it. Not when you linger over these images from Spina Design. In their own words “A vibrant and dynamic duo, who have revolutionised the perception of accessories and the detailing in interior design. Using radically different mixtures of hard and soft materials together, they add precious materials and objects to their designs, not seen before in the accessory world. They have revived the ancient craft of passementerie to a new level gaining the respect as a new art form.” Their work is a feast for the eyes.

Kara Mann is a Chicago based interior designer specialising in high end residential and commercial design. Expressing lifestyles, experiences and personal aesthetics through design is the company’s objective. What drew me to her work was her use of bold photographic art works.

One month…OMG. It’s been so much fun but lots of work! The most exciting thing is all the friends we’ve made and all the support you’ve given us. Kim and I only met a couple of months ago on Flickr and look at us now. So the cupcakes are a thank you for all of you who visit and like what you see. Happy first month birthday to all of us! We’re really keen to know where you all come from. Let us know in the comments. Thanks again for your support.