Hot Buy of the Day: Bird Hooks

At £3 a pop, these cute, dotty red and blue bird hooks are charming little steals. Made from painted metal, they look sweet facing each other in conversation. From Cox and Cox Remember hooks are handy for making the most of your wall space and taking storage off valuable floor space.

Designers Guild wildlife cushion

There’s not one thing about this cushion that I don’t love. It has absolutely everything going for it. Stripes? Check. Applique? Check. Embroidery? Check. Bird? Check. Cute-as-a-button long-eyelashed lion? Check. As I said, everything. And that’s before even mentioning the mouse, ladybirds, turtle and polka-dot tree. Go wild for £36 at Designers Guild.

Lettie Belle – Swoonful Cushions and Canvases Featuring Felt Motifs

For a couple of months now, I’ve been waiting for new decor accessories hotspot Lettie Belle to open its virtual doors as you know I’m weak for a cushion, felt, and of course, owls. The designer Laura Marsden is rather talented and has already established a name for herself creating intricate lace designs from plastic [...]

Penguin Bookends by Habitat

Ooh, Habitat new season delights are starting to show up on the site. Loving these penguin bookends in kingfisher blue and cerise. £9 for a set of two in the same colour.

Bird Mobiles by Kalikå

These quirky bird mobiles by Swedish designers Kalikå are certainly quite a departure from your typical plush baby mobile. For a humorous take on the age old dodgy explanation of where babies come from, there’s the stork and baby mobile, £34.82, in graceful, gentle flight, but it’s the offbeat music box birds, £24.55 (also available [...]

Bird-themed party ideas

As I told you last week, I chose a bird theme for Alfie’s first birthday party/naming ceremony.  I uncovered a beautiful Happy Birthday banner, $13 (plus $3 p&p) at Earmark Invitations, which provided inspiration. I then began a search for paper bird garlands. I was sorely tempted by the doves at Paloma’s Paper Birds but, as it [...]

Djeco Colour Flight of Fancy Mobile

Kat writes…I love mobiles but I also think you have to look pretty hard to find the good ones. French designers Djeco are one of my favourite toy designers as all of their products are brightly coloured and fun. I’m happy to discover they have mobiles as well. This mobile is beautiful. The birds fly [...]

Tamar Mogendorff Birdcage with Two Birds

Of course the boyf would probably shoot me if I spent £79 on a fabric birdcage (I can just hear him saying “They had BETTER fly!”) but it is a handmade cage made from vintage fabrics that would look oh so gorgeous hanging in the nursery or even in a quiet corner of the sitting room.

Pink birdhouse by Tamar Mogendorff

It wouldn’t even occur to me to buy a real birdhouse but I am in serious lust over this pink birdhouse by NYC designer Tamar Mogendorff. This is just the tip of the iceberg of her creativity and you have to check out her vast array of dolls, birds, and other quirky objects at her [...]