Design Sponge

Providence writer Christine Chitnis has just published her updated Design Guide about our fair city - on the great blog Design Sponge. Be sure to check it out.

http://www.designspongeonline.com/2010/03/providence-design-guide.html

Island hopping

Spring is a state of mind.

Put on the bunny ears. Slip outside.
Hop over to Simple Pleasures.
Jelly beans, sugar eggs with scenes, bunnies in seersucker,
downy ducklings and baby owls, straw fedoras, frocks from Paris,
lovely sweets, tiny trinkets, scarves like feathers.
Waiting for you.

Our basket is full.

Arrivals

Saint James classic jersey, doggy sticker, straw hat from Ecuador, Saint James cotton scarf, Marimekko baby onesie, Danish bunny in p.j.s, letterpress card from Austin Press, Roberta Freymann cotton lawn tunic, Marimekko cosmetic pouch, Baggu lightweight nylon fold-up bag.

Egg on

Panorama sugar eggs are here !

A childhood delight, painstakingly handmade in Massachusetts. Each egg has a springy eastery scene inside, sweet sugary details, and a dash of nostalgia.

Arrivals

Bags and wallets from Orla Kiely; crispy chocolate Suissa balls; Jane Diaz gold wash earrings; Majestic Paris t-shirt; natural dye organic cotton bag from Guatemala; olive oil and lavender soaps from McEvoy Ranch in California; Jane Diaz copper and thread earrings; hand stitched cotton quilts from India.

Little Tokyo

Totally fascinated with endearing Japanese tiny trinkets and stationery.

New Arrivals

carved Italian glass pendant; cotton and silk dotty scarf from Italy;

good boy and girl mugs from Emma Bridgewater in England;

fun squishy ping pong ball shooter; buttery soft Ethiopian tie-dyed leather bag;

retro rubber squeaky frog; handmade platter from Little Rhody;

bellhop decanter from Belgium; Frenchy cards made in Norway;

pecking tin bluebird