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Visual inspiration: delicate jewellery with a twist

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{1} Tracy de Chevron Villette : pressed hydrangea flowers and leaves which have been used directly on to these silver earrings . {2} Ambre France : cable tie rings, bracelets and earrings in silver and gold. {3} Gabriella Kiss : butterfly earrings with carved horn wings {4} Frances Wadsworth Jones : eternity ring with ant workers created with prototyping technology to replicate the insect world at its own scale. {5} By Boe : New York based designer Annika Salame creates pure and elegant jewellery like this vintage inspired medaillon. {6} Moon Young Shin : I love shadow puppets and I am completely in LOVE with her shadow puppet ring series in silver.

Visual inspiration: Streetstyle fashion blogs

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Want some fashion inspiration? Stop buying Vogue . Fashion is what happens on the street. It's girls and boys like you and me with loads of creativity who love to dress up every day. There are hundreds of blogs dedicated to 'street wardrobes' and several movements in its evolution. The first type of streetstyle fashion blog which really got an amazing amount of press was The Sartorialist {1}. After leaving a fashion sales position to take care of his daughter in 2005, Scott Schuman began carrying a digital camera around on the streets of New York City , taking pictures of people who had dressed in some way that caught his eye, and then posting them to his blog. Then there were the themed fashion blogs, for example Cycle Chic for people on a bike {2}. The third movement constituted city guides , not based on local food and shops but on style: Hoy Fashion for Liverpool, Facehunter for London, Streetpeeper for everywhere {3} and of course the magical Street Arena for Toky...

Tulip dress from You Must Create

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London label You Must Create designs chic and stylish fashion for men and women. I have discovered them in one of my favourite London shops kj's laundry (if you happen to be in London - go there!!!) and I absolutely love this tulip dress. Just imagine this with bright red mary janes and a big bow in my hair...

Useful tool: Post anything online with Posterous

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Posterous is a site that lets you post pretty much anything online. Things like your favorite mp3’s, photos, news articles, and phone pics. The best part is: you don't need an account! All you have to do is email your text and files (images, video, anything) to post@posterous.com and it will be posted to a site. It's even possible to share a site with other people, like your family or friends. All Posterous needs is a bookmarklet a la Tumblr or imgfave for quick grab/post of quotes and content from other places on the Web...

Visual inspiration: Boxbird online gallery

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Boxbird was set up in February 2008 by print enthusiast Alice Teague and illustrator Graham Carter. It's one of the premiere online galleries for new talent, showcasing some of the UK’s finest illustrators, printmakers and fine artists including Fiona Hewitt, Sally Elford and Ben Newman. They also organize offline exhibitions and one is soon to be opened: 'A to B' , an exhibition of contemporary printmaking & Illustration inspired by travel and foreign adventures, from Friday 7th May - Thursday 27th May 2010. The show will be jammed full of affordable limited edition prints and original art works all of which are hand made or hand printed. Anyone heading to Brighton?

I wish they'd made this in my size

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Louie Louis is a lovely danish brand for kids. The founder is Louise Frederiksen and she wanted to create something good not just by taking children in consideration (nothing should itch or be too tight) but also the parents regarding quality and price, and also the conditions for the people who produce the clothes. As I have a friend who is pregnant, I was browsing for baby clothes and I stumbled upon this purple and cream knitted dress ... gosh, if only I could shrink!!!

Smile! Stop motion movie Wolf and Pig