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Yes, I have unashamedly nicked this from this morning’s Daily Candy. But I loved the images and, after all, imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.
Cupcake culture has taken over the world in a storm icing sugar and pastel coloured fondant and frankly, I think everyone got fed up of it all quite a long [...]

You might have noticed that the Union Jack flag (which I think is really called the Union Flag) is having what followers of fashion call ‘a bit of a moment’. Not ones to let a good trend pass us by, particularly a colourful, fun one that allows you to bring some vibrancy into your home, [...]

Have you seen our Curio Cabinet before? Sadly we have been unable to get hold of any new ones for Christmas but we have ONE left which you have the chance to win! All you have to do to be in with a chance is click ‘Like’ at the top of our Facebook page and [...]

This popped into our inbox this morning. Rob Ryan has collaborated with Lulu Guinness to create this beautiful fan bag. We likey.
At the time of writing this, the current bid on ebay is £1030. There’s only 35 minutes left on the clock.
We highly recommend taking a look at his blog if you have a second, [...]

There are loads of new products in our Winter catalogue, and one that everyone in the office has snapped up is the ila Sport Pedometer Alarm (£19.95). The team at The Handpicked Collection is predominantly female, which might explain why we’re so keen on the ila Security range. All their products bring a sense of [...]

American artist Christian Faur has taken photographs from The Great Depression and recreated with rows and rows of carefully selected wax crayons. The result is a sepia tone, highly pixalated image.

Established and world renowned cycle gear brand Rapha have teamed up with Paul Smith to create a range of highly practical cycling equipment. Combining those signature stripes with well constructed garments means cycling in style. And that doesn’t happen very often.

Luckily (for me) you don’t have to be a cyclist to pull off the bag [...]

We’ve reported on our fair share of the pop-up culture that has taken over the world of late. But when we saw this one, we thought it was a bit too funny and random to pass up. If you happen to be in Clerkenwell and have an unprecedented urge for something Scandinavian, then fear not, [...]

Have you ever wondered exactly how the ila DUSK works? Or exactly how a wedge personal alarm can alert you to intruders, or how something as small as the ila PEBBLE can make such an almighty racket? We won’t think any less of you if you haven’t had this urge, but you’ll be glad to [...]