My inspiration blog - by Eline Kwantes

Like chairs? Then you'll love these necklaces...

Made by Bruxe Design, this collection of necklaces with "tiny little chairs" as pendants are quite special. They were made from uranium and look very cool!

 

Found via Josh Spear's trendspotting blog.

Cookies & Cream working with Skwak - nice T-shirts!

Like this collaboration between fashion brand Cookies & Cream and illustrator Skwak. Their collection is called "Merci Beaucoup":

Vote for Art - college appearal crowdsourcing project in US

Hi you all! Sorry that it's been while since I published something fresh up on Inspiration Blog. Was on holiday for several weeks... Fortunately some of my readers dropped their inspiration (and projects) in my inbox, so have enough coming up for the coming period!

This article I dedicate to a project called "Vote for Art", started by Jeremy Parker, the 24 year old 'president and founder'. VoteforArt.com is a new startup backed by the large apparel company David Peyser Sportswear. It is kind of similar to Threadless but with a collegiate focus.

The idea is that Vote for Art hosts competitions for designers, who can submit their design to the website. They work on a specific project for colleges around the US. Some examples of the latest project for Perdue University:

What Jeremy says about his project: "Vote For Art will give artists from all over the world the opportunity to break into an industry that before now has been impossible. We are not only helping artists get there work seen and paid for, but our goal is also to make college apparel a little bit cooler. College apparel is pretty boring and unoriginal, vote For Art is going to change this."

Since the project started recently, the website still has quite some "coming soon" messages up there. Nevertheless, I think it's really inspiring. The project shows us an original view on something that has not been changed for ages, Jeremy has real guts getting started with this project and wish him all the best!

Handmade bags by Paco + Lupe

Just like them... A lot! Visit their website to see more products made from these great fabrics. Spotted @ PoppyTalkHandmade.com.

Nosideup - cool bag!

Like this bag, it's just fun - creative thought. By Nosideup.

Handmade fabric-flowers by PetalMix

Came across these beautiful pieces of handcraft at Etsy's. This shop is called PetalMix, check out their fabulous Japanese artwork called "Tsumami Kanzashi":

 

Create your own fashion moodboard in a couple of minutes

This site called Polyvore is absolutely fabulous! If you like fashion and look into magazines often, you should definitely take a look. And if you don't and are a women, you should too! Just look!

Very inspirational and makes me wonder why anyone didn't think of this before...? Found via Dutchcowgirls.nl Enjoy!

Knucle bag - spotted at Packaging World

Love this bag, cool to see two things like these combined! This shopping bag has quite an aggressive tone to it and it looks fabulous! Spotted at Packaging World blog.

Nice shops at Paper 'n Stitch

Yellow Goat - jewelery and design objects. Totally LOVE this!

 

RobinsEggPink has very nice pillows!

Studio Fuller - ladylike artwork

Cristine Mason Miller - also mixed media work

 

Original jewelry by Lauren Ramirez

Found via Etsy, Lauren Ramirez's shop is quite inspirational when it comes to jewelry... Inspired by mother nature, these original pieces are all handcrafted.