A very English nursery

After a few days of trekking around the busy streets of London, I headed down to the Petersham Nurseries for some fresh (almost) country air. What a wonderful collection of English blooms! I am now adding red and peach coloured dahlias to my spring planting list....

A breezy stripe

The new Hiccups cotton yarn dye stripe for boys has been appearing in a few catalogues of late. This image of 'Breezy Stripe' is from the August Snooze catalogue.

And here is 'Breezy Stripe', photographed at a Spanish style villa in beautiful Bali.

Wandering around Gamla Stan

I loved wandering around the beautiful lanes of Stockholm's Gamla Stan district. 

Spotted!

Spotted! - our Hiccups dinosaur cushions (the red and green ones on the left hand side) in the new Harlequin Children's fabric collection brochure 'What a Hoot'.

Vintage Swedish Interiors

A feast of historical interiors are on display at the Skansen open air museum in Stockholm. Skansen is an excellent source of Swedish textile traditions and pattern inspiration. I love those stencilled wall murals...

  

http://www.skansen.se/artikel/inredningstextilier

A sojourn in Stockholm

I had a lovely time wandering around the open air museum Skansen, situated on Djurgarden, just a short walk from the centre of Stockholm.

A fairytale building in Holland

This wonderful piece of architecture, designed using a mish-mash of local traditional building styles is a brand new hotel in Zaandam, just north of Amsterdam. I wonder if the inside is as amazing as the outside?
Inntel Hotel Amsterdam Zaandam

Hiccups in De Zevende Hemel

The Hiccups collections are now sold in several countries around the world, and happily for me they are available throughout the Netherlands, which I was lucky to visit on my recent overseas trip. (I love Holland!) 

One of the stores I visited with our Hiccups Netherlands based agent Ben was the stylish children's boutique De Zevende Hemel (Seventh Heaven), in Zeist, which now stocks Hiccups bed linen. Here are a few shots of the interior of this lovely store which offers a range of beautifully crafted kids bedroom furniture, clothing, bed linen, toys, books and wallpapers. There are 6 De Zevende Hemel stores located throughout Holland.

Pictured above is the Hiccups 'Sailing Away' printed bed linen.

Lovely ceramics from Dutch company PIP Studio. I hope these will be available in Australia soon!

Typical Dutch gingham patterns

A wonderful collection of toys and kooky wall lamps.

For more information about Hiccups products and retailers in the Netherlands, please visit www.hiccupsforkids.eu