Online store find - Indigo Paia

I spoke about Daniel Sullivan in a post recently - an amazing photographer who travels the globe and shoots amazing pics. Well, not only does he do that...but along with wife CaraMiya Davies, he has opened a store called Indigo, in Paia, Maui, which has some of the world's most beautiful tribal arts, antiques and rugs.

Ever since I stumbled upon this blog I have been pretty much obsessed with it, not just for the gorgeous products they carry  as well as Daniel's amazing photography which captures the beauty and innocence and impending doom of our planet, but for the inspirational stories and videos of all the work they are doing by providing employment to refugees. I have spent hours reading about their travels and work.

But first things first - here are some of those fabulous products I was talking about....

Chowkies or benches

Knobs and knockers

Furniture

Hand painted wooden pails

Eye catching textiles

 Brass and bronze door pulls

And this is a video Daniel put together to highlight the work they are doing through their rug project in Afghanistan.

Great work! There is plenty more to see on their website.....fabulous products, great design ideas, inspirational stories, travel stories....you can spend hours there. Oh - and in my next life I want to be named CaraMiya! Are the Gods listening....? I came close to being named that in this life - the first and third syllables are in my name - but that's not good enough!

Online Store Find - Three Potato Four

While blog hopping from one blog to another, like we all do - I came across this incredibly cool online store called Three Potato Four Shop!!! I mean, just the name is enough to arouse your curiosity right? 3P4 is run by Janet Morales and Stu Eli, who grew up collecting things and are now married to each other. They both have backgrounds in the graphics design industry and started the online store in 2007! Three years later they opened their first brick and mortar store located in an old Philadelphia textile mill! How cool is that! I love industrial buildings and lofts! Anyway, let me not digress....! They collect the most interesting and quirky stuff you can ever hope to see. Here are some of the items, just to show you what they stock.

Agreed, not all of them would be useful, I mean what the heck would I do with dispensary boxes and a bunch of skeleton keys....but just think how interesting and fun they would look in your home. Definitely a conversation topic if nothing else.

Old dispensary boxes...I guess you could use them as storage, maybe in the kitchen for tea bags and such! Love them.
Hmmmm....when you have misplaced that key, you can try one of these.....! How cool they would look all lined up and hung on the wall of your study or studio!!!!
But they also have some items which are not just quaint, but which would be fun to use around the house!

Test tubes....fill with water, a single stemmed flower in each, line up on dining table or window sill...WOW!
Same with these 4" high prescription bottles.
A vintage foundry mold...12" x 7" x 4". Wonderful storage for all those glossy glamorous design magazines maybe????
Old Mexican sugar cone mold! Geninne of Geninne's Art Blog uses them to hold her paintbrushes. What an ingenious idea! if you haven't visited her site, DO SO NOW!! It is utterly captivating!

A motley collection of textiles spools...I love them! All displayed on a mantel or table, lovely!
A collection of wooden model airplane propellers! My husband who builds model airplanes went all googly eyed at this!
Lovely old botanical print. Would look absolutely gorgeous in a kitchen!
Hmmm...I could use this. Our watchman Krishna is always asleep...zzzzzz!

This is just a minute sampling of what they have. Check out their website, or if you are lucky enough to live in PA, go to their store!