Mitchell & Dent's Tittle Tattle

What’s in a name? Well, you could ask Shakespeare what the blazes he was banging on about, or you could ask Emma Lamb. She makes the awesomest modern-vintage (work that one out) crocheted garlands and goodies – and names them all. Wouldn’t you like to take home a Daisy or an Esme? Or a Flora or an Edna? I don’t know how they smell, but they sure are sweet.

emmalamb.etsy.com

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You might remember the great Custard Cream post fest of 2010 here on Tittle Tattle (here and here and here and here). Just guess how we feel about Nikki McWilliams then?

nikkimcwilliams.blogspot.com

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If you hate Comic Sans like we hate Comic Sans, you might just love this book. It is not just for design geeks with an inordinate fondness for fonts (and yes, it does tell you when and why you should say ‘typeface’ instead of ‘font’ and why designers get all finicky about it). It is an easy entertaining read about why Helvetica has taken over the world, the outrage caused by Ikea abandoning Futura and the very strange sexual proclivities of Eric Gill.

simongarfield.com

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Trudy and Andy are the clever couple behind Perth’s Mokoh, who make prints and paperwares and all-round prettiness. What I really love is that they are originally from England and yet they make some of the most Aussiest (is Aussiest a word?) of Australian design. I bet they’ve even been to more than a handful of these places, unlike lazy ass me. Heh! I can get the tea towel.

mokoh.com.au

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I’m not sure what these number clips from Present & Correct are actually for, but as they are letterpress and paper and have pretty typographic numerals on them, they are as appealing to the mesdames as shiny things are to magpies.

presentandcorrect.com

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It is very cold this morning and I cannot quite feel my toes. Forgive me for wishing I was enjoying some sunshine and warmth, swanning about Europe in a vintage caravan just like Constance.

www.snailtrail.co.uk

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My mother used to say “Close your  mouth, you don’t want the whole world to see what you had for breakfast”. She also taught me that it is terribly rude to open an umbrella indoors. Well, London Undercover, I’d hate to think what she’d have to say to you.

www.londonundercover.co.uk

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Madame Mitchell is made nervous by the roll of a dice. She finds that the type of parlour games where pennies change hands attract all manner of unseemly raconteurs and rapscallions. She prefers to play a nice game – perhaps canasta, gin rummy or even *ahem* old maid. Imagine how delighted she was to find needlework and backgammon combined in this set by Jonathan Adler?

Madame Dent‘s game of choice is Double Texas Hold’em. She knows when to hold ‘em and when to fold ‘em. She even knows when to walk away.

www.jonathanadler.com

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I don’t know what I can say. There are a few artists I am such a sad fan of. Jonathan Adler (and his most wonderful menegerie). Wes Anderson, of course. Josh Agle and his retro-y goodness. When I met Shag I couldn’t string two words together and could have curled up and died when my mister asked him what kind of paint he uses, just to fill an uncomfortable silence. Sometimes a real life command-Z would come in mighty handy.

www.jonathanadler.com

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Hello crazy little floral shoe. What’s that? You want to come home with me? Well, only if you insist.

www.irregularchoice.com

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