I just came back from a lovely early afternoon in my local area, It is a gorgeous sunny day, not very common in this city, so has to make the most of it!! My friend Vini and me went to East Dulwich, South East London, for a stroll and something to eat. We first went to a few vintage shops, stopped for coffee at The Chandelier tea room, bought a delicious pork sandwich from a stall and sat outside the East Dulwich Tavern Pub for a cold drink. EDT is a very old pub with a very personal style, good for a beer, some good music, gather with your friends, etc...I have never been a big fun of English Traditional Pubs, specially since I don't drink alcohol, but there is been a trend for a quite a few years of redecorating this old spaces and converting them in a more relax and friendly pubs. What I find interesting in here is the decoration, they have made it such an atmospheric place, full of odd paintings, lights, mix-match furniture and floor tiling, I love the corner with the blue lamp and the old painting, as well as the flower shade lamp and the girl painting on the wall. You would expect them to go for a more modern style but to the contrary is like going back in time...I tell you there are some great places in London!!

Acabo de volver de pasar una tarde muy agradable con mi amigo Vini, paseamos por East Dulwich, (Sur Este de Londres), fuimos de tiendas, paramos para un cafe y terminamos comiendo un bocadillo de cerdo en este pub, EDT.  Me encanta la decoracion, es muy teatral y acogedora.  Ultimamente esta viendo una tendencia a reedecorar pubs y bares de una forma muy especial, casi como volviendo al pasado, con mucho caracter!! Londres esta lleno de sitios como este, adoro esta cuidad!! 

(Photos Chocolate Creative)

Fyndes new treasures

I found this unique pieces at Fyndes, (A showcase for art, photography, antiques and contemporary designs. Their aim is to provide a central, global marketplace where independent artists, dealers and designers can achieve exposure. They provide a setting in which they can display their collections, as inspiration for home decorators and interior designers)

I LOVE browsing their website in search for unique pieces and inspiration, this is how I came across the work by Krislyn Design. Their pieces feel, they belong to a fairy tale...in a middle of a forest with the mist coming down and the little creatures hidden behind gorgeous trees...moss trees, feathers, stone trees and hand crafted pod objects...

Me encantan estas piezas del studio Krislyn Design cuando estoy buscando inspiración suelo ojear la página Fyndes, y es así como encontré estas piezas tan bonitas, me transportan a un mundo de adas, con la niebla y las criaturas del boque escondidas detrás de los arboles y a punto de salir de sus escondites...Preciosas!!

Thanks to all the artists and blogger community out there

I agree with Nina and many other artists/bloggers of how important Internet has become in terms of communication and a good way of gaining exposure in general. It has been through it that I have got to learnt so much about all this artists spread all over the world, abut their work, studios, inspirations, future projects etc...First of all to thank the amazing community of bloggers out there, who support craft, hand made design and art in general. They have became the new media. I can't thank enough to Holly from the lovely and always inspirational Decor8 for having me over at her blog, it has been such a pleasure to show my home and to talk about the things I like and inspire me.
Chocolate Creative blog is not only about what we create (Kate and me, Marga), is about everything we love. We very much like to support other designers, so it is like a window open to all the amazing work we get to see every day.

To all of you thanks!!

I couldn't help to post this photo, Leni, my niece back in Spain, we were celebrating my mother's 70 Birthday, she had so much fun eating the cake, we kept taking pictures and laughing about how spontaneous and funny she was.