silly, young heart...

i don't believe in ever growing up...at least not completely...so remember that little girl... the whimsical and stylish character dancing in polka dot rainboots and heart-shaped sunglasses even though the sun was shinning....who fearlessly mixed colors and ran barefoot through the grass only to set up tea parties for princes and kings an hour later. three lovely illustrators are bringing back playtime with vivaciously charming characters who are anything but wallflowers...

emma magenta (great name, right?) creates child-like illustrations that remind you of the best of your creative spirit, unbound by lines and rules...i love the "maybe dancing will help" plate...i feel like that sometimes at work...maybe dancing will help?!  ;)

emma has a line of home accessories like decals, kitchen towels, & plates. she's also written charming books like "a gorgeous sense of hope" and "the peril of magnificent love..."

while kat macleod's lovely girls spend hours playing dress up...wondering what they're going to be when they grow up...playful possibility in each brush stroke and scribble... 

kat's created a lovely home accessories like decals (above) and pillow cases (at bottom). she's lent her stylish eye to musician's CD covers and Bloom's skincare packaging.  her luscious book "the cocktail" came out last year and she's recently illustrated "like i give a frock" (below)...

and then there's chère fifi...the one and only. all dressed up with everywhere to go. A girl's wonderland of rykiel and lanvin in watercolor hues...with prints to hang on walls, certified and ready for day-dreaming....

fifi, the stylish lapin* that she is...has collaborated with le sportsac on darling lunch bags and travel sacs that make one smile...

*French for rabbit

emma & kat can be found stylish & carefree over at third drawer down, a lovely little artist's palette in its own right. and fifi, she has a site all her own...

ALL PHOTOS: emma magenta & kat macleod and fifi ;)