Betcha can't love just one. (Rita Cordeiro)

Today I wanted to do a post about interesting jewelry, I must admit that I was about to take the easy way out and do a wish-list-post (you know the kind: various artists, one image per artists, links, and no need for much text), then I stumbled upon the work of Rita Cordeiro and I added one of her necklaces to my list, but it didn’t seem right, I keep wondering on her archives finding brilliant and fun pieces… I couldn’t pick just one!!!

Plus I love that she has the courage to model her work, and that she doesn’t do the usual I-want-to-be-a-model posses. That sold me!! She deserves the full post!!

She lives in Portugal; I have been finding jewelry with nice craftsmanship and lovely details coming from that country, and she is no exception. Later I will post about other artist from there, for now, enjoy the vivid work of Cordeiro:

#56 from Cooler

mola O|1 azul from Cooler

#12 from Cooler

helmet from Wooler

As you might have noted, her work is divided in two series: Cooler and Wooler, the first one encompasses the cotton jersey and crochet work and the second the handmade wool accessories.

For Cooler:
Blog Shop (here) and Etsy shop (here)

For Wooler:
Blog Shop (here) and Etsy shop (here)

Onda from Wooler

Want more? I am sure you do, so visit her Flickr Photostream (here) or her In My Pocket blog (here)

If you like cool, like I do: Yokoo!

She sells scarf (at Etsy of course: HERE). But she is not your typical scarf selling gal (if there is such a thing) Yokoo is just classy fashion. She is soft (like wool), crazy cute and in an abstract way rather … well… normal.

She has been featured in plenty of magazines (both in print and online) so I did not make this obscure discovery, she is known; no doubt about it. But I just had to do a post about her, I envy her cool ways. She is just there, in her pictures; nothing but her thin frame, her large glasses, a wall and about twenty pounds of hand knitted yarn*.

I found her six or seven months ago thanks to Flickr and I have been idolizing her photostream ever since. I have the biggest crush on her things. Love the big hats and those chain scarves; if I had money (which I don’t) I would definitely give myself a Yokoo birthday gift. Someday, someday you will see, I WILL be the coolest chic on the block with a big (huge) purple scarf and a pom-pom hat, you’ll see.

*I have no real idea of the weight, but they do look heavy.