The Beat That My Heart Skipped – A blog dedicated to daily design inspirations. By Rohini Wahi.

Yukka and Stamp are a student couple based in Brighton who in their spare time sell and create wonderful gifts of plants and herbs in old radios, teapots and a variety of wonderful vintage tins! Plants can be ordered directly through James and Charlotte.

Adorable and unusual illustrated cutting boards by Swedish artist Elisabeth Dunker – buy them here at Fine Little Day.

I literally couldn’t stop myself from sharing this with you. When I relaunched this blog last year I promised to dedicate it to European talent because there are so many American blogs out there documenting the rest of the design world beautifully – and also so that European readers could have access to buying the things they read about.

Some things however, like food are universal and accessible no matter where in the world you are, so today I want to share this wonderful tutorial on how to make ’shortbread buttons’ from Nikole Herriot’s beautiful blog in Canada!

So simple and so sweet to make, probably even for me. Get the rest of the recipe here.

Last night, with a takeaway, we watched Where the Wild Things Are. The film was about a lonely 9-year-old boy called Max [who wears a wolf costume] with an active imagination who’s often too much for his mother to control.

One night Max and his mother have an argument and he runs away. Max finds a small boat in a pond, which he gets into and sails away. Sailing across the ocean, Max eventually reaches an island. Still in wolf costume, he explores the island and stumbles upon a group of six large ‘Wild Things’. Unlike adults these creatures listen to everything Max has to say, they exclaim and converse and listen to him as he describes things to them in his vivid imagination. They declare him as their king.

What ensues is a joyous and exhilarating journey. The first order Max declares as king is a ‘wild rumpus’, in which the Wild Things merrily smash trees and tackle each other, ending with them all piling on one another then going to sleep, with Max at the center of the pile.

Soon Max discovers the Wild Things are just like every other family, they have insecurities and issues all of their own. Most of the film is shot in Australia and the scenery is curious and otherworldly, the film is made all the more emotive by the Wild Things expressive faces. A soul-warming and beautiful story  - watch it! Oh and the music was magic!

So anyway, happy Fridaaaaaay! We have a surprise for you in Louise’s Kitchen today, and I share the interiors of my new favourite interior designer. Next up, the sweetest biscuit recipe you will ever see…

If I went to lectures, took courses, watched demonstrations for every art and craft form I wanted to try or learn more about, I doubt I would have time for anything else! To think women complained about living lives of leisure and having to take up hobbies to keep themselves occupied, dare I say I would have quite enjoyed it?

One craft form I am desperate to learn more about but simply don’t know where to start, is ceramics. I know I love to look at them, and my hands are itching to try and mould them but as a journalist there is little opportunity or reason for me to try.

So I am especially excited about Ceramic Art London this year, which is a three-day exhibition of contemporary ceramics held at the Royal College of Art, from the 26th-28th of February.

Above by Jack Doherty

Not only can visitors see and buy work from 76 exhibitors from the UK and further afield including the likes of Matthew Chambers, Elke Sada, Tim Andrews, Jack Doherty, Peter Hayes and Virginia Graham, but a new ‘Discovery’ series of lectures will run alongside Ceramic Art London featuring guest speakers including Natasha Daintry, Robert Cooper, Dave Roberts and Peter Hayes.

Woo- hoo! So for all of you who are as eager to learn as well as buy like me, this is a great opportunity. Plus, I think it gives you a sense of entitlement to go out and buy something you’re more knowledgeable about – well that’s my excuse!

Tickets cost £12 each, which will include an exhibition guide, catalogue and entry to the Discovery lectures. If you order before the 12th February 2010 prices are just £9.

Above by Virginia Graham and below Carina Ciscato