This week's Featured Buyer is Danielle de Lange of The Style Files, the innovative Dutch design blog full of pretty designs and finds, meant to invigorate and inspire with observations and ideas related to design, interiors, art and other life enhancing subjects. We so admire Danielle's taste in design and we've got summer travel on the mind! This week, she chooses her favorites on Etsy.

Hello! My name is Danielle de Lange and I have a blog about design and (life) style called The Style Files. I am dedicated to searching the globe for inspirational finds and sharing these with others. Observations and ideas related to design, interiors, art and other life enhancing subjects are posted daily on my blog. As I live in The Netherlands, I write mainly from a European viewpoint, with an emphasis on Dutch and not-so-standard design. Last year a life long dream to set up my own business was fulfilled when I opened Le Souk, an online store offering beautiful and unique products for you and your home. Mixing modern, traditional and handmade, every single product at Le Souk is selected by me with a lot of care and love.

I very much encourage the trend towards buying more unique (not mass-produced) products.  Whenever I buy something, I ask myself if I really like it and will like it for years to come. This way you surround yourself with things you really love, your home doesn't get cluttered and it's is better for the environment. That is why I am a big Etsy fan. How great is it to find unique, handmade items and support independent designers at the same time?!

Here are some of my favorite Etsy stores and products:

EllieCurtisDesigns makes the most gorgeous pillows, which are screen printed in her studio in East London. Ellie takes inspiration from everything, but she is especially inspired by birds and their quick, jerky light movements and museums full of curious objects.

I love Simply Photo by Jennifer Causey (aka photobird). Jennifer photographs everyday life moments in a beautiful way. Her gorgeous photos are sold as prints and postcards in her Etsy shop. Jennifer states that "these works represent my continuous journey to slow down and discover the beauty in everyday life. I am inspired by nature, design, form and color." Simply beautiful!

Topoware, a collaboration between Alexandra Deschamps-Sonsino from Canada and Karola Torkos from Germany, was recently featured in the New York Times. Their gorgeous tableware collection questions the landscape of dining.

Laurie of Aubergine228 lives in San Francisco and makes the most gorgeous jewelery! I love this coral necklace in cast gold.

The woman behind Absoluut is from my home country, The Netherlands. She says in her profile that she "work[s] very hard to make sure all my customers are happy with their purchases." I know she does, because I own several of her beautiful cushions that she makes from vintage fabrics.

One of my longtime Etsy favorites is skinnylaminx. I was already reading Heather Moore's blog and was very happy when she announced that she was opening her Etsy store. I was honored when Heather told me that I was one of the first to order one of her gorgeous tea towels!

Bombus (meaning busy bee) combines the talent of Amelia Coward and Lee Hunnisett De Beer. This UK based duo creates beautiful designs from used fabrics, and vintage books and comics. I especially LOVE this print.

Karin from stiksel is a graphic designer from Rotterdam who loves to create all kind of things: photographs, textiles, collages, etc. She likes to surround herself with beautiful supplies and is inspired by the material and the textures. All items in her shop are handmade, unique, of high quality — mostly recycled and vintage — materials and made with lots of love and care. I love to travel and this passport case makes traveling even more fun!

While searching for a small handbag I found RedRubyRose's beautiful clutch purses on Etsy. My favorite is the one with the peacock feather print. (Currently sold out, but lots more prints available!)

Etsy store everyjotandtittle is great for buying gift tags and labels! Owner Kellie loves to create using paper. Kellie says that she "loves to make things that make people smile." Visit this store and smile!

This stunning leather bag is made by ValhallaBrooklyn, a Scandinavian one-woman company. All her beautiful leather bags are designed, cut, sewed and finished by the designer, using new, vintage and recycled materials.

For more of Danielle's design finds, check out her blog at www.Style-Files.com. For previous Featured Buyers, check out our impressive back log!