Jewellery packing

Lovely wooden jewellery packaging

Seen here >

Nice to See You

This looks great and is very funny. T'would go lovely on my bathroom wall!

"This ‘Nice to see you’ Poster is a one-color screen print inspired by well-known quotes from comedians of the last 30 years. Guaranteed to bring a smile to any Brit’s face.

It’s a limited edition of 500, screen printed by Ink Posters. A collaboration between Joff Casciani, Ollie Wood and Haydn Evans."

As seen on swissmiss >

Linzie Hunter

I know this style of typography and illustration is very of the moment, but some do it much better than others and I'm loving Linzie Hunter's work. Especially the Spam project below.

Linzie Hunter's Spam Poject >

Buy online here > 

Prints Charming

I've just come across a wonderful site called Prints Charming, an Australian set up run by Cath Derksema and Kirsten Junor.

This Christmas decoration kit really caught my eye. They're so beautiful yet look simple to create.

"Hand printed on 100% linen these decorations will add a touch of the hand made to any tree. The kit comes beautifully boxed and includes your printed panel, backing fabric, floss threads and a stitch guide. Personalise by embroidering a name a date on the back and give as a wonderful hand stich gift. The photo shows the panels once they have been embroidered, motif printing is teal on natural linen."

Buy it here >

Camilla Engman - free gift tags

Swedish artist Camilla Engman is giving away these sweet (PDF) Christmas gift tags.

Visit Camilla Engman's site for links to the 2006 and 2007 offerings too.

Patti Smith

"Veteran rock singer Patti Smith has won a prestigious US book award for her memoir, Just Kids"

I'm reading this at the moment and it does indeed rock.
Definately recommended reading.
(Just Kids available on Amazon.)

Literary Jewels by Jeremy May

These are just gorgeous. A fantastic concept AND beautiful objects. That's like 10/10.

"Jeremy May has captured the beauty of paper via a unique laminating process. Littlefly jewellery is made by laminating hundreds sheets of paper together, then carefully finishing to a high gloss. The paper is selected and carefully removed from a book, and the jewellery re-inserted in the excavated space."

I would LOVE one of these. The question is which book to use? Two strong contenders are Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami and  The Catcher in the Rye by  J. D. Salinger.

Visit the LittleFly site >

Story dice

I love this idea, gonna have to make some for Oli.

In fact it's worth having a browse through much Holly Ramer's blog stitchcraftcreations.com as there's some really lovely projects she's done like this cool Richard Scarry stuff.

Paper Wonderland!

Oh yes, the title does indeed look like it does this credit. I would have died for this when I was 10. I still squeal at it now at 34. When I was at Uni I made a paper sculpture of a friend's head - needless to say it wasn't terribly flattering!

Buy it here > Paper Wonderland: 32 Terribly Cute Toys Ready to Cut, Fold & Build

Rifle Paper Co

These are really sweet illustrations...





And there's more where that came from at Rifle Paper Co >

The Secret Garden Project

It looks like the 'Spontaneous City in the Tree of Heaven' is only a sculptural installation but I'd love it if birds were happy to live like this - I'd love to see these around the place.

More information at the London Fieldworks site >

Cool, cheap packaging

Whilst on a hunt for some nice new jewellery packaging (what an incredibly hard task!) I came across this website that do a variety of cool little flat pack boxes and gives you various options of personalisation.

Check them out > http://www.selfpackaging.net/

Jessica Hische

This lady is ace. Her works combines "...equal parts design, typography, illustration, brown sugar, and heavy cream.” And it's delicious...

Check out Jessica Hische's site >

Gwen Keraval

I am loving the illustrations of Gwen Keraval, but the website is all in French. Having said that, I would LOVE some of the books, even if they are in French.

I just love the website illustration work she's done for Djeco too - I've got it as my desktop background at work. You should check out their site anyway for more illustration inspiration and really ace childrens toys - some of which are designed by her.

I think.

I'm also assuming Gwen is a female.

Why didn't I study my French harder?!

Visit Gwen Keraval's blog >

Polly Morgan

I caught a great programme on BBC 1 the other night, in which Alan Yentob was exploring how childhood play and experiences influences artists and their work.

One of the artists he spoke to was Polly Morgan who really shone out with her incredible work and incredible clarity in how she spoke about her childhood and her work.

A crude way of describing her work is to say she's a taxidermist, but you just have to look at it before you come to any assumptions. It is funny, beautiful, touching and intelligent.









Visit Polly Morgan's website >

Tutorial: Make your own gift bow

I've just come across this great tutorial on the blog How About Orange

I'm not sure why I'm quite as excited by this as I am but I intend to try it out asa(physically)p.


How cute does that look!

I ought to take a picture of my finished product and compare the quaility to this one.

Go to How About Orange >

Charley Harper

I'm not sure if I've written about Charley Harper before on here but I love his grahical illustrations and have been using a calendar full of them this year and have bought another for next year. I hope to frame the best ones from both eventually.

But anyway, there are Charley Harper childrens books and games and all sorts too but best of all, I've just come across a colouring book!
I don't think Oli's going to get much of a look in on this one.




Buy from Amazon.co.uk >

Paper sculpture

Wonderful paper sculptures by Helen Musselwhite




Via hongkiat.com which you should go and check for loads more amazing paper sculptures.

Book By Its Cover.com

Having been searching for some lovely new books for Oli, I Googled a Paul Rand book (I Know a Lot of Things) and accidently stumbled upon a fantastic resource by none other than Julia Rothman. I wrote about her and a loverly print of hers here.

Book By Its Cover.com is a blog filled with beautiful books that Julia has noticed and collected over the years.


Visit Book By Its Cover >

Vivienne Strauss paints Franklin

I'm so excited.
One half of my favourite artist couple, Vivienne Strauss (who I've writen about before here), has painted our cheeky mogster Franklin.
And not once, but twice!



Check out Vivienne's painting on Etsy >

Check out Vivienne's collages on Etsy >