And since we’re talking about markets, here’s an animated gif! I have this because I’m selling in the Poppytalk Handmade virtual street market. Check out my market stall here. I’ve barely skimmed the surface, but a couple of stalls that caught my eye include: Vintage treats from Deadbird Finds Great bags from Homegrown Skinny Beehive …
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Poppytalk Handmade
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Doodles from Fritz
News just in! The Thirty-year-old secretary has finally published some of his doodles, previously only tantalisingly described. Click here to view Ladies Leg and Shoe, Plastic Coffee Mug and Sandwich (with bite).
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These Two Months
My dear friend Lauren has recently had a well-deserved two month break between high-pressure jobs. She spent much of that time very happily in a corner of my studio, making fabulous paintings like this one. Now Lauren’s back at work and is celebrating her break with an informal show of her paintings called “These Two …
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spoonssnoops
Aha! Lola (who writes this other funny blog too) tells me she decided to join the spoons craze. Here’s what she’s done with her lovely spoon collection. You know, I always wanted to start a craze, but I never thought it’d be about spoons. I thought skipping would be the one. Not with a rope, …
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Beyond the call of duty
This post is a much-deserved advert for the wonderful work of Elisabeth Scott and her ES Designs Etsy shop. I hope everyone who reads it goes and buys some of her beautiful jewellery immediately! Read on and find out why… Much earlier this year, I ordered this beautiful petal ring from Beth’s shop. On it’s …
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Around the world
After I posted about minä perhonen earlier in the week, Japanese blogger, Miho Sakato let me know that Akira Minagawa is holding a masterclass at the Nederlands Textielmuseum at the end of November. Read more details here. If I lived nearby, I’d definitely apply! Thanks, Miho! Check out Miho’s blog and sakatodesign website now.
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Spotted in H&L
I loved the cover of the October House and Leisure magazine. The inside of the mag is good too. I was delighted to see a feature on the lovely Cape Town apartment of our friends, Chris and Robyn, and even more thrilled to spot some of my artwork on their walls. Here’s the entrance hall.Just …
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Spoons live on
I’m pleased to see a resumption of the spoons flurry around the blogs. Take a look: Elisabeth of Fine little day took this one… … inspiring Sandra who got her spoons out, and then posted her pics on her Flickr page, cloudberryterrier (found via Loraine at Grijs). Then over the weekend I saw these pop …
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minä perhonen
For a while, I’ve been returning to these beautiful pictures in an article on minä perhonen in Issue 16 of Selvedge magazine. I can’t visit the minä perhonen shop in Kyoto and buy any of these perfect clothes… … so I must content myself by just drawing them and dreaming…
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