Three bits of good news today! Firstly, I have a new tea towel in my shop. It’s called Waiting, and is available in red and also in charcoal. Waiting started out as a paper cutout, which I turned into a silkscreen print on paper, in a very small edition of about 20, and now it’s available …
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Waiting, and other news
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The WOO tea towel sale
The WOO tea towel saleGood news! I’m celebrating my 2000th Etsy sale with the WOO tea towel sale! WOO is not a homage to Michael Jackson’s now silenced whoops and yelps, it’s actually an acronym, standing for Window Of Opportunity, because it’s a short, sharp sale, lasting from today until Monday 6 July, when I …
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You DID say “key cosy”!
You DID say “key cosy”!How very odd, but actually rather sweet. These mad little pastel key cosies from Bettysonics made me laff, and completely put me off posting what I intended to post, which was something along the lines of I Have A New Tea Towel To Sell, so that’ll just have to wait for …
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Farr too little about Colleen
At True Up, I found this screenprint called Water Meadow, designed in 1964 by Colleen Farr for Heals. Despite having taught textile design at the Central School of Art and Design in London for 20 years, and having designed prolifically for Libertys, Heals, Tootal and others, I couldn’t find many images of her designs online, …
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Just turned out that way
Just turned out that wayYesterday I bought a long-overdue revolving hole punch. I ripped it from its shrinkwrapped packaging, and look what was left behind, complete with belly-button and beret.
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Icy little fingers
Icy little fingersLots of cutting was done in my chilly studio on Making Friday last week. I’ve set myself a massively intricate and consequently painfully slow cutting project, and haven’t much to show for it yet, but here’s a little maquette for the big idea… … and also an illustration of the papercutting gaol I’ve …
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My new fave
My new faveThese book covers come from my brand new favourite blog, just discovered last week: it’s the incredible Saint Verde Digest, written by Neville Trickett, who is the guest blogger over at the ELLE Decoration SA blog today. So head over to ELLE Decoration, then follow the links bag to his blog to see …
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Colts handbag
Colts handbag Tomorrow’s my third Friday = Making Day, so I’ll be out for the count, yahoo! Here’s another fruit of my labours from the first F=MD, which was a total bag bonanza. It’s a cute little handbag with pockets and zips and key clips, and you can get your hands on it here. Happy …
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Napkins at Heath Ceramics
Napkins at Heath Ceramics Earlier this month, I sent off a box full of three styles of printed linen napkins to my favourite store that I’ve never visited: Heath Ceramics. Heath tells me they’re selling fast, and I must send more. Ok then, I will! Once I’ve printed up more of these, I’ll start selling …
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