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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Icy little fingers
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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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Swatchbooks
SwatchbooksMy hand’s pretty stiff today after spending all of yesterday cutting up Sevilla Rock and making up swatchbooks. Anyone know if pinking shears can be sharpened? Sheesh. I must still find a good way of holding them together at the top without breaking the bank, but have a couple of ideas (including this fab tutorial, …
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Two cutters
I’m not the only one who likes to cut things around here. Paul’s been doing some very colourful cutting lately, and snipping too. The one above is an experiment in preparation for his exhibition in October, and the other is just a pic of the snipped remnants under a recent, and rather fancy, commission he …
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Lunchbox Cowboy – get yours here!
In April I wrote about doing the album artwork for David Fletcher’s brand new CD, called Lunchbox Cowboy, and on Friday a big envelope full of the finished album arrived here. It’s ridiculously exciting to see your own paper cuts on a record album! The CD looks fantastic, and better than that: it sounds great …
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Do what you like
Do what you like!When I first listed my Sevilla Rock yardage on Etsy, I was convinced I’d be making lots of cushions, bags, purses, etc etc, to sell, so I marked the item as *For personal use only. Items made from this are not for resale* or something like that. Well, e.v. of IsGood sent …
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Befores and Afters
I’m thrilled to bits that the chairs I’ve had covered in Sevilla Rock are featured on Design*Sponge’s Befores and Afters today! This one was a gift for Peter Slingsby, who let me use his records of Cederberg rock art. Thanks Pete! This glider was a rather lucky find in a very cottagey furniture store. And …
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I Wish we had IKEA in burnt orange
Some time ago, I released my I Wish we had IKEA tea towel (read the story behind the design here), but only printed it in grey. Now I’ve done it in orange too! Find the burnt orange I Wish we had IKEA tea towel in my Etsy shop.
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