The Aviary

My new T-shirt from The Aviary arrived today in a flurry of paper butterflies! I've been coveting this gorgeous floral cat design since I saw it entered into the People of Print Cat's Protection T-Shirt Design competition. (of which I also entered...I did not win) I really admire [I'm jealous of] The Avairy's style. The illustrations are delicate and intricate and beautiful! Mixing my favourite things; animals, flowers and ink drawings I'm sure to buy more from them, especially in the near future when they launch their own website. Ones to watch, or at least Facebook stalk, as they're making a lot of new things including items made from their digitally printed fabrics; cushions, paper and wallpaper. :D

The T-shirt is really nice as well, but if I'm brave enough I might try to adjust it a bit. The length is great but I'd like a softer neckline and shorter sleeves or at least rolled up cap like sleeves. I'm no good at sewing, so I'll have to enlist the help of my talented seamstress relatives!

Paint your own egg cups

Inspired at last to paint some of my egg cups.The pens work really well! I had to break the designs up into sections as the paint took a couple of days to dry. I went with faces as a motif as the egg cup shape lends its self to being a little person. I'm going to do more! It's quite addictive to sketch characters once I got the format sorted.

Valentines

Valentines Day is very nearly here. These are some of the card designs I made for the day. Hand lino cut and printed on white card. Buy from my Folksy Shop or the Welsh Gift Shop

Snow Day

Januray brings the snow,

Makes our feet and fingers glow!

First day of snow is always the best, fresh crisp and bright. Here is a gift guide inspired by the weather across most of the country, All found on Folksy.


1: Snowflake necklace: Celtic Shore
2: Snow tags: Dottery Pottery
3: fine bone china with gold rim: madebymanos
4: My own photo, the snow in my garden!
5: Snow Rabbit Card: Paper Scissors Stone
6: Icicle lights: Red brick glass

Very Bunny

Rabbit earrings are hopping out of my shop faster than any other item, not hard to see why! I love Rabbits as an animal, as a motif and everything else.You can see rabbits scattered through my Pinterest boards. I could probably do a rabbit feature every week for a year with the number of items if collected, pinned and fav'edon Etsy. But for now look at these lovely items;


1: Little rabbit plush. The Black Apple.
2: Rabbit Socks, H&M
3: Rabbit Playsuit: Primark. (It’s sooo cute!)
4: Rabbit Paper Dolls by Wool And Water
5: Rabbit Wallpaper - Muraspec
6: Tea For two.
7: Beautifuly decorated Plate, havn’t found the source yet!

Make me a Mermaid!

After painting my nails a glittery mint and thinking they'd make a 12 year old mermaid jealous I decided to make a little mermaid inspired feature. I had gathered a few lovely item on Pinterest and then searched Etsy, this led me to I love crafty a shop full of mermaid related goodies! Now I really feel the need to buy The Little Mermaid on DVD, as I haven't seen it for yearrssss....Under the sea, de, de...

1 : Barry M nail varnish - Aqua Glitter 340 and Mint 304
2: Glitter shorts - Topshop or Amazon?!
3: Amazing earrings found on Pinterest, no idea where you buy them, any help?
4: Glittery Mint Purse: delux

5: Mermaid Necklace: imyourpresent
6 and 7: Tights: Carouselink
8: I‘m a real mermaid necklace: I love crafty

The Simple Things

This magazine caught my eye and although it costs a bit more than I like to spend on a magazine I had to have it. It appeals to my tastes in pretty pictures, style and unusual curios. So I may have to buy it again.

It covers everything I like, and try to post about in this blog. There's a inspiring artical on a silk scarf collector, full of great pictures of the said silk scarfs, which is nice to flick through from time to time. There are a number of great recipes and home / gift wish lists. Bread, cycling and collecting seems to be a strong theme within this addition, but I think that will change with each issue. As a whole it invites you to look more, do more and enjoy your free time, which is nice. (If you have lots of free time)