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The house we just moved into has two fireplaces with the most gorgeous tiles around them. I've decided as a long term project I'm going to collect lots of old miss-matching tiles to put in the bathroom or kitchen when we get around to renovating. Here's a couple I saw on eBay the other night. xxxx
Last night I found this amazing photo over at Maize. It was posted there via Speedtrails photostream on Flickr. Also the lovely Pod gave me the link to these felt dogs by Stephanie Metz. xxxx
Via Meet Me at Mikes I found out about the fantastic project Softies for Mirabel. Crafters are invited to make and donate soft toys which will be exhibited and then auctioned off to raise money for the Mirabel Foundation, an amazing group supporting the children of families affected by substance abuse.
I sent this rabbit off in a post pack yesterday. Crafters are also invited to supply a pattern for their softies, so here's a (not very concise) set of instructions to make the above bunny that anyone's free to use. xxxx
Here's some cute jewellery made out of typewriter keys I found at rusticspirit.com. xxxx
My lovely friend Amanda gave me this handmade book by 'Living & Learning'. It's full of cute illustrations, diagrams, patterns and pictures of embroidery. Love it! xxxx
Extremely exciting.... we've just got an office space that will also become a shop later on for the Tika project. It's got a really good display window (which I'll show some pictures of once I've taken them). It kind of reminds me of this gallery window where Sanne from Living on the Move had a show in at the end of last year. Hopefully our window looks as nice as this display..... xxxx
I had to do a cute diagram for work yesterday, and I found a tea cosy at the charity shop up the road. I like it with next to my Pantone mugs. xxxx
When I was buying second hand books the other day I also got a book called 'Embroidered Boxes', published in 1982. In the above pic someone went to the trouble to make a quilted cover for their folder of quilt designs. Also the cushion cover spells out the words 'Jane Lemon', who I'm guessing is either the person who made it, or a friend of hers who got it as a cute present. xxxx
Today I bought a book second hand book called 'Folk Arts from Norway' which was published in 1972. Here's a piece of knitwear and a piece of weaving from the book which I like. xxxx
I found this cute amugurumi monkey in an Op shop yesterday. And I found out about Kent Rogowski's inside out bears (below) via the Vive Le Freak blog. Have a good weekend! xxxx
I've seen a couple of great tanks lately. I found the balloon tank here and the knitted tank cover here. xxxx
I'm in the middle of making this for a friend of mine. It's a felt version of this picture. I'll pop another picture up when I've finished. xxxx
I just worked all weekend. Working as a newspaper graphic-artist can be a bit like working as a fireman. Sometimes you have to sit around waiting for the action to happen. Yesterday was really busy and I didn't have time to look sideways. Today, however, things were completely dead. I only had to do one, tiny job, so spent half the day doing this owl (above) in Illustrator, and the other half of the day looking around on Etsy. I found these really cute kids and babies recycled t-shirts. xxxx
Stephanie DeArmond is an American ceramicist working with typography and word-play, often using traditionally crafted letters to convey sinister, contemporary messages. You can see more of her work at Shop Standing Up. Images from Stephane DeArmond's website. Click the image to enlarge. xxxx
I found this amazing antique looking keyboard at Street Tech, a DIY electronics site that displays lots of interesting projects. Anyway, the keyboard was done by Steampunk. If you have a look at the site it shows you the obsessive steps that were taken to handcraft the finished product. I've included a couple of images below, but it's worth looking at the original article. (All images from Steampunk). xxxx
One of Johnny's sculptures is going into the Museum collection (might post pics later). When they came to pick it up they gave us a catalogue called Captivating & Curious. Here's some cute things I found in it's pages: a hand painted dress and a pram from the 1930's. I decided to choose children's images because ......... I'll tell you next post. Images scanned from the book. xxxx
I did a drawing of Twiggy this afternoon to make into another badge, and I put her beside two other existing badges I've made. They don't resemble anyone I know or know of - they're just random drawings. xxxx
I just popped these badges on Etsy. There's lots more I've made - I just have to find the time to photograph and upload them. Slowly, slowly..... xxxx
