We visited Lawrence of Arabia's grave in the churchyard... the girls were more interested in this poor rabbit, oddly laid next to a grave nearby.
Monday, May 14, 2012
Sunday
We visited Lawrence of Arabia's grave in the churchyard... the girls were more interested in this poor rabbit, oddly laid next to a grave nearby.
Friday, May 11, 2012
Scandi Cushion / Winners Announced / Discount Code
My heart did a little skip when I came across this cushion in my favourite junk shop. Gorgeous colours! Hand embroidered! Scandi-tastic! Just need an Ercol sofa now and I'm well on my way to my sofa-of-dreams.
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The giveaway has now finished - the winners are SAM and HELEN D. Massive thanks to everyone who entered, I was so thrilled with the response and wonderful comments. As a way of saying thanks, there is currently 15% off in my Etsy shop, with the coupon code PARTYBAG, which will last until next Friday.
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Thursday, May 10, 2012
Raining
What a miserable day! Making treasuries always cheers me up.
If you haven't seen it already, I did a little house tour over on Little Green Shed.
Still a few hours left to go on the giveaway.
Friday, May 4, 2012
GIVEAWAY - Contemporary Stained Glass Owl Baby
Today I'm having a giveaway. I've been requested to make an owl quite a few times before, but have never done it, for one reason or another. But a drawing session with the kids the other day produced a little sketch that made me smile, so I thought I'd make one and see if I liked it. Which I do.
This is the prototype, made from gorgeous handmade Polish glass in juicy colours. The design is hand-painted and kiln fired. I've made a couple of minor changes to the design that I will be listing in my shops, hence I am offering this one to the good readers of my blog. There is also a runner's up prize of a pack of 3 of my blank cards of your choice.
I'm using this rather good giveaway widget. I hope it works. You can have up to 5 entries, or you can just do one. Click on the "read more" link to enter. Good luck!
Tuesday, May 1, 2012
Oili Tanninen
I've just discovered the wonderful illustrations of Finnish children's author Oili Tanninen. I love the simplicity of the black outlines on bright backgrounds. I also found this lovely B&W animation, complete with spine-tingling Finnish narration, kooky sound effects and quirky music.
Sunday, April 29, 2012
Contemporary Stained Glass Flying Birds in Stock
They were ordered as part of a set of 4 for a family (only I got the colours wrong). (Okay, and the pattern). (Well, ok, and the eyes should have been open).* I blame the Easter holidays.**
Anyhow, they are very lovely and as they are facing each other would make a gorgeous wedding/engagement/anniversary gift. Or of course they are available separately.
*I'm not usually this scatty, honestly.
**And my handwriting.
Wednesday, April 25, 2012
Miniature Stained Glass Window Installed in a Dolls House
Funny how serendipitous the world wide web can be isn't it. Just a few days after watching Arrietty, my head still full of teeny kitchens and bedrooms, I received an interesting email from Brae Oktober asking if I would give permission for one of my stained glass windows to be miniaturised and printed on acetate to be used in a doll's house project. And what an amazing project. This has to be one of the most beautiful doll's houses I've ever seen - the attention to detail is astounding.
All photographs ©Brae Oktober
This last shot shows the exterior - look at that paintwork! The moss on the tiles! The leaves in the porch! The house is based on Brae's childhood home, which looks equally stunning. You can see more pictures and follow the progress of the house here.
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