Monday, November 2

Blue trees with red apples

A little while ago, I had a fantasy (and it certainly won't be coming a reality anytime soon...) of painting a mural on Isla's bedroom wall. Her room has got a bit of a Scandi-folky theme going on (I like to think) in reds and blues. So I did a doodle of an apple tree, with blue leaves and little red apples, and an owl and a few birds flitting across the rest of the walls and ceiling. Ok, so it's very rough round the edges, but you get the idea.


Then whaddya know, I was in the Tate Modern bookshop a couple of weeks back and I stumbled upon this! Had I read it as a child and unknowingly stored the image in my head for future reference, or is it just one of those very bizarre coincidences? I don't know. But it is a wonderful book. Look at that beautiful hand-lettering! And I am proud to say that it is the first non-school book that Nelly has picked up and read all on her own, so it really is special to me now.



PS - I see there are more fellow Hama bead addicts out there. Aren't Lili Scratchy's offerings delightful?

9 comments:

  1. i think the gods are telling you ,you have to drop everything and start this mural NOW! ,...it will be so gorgeous ....
    ps my word verification was ...muralforislasroom !!!!!!

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  2. ha ha...i like that. I've bought the paints and brushes...and they're sitting in my workshop still in the bag. I might get it finished before she leaves home...

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  3. That's beautiful. Nature is so very insistently green, isn't it, and this blue tree is so much nicer.

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  4. That's a great mural. You definitely need to start it now. x

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  5. i likey your bloggers housewap idea.....every blog i go to now the word verification is dorsetiscalling...

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  6. oh do it - big and bold! i always wanted a realllllly long pencil as a kid so i could draw on the ceiling when i was in bed!

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  7. That's a great idea - you want to get that patented!

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  8. sooooooo much to catch up on here! been totally unbloggy recently. that book looks gorgeous, i don't think i know it. i can spend an absolute fortune at the tate bookshop!

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