Gypsy Caravan

It's nearly the end of the Easter Holidays.  I haven't done a stroke of work.

We stayed in a proper Gypsy Caravan set in an orchard in a very beautiful part of the world.  Our stay coincided with beautiful spring weather, clear skies and a massive yellow moon rising as we sat around the campfire.  There were frisky little lambs to coo over and big scary cows to run away from.  We took our wildflower and bird books and spotted-and-jotted.  The girls wrote and drew constantly.  We climbed hills, swung on rope swings, paddled in rivers, fell in nettles and slipped in mud.

Details here.  I can't recommend it highly enough.


(NB. Not a sponsored post.  Just an actual holiday)

Etsy Shop Spring Update / UK Postage Price Rise

Just added a few IN STOCK items to my Etsy shop.

A new design - Big Bloom, which is partly inspired by the naïve style of contemporary Japanese illustration, and partly inspired by those big fat bulbs poking their heads up in my garden...

3 new Egg Men, updated in their snazzy hipster geometric jumpers.

And a couple of little singing birds, in slightly more muted colours than my usual cheery chaps, but I can't get enough of that green and plum together.

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I was a bit stunned to read about the latest hike in UK postage costs from the 2nd April 2013, and lowering (slashing!) of compensation cover.  My initial knee-jerk reaction was "OK, that's it, no more selling online!"

Actually what I will need to do is just make some changes here and there.  I'll need to order in smaller boxes so my small items (like the singing birds) can squeeze in to the "small parcels" price bracket (although this will still involve a small price rise).  And I need to majorly re-think some of the designs that just fall outside the small parcels price bracket. 

One thing is for sure, anyone thinking of making ANY purchases from independent sellers on Etsy, Folksy even Ebay, would be well advised to do so before the 2nd April.  It isn't going to be pretty, I'm afraid.  

Details on price changes here.

Little Green Shoots

heart entwined giclee p... GollyBard $36.00	Picturebook West Coast ... MyFavColour $40.50	Apple Green Felted Wool... mariavalles $84.00	Vintage soviet mechanic... CuteOldThings $35.00
apparaître 15 / origin... ohchalet $26.00	Three bears mug kokokoshop $14.00	Leaf Green Fused Glass ... willowstainedg... $15.00	french porcelain sauce ... FrenchAtticFin... $36.00
Vintage Pull Down Chart... BonnieandBell $160.00	Dungaree Boy - A5 Print ThePocketMoney... $5.00	Knitted merino wool bla... LinaJohansson $1400.00	Creatures Traveling fro... KinskaShop $60.00
White Sea Coral, pinhol... Papercutout $32.00	Green Circles - large p... mrseliotbooks $23.00	Green Seaweed on 10 inc... TheMadPlatters $18.00	parsley, sage, rosemary... carnevaleclay $35.00

Treasury tool supported by the dog house

Chasing away the February blues with a fresh green treasury.

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.

• 
  Raindrops - Paper cutting
  

  LydiaCrook

  £86.00 GBP
• 
  simon's drawing art print 8 x 10 LIMITED EDITION
  

  mummysam

  £15.93 GBP
• 
  Geo R typographic Poster
  

  nicoleap

  £12.11 GBP

• 
  Tangerine Mountains Original Pen Hand Drawing Throw Pillow Cover.
  

  hellosleepywhale

  £25.49 GBP
• 
  Patterned Notebook in Scallops
  

  MintAfternoon

  £3.19 GBP
• 
  Bunny Brooch - Handpainted Blue Delft Porcelain
  

  HarrietDamave

  £22.30 GBP

• 
  Friendship Card
  

  KateHindley

  £2.52 GBP
• 
  Oriental Poppy Cushion
  

  HannahMadden

  £37.00 GBP
• 
  Rain Cloud
  

  Pipkyn

  £4.50 GBP

• 
  Fish market notebook - A6
  

  10antemeridiem

  £3.82 GBP
• 
  Little Chocolate Postal pigeon by Wassupbrothers
  

  wassupbrothers

  £19.12 GBP
• 
  Plush Bear Pillow in Pink. Woodblock Printed.
  

  LauraFrisk

  £10.51 GBP

Smoky Tea

What do you do on a Sunday when the weather can't make up its mind?  Up to the bluebell woods for smoky tea of course!

Storm Kettles available from here.