As the end of this year approaches I am starting to think about new years resolutions, my list has started the same way it does each year with resolutions that I regularly make and break - losing weight, drinking less, changing jobs, pushing myself to do more exciting/scary things ... but spurred on by ideas like craft 365 challenges etc my main resolution for 2009 is going to be to design a surface pattern each day for the whole of 2009 - thats quite a challenge and one I may not be able to keep but one I know I will enjoy - not like trying to make myself go jogging in the cold rain before work! ( I know I have seen a similar idea on another blog a while back where a very talented designer showcased a design a day that she had done with different themes for each month - but I cannot for the life of me find it at the moment - if you know the one I'm talking about, please let me know and i will add a link!)
Surface pattern is a form of design I adore and would one day like to make my career, although i think a lot of practice and improvement is required before i can reach that goal!
What are your New Year's resolutions for 2009?
This is a bit of a departure from my usual blogging of jewellery and homewares etc, but when i came across these pictures of wonderfully ornate very old wooden houses in Siberia on Materialicious I had to share them with you. I love architecture, especially old houses and wooden chalets and these are some really fine specimens, the wooden carving detail is just amazing! Apparently you can buy one of these old houses for about $200! You can see many more pictures on the Englishrussia site and the photographer's studio who took these wonderful shots is Vladstudio.
I was doing my daily trawl on Etsy recently and found UK designer, Joanna Rutter's , pretty jewellery collection, I just love the simplicity of these lovely nature inspired jewels and just had to share them with you.
Ive been full of festive spirit over the last weeks and made some decoration to our abode to jolly the place up. Excuse the photos - I don't know if its me or the camera but I don't seem to be able to take even remotely decent pics at the moment. Anyway you can get the gist of the handmadeness! Im quite proud of the tree and wreath - the stockings are a bit square-toed, but they will still fit a bar of choc and a satsuma in them!
Some beautiful felted wooly goodies from Heartfelt Baby, made from different pieces of various wool jumpers in each item -perfect for this freezing cold weather.
