Birds of a feather...

...stick together, especially when they are both stuck in a party belljar! I think this print needs some text but not sure what yet. (Cant really use 'free as a bird' as they are are captive in the jar!)

I've got a pair of nasty bird ornaments that I sprayed gold for a DIY project that I keep in a belljar with some fircones and when I'm at my computer they stare at me from across the room. The other day I thought it might make a good picture. 

Best of the Blogs: Wit and Whistle

A new find for me, Wit & Whistle is a lovely blog written by Amanda Wright who also has a wonderful online shop full of beautifully designed stationery, tea-towels and homewares.  A mix of DIY ideas, scrumptious looking recipes, snapshots of her work as an illustrator mixed in with lot of lovely shots.  She has a real knack of evoking the seasons with her posts too and it's a nice blog to read to relax.

Maker Spotlight #3: Natalie Choux

Nathalie Choux, I think I love you.......or at least your imagination and wonderful creations.  I have completely fallen for the fairytale creatures that this lady creates.  An illustrator by trade, she not only paints but also makes these beautiful dreamlike ceramic pieces.  I love to see the photos of her work in progress and these images show the detail that goes into her work.  I'm afraid I can't give you much information on Nathalie as I can't find much out about this elusive lady from the web.  But these images should give you a taster of her work.

Nathalie's website
Nathalie's blog

Nathalie's

Illustration - Johnny Yanok

Great illustrations by Johnny Yanok

Illustration - Flip Flop Design

Another fantastic French illustrator is Caroline of Flip Flop Design - I am absolutely in love with these fantastic designs - such adorable characters and so much fun stuff going on in each picture.  Caroline has also just designed the website for Belgian company, Achille [la petite] Marmotte, which is lovely - go and check it out!  If you are lucky enough to be in Paris from 4-6 July this year you can see Flip Flop's work at the Playtime exhibition.   Hopefully, next year I might be able to go to this!

Illustrations - Helen Dardik

I'm a huge fan of Helen Dardik who is such a talented illustrator and designer (I've already eatured her on the blog previously but couldnt resist blogging about her work again!) - her website is fantastic and shows so many of her great designs - I could spend hours looking at her work!

Children's Illustrators - Marc Boutavant

Inspired by some of the fantastic work of French children's illustrators I saw when I was in Paris I thought I might dedicate this week, or what is left of it, to looking at some of my favorite children's illustrators - first up is Marc Boutavant, an eye-poppingly talented illustrator who Im sure you will have heard of before and who doesnt need any introduction as these pictures speak for themselves (via Book by its Cover)  If you want to see more of his work, check out this website Boutavantheque by a lady who collects his books or his agency's site here.

Happy Happy Easter

I've spent today creating a few little easter designs like this one, as part of my quest to create a print a day for the whole of this year, but now its time to down tools and enjoy the easter holidays! I will try and post of my efforts in the next few weeks!

Telle

I love these cute little creations.  I'm in love with those cute plush toys on wheels, which are developed from Telle's illustrations, a talented French designer and illustrator.