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Lindsay Grime jewellery
I’ve got a lot of love for these handcrafted ceramic jewels by Scottish illustrator Lindsay Grime. Lindsay graduated from Edinburgh College of Art in 2009 and now lives and works in Paris. Find more...
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Photo Friday | Alex Catt
I love these contemplative landscape and portrait shots by Alex Catt. Fond of flora and fauna, Alex is well travelled for his 20-something years. I like how he elevates the everyday to misty, moody,...
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Pattern Party | Baby shower
I worked out it would cost me approximately £3 per week, or £156 a year to have a permanent helium balloon attached to my daughters pram that says ‘It’s a girl!’. Like her father, she is folically...
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Book By Its Cover
She Rises by Kate Worsley (Bloomsbury) Ah, March is here – and as I write this it is actually snowing! No fair! Seriously, where is Spring?! Anyway, another week, another selection of gorgeous books...
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Interview | Leah Duncan
I discovered Leah Duncan’s charming patterns and illustrations a couple of years ago via Etsy. I love the colour palette she uses and her playful compositions. Her work has a lovely folky feel without...
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Craig Atkinson’s sketchbooks
I really like Craig Atkinson’s drawings; they are simultaneously funny and sad, depicting strange characters and scenes to form a diary of everyday observations with a touch of weirdness. See more here.
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Livi Gosling | Jamie magazine
I’m delighted to report that this drawing by Jackie Magpie fave Livi Gosling is featured in issue 37 of Jamie Magazine as part of a guide to the best eateries in Dublin. Nice work Livi! As an extra...
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Jonny Hannah | Illustrator
I like this work by Jonny Hannah, which makes me think of homemade signs, outsider art and tattoos from the 1950s. It feels very soulful and wise. And there’s a lot of hand lettering, pictures of...
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Cara Barer | Book art
Most of us, I’d imagine, see a road map as a useful way of getting from A to B, the Yellow Pages as a means of finding a plumber, and a computer manual as something to be put in a drawer and ignored...
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How to make a comic strip card
I’m a bit useless at remembering birthdays, anniversaries and those other important occasions that seem to creep up out of nowhere. So to save me from the embarrassment of not having a card I make...
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Pattern Party | Cool for cats
You wouldn’t know it but I know about pets, more so than the average person. I have participated in serious boardroom meetings discussing affordable housing concepts…for hamsters. In the name of...
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Ramp Ceramics
I was first introduced to RAMP Ceramics by the lovely Simon and Angie Lewin of St Jude’s and instantly became a devoted fan. RAMP stands for Roop and Al make pots which is exactly what they do and very...
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Interview | Supermarket Sarah
Stylist Sarah Bagner (AKA Supermarket Sarah) has a knack for telling engaging visual stories through witty displays of all kinds of stuff on her walls, giving inanimate objects real personality. Read...
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How to make a suitcase light
I used to have a shop in Nottingham and we’d make a fuss of our window displays and I always enjoyed making things from the random stuff we had in our cellar. One of my favorites was the SALE sign I...
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Reetsweet April fair
This Saturday the 6th of April Reetsweet will return to the Corn Exchange in Leeds for the last time until the Autumn. If you’re a fan of handmade wonders (and you live in or near West Yorkshire) make...
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Photo Friday | Lee Friedlander
I love these photographs by Lee Friedlander. He often includes his shadow or reflection in his pictures, which I like a lot- it’s sometimes comforting, sometimes sinister. Take a look.
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Pattern Party | Blobs
INDESCRIBABLE…INDESTRUCTIBLE! NOTHING CAN STOP IT! THE BLOB The End? From the top: Quarter Meteor by Lynda Benglis / socks by Kvast/ Britt Browne via Stampa / Reflections 1 rug by Edward Fields /...
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Osborn Woods poster shop
I was having a little meander around Etsy the other day when I stumbled across an absolute gem: Osborn Woods poster shop. I speedily set about discovering more on John Osborn and Charles Woods, a pair...
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The Poundshop hits Manchester
Our pals at The Poundshop are now taking submissions for their seventh pop up shop: “For the first time we are going to leave London and head to Manchester! The shop, open 8th – 22nd June 2013, will...
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Secret 7″
Secret 7″ is the kind of idea you wish you’d thought of yourself, in which 100 creative people (including huuuge names like Ai WeiWei Gilbert & George) have produced album artwork for 7 tracks by 7...
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