Design blog featuring arts, crafts, fashion and culture
Meet theSwayze. An academic-slash-scientist making a foray into the creative arts.
Her stylish range of jewellery and accessories is inspired by nature, evolution, history and all things nerdy. Victoriana features widely in the current collection.
Buy from www.etsy.com/shop/theswayze.
A lovely, colourful range of artwork and accessories for children and adults. Schmooks features delightfully imaginative characters in storybook settings.
Claire Cimbora’s beautiful illustrations can be purchased to frame and hang on your wall. And she has recently launched a collection of jewellery where her illustrations are embedded in pretty trinkets[.....]
That’s the thing about Manchester. You never run out of things to do and see. There’s always a new cafe or a shop opening or someone’s launching an exhibition.
And then there are places that have been around for a while that you’ve never really explored.
Collette Costello first launched in 2008[.....]
Things cheering me up today: character t-shirts, brooches, bags and honk dollies.
This fun range is the work Honksville, a collaboration between Katherine and Rebecca; two quirky artists / designers / storytellers and freestyle Morris dancers.
Where possible, Honksville products are made from organic materials. Even their off cuts and scraps are[.....]
Currently running in a pretty shop behind Saddlers Wells is the Covet Pop Up Shop. The collections have been skilfully curated to bring together a unique selection of handmade clothes, jewellery, gifts and accessories.
With the emphasis being a mix of beautifully crafted, handmade, environmentally conscious, recycled and vintage pieces the shop has a[.....]
I do quite like dual-purpose objects. You know, a pen with a clock on it, a cap with a solar panel fan on it, a fire-alarm with a snooze button on it. And so on and so on.
But I’d say this is the best of the lot. Stewart and Patricia Would from ‘Tree[.....]
I don’t know about you but I can’t go to work without fulfilling my craving for a good cup of coffee.
Sometimes, I need two before I can even begin to think about doing anything remotely functional, like getting up.
Fortunately for me, I only have a short trip to work but for a lot of people,[.....]
Out of all the categories on this blog Jewellery is perhaps the busiest. I’m extremely fond of accessories and always on the look out for new and unusual designs. This sparkly necklace from Elle F Bijoux is a bit of an eye-catcher. The base is a 1920’s pocket watch casing, filled[.....]
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