Famille Summerbelle

More paper cut work today. I really can’t get enough of this. These pieces are from Anglo / French team Famille Summerbelle.
Drawing on both French and British culture their inspiration comes from a mixture of family life and a shared love of design. In addition to their original paper[.....]

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Susan Green Books

I have a list of new skills I’m going to learn next year. Book binding is one of them. There’s just something about books, something aside from their content, whether they’re home to a novel or to illustrations or to your own ponderings. I love them just for the sake of[.....]

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Strange Bird Designs

Strange Bird Designs produce a quirky range of cards, toys, buttons and bags decorated with wonderful illustrations. It isn’t possible to explain Strange Bird Designs properly so I recommend you go and explore their sites and find out for yourself!
http://planetstrangebird.blogspot.com
http://www.etsy.com/shop/charlottedone
http://www.folksy.com/shops/charlottedone
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Strange-Bird-Designs/121572601237032

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Found on Facebook – Rag Button

It’s Found on Facebook time again and this week brings some charming needlework from Heather Burgess at Rag Button.
Heather’s work combines hand stitching with machine stitching, modern fabrics with vintage fabrics, and takes inspiration from buttons and miniature things in general. The products have a traditional feel with a contemporary twist and I particularly like[.....]

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The Aviary

The Aviary are a company who specialise in upcycling overlooked items into beautiful brooches, books, accessories and more. Recurring materials include sheet music, newspapers, maps and  (my particular favourite) illustrations from old children’s books. These products are truly beautiful so I’ll just let the images speak for themselves shall I?
Brooch boxes:

Pair of hand-bound journals:

1950’s sledge[.....]

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Colour Week Day 6: Indigo

Day 6: Indigo
It’s the penultimate day of Indie Quarter’s Colour Week which brings us nicely on to indigo.
Today we’re featuring these wonderfully classy wall papers for children (or perhaps childish adults) by Victoria Cramsie of Paperboy. These designs came to fruition after an unsuccessful search for wallpaper appropriate for her growing boys. The colours selected[.....]

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Easter Bunnies

2011 is the year of the rabbit so what better way to kick off Easter celebrations than with a small selection of our favourite handmade bunny themed accessories? The only problem now is which to choose. . .
1. Easter Bunny by Planet Penny available from Folksy.
www.folksy.com/items/1530441
2. Easter Bunny Card by Edamay available from[.....]

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Collective Paper Aesthetics

Collective Paper Aesthetics is a Rotterdam based design initiative. Master of advanced architecture, designer and journalist Noa Haim describes their work as a ‘civic game in design models’. It investigates the notion of architecture as a framework.
The initiative produces a number of toys, lamps and puzzles that can be purchased from the[.....]

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