Little Miso

I was looking on Just B the other day when I came across a post about Janice Law. I was very happy to have found it (thank you very much Just B!) because when I did, I discovered the wonderfulness of Little Miso. I fell in love with all the jewellery Janice makes, particularly the 'Peepos'. I'm going to have to get one as a ring, they are so so cute.
Make sure you check out her Etsy!

Paola Zakimi

Cute prints and paintings by Paola. I love the last one for some reason, I think it's the little details in her hair.

Some fantastic foxes

How cute are these fox pillows by Elsie? I found them over at What Anna Loves, and now I'm inspired to make some cushions, pillows, whatever, of my own. I'm just not sure where to begin. Instead today I went hunting for white tights (unsuccesfully) then came home and read. I'm in a very lazy mood, I'm very grateful for the three day weekend, I will be needing it for homework!

What are you all up to this weekend? :)

How to make bunting

The other day, my friend and I decided to make bunting for our rooms. After a bit of googling, we proceeded to follow the instructions that were on someone's website, but since they weren't really working out for us, we decided to just see how we went by ourselves. And this is how we did it, pretty simple really..

You will need:

Material - You can have as many or as little different types as you want. It depends if you want to follow a pattern (e.g. blue, green, yellow, pink, blue, green, yellow, pink..) or if you want to have a different type for each triange.
Ribbon or twill tape (I used two metres and it fit 15 triangles, also make sure it's thick as it just makes it easier).
Cardboard (template).
Scissors
Pins
A pen
And finally you will need a sewing machine.

Step One: Make a triangle template using cardboard. It can be as big or as small as you want.


Step Two: Place your template onto your material and trace around it. Now you can cut it out. Repeat this on all the different materials you're using.



Step Three: Fold the twill tape/ribbon in half and iron along it so it stays like that.


Step Four: Lay out the tape/ribbon and arrange the triangles to your liking. Make sure they're nice and secure between the fold of the tape/ribbon, and then pin them into place.


Step Five: Sew along the bottom of the twill tape/ribbon, close to where it meets the triangles. You can tuck in the ends of the tape/ribbon to make it more neat.


Step Six: Now that it's all sewn, you can iron it, just to get rid of all the creases and other little annoying bits.

And you're done! :).

Kate Wilson

Ok, so I'm back. Sorry about the lack of posts for the past two weeks. I've pretty much not been anywhere near the blog world for that time, so I have a fair bit of catching up to do! There's just been...a lot of things that have happened in the past two weeks that have distracted me, but I think I'll be back to more consistent blogging from now on :).

Anyhow, Kate Wilson is one of the artists I've liked for a while now. All her illustrations are very cute and fun.

Whether it be the clasp of a quirky handbag being sported by a fashionista on the streets to the perfect cupcake in a patisserie window, the little details that often pass people by play the biggest influence on Kate's work.






Have a look at more of her work here.

I have dreams of orca whales and owls

Today I finished a holiday project of mine...four weeks after the holidays. Still, it's done!




I found the doily in the cupboard, remembered a blog post I did a while ago, and I just had to do it :).

I have dreams of orca whales and owls
But I wake up in fear

Hotel Song - Regina Spektor

Pretty little things

Amy is a freelance designer/illustrator living in Melbourne. Her work is all very pretty.






Go have a looksee:
Folio
Shop
Blog

P.S. I'm going to make a stop motion video I think...once the camera's fixed!

Treehouse Point

TreeHouse Point is an intimate alternative for individuals and groups who seek comfort and style in friendly and natural surroundings. All accommodations are well designed and artfully decorated, with touches like handmade beds, original art and charming vintage furnishings.





I've been meaning to post about this for a while, I've always loved treehouses. When I was younger my friend had an enormous treehouse with three levels and I was absolutely fascinated by it. The idea of treehouses as accomodation is great.Everything about it looks perfect. People describe it as that, along with magical, remarkable and beautiful. I definitely agree from what I've seen!
Go here for more info.

P.S. Sorry for the lack of posts. I am/have been at my Nan and Pop's house with cousins etc :).

Market Finds - Lally

While we were on holidays, we went to markets along the beach. I was pretty happy with my purchases.


Simple little things - a pet rock, hair pins and a ring.

My favourite was the ring, hands down. It's actually made out of a key from a broken typewriter. I found it at a store filled with wonderful jewellery, all made out of recycled materials. But not the junky stuff. Instead everything was made from spoons, knives, forks, scrabble pieces, antique buttons. I fell in love with pretty much everything in that shop. As I left the guy handed me a card, it said Lally : Jewellery Redefined. Perfect slogan, don't you think?

They describe what they do as making beautiful jewellery from antique and vintage items, I think you should definitely head over to their website and check it out.

Bumblebee

I saw this on a Hurley oversized tee today, except the black was blue. I'm in love. It's gorgeous. But I have no money!
Pretty please Santa...?

Collage

Source.

The Unicorn Diaries

Soooo pretty.












All from The Unicorn Diaries.

Kareena Zerefos

I can't think of any way to describe Kareena's work better than what is says in her biography.

Unique and refreshing in its simplicity, her work often captures young children in moments of endearing expression as they discover their imaginary worlds. Mysterious giants and fragile creatures populate these shadowy worlds; like the curious owl, who simply says ‘hello’, or the deer alone in the silent woods.

The first image is my favourite!

Strange strange strange

I'm home, on a Friday afternoon. It feels very strange. You see, I've been doing drama every single Friday all year. Lately I've been doing it at least three times a week, in preparation for the massive anniversary/end of year concert, which was on Wednesday night. Everyone in my group started to feel like family, I saw them so much! The concert was so much fun. But now it's over, there are of course no more practices. I feel funny. But I'm seeing all the drama kids next week for dinner, so I am looking forward to that!

Lately I've been in love with the whole embroidered doilies thing. I think I might attempt one myself. It's the perfect way to display your favourite quotes I think :).

Image from here.

Mieke Willems

Mieke Willems is a shop in Belgium owned by Veronik Willems and Mieke Verbijlen. Although I doubt any of you will be in Belgium and able to go check out their shop, they do have a lovely little webshop where you can buy all sorts of things from pillows to a balloon powered boat! You can also have a look-see at their blog.

Layout

So I finally have a decent layout that I actually like, it took me a while to find a template that I liked, and I couldn't really work out all the blogger codes. I used to be really into websites so I know the whole CSS and FTP, but it's not as much like that on here.

I was looking through my favourites today and I came across Ben Zen. He draws lots of quirky, intriguing characters, and usually posts a story along with each illustration, I love reading about the little characters he's created. Anyway, head on over to his blog sometime soon! You will easily get lost in all the wonderful drawings.