Love Debbie Powell...

I've blogged on Debbie Powell before, but I couldn't resist another post when I saw some of her new work over on Print and Pattern, its bloomin' gorgeous!!!

So... I headed over to her lovely website for another look at some of her work.

Below, Debbie's worked in collaboration with Lagom on some wrapping paper...

Below is some of her editorial work, this is for Guideposts 2011

Below, linocut map for the contents page of Rick Stein's Spain 2011

Below, holiday cards for Hello Lucky

Below, illustrations for issue 6 of Uppercase magazine 2010

Be sure to pop over to Debbie's website for more...

(see link above)

x x x

Feeling autumnal...

Well, after a couple of random hot days for October in the UK, 

I'm definitely starting to feel very autumnal... 

Its cold and windy outside and I'm transitioning from flip flop and flat pumps to boots! 

Thoughts of autumn have been aided by some beautiful imagery 

floating around blog land and over on pinterest, 

so I thought I'd post a few of my favourites to get you in the mood...

Just how beautiful do you need a colour palette to be for a new autumn collection, 

yum yum Rifle Paper co!

Gorgeous fall leaves

'Release the gentle spirit' - Lolley's etsy shop

Penelope illustration

'Sometimes truth is stranger than fiction'

Mary Gutfleisch - Flying the Moon

Zebedee's etsy shop

Oooohh cup of hot chocolate is needed I think...

happy weekend everyone

x x x

love mae...

I absolutely adore 'love mae'...

Sooooo beautiful and whimsical!

Looking at their website recently, they have some lovely new products so I thought I'd do a little post feature...

 

How gorgeous are these colours.

Lovely soft sugary pastels and the patchwork look birds, vintage floral, bunting, ooh yum!

( i feel a purchase coming on, I need those bowls in my life!)

Loving their melamine dinnerware

Stunning wrapping paper

'Sweet Nothings' home decals

Mini Up and Away fabric decals

Pantry labels!

(definitely need these, how cute!)

Be sure to have a look at their website here.

They also have a fab blog.

(all images from the love mae website, link above)

Happy shopping!

A gathering of loveliness...

We had a little day trip out to Stratford-upon-Avon recently (the boy, the fluffball and me!) and, apart from having a lovely time walking along the river and sitting in the park, eating fish and chips and ice cream (in that order, yum!), wondering around the farmers market and then having multiple photographs taken of Alfie (the fluffball) by lots of tourists, (bit weird but I suppose he's just THAT cute) we also had time to look round a few shops. 

There are some of the normal high street shops you'd expect to see but also some lovely small independent shops stocking some gorgeous things so I thought I'd do a little round up of some nice bits I fell in love with. (and of course, some purchases were made, it would have been rude not to...)


First up, a lovely little 'Aladdin's cave' of a shop called Aspire Style.

Full to the brim with gorgeous jewellery, bags, decorative home bits and bobs and general loveliness.
( I bought a lovely key necklace and a ring, can'r resist a bit of jewellery)

They had lots of products themed around 'haberdashery', with tape measures, buttons, sewing patterns and instructions and all in lovely faded colours.

(How cute is this owl?!)

Thought these were just gorgeous, love the mix of the delicate bird cages with a ditsy floral print and doilies. (loving doilies at the moment...)

Next up... Vinegar Hill.

I've visited one of these shops before, in Cheltenham, which was a little bigger than the one in Stratford, but still full of gorgeous home decorations with quite a big focus on a nautical theme at the moment. You can visit their website here.

There was a collection of homeware that really caught my eye by Pip Studio, yum!

And when I visited their website after seeing this gathering of loveliness in Vinegar Hill, I was not disappointed. Right from the home page, its just b.e.autiful!

ooh, gorgeous yes?

Definetley!

I also added to my collection of rosehip notebooks. I love all of the different patterns and thought this one was really nice.

See more on the website here.

x x x

Out and about on a Saturday...

Ooohh... it's nice to get out and about....

It's 'all engines go!' in the fabulous P&C studio at the moment, busy designing and creating for the Autumn/Winter 2012/13 collections, and I must say, it's all looking rather exciting!

So....due to much busy-ness of late, at both work and home, (new kitchen excitement!) I've not really had much chance to get out to have a nosey around the shops to see what niceness can entice me.

There are some lovely things going on with print and pattern, so I thought I'd post a few pics up on the blog.
I didn't get that much time to peruse the rails, but still came across a few nice bits.

I must say, H&M is really doing it for me at the moment, they have some stunning prints in their womenswear collections, and their ethnic look for trans is looking lovely too.

I know I should be trawling the sales for bargains now, but I'll be kinda glad when they've all finished. You can still see high summer, but there are snippets of trans peering through and as lovely as it's all looking, you can't really see the wood (gorgeous new stuff)  for the trees (boring, seen it all for months now stuff...)

Anyway, here a few bits and pieces, and if anyone gets chance to nip out for a bit of a shop this weekend...enjoy!

A few H&M prints; lots of texture, blurred techniques and soft mix and match tribal looks with a bit of delicate 'geo' paisley thrown in for good measure!

Love the sketchy botanical border print and the feather print scarf at the bottom, yum!

 These next three are from M&S, top and bottom from their kidswear collections and the middle one from a ladieswear scarf, thought they were all lovely, especially like the top one!

Aswell as making a few clothing purchases, (it's my birthday soon, so I'm allowed to treat myself) I also bought these lovely notebooks, (can't resist stationery!)  designed by rosehip cards, mmmmm.... love the colours. The larger notebook at the back is by liberty.

And I couldn't resist the cute woodland notebook from accessorize! It's the bird/owl thing again...

(Think there'll be a whole separate blog post for the loveliness going on in there at the moment, some lovely scarf prints and stationery, mmm mmm mmm...)

All in all, a good day, and pleased with my purchases!

Enjoy the rest of the weekend x x x

Etsy love... The Fox and the Hare

Thought I'd do a little 'round up' post of a few Etsy shops I'm loving at the moment, (feeling the love for fox and rabbit related imagery, clearly!?) see what you think...gorgeous!

First up...

Fantastic Mr. Fox cushion by Kush Kush

(I think I actually love him!)

Bear and the Fox limited edition by Ashley Percival

Stewart Sunshine - The Woodland Fox by Sleepy King

Alice in Wonderland's Rabbit on a Bike - Dark cycle clothing shop

White Rabbit - Where's Alice Wallpaper background print by Corella Design

(love the sketchy floral background used here, beautiful!)

Make a Rabbit by Karolin Schnoor

If you want to see more of my etsy favourites, pop on over to Pinterest where I've got a little pinboard dedicated to all things lovely over on etsy!

Enjoy!

x x x