This is a bit of a departure from my usual blogging of jewellery and homewares etc, but when i came across these pictures of wonderfully ornate very old wooden houses in Siberia on Materialicious I had to share them with you. I love architecture, especially old houses and wooden chalets and these are some really fine specimens, the wooden carving detail is just amazing! Apparently you can buy one of these old houses for about $200! You can see many more pictures on the Englishrussia site and the photographer's studio who took these wonderful shots is Vladstudio.
I was doing my daily trawl on Etsy recently and found UK designer, Joanna Rutter's , pretty jewellery collection, I just love the simplicity of these lovely nature inspired jewels and just had to share them with you.
Ive been full of festive spirit over the last weeks and made some decoration to our abode to jolly the place up. Excuse the photos - I don't know if its me or the camera but I don't seem to be able to take even remotely decent pics at the moment. Anyway you can get the gist of the handmadeness! Im quite proud of the tree and wreath - the stockings are a bit square-toed, but they will still fit a bar of choc and a satsuma in them!
Some beautiful felted wooly goodies from Heartfelt Baby, made from different pieces of various wool jumpers in each item -perfect for this freezing cold weather.
I went to the Christmas Cracker exhibition today in the Millenium Galleries in Sheffield, they had some wonderful designers featured in the exhibition, one of which was Hannah Lamb. I love her work, especially the jar pincushions.
Bettyjoy will be posting again soon, sorry for the lack of posts the last few days - I'll be back shortly with pics of my handmade christmas credit crunch decorations! Check back soon x (Pic from Alaska In Pictures)
If you are looking for Christmas pressies this year then have a ganders at the wonderful creations from TasKa (if i'm plugging places to buy christmas gift then I must also mention Bettyjoy, of course) - She has some fabulous paper bird shades and wonderful colorful fabric too. Lovely styling in the pics too.
As I mentioned in a previous post I am refusing to my usual bah humbug self this Christmas and am currently looking for great ways to decorate our home - I found these lovely handmade baubles made in France by Maka Le Wakan whose work is available on Etsy.
When I was in San Francisco this Autumn I bought one of the lovely Paumes books - Atelier Des Filles 2, which showcases the work and workplaces of French female designers, craftspeople and artists. I haven't been able to put the book down since - it has so many wonderful pictures and creations. One of the designers featured in the book was Les Petites Emplettes, whose work you can see above. I love the neutral colors and simplicity of her style - using the traditional print blocks to create a very contemporary design and certainly not out of place in international design magazines - which is probably why she has been featured in many! Go check her wonderful work.
