Love Life

I was trawling through Flickr the other day, which I haven't done for ages, I've been so busy and what a treat when I came across these gorgeous hand-stitched pillows from Three Red Apples who has an etsy shop and is based in Devon, UK. The perfect place to lay a weary head!

Craftyfolk

Lovely wooden brooches and magnets with hand-painted illustrations by Craftyfolk.

Abby Glasenberg

I came across Abby Glasenberg this evening on Flickr.  Abby creates all kinds of fantastic bird sculptures from fabric scraps from peahens to ibises.  She also creates mixed media pieces and regularly exhibits all over America.  

Finally...

I made some new things and actually got round to putting them in my Etsy store today!  Not sure if you can tell, but I got a thing for birdies and also, it appears, a thing for appalling photography - sorry about the image quality - photography is not a strength of mine!  More images on my flickr. page.

WIll Laren

I love these illustrations by Will Laren, they always make me laugh and he regularly updates his Flickr page with new illustrations which often have me howling with laughter - OK, maybe not howling, but chuckling away! I think they'd make great cards or prints but i don't think he sells them if he did I might have a whole wall covered in them!

Heather Dewick

We had a stall at the Craft Candy Spring Fling Fair in Sheffield this weekend and it was great fun, we met lots of lovely talented people and it was busy all day long, despite the bad weather!  I'm planning to showcase some of the maker's work I saw on Saturday, so here is the first one - Heather Dewick, a bookbinder and restorer based in Sheffield who makes these fantastic books using vintage tea towel material and handmade fabrics as covers.

DarlingDillyDilly

Darlingdillydilly caught my eye recently when I was lurking about on Flickr.  Her work is mainly in gift tags but it was these lovely items which caught my eye! Im a bit of a sucker for a birdie or two and these little fellas are just lovely!

Vintagetown

I love a good cuppa and what better way to keep my teapot nice and warm with these lovely colorful cozies from Vintagetown.  Vintagetown also creates lovely paper sculptures and is bringing out a book showcasing her lovely work this Spring.

Mimi Love Forever

Budge03 

Originally uploaded by mimilove forever

I found these lovely cheery,watercolor and embellished budgies on Flickr a while back and when I checked out Mimi Love Forever's flickr page it was a feast of color. She creates wonderful watercolour images of birds and animals and embellishes them with bright beads, buttons etc sometimes on fabric and sometimes on canvas. check out more of her work here.

Froken Skicklig

Originally uploaded by Fröken Skicklig

What a cute little creation by Froken Skicklig who makes a cute range of dolls and hot water bottle covers. I love this, perfect to snuggle up to whilst you are watching an episode of Midsomer Murders - or perhaps that just me! Check out Froken Skicklig's work on Flickr or on her blog.

Summerville

Lucie Summers is a British designer based in Suffolk who I noticed a while back on Flickr but whose work has also featured on other well-known blogs which I have looked at recently including Bloesem (a lovely design blog full of inspiration written by Irene Hoofs) and PrintPattern - (a fantastic blog dedicated to print and pattern).  Lucie Summers has been designing some lovely colorful handprinted textiles for a while now and has a successful Etsy shop which goes by the name of Summersville and she has more recently used her gorgeous textiles in bookcovering and the results are just beautiful. You can see her work here and buy her lovely work here.

Hollow Bear

I found this wonderful ceramic creation on flickr this evening made by Krukan.