Poppy Treffry

I have fallen in love with these creations from Cornwall based designer Poppy Treffry, she has a Christmas collection available online right now & also some everyday things for you and your home.

Progressive Greetings

You can imagine how excited I was today when I received my copy of 'Progressive Greetings' (a trade magazine for the greetings card industry), to find a lovely feature on me and my work.

Here it is, sorry about the dodgy scan!

Have a great weekend everyone!

Emily Brown Design

Cornwall based Emily has a gorgeous website featuring her hand crotcheted & knitted pieces.

Winter woolies

Whilst looking at the snuggly blankets & throws from Atlantic I also came across Brora which sells the most exquisite Scottish Cashmere clothing & accessories. Whilst they are out of my price range as a struggling artist, it gives me something to aspire to, a few more licenses sold & you never know!

Here are a few photos from their website, if you are looking for something extra special, you know where to look!

Atlantic Blanket Co

Whilst searching for beautiful things for my new house, I came across the Atlantic Blanket Co. website. They have some gorgeous throws, blankets and even jewellery. Here is a taster of what you can find on their site

Hub

I am very excited here at the moment as I am in the process of buying a house with my boyfriend Paul. We have decided to move to Guildford, as I went to Uni in Surrey & so still have some good friends down there and also Paul works in Bracknell and so he will be nearer to work.

We are buying a brand new property and so it won't be until next summer that we move in, but we have already started looking for lovely things to decorate our new abode.

Whilst searching, I came across this great website which I thought you guys might like too. Check out Hub where you can find all sorts of interior products. Camilla also regularly updates her Facebook page with news, events & new product, you can link to her page here

Here is a sample of what you can expect to find on Hubs website.

Handmade Trading Post

Calling all craft sellers, I thought this might be of interest to some of you - Claire of Miso Funky has set up The Handmade Trading Post to allow the crafty community to swap goods instead this Christmas time, please see what she has to say below:

It’s a busy time of year for crafters and designers. We’re in the first throes of Christmas orders and it’s only going to get more busy from here on in.

We spend a lot of time and effort on making sure the general public have delightful handmade and innovatively designed gifts to give each festive season – in fact, most of us do little else but organise other people’s gifts for the final two months of each year!

But what about our own friends, families and loved ones? They deserve good gifts too. And us being designers and makers, we often want to continue that theme into the gifts we give, to support our fellow indie designers and encourage others to give handmade.

We have a great indie craft community here in the UK and I’m sure I’m not alone in admiring fellow designers’ work and thinking, I must put that on my list for Christmas.

This got me thinking that to continue to foster the great community links we have,  that swapping our wares or giving a fellow-designer discount at this time of year would be a grand idea.

So, if you’re interested in trading some of your items for a fellow designer’s, then the Handmade Trading Post is the place to register yourself. We’ll post up your web address, contact details and details of specific items you want to trade or are looking for. Other designers can then get in touch to hook up your swap – simple, eh?

The Handmade Trading Post is only for UK indie designers and makers – our exclusive little swap shop within our community. You can, of course, also purchase directly from the designers and makers listed.

Sarah Malone Ceramics

Manchester based Ceramics designer has some amazing wares available on her website. You can also find her at 'Gifted 2010' starting 13th November.

Here is a snippet of some of her work:

Tigerprint

I have entered the latest Tigerprint Christmas Competition with this card design which can then be made into surface pattern using icons & text within it. There are so many lovely entries, so I'm not holding out much hope, but as my best friend Tina says "You've gotta be in it to win it"

Wish me luck!

Bow Boutique

I just found this lovely website that I though you all may like too: bow-boutique.co.uk they have some gorgeous home accessories and gifts for all ages, I recommend you take a look if you are starting shopping for Christmas!

Have a good day all!

A x

Maggie Williams

I recently came across these yummy creations by Maggie Williams - Glassmaker. Maggie is based in South Cornwall and you can see more of her work at www.maggiewilliamsglass.co.uk

*SMILE*

Hi guys, I have come back from my holiday in Portugal all refreshed and very excited to find that I now have over 50 followers! It's amazing that so many of you choose to follow my findings and I really appreciate your comments.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH!

A x

Yay!

Hi Guys

I won't be around for a week, I am off on holiday *GRIN* I can't wait, I have been a busy bee for about a month now and a rest is in order.

Love Buttons

Staying on the subject of buttons, how about these cute little ceramic flower & birdie buttons from Love Buttons on Misi. As well as these, Julia has plenty of others to take your fancy. Go check out her store!

Cillabub

I have always loved buttons and whenever I do a mood/concept board buttons always feature somewhere. Whilst searching for unusual button uses I found this cute little bracelet from Cilla on Misi

Love Hearts

Love heart sweets always remind me of my childhood - a long time ago now! and they are still popular today. I came across these adorable buttons and beads on Folksy at the shop Lilley's. You can also find their creator Vicki at the following links:


Blog...
http://lilley.typepad.com

Shop online....
http://www.lilley.etsy.com
http://www.lilley.folksy.com
 

Follow her on Twitter...

http://twitter.com/VickiBrown

Leigh-Anne McCague

Following on from the previous post I came across these gorgeous wedding accessories from Leigh-Anne McCague. I used to design and make wedding stationery and was lucky enough to have my work featured in many of the big national wedding magazines, even though I am not married myself, I was always surrounded by wedding magazines and visited lots of wedding fairs. It's obvious to me that Leigh-Anne loves what she does and that is portrayed through her beautiful website.

Liberty in Love

If any of you out there are engaged and looking for beautiful wedding accessories then I urge you to look at Liberty in Love an online bridal style boutique full of everything a bride could dream of. I particularly love this Garter from Florrie Mitton

incy wincy stitches

Sam at Incy Winsy Stitches makes these darling fabric buttons, you can find them at her Misi store here

Boy stuff

My blog is usually very girly and pretty pretty, so I thought I'd bring you some boy stuff today. I found these lovely cushions on Folksy by Pickles Accessories. They are just £15.00 each + P&P.

Woolly Duck

Angela at Woolly Duck makes these amazing food inspired goodies from wool. Aren't they amazing! You can find her shop here.

Charlotte Macey

I grew up in The Cotswolds from aged 12 - 16, I lived on a farm in the middle of nowhere, which when you are a teenager, isn't much fun, but I look back now and remember how peaceful and picturesque it was, I was a very lucky girl.

Designer Charlotte Macey also lives and works in The Cotswolds and I have just fallen in love with her work. She uses lovely natural fabrics, linens & cottons. She has just launched her Christmas range and you can find her Christmas shop here.

Here is some of her work.