Sharing my favourite Indie finds fwith Piccadilly Lane

Hello all, I'm  delighted to say that I've been featured on the Piccadilly Lane blog today sharing my favourite Indie finds! Do take a look :)

http://www.piccadillylane.com/blog/indie-picks-the-little-brown-rabbit/

Virginia Wolf

I just had to share this beautiful book with you today.

Virginia Wolf

Written by Kyo Maclear

Illustrated by Isabelle Arsenault

"A story of two sis­ters, one blue, the other radi­ant, both brim­ming with imagination." 

The book is loosely based on the relationship between Virginia Woolf and her sister (the painter) Vanessa Bell. One day Virginia wakes up in a "wolfish" mood and her sister Vanessa does everything she can to make her sister happy again.

I have to say I let out a little squeal of delight when I opened up this book. The story is so touching & the illustrations are just beautiful. I will treasure this book.

Thank you to Emily for sharing such a wonderful find!

Pulse 2011

I went to the trade fair Pulse in London not so long ago and I thought I would show you my favourite stands there. It was an inspiring day and full of very talented small business owners. Enjoy!

Freya Art

Mary Kilvert

Buddug

RJB Stone LTD

Ruby Ruth Dolls

Pearl & Black's Sharon Blackman 

I spy with my little eye.....

Gorgeous vintage ornaments, spied at Evie's great, great Aunt's house!

I spy with my little eye...

Out and about and looking for all things inspiring I found...

A fabulous wine label...

a pretty birdcage design...

The Bloomsbury Canvas Collection by Sanderson. This design is called Still Life.

Vintage Finds

Ah...Be still my heart :) Here are a couple of treasures I found recently on one of my trips to various charity shops.

From what I can gather the cup was made by Gladstone China & dates from 1924-1940. Its hand painted beautifully. The plate (also hand painted) is going to take me a bit longer to research as its Czechoslovakian. Will keep you posted!

The Big Egg Hunt!

I popped into London at the weekend to meet friends and hunt for inspiration and Anna & I managed to spot some of the beautiful Faberge eggs that have been hidden all around London for Easter 2o12. If you want to have a go you can find out more here :)

I spy with my little eye........

Bobble the little cat

Bobble is made from an old woolly hat. He always wants to help, but because he has cloth ears, sometimes he doesn't quite get it right!

Isn't he gorgeous! I'm thinking he should perhaps be mine after all & not Evie's! Bad Mummy!

Photo was taken using my Instagram App

I spy with my little eye........

The most beautiful bags & purses from Fossil. These made my heart flutter when they caught my eye!

I spy with my little eye........

This beautiful packaging from Marks & Spencers

Top Drawer Spring

I've had such a busy week that I've only managed to find time to write a blog post today! I've been manic with work, revising for a web programming exam and on Monday I had a busy but lovely day in London which included a visit to Top Drawer. Top Drawer is a trade fair that happens twice yearly and I LOVE going as I can catch up on the latest trends. It's full of small successful creative businesses which is so encouraging to see and I always leave inspired :)

I thought I would show you a few of my favourite stands:

These designs were created by Sarah Nelson of Goose Chase Design. Sarah lives in Falmouth in England and is inspired by English homes, gardens, past times and traditions. I thought her work was so lovely and charming- I know I will be ordering a few things myself very soon!

These delightful little items are from a small company called Naive who specialize in textile art. Mother and daughter Becks and Susan Jennings have created a textile art collection of jewellery boxes and jewellery pincushions. I thought these were simply gorgeous! It looked as if they were having a very successful show as their stand was really busy.

I loved the handmade bags and purses made by Hope & Benson. Angela Hope and Daniel Benson make unique bags, purses and brooches using the finest British and Irish wools- I wanted to buy them all! :) 

Last (but not least!) were these gorgeous cards by Atelier which were being sold through Art Angels a Norfolk based publisher of Greetings Cards, Gift Wrap and Gift Stationery. Image two and four were painted by the artist Debbie George who lives in West Yorkshire. Image one and three are by Elaine Pamphilon who lives in Cornwall. I am so drawn to both these artists work- I don't know whether it's the colours, the styles or the perspectives that I love (probably all three put together!) but aren't they just the most delightful, beautiful, paintings!