A Child's View of Happiness

Happiness and sadness live right next door. 

Why not take happiness out to the zoo? But if you find sadness lock him in the loo? 

 Daryl Clarke 11

Happiness if my friend's hand

Gillian Queen, 10

It feels nise inside when you ar happey

Anna Whitley, 6

A classic!

A Child's View of Happiness, 

Edited by Richard & Helen Exley (1979)

I picked this up in Oxfam for a £1 when I was in Engand a couple of weeks ago.

Definitely worth it's weight in gold!

Oh, Zut!

Abel has stolen my heart... those eyes! You can't beat children's drawings can you?

Kids certainly have some great ideas for plush designs, as demonstrated by these three sketches, transformed into soft toys by French maker Zut! 

For kids by kids - another lovely address to add to this inspiring selection.

Catalogue Kids

 Just because this talented Russian family never ceases to inspire me

Monsoon à la Sonia, catalogue stories to make you smile

(click to enlarge)

Colour My Monday #9

Hey, Hey, Hey, it's Monday!

What better way to start the week than a big smile from Auguste's bright and cheerful butterfly


a colourful collage from Kerry's brand new shop


and a fabulous garland by Sophie Cuvelier?


Feelin' happy. I hope so!

à bientôt...

Every Picture Tells a Story #7

"Guard with Stick",
Collage depicting a puppet show made from red paper and scraps of an account book
Sonja Spitzova
(Feb 17, 1931- Oct 6th, 1944)

Sonja Spitzova scribbled her name in pencil on this piece of artwork in 1942. She was able to make this collage thanks to Friedl Dicker-Brandeis, an extraordinary artist and art-therapist who gave drawing lessons to hundreds of children in the "model" Terezin ghetto /concentration camp during the Second World War.
Before being transferred to Auschwitz, where she died, Friedl Dicker Brandeis managed to hide over 4,000 children's drawings in two suitcases which were discovered after the war.
550 of the 660 authors of the hidden drawings were killed in the Holocaust.
The drawings are now in the Jewish Museum in Prague's collection, with some on display in the Pinkas Synagogue in Prague.
You will find more of these children's drawings in this book.

via Le Divan Fumoir Bohémien