The Street Where I Live

I love little houses,they're always popping up on Kickcan & Conkers.

If you follow me on Twitter you will remember me tweeting about this wonderful group of ladies who spent twenty three years knitting a replica of their village in Kent. Twenty three years to knit over sixty properties complete with hedges, wheely bins, cars and village cricket green. I am more than impressed, brilliant I say! Thank You Grace and Judy for the link.

In another part of the world Chloé Fleury has crafted her favourite neighbourhoods in San Francisco out of paper. On show recently at The Curiosity Shoppe, Chloé's colourful poster installation looks uplifting and fun. Any of her streets would look great in a kid's room so why not rummage around for some old small cardboard boxes  and have a go at making something similar with your own children? The street where I live - a super craft project for your kids this Summer!

Happy Town Menagerie

I love wooden dolls and I never miss an opportunity to show beauties like these on my blog or tumblr.

Lorena Siminovich, of Petit Collage fame, created these bright and cheery hand-turned dolls especially for The Curiosity Shoppe, where they are currently on show until December 12th. I'd love to be able to see them on display together.

Lorena's Happy Town Menagerie dolls and prints are for sale and certainly made me smile on this cold and grey Winter's morning.

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Little Pink Houses

I love Lisa Congdon's art. I love her sense of colour and composition. I think that what I find the most inspiring about her work is that she is a self-taught multimedia artist and illustrator. I also like collections of things and so does Lisa. No wonder then that I have fallen in love with her work for the Little Pink Houses show at the Curiosity Shoppe, conceived in collaboration with another great San Francisco-based artist and friend Mati McDonough. The show runs until 31 September.

* Link to Lisa's installation found via Poppytalk.