Love this colourful pair of giraffes by Crowing hens and whistling women (fun name too!).
Tuesday, 11 August 2009
Vintage mix
Catherine Hammerton does it with wallpaper
HensTeeth does it with boxes and cards
Lobster and Swann do it with cards and bunting
Don't you just love mixed media collage?
HensTeeth does it with boxes and cards
Lobster and Swann do it with cards and bunting
Don't you just love mixed media collage?
Feeling giddy
I can't wait until Saturday, it's my birthday on the 16th and we're going away for one week to one of my favourite places on earth. Believe me, I'm not exaggerating, this cabanon in the Luberon is everything I love - old, made out of stone, polished cement floors, distressed second-hand furniture, gorgeous pool and the views, well as you can see, quite spectacular. Readers of Cote Sud and Marie Claire in France will probably recognise the house. We've already stayed a couple of times here and in the lovely owners' other amazing bastide. Just had to share!!!
Hollie and hens
Savannah likes hens. We moved out to the country last summer and are very lucky to have a big garden. Now that the olive trees are a little bit more manageable and the veggie patch is yielding a steady supply of organic produce chickens are on the agenda (sounds like a remake of The Good Life...). Although the idea of fresh free-range eggs sounds tempting, I can't say I'm over-enthusiastic about cleaning coops, and then there's the issue of rodents...
Vintage chicken coops can look good in the home, as I recently discovered in a fabulous children's shop in Belgium called Lilli Mandarine.
Sundance, in the States, sell a whole range of stackable chicken coops, ideal for storage in children's bedrooms.
British designer and craftswoman Hollie Wright is also smitten with chickens. Hollie grew up in rural Oxfordshire and chickens played a central part in her daily life. Her art is influenced by allotments and the small holding lifestyle. Using reclaimed wood and fittings, Hollie creates quirky chicken-coop pieces, ranging from single wire chicken sculptures to functional and beautiful egg boxes and wall cupboards.
Hollie's work is available in several galleries in the UK, including The Gallery at Bevere.
Monday, 10 August 2009
Recipe for success
Take
5 cups of talent, creativity and imagination
4 pounds of colour, patterns and thread
3 heaped tablespoons of hardwork, energy and zest
2 ounces of great vintage taste and an innate sense of style
1 pinch of fun, and an enormous love of life.
Mix it all up, and what do you get?
One of the most exciting, inspiring and gifted contemporary artists: Jane Foster.
Thank you Jane for brightening up my life every single day.
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