The Colours

Hey, It's Monday!

Nothing like a bit - or a lot - of colour to kick off the week.

I have a feeling these wonderful handcrafted colour men by South African designer Renée Roussouw will make you smile. Bright and cheerful, painted with eco non-toxic paint & matte vanish, these little chaps are the perfect size for little hands to clutch, and would definitely add a quirky touch to any room.

You can read more about Renée's wooden figurine project here and even watch a fun video she made to promote her collection.

via pinterest

Today

Rain Day, Hannah Waldron, artist's book published by Duke Press

Today it's raining, heavily

and I'm loving Hannah Waldron's screenprints

London Tower Blocks - Hannah Waldron

I'm bracing myself for a trip to the city, Montpellier will be heaving

 1960's Playskool Wooden Village

and I still have a lot of Christmas Shopping to do.

Beautiful Winter postcard and poster proposal by Trui Chielens

 A ce soir mes amis...

Zoolifant and More

  
The lovely, oh-so-talented,  kind-hearted Guusje is offering free worldwide shipping on all her prints until Christmas Eve.  It would be a shame to miss out on that...

Going Loopy

 Okay, here we again on Monday morning, wondering why an earth time goes by so fast... Madness!

Did you have a great weekend? We shopped, went to the theatre, took our first batch of olives to the olive mill, did a lot of homework and ate chocolate.

It's going to be a busy, cold and damp week by the looks of things so I thought we'd kick off with some fun handmade knitwear from US fashion designer Annie Lee Larson. Nothing like a bit of colour to put a spring in your step on a cold frosty morning!

If you don't have to venture out into the snow or sleet or rain... today, why not sit down with a cuppa and watch this lovely short "knitted" animation The Little Red Plane from Charlotte Blacker. We love the knitted planets and the giant octopus!

Happy Monday and A Big Welcome to my new followers!

Made WIth Marimekko

 The ladies behind JuJu have made a series of Marimekko videos. This is their first. Why not create your own Marimekko cards this Christmas?

 Have fun!

Mieke Willems

 They're back for Christmas!
Ho! ho! ho!

Shop Watch: Little Byrd Vintage

I love this little shop.

Beautiful objects and beautiful photography

Little Byrd Vintage

Making a personal statement

Christmas card sent by Surrealist artist and poet Kay Sage to Eleanor Howland Bunce (1959).

Every wonder what kind of Christmas cards artists send to their family and friends? Well, the Smithsonian-Reynolds Center for American Art and Portraiture is currently showing over 100 personal holiday cards made by artists.
If you can't make it to this interesting exhibition you can browse their online image gallery, including beautiful work by Alexander Calder, Frederick Hammersley and Noche Christ, to name but a few.

Alexander Calder borrowed imagery from his Cirque Calder, a wire-sculpture circus, to create this playful card in 1930.

Frederick Hammersley used his keen sense of colour and precisionist style to create this screen-printed Christmas card design. No date.

Noche Crist, an artist who lived in Washington, D.C., sent this screen-printed image of the C&O Canal in Washington’s Georgetown neighborhood to fellow D.C.-based artist Prentiss Taylor in 1962.

Found via Covenger + Kester.