Pretty Papillon

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Papillon
Dessine
Des croquis
Réfléchit
Sur sa vie
Ses envies
Ses soucis

Papillon
Doute
Aussi
Un peu trop
A mon avis
Mais non !
Mais si !
Vas-y
Papillon !
Envole-toi
Papillon !

C'est joli
Papillon
Vraiment
Papillon

MERCI !

Une petite perle ce papillon-là !

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One of my favourite French blogs,
Beautiful poems and minimalist drawings
Papillon-Papillonnage

Book Corner - Night Becomes Day

I don't know what the weather's like where you are but the temperature's dropped quite dramatically in the South of France. It looks like we are in for a week of rain too, so I thought I'd show you a few illustrations from one of my favourite children's books, Night Becomes Day.

That's better!

Night Becomes Day

Summary: The progress of time is illustrated by a sequence of objects and themes, including stream/river/ocean and street/highway/bridge.

Written and illustrated by Richard McGuire, 1994

(from my own collection)

Copyright: Richard McGuire, 1994

Pilgrim's Prints

Good Morning Monday!

How about one of Pilgrim's bright prints from Melbourne to start the week?

I love this Scandinavian folk art-inspired design, don't you?

Hop on over to this graphic artist's shop and lovely, colourful blog for more uplifting finds.

Thanks Pip for the intro!

Five Faves #7

Children's Artwork Collage*
A fabulous idea!
Simply Create

Hope you're all enjoying the Bank Holiday weekend!

Time for my Fives Faves!

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1) Favourite Upcycled find
Mr Stag- plush wall hanging made from 60/70s bedlinen
A Wooden Tree**

2) Favourite Stationery
Sewn hemp fabric
Can't wait to see how Heather will develop this idea



3) Favourite Paper Engineering / Animation / Optical toys
Everything from Sarabandepress***
Love this Pop-up Gas Station!

Check out Ilisha Helfman's site here and Sarabande's here
You must look at their ole million face page!


4) Favourite dolls
I love each and everyone of them Jenni!





5) Favourite patterns
by kids
for kids

Wonderland - Coordonnée's Kid's Collection


Enjoy!

* via Ohdeedoh
**via we3
*** via Uponafold

Granny Shop

C'est nouveau !
C'est beau !
C'est Granny !
On attendait tous avec impatience
Et voilà!
Allez dire coucou...

French blogger "Coucou C'est Granny" has just opened her long-awaited shop.
Everything's handmade with love.
Go visit Granny
Her products are in the "series" section on the right.

Maeve Magazine

Maeve, a new quarterly online magazine, is out today.

MAEVE appreciates that you are all grown up, that you are intelligent and street smart. That you are raising kids and creating a new generation. You have a desire for knowledge and a thirst for real life content. You want inspiration. You want to know what other people are doing and how they are doing it. How they are parenting. How they are achieving. How they are loving. How they are living. We all do it – its human nature.

You can download it here

Thanks Allison!

Every Picture Tells a Story #6

My little Dylan turned fourteen yesterday
Je t'aime mon grand
mon petit artiste
mon petit poète!