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lately i am loving Lizzy Stewart's london diary....brilliant

i can totally relate!

Lizzy is a fine illustrator based in London - check out her work here.  she also sells via etsy - i am naturally rather fond of foxy....

sly fox

mr foxy on Portobello Road

so happy that the new fence in my garden hasn't deterred the fox cubs....a bold little fellow came right up to my living room window the other night - but sadly i didn't have time to snap a photo.  i haven't managed to get a shot of any of my garden visitors any lately (apart from the colourful one above - spotted at Portobello Market under the Westway).  i managed to get my hands on a copy of An Illustrated Guide to Cocktails by Orr Shtuhl and Elizabeth Graeber - with this gorgeous sly fox on the front cover.

you sophisticated fox!

a great little boo - not only does it give you some beautifully illustrated classic cocktail recipes but also the stories behind their names (& i don't know if it was deliberate but the book actually SMELLS lemony!) - it will certainly come in handy on my new brekkie/alkie bar.

the blake wright

heh heh...i quite like the rudeness of american illustrator blake wright even tho his work reminds me very much of  our own david shrigley.

 

red

beautiful redheads by peggy wolf...i've always wanted red hair...gorgeous

james brown prints

 

 

the fab flicker club have just sent round a christmas email to highlight illustrator & printmaker james brown's brilliant prints for sale.  james has made brilliant flickbooks for the flicker club's movie shows before and these are also great.  wish i'd known about them a bit earlier - but i will def keep them in mind for future pressies.

bottoms up!

awww....so cute...love the new illustrations from kate wilson's little doodles

up, up and away...into the blue

wouldn't this make a lovely tattoo....from here spotted via my new fave blog krisatomic mind you so would this horsey from melinda josie (via the same post).

atomic

 

love these illustrations from Blondie fan kris atomic from Brighton (spotted via a beautiful mess)....aren't they fab.  kris has a blog here and shop here.  love her plates as well - which i had seen before but did not know they were hers...

 

oh my!

 

 

 

i just love these limited edition prints and brooches from Oh My Cavalier! spotted via design is mine.  love love lovely...think i must have the pink brooch with the robin - how cute!

TODAY I SAW....

before i went on my travels (to the Cotswolds, Glasgow, France, Belgium...phew!) i forgot to mention that i had received one of Jill Wignall's lovely TODAY I SAW postcards!  isn't it just the cutest.  i am curious to find out where the shell house was that she visited....am even wondering if it was the Shell Grotto in Margate as i had a similar experience when i visited earlier in the year...it was closed! hmmm...i suspect it was somewhere in London tho as she is a local girl...must be something about shell houses!  nevertheless...i love the postcard...love the concept...and even entered into the spirit earlier in the year with my own.

little lovies

some great new illustrations from the wonderful kate wilson....i LOVE THEM SO MUCH!

ABC...i want theeeee

great XYZ blocks from Fred & Friends ...will illustrations by christian northeast.... brilliant (spotted via little doodles)

pattern love

i've written about kirra jamison's wonderful work  here and thanks to brilliant design files i am once again reminded how beautiful...they just make me think they would make lovely tattoos....i've got the perfect spot on my right shoulder....

don't panic

loving this poster by dean zappy

bear necessities

brillliant! by kris atomic via mishy lane

trellicketching

from here and from this photo

exquisite knick knacks

love these prints and tags and knick knacks from damn french desserts

stuff noone told me

brilliant illustrations here seen via mishy lane

HOW...gorgeous!

.....beautiful print from Charmaine Olivia's etsy store...

grumpy love

from MH Jeeves available here spotted via oh joy