Mr Benn Stationery

I don't often post about things I've done in my job as a Graphic designer here, but I'm particularly pleased with these Mr Benn Notebooks and journals that I helped to design. You can see more lovely stationery on the Museums and Galleries (where I work) Website.

Each item features a pinstripe fabric-style cover and a colourful bellyband. They also have a very fetching green paisley interior!

Large Journal with magnetic closure

Small Journal with magnetic closure

 

 

Spiral Bound Journal

Inside of large journal

Rear pocket or large journal

For a limited time the Large Journal can be purchased on eBay here!

Happy Easter!

Happy Easter everyone!

Starry Munny Lamp

I have had this Munny toy for about a year and now I have finally done something with him!

First I had to make a hole between his head and his body so that a string of fairy lights could be threaded through. Then I drilled a little hole in the back of Munny's foot so that the fairy lights could go in. Then I used a heat gun to soften bits of Munny's body so that I could cut star shapes out using a scalpel, being careful not to melt anything! Once all the star holes had been cut out I threaded the fairy lights through his foot and up into his head, now I have a Munny nightlight lamp thing!

Recent greeting card designs

These are some of the hand-made greeting cards I've been working on of late :)
Available on my Love Local page here love-local.com/claire-noble (except Wedding card)

Wedding Card

Cut paper Easter cards

Shrink Plastic cards

Birdy Notecards

 Floral Notecards

Flea Market Finds

Today trip to the Flea market resulted in only a few little finds, but since I've decided to resist buying any more suitcases or type trays the usual buys were off limits! There were chairs galore today for some reason, but I don't really need any more of those. Also it has been a bitterly cold day so a lot of the stallholders were packing up at lunch time.

 I got another green bottle to add to my collection, some numbers letterpress type for stamping onto price labels, a lovely old Christmas card and some Hornsea egg cups, which I am going to use to plant some tiny plants in.

Framed Moustache Artwork

My latest creation! This cute little unique framed artwork features a bushy moustache made from shrink plastic, and decorated with fun retro stripes.

The moustache is mounted on a brown kraft paper background and is framed by mountboard. The white wooden frame measures 11cm wide x 10cm high x 3.5cm deep. The moustache itself measures 3.5cm.

This would be an ideal little humorous gift for any male, especially if they're striving for a bushy moustache! Available here in my Love Local shop for £15.

Fabric covered notebooks

Having come across some rather dull and boring A6 and A5 hard backed notebooks I decided to brighten them up  using some of the fabric left over from making my Lampshades. I used some bondaweb to affix the fabric to the covers of the notebooks, and them I stuck in some colourful endpapers to neaten the look.

If you'd like to buy one they can be found on my Folksy shop. :)