Christmas Characters now available!

My Christmas Characters now available to buy from my Folksy shop here and more Christmassy goodness will be added soon!

Flea Market finds - October

I was really hoping to find a nice mirror or dressing table this time at the Flea Market, but alas I didn't buy the mirror I liked quickly enough and then it was gone! Here are the things I found.

I was particularly pleased with the (1960's?) bakery posters, I got them on my way to the exit at the last minute, they didn't look that interesting at first, but when I rummaged further into the pile I found some of the original drawings for the advert (hand lettered which is cool) and also some of the red coloured separations which they would have used to create the screens to screen print the posters. The separation sheets have been hand cut with a scalpel, must have had to be really accurate!

Also found another magic lantern slide, the subject seems rather sinister but interesting nonetheless. Got some melaware jugs too, to go with an orange one I already have, and a large jam pan which I thought to put plants in before realising they would probably need some form of drainage!

 

 

Original painting, acetate separation and finished bakery poster.

Chunky pies poster

Civil war magic lantern slide

Christmas Robins and Snowmen!

I know it's a long time till Christmas but I'm getting organised whilst I have some time on my hands! Here are some Snowman and Robin tree decorations made from Fimo that I've been working on. They are for sale so please do get in touch if you would like one. The snowmen measure around 50mm tall and the Robins around 35mm tall.

Robin decorations

Snowman decorations

Refurbished stool #2

Found another old stool in need of repair, so I transformed it, and all for free since I had the things already :) It has taken so long to finish that the sedum in the background has flowered! Not bad for £2 though.

Old stool

Refurbished prettiness!

My trip to Cornwall

Just thought I'd share some photos of the places I visited on my trip to Cornwall last week :)

Cotehele House

Apple sculpture in the orchard at Cotehele

Old mirror in the habourmaster's office at Cotehele Quay

The Harbourmaster's Ladies

Aww

Rockpools on the coast path at Lansallos

Pretty Lansallos Bay at low tide

Gorgeous Hydrangeas at Lanhydrock

Beautiful coloured Hydrangeas

Lovely old woodcut motif in Lanhydrock Chapel

Kent's Knife Machine

Cool old Kitchen stuff at Lanhydrock

 

 

 

 

 

Kent's Knife cleaner in the kitchen at Lanhydrock

Magic lantern slide machine

"Ladies" things from olden times

Calfskin books in the library at Lanhydrock

Amazing ceiling in the long gallery at Lanhydrock

Ceiling in the long gallery at Lanhydrock

Picturesque Polperro

Polperro Panorama!

Screen printed new baby cards

Since everyone I know seems to be expecting a baby at the moment I decided to print some new baby cards to send to them all (and extra to sell of course!) I hope you like them, they are available to buy on Folksy or Etsy now for £2.70 + p+p.

Ice Lollies Screen print

Presenting my latest screen print - Ice Lollies! Inspired by the summer sunshine and bright colours of ice lollies I thought I'd turn them into a refreshing screen print.

Featuring three yummy ice lollies this A4 print would brighten up any wall of your house!
This is a three-colour screenprint printed on good quality 200gsm Fabriano paper, using System 3 acrylics. It's a limited edition of 30 and each one is signed by me.

Available from my Folksy shop now for £25.