{Weekly Giveaway}: Cutie Pie Jewellery

This week's giveaway is from the vintage style jewellery shop Cutie Pie, where you can find limited edition loviness, cute as a button!

The winner will get a £25 voucher to spend towards any one item in the shop...

go now to check out the full range of choices.

Sorry to bore you with the conditions again, only read if you're new here!

How to Enter? Anyone who leaves a comment on any post during the next 7 days is automatically entered in the draw, starting with this post and ending Saturday the 6th of Feb at 5pm GMT. The winner will be revealed later that day.

Rules: only leave one comment per post please, meaningless comments will also be discarded. To pick the winner, I will first use randome.org to generate a number between 1 to 6 say, (i.e. 6 posts a week) and then pick a randome comment within that post. So to maximise your chances you can reply to every post, don't want to miss a post? follow this blog via Blogger, Reader or Bloglovin & these technology will remind you!

Now to last week's winner... Congratulation to Post 1 Comment 29, that's you Miss Vintage Vixen!! I will contact you shortly for delivery address :)
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{Vintage Friday}: at alljoboninternet

Check out some new vintage style items at alljoboninternet.co.uk

Have a lovely weekend, and thanks for your support my lovely readers :)

xx

No Past, No Future

Why are assessment centres so cruel... My carefree days as a student is fast disappearing, need to find a job!

(photos by ina jang)

the botanical paintings of olaf hajek

Olaf Hajek is an illustrator whose work never ceases to amaze. Full of magic, his colors and textures are a wonder of visual storytelling. In February, a very first monograph of his paintings will be published by Gestalten Books. It's called Flowerhead. How appropriate.

She Said, She Waited

Beautiful photos...

Right now I am wondering why graduate schemes are so complicated... so many stages, interviews, assessment centres etc... I have not felt so much pressure on me for a long time!

(photos from here)

intricate, and open, spaces

Photograph courtesy of  Joan Lurie. 

Yesterday I visited a surprisingly spacious new gallery at 47 Bergen Street in Brooklyn, NY. Located in an old, freshly renovated  warehouse building, Muriel Guépin Gallery is a treat. The openness of the space, and the friendliness of the staff, encouraged me to spend quite a lot of time there.

I  examined the work of Joan Lurie, shown above, for quite some time. Ms. Lurie works with porcelain and paper clay. The forms start out on the wheel, to be built upon with layers of paper clay and then cut into to create windows into the interior. Porcelain is notorious for not doing what one wants it to do, but Ms. Lurie has developed a technique that thoroughly controls this finicky material. Her works are a study of architectural and organic spaces. The surface is a soft, skin-like matte white glaze with small crazing. I was quite taken in.

Image courtesy of Paula Overbay.

I was mesmerized by the work of Paula Overbay, whose layers of color and dots took me  on a celestial journey.

Image courtesy of Arpie Gennetian Najaran.

The work of Arpie Gennetian Najaran, a fellow RISD Alum, is what originally brought me to the gallery. Her collages of original drawings, string and found printed matter are full of light, dance, and joy. Thank you, Arpie, for leading me to a wonderful exhibition.

{Weekly Giveaway}: Glitzer Jewellery

This week's giveaway is from the gorgeous shop Glitzer Again! a shop which stocks Enchanting. Fun. Feminine with A Sparkle.

The winner will get a $25 voucher to spend towards any one item in the shop, check out the new paradise collection...

go now to check out the full range of choices.

Sorry to bore you with the conditions again, only read if you're new here!

How to Enter? Anyone who leaves a comment on any post during the next 7 days is automatically entered in the draw, starting with this post and ending Saturday the 30th of Jan at 5pm GMT. The winner will be revealed later that day.

Rules: only leave one comment per post please, meaningless comments will also be discarded. To pick the winner, I will first use randome.org to generate a number between 1 to 6 say, (i.e. 6 posts a week) and then pick a randome comment within that post. So to maximise your chances you can reply to every post, don't want to miss a post? follow this blog via Blogger, Reader or Bloglovin & these technology will remind you!

Now to last week's winner... Congratulation to Post 5 Comment 15, that's you Angela!! I will contact you shortly for delivery address :)
xx

{Vintage Friday}: Friends of Mr Fox

How lovely are these vintage finds!

Have a lovely weekend friends :)

(images from hello mr fox at Flickr)

chocolate type

From Green Chair Press, available on etsy.

Katy Gromball

I adore Katy Gromball's work, her use of mixed paper texture is wonderful and I love the influence of Japanese art. Her illustration seems so vivid too, seems like each one is telling a story...

Check out Katy's blog & Etsy shop!

A Story

A story of bohemian chic at Stockholm

(images from Story Hotel)

Colours

colours, colours, vivid colours...

{All from the Net-a-porter.com sale}

(fashion photos by Glynis Selina Arban)

{Weekly Giveaway}: Piano Bench Designs

This week's giveaway is from the lovely shop Piano Bench Designs, where you'll find silver jewellery with a refreshing twist.

The winner will get a $27 voucher to spend towards any one item in the shop:

go now to check out the full range of choices.

Sorry to bore you with the conditions again, only read if you're new here!

How to Enter? Anyone who leaves a comment on any post during the next 7 days is automatically entered in the draw, starting with this post and ending Saturday the 23rd of Jan at 7pm GMT. The winner will be revealed later that day or the next day.

Rules: only leave one comment per post please, meaningless comments will also be discarded. To pick the winner, I will first use randome.org to generate a number between 1 to 5 say, (i.e. 5 posts a week) and then pick a randome comment within that post. So to maximise your chances you can reply to every post, don't want to miss a post? follow this blog via Blogger, Reader or Bloglovin & these technology will remind you!

Now to last week's giveaway... Congratulation to Post 7 Comment 14, that's you Dylana!! I will contact you shortly for delivery address :)

xx

Tania Mason

is the artist responsible for these wonderful ink illustrations

(images from Tania Mason)

xo bowls

It’s not too early to think about Valentine’s day, and I’m preparing by making some “xo” dessert bowls. They will come out of the glaze kiln in a few weeks, just in time for Cupid.