Love is in the air and Valentines Day is just around the corner! I've been busy last couple of weeks getting creative monsoon ready. And not only is the home page updated but the papergoods sections is finally ready with some gift cards! More on that later.
For now I thought I'd share some of my favourite little love themed gifts around to make your sweethearts day:
- Ok I have to put creative monsoon down! I've had such nice feedback on this 'Love Paris' print so now I've turned it into a Valentines card!
- How cute are these? Iron on felt patches that you could put anywhere.. the mind boggles. A kit comes with two animals, lots to choose from, and a heart... ahhhhh. From chikabird.
- There is some great pottery around at the moment. I love this heart from lilypottery, its been impressed with vintage lace to create the lovely texture.
- Chocolate creative (great name) have lots of fabulous cushions that would make a fun Valentines Day gift. My favourite is this one though.
- I've been a fan of Lush Designs since their stall at the Greenwich markets. Now they have a shop there and I popped in before I left London, but now I regret not getting these gorgeous 'LOVE' pillow cases! (they also come in pink)
- More pottery. I just think these little hearts from readunn are cute.
- Yup me again. I've got six new necklaces ready to go, a few with a love theme. But these new ones I'll be popping on etsy this time. A couple of you have said you'd like to see some heart shaped pendants, thanks for the feedback, Ill look into it!
As some of you may know apart from the photography and art I do for creative monsoon, Im also a magazine art director. I came across this cover of the UKs Cosmo magazine and just cant decide if its inspired or hideous. It certainly caught my attention, which is what you want a magazine cover to do. But there is such a mix of fonts and styles going on! I thought I'd put it to a vote. Do you love it? Or do you hate it?
There are so many telented people out there making so many lovely things, I thought I'd share some of my favourites:
- Love these little button hair bands from Gazzu. And in my favourite colour, purple.
- I love the work of the girls at papaya! Amazing journals, cards, calendars. More of these for my birthday please!
- If only my journal looked this amazing. The work of Teesha Moore, love the colour and the sense of fun.
- I always keep an eye on Geninne's Art Blog, shes very talented and always has something lovely to share, pictured is bird no 29 from a series of gorgeous illustrations.
- Ok I just LOVE Boston Terriers and this little guy in the hat cracked me up. How cute is he? This is from Beantown Handmade dog sweaters and accessories.
- Stephanie Levy has a really interesting style, I like the mix of illustration, material and paint.
I bought a new mobile phone a few months ago, finally got one with a little camera built in. Its not very flash but still three times the resolution of my very first digital camera.
Ive always wanted to carry a camera with me all the time, but now I have to remind myself its there.
This weekend we went to Manly and I remember to use my camera.
The jewelry page is finally up and running on the creative monsoon website, yeay! I have three finished handmade necklaces with more on the way. I love how each one is like a little mini collaged artwork. Some are finished with beaded chains and others with ribbon.
Another photo ready to be added to the website for sale this week. Perhaps I went for a green tone to this one because I was still in a Christmasy mood?