Art on Etsy

Hello everyone,
  Have you all had a good week?  My week has been really good work wise and have started a new diet which is not much fun, but a welcome break from all the chocolate, cheese and wine consumed around Christmas time.

This week I wanted to share Mina Braun with you. Mina is an illustrator and printmaker from Germany, currently living in the UK, Scotland and she has an online shop which I came across a few weeks ago.  Mina is inspired by themes revolving around folklore, fairy tales and nature.  I love her style of drawing and the simple colour palettes.  Have a look at her etsy shop here.

Another artist I like on Etsy is Melanie Mikecz who is a designer that uses mixed media.  Melanie owns the shop TwoEms where she sells prints of her work which are hand painted/sketched and scanned in to adapt on Photoshop.  I love the colours, textures and characters in her work.

The last Etsy shop I'm sharing today is Anna See.   Her hand-pulled prints of birds and other animals are simply gorgeous.  Her range also includes cute houses and shoe prints.  Anna lives in Summerlin South, USA, and loves to be able to share her creativity with the world!

Honeybourne - fun day

Hello there, hope you all enjoyed the bank holiday weekend?  Here's some of my photos from Saturday's village Fun day in Honeybourne, Worcestershire.  The weather was sunny, stormy, sunny, then stormy again, we escaped during the last down pour.  It was a fun afternoon and got to meet more of the villagers which was lovely.  I adored the old-fashioned stalls and penny arcades.  There was a tombola stall, candy floss machine, dog show, old fashioned painted swing boats, ferret racing, pie throwing contest, singer (who was very good), BBQ, bric-a-brac stall and a couple of craft stalls, all to raise money for charity.

Beetroot press stall next to the vintage hoopla stand

Cushions and postcards on our Beetroot Press stall

Ferret & Polecat racing with Charlie, Alfie, Vinnie and Eddie

Alfie the ferret, and Eddie the polecat

Vintage Penny arcades

Fortune Telling penny arcade

Love the colours on this one

Lavender bags made from vintage fabrics and organic lavender

Juls at the stall while I take photos

Beetroot Press tea towels and little market print bag

Very British affair

My African marigolds for sale in front of the clown sign

Visit - a beautiful summer

Hi there!
  I have been stuck in the house for days and days making lots of pretty things for a stall I'm doing tomorrow!  Oh happy days, it's finally here.  The event I'll be at is by Glug events, called 'A Beautiful Summer' at Cargo in Shoreditch tomorrow evening from 6.  If you are a Londonite, I think there may be a few tickets left if you wanted to attend.  Here is the link to the Glug blog to find out a bit more.

Here's a few things I've been making...

 Market Flower print

Columbia Road Flower Market print

 Genevieve Sweet dreams reversible lavender pillow.

Frederick reversible lavender pillow

I'll put more on after the show and introduce you to my new Etsy and Folksy shops.