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Way cool

I stumbled upon this awesome ring set on Etsy from shop Lickety Cut the other day...Little Red Riding Hood. This is the sort of thing that would entertain me for days. Very nice! There are a whole heap more here too.

Midweek pick-me-up

Nothing lifts my spirits (yes, I've had one of those days) like a whole heap of New Yorker cartoons. ...and nothing lifts my spirits quite as high as when those cartoons happen to be cat themed. Which is your favourite?

 

All images from here.

Mid-century retro cool

 

Posters via Trendland.

Collection

Something else I found in my ignored cupboard (see original post here): my collection of book marks. The avid collector strikes again!

These are a real find! I used to get these at Glebe Books when there was just the one store up by the church. I wonder if they still have them? I never used them as book marks. I used them to decorate various bare bedroom walls I was living in at the time. I have many more too, but these are the nicest.

Shadow Puppy

Not a shadow puppet but a shadow puppy. I was actually trying to find a photo that was really shadowy and really Christmasy for today's shadow shot, however, this photo I took about a year ago stole my heart! This little lad was patiently waiting for his master/ mistress outside the Centennial Park Cafe. What a darling he is!  There's a bit of shadowy action going on there too!

 

Shadow Shot Sunday is a Hey Harriet meme! If you'd like to join in, all you need to do is click here!

Happy Sunday to everyone and a Happy lead up to Christmas too!

Maira Kalman

Behold the wonderful and vividly coloured world of Maira Kalman! A regular contributor to The New Yorker and illustrator of numerous children's books, Kalman has also designed fabric for Issac Mizrahi. Maira Kalman has a selection of her illustrations in her book called The Principles of Uncertainty some of which have been happily made into cards! They are available at Catbird.

I think they are utterly beautiful! The woman is a master colourist, compositionist and humourist! :0)

Below is one of my favourite New Yorker covers she has illustrated.

You can read up on her life here and this is her website which is full to the brim with joyous paintings--> Maira Kaliman.

I hope everyone has a happy and restful weekend!

All images from here via Trendland except the last which is from here.

Happy Friday Links!

New York City Photograph by Irene Suchocki

I absolutely love this photograph by Canadian Etsy shop owner Irene Suchocki! You can click on the image and it will take you through to her print which is available to buy on Etsy.

Meanwhile, it's Friday so I thought I'd show you what interesting, amusing and delightful things I've been looking at on the web this week:

1) Digitalised clothes by University of Berlin graduate Alba Prat.

2) An amazing short film about the power of ten over at one of my favourite blogs: Scathingly Brilliant.

3) Absolutely adorable new born poodle puppies.

4) The ten most exciting new books coming out this fall (or spring depending on your hemisphere!).

5) An incredible stop motion alphabet directed by Alessandro Novelli.

Here's to a lovely weekend!

Weekend funnies

It's a super chilly, sunny, blue skied Saturday here in Sydney. It's been very cold all week actually. When I have woken up in the morning the last couple of days it's been 5 degrees celsius! That's 41 degrees Fahrenheit for all you lovely folk in North America. Thank goodness the chill is accompanied by brilliant blue skies!

Anyway, I thought I'd do a post on one of my favourite New Yorker cartoonists, Michael Maslin. I have blogged about him in the past here and here if you'd like to see some more. He also has a fab website that is a heap of fun to peruse if you're at a loose end here---> Michael Maslin. I hope everyone has a lovely weekend!

All images from here.

Ruthie + Franky

This is Ruthie and the Goose and Franky Francois. Ruthie's absolutely thrilled with her first encounter with a goose, who's looking suitably bashful from all the attention. Franky, meanwhile, is contemplating his next move. I'm thinking his next move will involve food or something edible at the very least.

These two were drawn at more or less the same time. I can understand artists/ creative types saying that they have a "muse" as sometimes that is the only explanation I can think of for where the ideas for my drawings come from! It all seems a little other worldly and separate from me at times. I hope that doesn't sound too pretentious. I think anyone making things may feel like this sometimes though - maybe it's the creative process!

I hope everyone is having a good solid week of goals being kicked and that sort of thing!

 

A Fetching Invitation + a sale

A Fetching Invitation

This is a drawing I've just finished - A Fetching Invitation. It is the pretty Carmen asking if you'd like to partake in a game or two of throw the stick and I will return it to you. There's a bit of a pun in the title as you have no doubt already noticed - readers of this blog will know that I have a weakness for puns... :0)

In other news, I am having a mid (-ish) Winter sale in my shop - it's a three for two sale meaning if you buy two prints I will give you another absolutely free! All you have to do is mention in the notes at checkout which print you'd like as your extra.

...and Happy Sunday!