matouenpeluche

Owls + Weekend links

In the leaf litter, something tries to hide its own heartbeat.

 

The Mincing Mockingbird is without a doubt one of my favourite shops/ artists on Etsy. The beauty of his bird paintings take my breath away. The titles are pretty fab too! :0)

This being the weekend, I have some links to things that I've found interesting and entertaining this week!

1) Print maker Alexis. B. Snell's fun prints.

2) An audio slide show of the V & A's new photography gallery.

3) Crosley analogue to digital turntables = Wow wee!

4) Amazing portrait embroidery by Jenny Hart.

5) Lovely jewellery (especially necklaces = my favorite!) by Amy Tavern.

Happy weekend to all - I shall leave you with another Mincing Mockingbird beauty...

Efforts To Harmonize My Charm And Talent With Being A Biological Charnel House

Happy Friday links!

This serious creature is a performer in a Bauhaus ballet circa 1926 - 1927 called The Triadic Ballet. It's on a postcard I bought at a recent exhibition I went to at the Art Gallery here in Sydney. The exhibition was called The Mad Square: Modernity in German Art 1910 - 1937. It was pretty interesting. I liked looking at all the Bauhaus bits and pieces and the various other exhibits but the standout favourite for me was the room that had paintings by Christian Schad. Wow! He sure knew how to paint!

In other news, it being Friday, it is Happy Friday links day! Here is my selection of what caught my eye out there in cyberspace this week:

1) Well, first of all I'd like to link to my very first ever guest post I did over at Jess' lovely blog: Epheriell Designs. It was such an honour! I get the vapours just thinking about it!

2) The Guardian still manages to surprise and delight me! I recently found a whole corner of their site devoted to "how to" jewellery making lessons.

3) Lenore Nevermore's mouth watering (and pretty) ode to all things honey and honey related!

4) Beautiful colour photos of circus performers from the 1940s - 1950s.

5) A very informative video on how to make almond milk!

6) Classic album covers get a kitty cat makeover!

Here's to a weekend full of exciting discoveries and relaxing moments! :0)

Happy Friday Links!

Happy Friday! It is most definitely getting warmer in Sydney - which is pretty lovely actually.

Here are my Friday links for your viewing pleasure:

a) A fab compilation of short animations curated by Julia Pott. 

b) A superb collection of Flickr finds.

c) An amazing artist called Jennifer Collier.

d) A mouth watering blog called The Stone Soup that has recipes for healthy, delicious food.

e) Absolutely hilarious and highbrow Halloween costumes for your pet.

 

...and I'll leave you with my new favourite quote by Mark Twain:

"Why not go out on a limb? That's where the fruit is."

Happy Friday links!

Lion by Nick Brandt

There's nothing I like more than a romantic photo of a lion! Isn't he wonderful?

...and happy Friday! I have collected some links here for you to explore this fine Friday afternoon:

1) If you live in Melbourne there is a fab market this Saturday entirely devoted to glorious buttons---> Button Fest!

2) A darling baby ocelot kitten.

3) A strangely hypnotic stop motion animation tribute to toys of the '80s called "The King of Legoland".

4) New favourite Etsy shop Small Adventure for all your finely printed paper goods and selection of handmade item needs.

5) A lovely new design blog to explore--->  Escapade.

I hope everyone has a fine weekend full of fun and frivolity!

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!

The wonderful world of Misako Mimoko

 

Happy Thursday everyone! I have totally fallen in love with these sweet softies by Eva Monleón for her Etsy shop Misako Mimoko. Eva is an illustrator, multimedia and graphic designer that lives and works in Barcelona, Spain.

I think her dollies sell out as quick as lightening so you'll have to keep an eagle eye on her shop if you'd like to buy one. But she has heaps of other cute things such as soft watches and cute calendars for 2011. She also has a fab blog which I highly recommend too! She is one talented gal!

The Year in Review: 2010

These photos are from top: The northern lights as seen through the ash that exploded into the atmosphere at the beginning of the year from that volcano in Iceland, hay bales along a beach in the Gulf of Mexico absorbing the oil from the BP oil spill, twin girls in Ireland after their first communion, champions Spain at the end of The World Cup.

With only a few days left of the year 2010 most newspapers and websites are doing round ups for the year that was. I've seen a few, and for my money you can't go past The Guardian.

Merci beaucoup Mamushka Marie!

  
1) Matou en Peluche 2) Pop Pop Portraits 3) Amanda Atkins 4) Caitlin Shearer 5) Clever Nettle 6) Peggy Wolf Design

I was totally thrilled and flattered to see I was included in Mamushka Marie's pretty girl prints set the other day! Mamushka Marie is a gorgeous blog by a gal called Claire and is full of interesting bits and pieces from her life and lots lots more! She also has a shop called Mamushka Marie on Etsy which is full of vintage and decor goodies!

Louis Daguerre & the first photo of a human being

This charming photograph of a Parisian street by Louis Daguerre was taken in 1838. That makes it remarkable enough you would think. However, Internet blogger Gig Thurmond on his blog The Hokumburg Goombah now claims that the shadowy figures in the lower left hand corner are the oldest photo of human beings on record. According to Thurmond this photo of Boulevard du Temple in Paris would have had images of carriages and horses going up and down the street too but because the exposure of the photo needed 10 minutes they didn't show up. Only the two figures, he believes are a shoe shine and his customer who stood relatively still have remained.

I thought that was pretty interesting!

Hope everyone has a super weekend!

Images from here.

 

Little fluffy clouds

 

  There's nothing like looking up at a big blue sky and seeing a wonderful set of white fluffy clouds. I took these shots a few weeks ago at the height of the Sydney Spring!

...and I'd just like to say a big thank you to Rebecca of The Clothes Horse for featuring my work on her gorgoeous blog today! It really is a huge thrill!