Still cuckoo

This week's response to IF. Some cuckoo decoration. :-)

Cuckoo

I'm in love. In my research for some inspiration for this week's IF, I found something so gorgeous I could cry. I want this so bad, but on a student budget, I can only dream as this beautiful piece of design is $600. My list of treats for when I land my first graphic design job is growing at quite an alarming rate. So far I have:

• the electra bike that I showed you the other month
  
• orangita cuckoo clock (as above)
  
• lizzie allen wallpaper
• 1970s rosewood desk
• oak plans chest
• orla kiely bedding - oh, and her furniture is divine too
• Smythson Diary
• magno radio
• aquascutum mac!!

God, that list makes me salivate. I graduate next summer so once I've bagged my dream job, I'll have to post pics of the above treats in situ as I gradually(!) acquire them. Watch this space.

x

Birdcage Obsession

I always have a little sketchbook handy and it's nice to look back and see where my brain's at. At the moment, I'm obsessed with birdcages. Perhaps it's symbolic? All this being cooped up in the cold. Bbbrrrr! 

I'm in love...

...with the Electra Amsterdam Girard Madonna bicycle. She will be mine.

IF - Friday 16th Jan 09

A little something in response to this week's theme "pale".

Little Book of Post Trails

I've just produced a very sweet postcard book about St Leonards on Sea, a seaside town that neighbours Hastings. A lot of people really slate this rugged little town but give it half a chance and you might just fall in love with it's charm. It has wonderful tales of being built in the 19th century for the well to do of London, a seaside escape for the aristocrats. You've only got to look at the architecture to appreciate how grand this town used to be. 

Featured in the broadsheets as the Notting Hill on sea, and reputed as the artists quarter, this little town with it's bohemian je ne sais quoi is beginning to make a name for itself.

I'm hoping to get these little books printed so keep your eyes peeled as they'll hopefully be coming to a gift store near you (well, if you live in the East Sussex area that is!).

       

Happy New Year

Wishing you all a fruitful new year, 

full of love, good health and happiness. 

xXx