Home sweet home paper ring

I made a ring like this nearly a year ago out of a customers invoice at my old job (it was scrap!) out of pure boredom, last week I found that ring with all my other jewelry, I didn't realise I kept it!

So I took the original apart, scanned it and made a pattern of it in Illustrator and now its ready to print and fold in the millions aha!

Even though its totally impractical and short lasting I really love it ! Is that arrogant to admit that out loud?

I'm going to make it in my usual of blue, green, yellow, orange and red and each one will come with its own cute little box!

Goodbye £, Hello $

Silly I know but in changing the price tags on some of my older items I all of a sudden felt homesick. Its only been this month where I've really felt it, funny because I feel like I'm starting to settle more too.

The first time was when I went into M&S and all its packaging, the canned soups, the rich teas, the crisps, in particular the apple juice. Everything reminded me of home and how I wish I could just click my heels and be home for 1 day or 2.

:(

Spoonflower ll / new character dolls

My proper spoon flower order arrived the other day !

(go here for the SF swatches I received)

They came out a bit smaller than I t

hought but the quality is very very good and although the shipping took longer than expected (through no fault of SF) I was really happy with their customer service - friendly, efficient and to-the-point-helpful.

The Quilting weight fabric I choose was quite thin so quite see through, its absolutely fine for what I'm using it for but just something to bear in mind for everyone else out there.

From left to right - PingPongStan, PregnantPam, Sunburnt Sally, BananaGirl & Maggie.

Dogs belong in clothes

I used to think putting clothes on dogs was a little cruel but then I became a dog owner and well...LOOK HOW CUTE HE IS !!!

He looks a bit sad because he doesn't like his new haircut and is a bit chilly indoors because of the a/c, hence the reasoning for the t shirt and pink jumper quilt !

little finds - peter callesen

I love paper and the limitless and interesting things people can do with it but this is pretty incredible.

I love how it all originates from a single piece of A4 paper, how structurally everything can be mapped out and flattened like those cool architectural drawings seen from all angles.

Artist and photo credit to PeterCallesen.com