Elle deco collecting

I'm a big elle deco fan. But I don't have much time to enjoy it at the mo, so I do a lot of folding down pages to save for later, then my pile stacks up. I've just started a new pinterest board to collect some of the products I want to remember. I wish I could pin some of their beautiful spreads and houses, but they don't share much online. The closest I've found is the lovely blog Bright Bazaar. He scans and posts some of his favourite spreads, but not every edition. If you know of another online source please let me know, then I could just pin everything, and be braver about recycling my growing stack!

Below, styling their Singing the Blues spread for the March 12 edition.

Have a lovely weekend. x

A thank you and some Fridge magnets!

Thanks for your comments on my Pinterest post on here and facebook. And special thanks if you've taken the time to go back and credit things you hadn't before, I really appreciate it. I hope I didn't sound sanctimonious, I'm sure I have a few uncredited pins floating around too. It seems people are feeling a bit down about it, especially after this post* that Jen mentioned, posted coincidentally the same day as mine. It's all very confusing but it seems all Pinterest have to do is add a compulsory box that you must fill with a credit before you can pin it. It might remove a bit of the joy I know, but it would protect people a bit better. Repinning would be as quick as before though as the credit would already be there. Anyway, I'm sure discussions will continue.

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Swift subject change! Here are some fridge lists available in the shop!

School list

Hell Yeah! (remember my obsession?)

Shopping List

I Like list

Hope you like them. I'm going to try and get my geo garland prints photographed tomorrow, and then I can investigate Society 6, which I've been meaning to do for aaaaages! x 

*link doesn't seem to be working at the mo - probably too many concerned visitors!

A favour and a minor rant

I love pinterest, I love finding my things there and really appreciate people pinning my work, but I'm a stickler for crediting the artist. If I want to repin an artwork or a design that doesn't credit the artist, even if it links straight back to their site or shop, I always add the artist in my description. I know that part of the fun of pinterest is the speed you can pin, but it only takes a few seconds to follow a couple of links back to find the original source, and then add a credit.

I know that sometimes it's impossible to find the original source (especially with interior design images, but I'm talking mainly about work that could be copied or replicated), and in those cases I don't repin. I know I don't want works of mine floating around on pinterest without a credit and I imagine others don't either. Sometimes I find students' work on there, with no credit and I think it's really important to credit students as they're really vulnerable to getting ripped off. It's a risk putting your work out there.

So can I ask a favour please? If you pin anything from my blog or shop, please just add my name or mrs eliot books in the description. Or if you repin a work of mine and notice it doesn't have a credit, please add one. Otherwise it gets lost, like chinese whispers.

link with love is on a mission but I want to go even further and credit with love.

Mini-rant-in-an-english-way over. Ta. x

Scenes from a messy desk

New prints I was working on before I dropped everything for Geo Love

Something plastic I need to fix for the boys

Random paperclip / cotton / drawing pin receptacle made from old Moo minicard box

 
Crazy Gus photo

   

Pen pot containing mostly broken / unusable pens (does anyone else have one of these? Why don't I throw them away?!)

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Hope you all had a lovely weekend. I got a little break on Saturday. Well I say 'break', I worked but it was a break from the noisy boys, which I needed. Then Sunday we went to Bekonscot. Hadn't been since I was about 8 and it was still magical as ever.

Cultural Stereotypes

While I was working on my Lovesunday prints and sorting my words into two different lists I was thinking about what people are into, what goes with what, and 'types' of people. And it suddenly reminded me of Alison Porchnik. That scene in Annie Hall when Woody is chatting up a potential new flame and accidentally reduces her 'a cultural stereotype'.

What would you be? You have to do it really quickly, almost without thinking too much. I might be:

'North London liberal with the Portland ideals and the etsy art on the walls, and the husband with the glasses and the cold swimming fetish. Prematurely middle aged, partial to a thirtysomething rerun and falling asleep to the archers podcast every night.'

But I don't think that print would be very popular.

Or how about: 

'Into that whole black & white geometric thing, wearing a massive knitted bow in my hair, taking off centre photos with a vintage diana, checking for new instagram filters and wearing ironic sneakers.'

Have a lovely weekend all. x

New in - Lovesunday

Here is my new Lovesunday range. Four prints and a collection of brooches, with more to come. Here's the lowdown:

List no. 1 - This one's got a very English vibe going on.

List no. 2 - This one's a bit more me. Both these prints are a mix of the t'shirts I used to make and I've added a couple of new tags like 'collecting vintage whatnot' and 'making things up'

Here's List no. 3 designed for a child's room.

And so you don't have to choose, I made another list - List no. 4 which mixes all my lists up, plus lots of extras, and the colours are really lovely.

Then I've got some brooches. Ta-Dah! being my favourite but you can see all them over here...

and I've got 'I Like' brooch sets so you can choose your own 'like'.

I'm sure this collection will grow, I've got lots more words/phrases in mind.

Hope you like the new things. I'll be back soon when we'll be discussing 'cultural stereotypes'. Ta-ra!

Geo Love

 

 

I've been so inspired in the last couple of days by two pins - the garland, which I made over the weekend, and this gorgeous palette of pastels and neons. So I just dropped everything and started working on something yesterday, a geo garland in those colours. I don't know what it is yet - one print, or a few, but here are some of the details I like. The geo craze goes on...

Pinterest garland inspiration

It's not quite as beautiful. But I made use of some coloured felt I had lying around and it was very pleasing to thread! Perfect job for a nap time.

Original pin here.

I am not a Robot!

Trying to prove I'm not a robot has been driving me crazy this week! What the heckins?! Is this really necessary? It's taking me 10 minutes to leave a comment! I don't use this function and my spam comments just go into my spam comments folder. No problemo. 

Just sayin' ;-)

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later. thanks anna for this link:

This week

 

 

This week we've been on half term. Fun at times. Difficult at times. But on the upside, there's been the South Bank, family visits, warmer weather and the beginning of a Harry Potter obsession! Wishing you all a lovely weekend. x

My funny valentine

Good morning. Hope this Valentine's Day finds you well.

I've started compiling my secret oddball crush list from last year into a not-so-secret pinterest board here. But I have not yet found the courage to pin Dr Karl Kennedy from neighbours. He's not really fitting in with the groovy left field aesthetic I've got going on over there!

Envelop shake-up

I'm having a little shake-up of my envelop shop, something I have neglected for a little while. I've set an expiry date of some listings so they'll be coming to an end in a few weeks, and I have listed some new bits and bobs to try and make it more cohesive. So far I have listed a selection of Blocks & Boxes cushions.

My envelop shop is here. Or you can click on the textiles tab in the sidebar any time.

Snowy day

Morning! Hope you all had a lovely weekend. We had thick snow here in London. Finally vindicated in buying us all snow boots last October. Ha! Told you so!

Here's Isi trying unlock the garden door desperate to get out in the snow, even in pjs and bare feet. And at the bottom, super proud boys with their Gruffalo snowman.

Today at the library

It doesn't feel like very long since Gus spent library visits throwing books instead of looking at them. Thank goodness it's a bit calmer now in our gorgeous retro library down the road.