The Lighthouse Keeper’s cat

These notebook started their existing as wedding invitations ^_^… you can read the whole story at studio mikmik where you can buy them for £8.00 each or £12.00 for two. I love the whole eco approach to printing using recycling paper and vegetable oil based inks. It makes me wonder how eco friendly my screenprints actually are … another nice story is how I actually found the site…
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I was browsing the Illustration Friday Flickr group a while ago and found this lovely Flower garden by moto moto. I love the colour and the contrast between the fine lines and the dark fill of her hair. Moto moto is an independent artist and designer from Tacoma, Washington. She is selling her print on esty and she just started her blog.
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The new minu website is online! Two weeks after the decision to revamp my label, the logo and the website are completed and online. Not without the usual mid design crisis. Poor Viech! He had to listen to my usual lamenting and wailing. But all is good now ^_^…
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Lori Brown aka morninglori is a self thought artist creating paper pulp sculptures, felt softies, acrylic paintings and digitally colored ink drawings. And I am in love with Xyla one of her creations ^_^. More information about Lori is on her blog and her awesome creations are for sale at her etsy shop.
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The next craft 2.0 show will be 22 March 2008 at The New Dowse, Lower Hutt, Wellington. Don’t miss it! More info at craft 2.0 blog.
Sue from supervery asked me if I would like to participate and yes would love to so… erm… I will sell there too (fingers crossed)!
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3popppies becomes minu!
I am fighting the urge to rethink my label since month. This morning sleepless at 2:00am I thought: Okay! This is bloody stupid! After setting up the etsy shop and everything else… but things developed in a quite unexpected way. I make things in so many styles with so many materials, I need a label which is more flexible, which is able to hold things together.
Something simple but strong.

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Puh! Another deadline. If you want to take part in the MAiLmeART project: deadline is the 30th January. All info “about” and “how to”, examples and everything else is explained on the MAiLmeART webpage.

The address to send your submissions to is
LCSV4
26 Andrew MacDonald Close
Market Harborough
Leicestershire
LE16 7ED
United Kingdom

This will be my task for next weekend! Geeeee… what am I going to draw, stitch, print or whatever?