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Tuesday, September 28, 2010

London Design Festival - Part 1

Guest Post by Helena Amourdedieu, Agence Violette

kittyanddude.co.uk
The London Design Festival takes place every September over a ten day period. In every corner of London different events, fairs, exhibitions and debates take place covering all aspects of design. Here are some highlights from this year's show which took place this past week.

Tent London
tentlondon.co.uk

Tent London is the ground-breaking show for forward-thinking design across all disciplines, delivering the very best contemporary and vintage design, architecture and interiors and the world of digital. Tent London an annual event which took place in the capital's most exciting venue, the Old Truman Brewery, a former industrial site, as part of the London Design Festival.

Zoe Murphy
http://www.zoemurphy.com/

Kitty & Dude
http://www.kittyanddude.co.uk/

Penelope Jordan
http://www.penelopejordan.com/

Curiousa & Curiousa
http://curiousaandcuriousa.co.uk/

Mini Moderns
http://www.minimoderns.com/

Bronze and Gold Wedding Flowers

Beautiful bridal party flowers we did for a garden wedding last Sunday. All lovely tones of gold and bronze.

The Bouquet is of creme de la creme roses, honeymoon roses, bronze cymbidium orchids, calla lilies and a collar of magnolia leaves.

The stems were bound with ivory satin ribbon overlayed with bronze shimmer ribbon french twisted the entire length and studded with pearl headed pins.

The Grooms boutonniere is of a perfect bronze cymbidium orchid paired with a single magnolia leaf.

A corsage of a stunning solitary golden cymbidium offset with yellow freesias and upside down magnolia foliage.

Handmade Party Kit

How can you not just flip over this Handmade Party Kit by NYC-based artist Carrie Strine. Buy the kit, or the individual pieces for a perfectly handmade party, and then save the decorations for next time or pass them on! Streamer measures just over 2 yards, flags are 6 inches tall, and runner measures 10 inches by 24 inches. Visit Carrie at her site here or at our market this month here where she's also showcasing some amazing quilts.

David A. Smith - Sign Artist

David A Smith - Sign Artist from Danny Cooke on Vimeo
In this short documentary, film maker Danny Cooke reveals behind the scenes work, techniques and visions of one of the few remaining traditional UK glass sign making artists, David A. Smith. (Via Rikkianne of Chakra Pennywhistle).

Today at Poppytalk Handmade

Antler Poster by Debbie Carlos. From the Human Nature Series. Read artist's series statement here and view more images by going here.

Monday, September 27, 2010

Our 4th Annual October Market Launches!

Here is this month's roster for our 4th Annual October curated market at Poppytalk Handmade! The theme is "Indie Love" featuring independent handmade and vintage goods from around the world. This month's new vendors features cashmere scarves from Italy by Olivia Revel & Co, romantic sewn prints by Tastes Orangey, Bliss in a teacup is back with their adorable wooden guitar picks, some stunning xylene transfer prints from Beauchamping, the finest paper yarn in the world from Paperphine; jewelry handmade from vintage components and organic/recycled fibers in a wind powered home studio located in Brooklyn, New York by Christine Domanic; one of a kind linen quilts with neon quilting by Carrie Strine to name just a few. So exciting! Please join us! It's an awesome market! It runs today through to Oct. 22! Click here to see more! (Stay tuned for our October lookbook later this week)!

Friday, September 24, 2010

Hula Seventy: Color Shade Magic

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The new PX 70 Color Shade instant film from The Impossible Project was released a little over a month ago and the best part (in addition to actually shooting the film myself) is seeing what everyone else is doing with it. Collected from the flickr group recently and inspiration for days: