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Urban Animal - an exhibition

From Monday 23rd November to Sunday 6th December, a selection of my animal portraits will be e… Continue

Added by Emma-Jayne Saanen on November 18, 2009 at 9:11pm — 3 Comments

This week I’m going to focus on a project for making fridge frames for kids artwork. So much of children’s artwork gets displayed on the fridge, and these frames are a simple way of presenting them more effectively. You could make a range in different shapes and sizes, and of course they can also be used f… Continue

Added by Scribble Art on November 18, 2009 at 3:00pm — No Comments

Presenting Natalie Hughes our 1st Contemporary artist and the 3rd to join us in a month!

In the run up to the Christmas Gift season, we are delighted to present Natalie Hughes our 1st Contemporary artist and the 3rd artist to join us in a month, providing further options for your illustrated and personalised stationery. When we first saw Natalie's illustrations (including "ladies that lunch" shown below) we knew they could work well on our stationery, and our Ltd Edition Prints. On… Continue

Added by honeytreepublishing.com on November 11, 2009 at 5:05pm — No Comments

For Budding Artists and Aspiring Art Thieves

It's something of a cliche to look at a modern abstract work of art, and compare it with your 3 year old's latest masterpiece, but now you can take it a step further and get an authentic 'critique' of your child's artwork by a professional. I first saw the service offered by Charles Kinbote (the pen name of a professional writer for whom this is a light-hearted side-line) a couple of years ago, when I was thinking about setting up Artful Kids, as my initial idea for the site was simply to offer… Continue

Added by Scribble Art on November 11, 2009 at 11:25am — No Comments

Neckwarmer/Cowl Giveaway

Hi I am giving away one of my chunky wool cowls. For a chance to win an XL cowl please have a look here Neckwarmer Giveaway Help me spread the word. Thanks

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Added by urbanknit on November 4, 2009 at 9:30pm — No Comments

Party Season

It seems to be party season - every weekend at the moment I'm taking my elder son to birthday parties. Over the last few weeks he's been to a Karting Party, a Tubing Party (i.e sledging - looked like great fun to me) an exotic animals party (where he got to handle snakes, tarantulas, giant frogs, etc) and a Football Party. At least he would have gone to a football party, except silly mummy got the date wrong and turned up the day after. My poor son was gutted, he'd been looking forward to it so… Continue

Added by Scribble Art on November 3, 2009 at 11:53pm — No Comments

"Country Living" Magazine - Christmas Fair & Welcome Willemien Stevens

We are delighted to present Willemien Stevens to our growing stable of UK based artists. Willemien is a textile artist working from her studio in Dorset. Her captivating work is created with vintage fabrics through applique with machine and hand embellishment. Whether inspired by folk art, childrens poetry, or the landscape around her, she lends her unique style and sense of colour to… Continue

Added by honeytreepublishing.com on November 1, 2009 at 9:24am — No Comments

Learning to Draw

This week I thought I’d take a look at how children’s artwork develops from their earliest scribbles and daubs, through to about the age of 11 or 12. Although all children will show the same broad developmental stages, the age at which they are reached may vary a little from child to child. In spite of this, within each stage every child will have their own particular style and characteristics which reflect their personality. The terminology used for the different stages, does appear to vary som… Continue

Added by Scribble Art on October 28, 2009 at 10:34am — No Comments

New Bracelets just made

I have just finished these new bracelets. If you would like one I am selling them for £25 with free UK P&P, they would make great pressies and stocking fillers for Christmas.

handmade bracelet by surf jewels

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Added by Surf Jewels on October 26, 2009 at 1:30pm — 2 Comments

JeDeCo pre-Christmas group show - 28 - 31 October 2009

JeDeCo:Jewellery Designer's Collective unites London's most diverse & innovative design talent to ROCK the capital. London's fashionista are invited to our latest show, where they’ll be able to get the Jewellery designers’ expertise and advice and select exclusive pieces ideal for presents or to spoil themselves The pieces of contemporary jewellery are handmade with love and attention to detail. The collections include necklaces, rings, pendants, bracelets and earrings Following the succes… Continue

Added by Catherine Marche on October 26, 2009 at 2:04am — No Comments

Christmas Time is lots of fun! Personalise a gift from £5

Ok so it's a few weeks away, but with a few clicks of your mouse in our newly launched Christmas Shop everyone on your gift list can have a thoughtful and completely unique present this year. (http://www.honeytreepublishing.com/christmas-shop-cid3.html) And to ensure that our normally smooth First Class Signed for delivery cannot be interrupted by any industrial action, all orders over £25 shall be couriered and signed fo… Continue

Added by honeytreepublishing.com on October 24, 2009 at 8:54pm — No Comments

Planning a Craft Market….

is a lot of fun but can sometimes be quite scary as well! What if not enough people come, what if NO ONE comes? In the initial few weeks of being involved in planning the Stamford Artisans Guild Christmas Craft Market I have been through the whole range of feelings….. from elation to despondency, from a rush of energy to complete exhaustion. And now I am in a state of contentment because I know that we have worked hard to get the event publicised, the website is getting seen and local crafters… Continue

Added by Shalini on October 23, 2009 at 1:52pm — 2 Comments

Kids Mats-erpieces!

OK so I know the title is really corny, but this week I thought I'd introduce another really simple, but useful way of using kids artwork to create laminated place mats or work mats. I should perhaps point out here that these are more for creating a wipe clean surface to contain mess, rather than for protecting from heat! Click here to read more Continue

Added by Scribble Art on October 21, 2009 at 12:48pm — No Comments

Leopard

Why not offer a home to this beautiful leopard? I’ve spent the past week being stalked… Continue

Added by Emma-Jayne Saanen on October 20, 2009 at 9:28am — No Comments

New site for sellers of handmade or custom jewellery and accessories

Hi guys, We have just last week launched a new site geared towards helping independent UK makers and designers to sell their wares and we are very much interested in your feedback and indeed your products. If you are a maker and are interested in selling online with us then please take a look at our page for selling your handmade products online. Also check out our existing products in the… Continue

Added by Luke Saunders on October 19, 2009 at 4:27pm — 4 Comments

Storing kids artwork - just where do you keep it all?

I can't believe it's a week since my last post - the time just goes so quickly! This week I have decided to look at a few products available for displaying and storing kids artwork - it's something which I will introduce from time to time as I see them, but given the relative rarity of such products, it probably won't be too frequent. It's amazing how many products are out there for kids arts and crafts - thousands of brilliant ideas which you could spend a fortune on, but it seems there's not q… Continue

Added by Scribble Art on October 18, 2009 at 8:23pm — No Comments

Introducing Kate Anniss - New Talent & Team member at HoneyTreePublishing.com

Introducing Kate Anniss New Talent & Team member at Honey Tree Within a month of launching the UK's First Illustrated and Personalised Stationery Portal, our premium offering has attracted a number of talented and dynamic illustrators. As we note in our mission statement we are looking to become the portal of choice in the UK for illustrated and personalised stationery, and for this to occur, we are always engaging with artists to see if they shall provide our community with further exclus… Continue

Added by honeytreepublishing.com on October 17, 2009 at 9:59am — No Comments

Due to the Royal Mail strikes any UK order over £25.00 shall be dispatched using DHL (or similar).

Due to the Royal Mail strikes any UK order over £25.00 shall be dispatched using DHL (or similar). The extra charges incurred by using an alternative company will be paid for by HoneytreePublishing.com. At HoneyTreePublishing.com, to ensure that our normally smooth First Class Signed for delivery cannot be interrupted by any industrial action, we are pleased to announce that all orders over £25 shall be couriered and signed for ensuring NO Disruption to our mailings. So now you can select uniq… Continue

Added by honeytreepublishing.com on October 17, 2009 at 9:37am — No Comments

Why do people like personalised gifts? and a bit about me?

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Added by Heidi Lawton on October 16, 2009 at 9:00pm — 1 Comment

How to knit and felt- a simple test.

My latest blog show a simple test to use before knitting a test square. I've taken lots of photos to explain and show what I'm talking about. I hope you find it helpfull. Continue

Added by Claire Fairall on October 14, 2009 at 10:22am — No Comments

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