Push me Pull You

Savannah Print

Push me pull you Designs are the wonderful creations of the talented Elenore Grouch.

Boxer Print

Elenore's clean lines, clear patterns and whimsical animal themes will delight adults and kids alike, and whats more she also has art with a conscience.

Polar Bear Charity Print

All proceeds from Polar Bear Print sales go towards the World Wildlife Foundation - and as this little guy is my one of my favorite's it even more reason to buy!

Avery Print

Elenore sells prints, tee shirts, cards and other gorgeous paraphernalia on her site and talks about it on her blog. Defiantly worth a peak!!

Have a fabulous Weekend

*K*

P.S. I stumbled across Push Me Pull You Design via Apartment therapy, they used featured this awesome ABC poster! Too cute!

Elsewhere...

Elsewhere...

Flora from Primavera (Allegory of Spring), Sandro Botticelli, 1482, Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence (Image from Wikipedia)

Spring! Its springing!! My tulips are flowering, Its getting warmer, swimming and BBQ's are on the way - life is good!

Tree houses - gotta love crazy french people who never let practicality stand in the way of beauty and frivolity! (Mindfood Magazine)!

Christchurch - feeling for you all out there! Hope everything gets back on track and the damn earth stops shaking for you all! (New Zealand Herald)

Art and food all mixed together - cute and useful! (They draw & Cook, found via One Hungry Mama)

Hubby's birthday cake - Happy birthday Sunshine!! (OK so it it took two attempts and didn't look like the pic- it was round only had two layers and was filled with chocolate cream but it tasted pretty damn good! Of course being a man he didn't even taste it but I enjoyed it! (Gourmet Traveller Mag)

Puppies - On a waiting list to get another family member! Arg toilet training all over again! But will be totally worth it!

*K*

A few of my faveriot things - Fantasy Fashion

These head pieces are some of my fantasy fashion loves - you know the things you wish you had a reason to not only own but wear on a regular basis...

Winter White Cloche, by Etsy Seller Yellow Field7

Sweet and Blue Cloche (Yellow Field 7)

Amazing Head piece by Feather Children Love

Feather Children love blog and etsy shop

I love hats - and (most of the time) I suit them - its such a shame I have no reason to dress up for work - but when I have kids - well Peter Pan watch out!!!

Wouldn't be nice to live in an era or a space where it was acceptable everyday - *sigh*
The time and effort both sellers must put into their creations blows my mind - they are all truly works of art! Do check them both out!

Have a fashionable week!

*K*

PS all Feather Children photos from here, etsy shop link here
      all Yellow Field 7 photos from etsy

Bridget Farmer - Neat tweats!

Dunnock, Hand Pulled Original Etching

I don't think birds will ever go out of fashion.  There's something in the symbolism of birds that will always delight.  Its the notions of flight, freedom, grace, elegance and cheekiness, all appeal and inspire.  I have a wing tattooed on my hip for exactly that reason - freedom and protection spiritedness- that's what it symbolises to me anyways... But now onto the art.
These are the amazing, no - the AMAZING prints of Irish lass Bridget Farmer.

Satin Bower Bird (female), Original Etching

Red Wattle Bird, Australian Native Bird Etching

Aren't they fantastic! I love the scribbly drawing style that becomes ordered chaos, it has a grace and movement that really captures the fleeting moment of trying to observe the often shy, cheeky and beautiful bird life.

Read more about the etching process here, see works for sale here or check out her blog here!

Have a fabulous weekend!

The Doldrums

I've been in the doldrums recently and consequently haven't posted ANYTHING in a month - shocking! But Spring is in the air - my tulips and flowering, the weathers getting warmer (slowly) and  I will get back into the swing of things... tomorrow...

Classy Kiwiana

Have you heard of Nuzilla yet? This quirky creative design collective create imaginative fun kiwi inspired home wears and gifts - take a peak...

Slice Form Kiwi (this pic and all others from Endemic World)

Above and below, "Fishy" & "Birdy" Mobiles - I have a (not-so) secret obsession with Mobiles! Awesome!! 

Tea towels - above and below "Snack Supper" and "Aroha Love"! Too cute!!

Find these and other funky bits and pieces online at Endemic World (Also the home of other fabulous kiwi stuff)!

Paths to Abstraction {Reveiw}

We went to Sydney this weekend for the international soccer tournament.  It was fun - I'm not a soccer fan but the atmosphere was amazing! And as an added bonus I even got to see a couple of galleries... We hit the Art Gallery of NSW and saw the permanent collection - which has a fantastic breadth of movements and eras.  But we were really there for the temporary exhibition Paths to Abstraction... It was OK.... I was a little disappointed by the scope of the show but it was still very interesting!  I'm not sure it was worth the $20 but perhaps that's cause I've been spoilt enough to see some of Europe's leading galleries... Maybe not... Have you seen it? What did you think?

Image from Wikipedia by David Illif