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new book Fresh Prints … out soon

Fresh Prints delivery

Today I got an exciting delivery in the post … A lovely box of hot off the press copies of my new book Fresh Prints. This is my fourth book for Quadrilles Simple Makes series (and maybe my fave, but then I say that about each one I do! Definitely my fave title. Thanks for the inspiration Will.)

Print was my favourite medium to work with when I was at college and the print room was my favourite place to be so I loved getting my hands dirty and smelling of printers ink once again to make the 20 + projects for the book.

I had lovely photographer Keiko Oikawa shooting the pictures and yet again she made all my projects look lovely, clean and fresh.

I think my favourite project was this one …

ALphabet cards

circus letter wooden postcard

or this one?

Botanical cards

botanical greetings card

or maybe this one ….

gift boxes

but then this one is really nice.

mushroom mayhem cushion

Mushroom cushion all photos copyright Keiko Oikawa

Here’s a little more information about the book and to ‘look inside’ visit amazon.co.uk (maybe you’d like to buy a copy too?)

FRESH PRINTS

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book club: Things I Love

things i love book

This is a good book. It’s a big book full of good stuff by interior stylist Megan Morton. It’s a book which I fully intend to one day sit down with a cup of tea and some biscuits and read from cover to cover (it’s probably number 10 in the queue of books waiting for that glorious day).

It’s a book that when maybe you’ve just got a little tired of amazing pictures of beautiful homes …

Megan-mmorton-interiors

you turn the page and get a section of perforated cut-out-and-keep postcards full of witty slogans and pretty pictures (which is quite frankly blowing my mind as I want to use the postcards but can’t bare to tear them from the book) …

Megan-Morton-Postcards

Moving on, there’s a chapter of interviews with inspiringly fabulous people …

Megan-Morton-interviews

Then one full of helpful hints to make your home look like it’s from the pages of a magazine …

Useful-pages-Megan-Morton

And to top it off at the end you get a gatefold section (who doesn’t love a gatefold)  showcasing Megan’s Styling Manifesto which actually now I’ve read this page is a bit twee and nothing groundbreaking but it looks good and really isn’t that all that matters?

Megan-Morton-Manifesto

Megan-Morton

Buy Megan’s book here and visit her website here

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Marie Claire Runway fifth edition

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STICKERS! As I said on Tuesday the new issue of Marie Claire Runway has a sheet of free stickers inside for you to customise your cover, your phone, your stapler, a lampost,  your coffee cup or the person sitting next to you. It also has interviews, all the facts you need on the new Spring trends,  two quizzes, some pictures of dogs, and lots and lots of pictures of beautiful clothes. I hope you enjoy reading it as much as I do making it.

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Donald Robertson: the human etch-a-sketch

PARIS

from Marie Claire Runway out Feb 6

Donald Robertson is a man who is an actual marvel. Once Creative Director at Conde Nast America (launching  Marie Claire and redesigning Glamour). He is now the head of Creative Development at Bobbi Brown Cosmetics; a truly creative man. What I love the most about him is his instagram feed. It is a constant joy to me all day every day (he is a very prolific poster) full of his fashion illustrations, ideas from projects he is working on and his life in general.

If I write too much I will just get really gushy and soppy so I’ll let some of his pictures do the talking. (All images taken from Donalds instagram feed @donalddrawbertson (seriously, you must follow him))

He can make beautiful things from a few simple lines of marker pen and Gaffa tape.

pink dresses

Or paint …ladiesHe has his own little creative projects, currently it’s drawing on nuts…prada nutsnuts2Don’t put anything down when you are round his house as he is likely to draw on it …donald sinksOr turn it in to something else …donald drawbertson bagHe’s funny …anna and graceand to top it off, he’s got really cute dogs …dog2 dog1and kids. babies

I had the fortune to collaborate with him on the new issue of Marie Claire Runway (out 6th of Feb) We spent a fun couple of days emailing back and forth to create four illustrations to depict all that is great and good about New York, London, Milan and Paris. Here’s a little sneak peak.

LODON

We also worked together on the cover and in what is quite possibly the Most Exciting Thing I’ve Done In My Career So Far … STICKERS! Yup, we have a sheet of free fashion stickers inside the magazine … I’ll show you them on Thursday.

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