Etsy Shop Crush: What. No Mints?

The first thing that caught my eye about "What. No Mints?" was their name. I think a good shop name always helps draw people in, and What, No Mints is certainly the kind of name you don't forget.What. No Mints? is run by Sasha from South Florida. Her creations are obviously very inspired by her love of nature and science. This shop is full of geeky, colourful and adorable crafts and goodies. Each ornament is lovingly crafted with great attention...

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Wednesday Art Feature: Matthew Roby

I first discovered Matthew Roby's work through some friends that worked with him on his animation; Reel. Reel reminds me of when English kids TV actually had a decent budget (the days before the tweenies!) and they took the time to produce beautiful, stylised stories.Matthew 's illustration style takes me straight back to my childhood, and my love of reading (well, more my love of looking at the pictures in books!). I could imagine the child in me...

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Red Dotty Nail Tutorial - A Guest Post from Artsy Angel

I have a very special guest post for you all today from one of my sponsors and also one of my fav bloggers Artsy Angel. Her blog is full of loads of colourful things, art and inspiration. I love love love the way she paints her nails, so I asked her to do a simple nail tutorial post for me based on her Blue on Blue nail art. I hope you all enjoy it!What you'll need:- 3 nail polishes. A main colour, a second colour and a colour for the middle dots....

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Fashion Favs Friday - 22/02/13

1. ASSAFPELLEG - Very classic and beautiful clothing. The cuts on their clothes look so flattering.2. The Pendant Garden - There's a pendant for everyone here. I'm particularly in love with their moon and camera lense pendants.3. Zulamimi Land - Oh my gosh, I want everything in this shop. It has everything, from space cat sweatshirts to winged backpacks.4. Bartinki - This shop has it all for the stylish fashionista. Very unique and full of great...

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Etsy Shop Crush: Kumeko Design

Kumeko are a modern design company based in Prague. They make eye catching knotted floor cushions, inspired by traditional knitting and weaving techniques. They also do really cute scarves that look similar to their floor cushions.I'm a bit of a texture freak, so I'd love one of these cushions in my house. I'd probably touch it far too much though.[Et...

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Wednesday Art Feature: Maia Larkin

Maia Larkin is a Denver based childrens fashion illustrator. Her work always looks to me as if it would be right at home in a childrens story book. Her beautiful linework, combined with pattern and a selective use of colour make her style really fun and distinctive.Maia also does jointed art dolls and plushie dolls which I think compliment and work with her art style really well.Which is your favorite of her work? I think mine has to be the British...

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Phase Eight Wedding Guest Outfit - English Rose

A couple of weeks ago, Phase Eight contacted me about their latest competition, to style a wedding guest outfit.I'll be honest with you guys, I've only attended two weddings in my life, both times It's taken me SO long to pick an outfit. So I thought that this would be a challenge! I love that Phase Eight now have a "wedding guest" section, if only I'd just browsed their website I think I could have saved many hours of trying to find a dress. Most...

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Fashion Favs Friday - 15/2/13

1. Revival House - Ultra stylish vintage fashion. They have a great selection of beautiful bags and shoes.2. Shovava - Hand made and hand printed clothes inspired by nature. These look like the kind of clothes beautiful amazonian women would want to wear.3. Nan Gates Designs - Cosmetics and glasses bags in the cutest selection of materials.4. Peace4you - Upcycled and super trendy every day bags. 5. Hungry Designs - Ridiculously awesome and creative...

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Etsy Shop Crush: Jersey's Freshest

Happy Valentines Day everyone! There's no better way of telling someone you love them than sending them a special card. That's why today I'm featuring Jersery's Freshest. A hand made card company from New Jersey.All of Jersey's Freshest's card are hand drawn, hand cut and hand painted, I think this is why they look extra personal and special. Their designs are well thought out, simple, modern and effective.I especially love their Christmas themed...

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Wednesday Art Feature: Kinomi

Kinomi is a Netherlands based artist who specialises in surreal and beautiful painted illustrations. What I love most about Kinomis work is the colour palette she uses. It takes the painting to a whole new cold and magical place.Kinomi grew up in a small forest house surrounded by animals and nature. She spent most of her days as a child drawing and painting from her imagination. Her illustrations are still very much inspired by her childhood, I...

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Happy Floral Brogues

These brogues were inspired by the wonderful work of Takashi Murakami. I've been working on some Takashi inspired designs for my shoe design portfolio, so it was a great help to paint some shoes inspired by his work too, since I seem to be finding painting on shoes much easier than actual designing at the moment.If you'd like your own pair of customised shoes, email me at ponychopsshop@gmail.com or contact me at my Etsy Shop....

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