New At West Elm

 

 

Did you get a chance to see the newest collection at West Elm? I started browsing through their website today and guess what? I found so many lovely owls! The above shown are my faves and some are on my wishlist (hint, hint!) What do you wish to receive this year? 

Sweet Bestiary

Flor Panichelli of Sweet Bestiary is a London based artist who hand sculpts these whimsical clay creatures brooches that will make you stop in your tracks. She is currently working on lots of new pieces for her upcoming show at a fair in London. You can learn some more about the making process on her blog and buy her sweet beasts on her store.

Printable Christmas Gift Tags

Kelly designed these adorable Christmas Tags last year and shared them on her blog. I am glad I found them because I know I'll be using them next month on the gifts. You can download them here, print them and enjoy!

Gelaskins: Catalina Estrada

I featured Catalina Estrada earlier here and recently found out that her designs are now available in form of iPhone and laptop skins.

Catalina was born and grew up in Colombia and currently working as a freelance graphic designer in Barcelona. I love her colorful and vibrant illustrations inspired by traditional folk-art and makes intensive use of tropical vegetation and animals. Her Little Red (shown above) and Gold Flower pieces are available at Gelaskins.

Altenkunstadt: Decanters

I love these porcelain decanters produced in 1960s by a German factory called Altenkunstadt. The Bird Cage featuring owls in the bird cage was found on this blog and figural bottles were spotted here. I am a sucker for bottles and I have a small collection of vintage bottles which is constantly growing (and going out of control) is displayed on top of my kitchen cabinets. What do you collect?

Vintage Unknown Finds

This etsy seller has these four owl images from 1972 for sale made by Morris Manufacturing Co. of Garland, Texas, a subsidiary of American Arts & Crafts Corp. The images feature four seasons and in each season the owl is busy doing the following tasks - raking leaves in the fall, making a snowman in winter, picking flowers in spring and fishing in the lily pads in summer!  The seller is not sure if these are transfers. Do you know what are these?

Whitney Sherman: Owlware at Nucleus

Whitney Sherman's beautiful artwork on display at Nucleus during the global conference Icon6: A Labor Of Line which is attended by over 600 artists and creative professional from all media fields. 

Whitney is a self-taught illustrator and designer whose work has been represented in American Illustration, Communication Arts and AIGA. The shown art work - Owlware: The cosmopolitans is sold at Nucleus for $2800.

Poolga: iPhone Wallpapers

Today, I stumbled across this website called Poolga that has a huge collection of beautiful illustrated wallpapers for free for iPhone, iPad and other mobile devices created by very talented artists and designers. The above shown are some of my favorites - Big Hug, Croc Monsieur, Lonesome Owl and Snow Owl. Head over to Poolga for a free wallpaper download and prettify your mobile device!

Owen Davey

Owen Davey is a UK based artist who after graduating from University College Falmouth in Illustration started his freelance career. He has a distinctive style that is born from a combination of retro colors and nostalgic designs. He has worked for New York Times, The Guardian and BBC history.

Owl Mittens

Owl mittens made to order by Aurelija Masiulionyte. The mittens are made with merino wool and are completely seamless. While ordering you can choose color, fiber and decorations, available here.

Bird Mafia: Scarf and Goodies

Bird Mafia have recently launched some new products for the holidays. There are gift sets, organic hand-printed owl scarves, owl stuffies and patches available in beautiful bright colors. They will be exhibiting in four craft shows in December. For schedule and more details go to their website here.

Isabelle Thibeault

Isabelle Thibeault is a very talendted artist and creator of these beautiful hand-made papier mache animal and bird masks and lamps.

Make Your Own Holiday Owl Ornament

Fancy Tiger is a crafting store in Denver specializing in craft supplies and fancy kits. They believe that the world can be "a better place by inspiring people to reach their crafting potential." The Owl Ornament Needle Felting Kit comes with several colors of wool roving, a foam safety cube, one barbed felting needle, bakers twine for hanging, and easy to follow instructions enough to make two owl ornaments. These are perfect if you want to present something handmade to your loved ones this Christmas.

Studio Roam: Blankets

Studio Roam started as a personal project by Sonia Ambrosano and Lachlan Munrostar to design and knit pieces of their dreams and choice. Now, they are working with clients all over the world and offering most luxurious knitted products crafted in their studio situated in the amidst of rolling hills and winding rivers. These cozy blankets are made to order using only the finest cashmere. I picked out few of the blankets that feature owls, flamingos and woodland animals and are suitable to keep both children and adults warm on the winter nights.

I Beast You: Becky Lane

Becky Lane is a Canadian concept designer and a master mind behind I Beast you. “I Beast You aims to situate itself at the crossroads between animality and culture, viewing the process of creating things as part of an ongoing effort to strike upon that elusive moment where both aspects hold each other in view." Their products are all handmade using re-claimed material and methods that support small-scale local businesses. Beasts, their newest animal shaped toys collection, includes 100% cotton and screen printed otter, fox and great horned owl.

Arcane Arts

Beautiful prints from Adrienne Vita's four part Owl Series. All the prints are available at her store Arcane Arts.