My Owl Barn: 2011

Friday, December 23, 2011

Happy Holidays + Links

2012 calendar, a perfect last minute gift. Download here for free!

Check out these owl, reindeer and bunny Christmas tags.

More holiday printables here.

Decorate your desktop with this and this.

Tie a ribbon around these recipe cards and they'll make a great gift.

Decorate your tree with these ornaments.

Get gift wrap (and more) for free from Owlways Christmas Giftwrap Set.

Happy holidays everyone! I am signing off for the holidays so wanted to wish you lots of joy, happiness and love. I am thankful to you all for reading my posts, sweet comments and your support for our Owl Lover 2012 calendar. I'll leave you with the above links that will take you to several useful Christmas freebies and downloads. Blogging on My Owl Barn the coming week will be sporadic, but I'll be sharing my finds on twitter and facebook. See you back here with regular blogging in 2012!

{sources: top image via here, letters from here, second image My Owl Barn}

Random Friday Picks

{1. Teavana - Laughing Owls Tea Cup, 2. Owl and Lace Pouch - Track and Field Designs, 3. Owl Love Rectangular Cosmetic Case by LeSportsac, 4. Naked Decor - Wise Owl Clock, 5. Owl Checkbook Wallet - Tilly's, 6. Karmaloop - The Olly Owl Hat}

{7. Owl Mask Wooden Ring and Necklace - Tatty Devine, 8. Hootie the Owl Coir Mat by The Container Store available here(top) and Bombay Duck Twit Twoo Owl Doormat(bottom), 9. Cooking Owl Day Apron - Modcloth, 10. Bitossi Rimini Blu Miniatures Owl at Design within Reach, 11. It's a Hoot! Lampshade by Quincy Lampshades}

Some random things that I am loving this morning. Enjoy!

Still More Printable Christmas Goodies

Holiday Gift Tags by Sea Urchin Studio

Holiday Scrapbooking Printables by We Love to Illustrate

Christmas Labels by Filles with Colors

Thursday, December 22, 2011

Swig: The Felt Things

Adorable felt animals by Swig, you can see more of her lovely creatures here.

Remember, the "bored owl" I blogged here.

Vintage Animal Alphabet

Can you imagine the delight of been the owner of these wonderful alphabets? Every letter is adorned with charming illustration of an animal or a bird starting with that alphabet in beautiful, vibrant colors. Truly, each one is an art piece in itself. I stared at each one of these characters for a long time who are demonstrating human like qualities. How adorable is the Newt in the night gown, Lion walking with the lamp and our little guy - owl, perhaps, patiently waiting for the night to fall?

{images via}

Little Owl Wallpaper

I am loving this "Little Owl Wallpaper" at Anthropologie designed by Edwyn Collins in collaboration with Katja at Elli Popp. It features simple owl sketches on a light background which will blend and look great with your existing decor in the bedroom, the sitting room or even in the bathroom.

You can find plates, mugs and other ceramics based on Edwyn's same lovely owl illustrations in my previous post here.

Wednesday, December 21, 2011

2012 Calendar Round-Up Part 2

Night Owl Paper Goods

Double Buttons

You can find the 2012 Calendar Part 1 here, if you missed it.

Oana Befort: Wintery Owl

If I had to choose just one artwork that represents the cold, snowy Winter and holidays to me, I would pick this "Wintery Owl" by Oana Befort.

If you are interested in bringing this little guy home then you can contact Oana by sending her an email. Her contact info. is given on this page on her website.

Some detail on the piece:

"Wintery owl" is an original illustration done in watercolors and acrylic white ink. There are no prints of it at the time. The illustrations measures 9" 1/2 x 12" 1/2 and it can be yours for $130 (plus shipping).

Klay Arsenault

Klay Arsenault partnered with Anna Maria Horner to create this new collection -"Owls n’ Buddies". These special edition plush art dolls are hand crafted, one-of-a-kind and made out of Anna Maria's beautiful fabric. You can view all the owls and their friends from the range here.