Seasons Greetings

This fine festive photo is by The Eye photography.
I'll be back in the new year, Merry Christmas.

London Shop Fronts

With the demise of the corner shop the photography collection of London Shop Fronts by Emily Webber captures moments of our urban age.

Toast

Today I took a few moments out from the busy run up to Christmas to take a look at this short dreamy film by Toast. Grab yourself a cuppa, put up your feet and be inspired by this charming mini movie with gorgeous colours, beautiful photography and wonderful music, enjoy.

Sinta

Tanja Lichtensteiger creates charming artwork, prints, postcards and greeting cards which sell in her Etsy shop Sinta. Using watercolours, inks and pencils Tanja illustrates in a wonderful narrative way such as this magical winter scene. Check out the shop and blog for some super story telling.

Heidi Burton

Look at this super snowglobe card by illustrator Heidi Burton. Based in Cambridge Heidi creates paper products including prints, cards and journals all in her wonderful humourous style. See Heidi's work in her shop and find out what inspires heidi here.

Happy kimono

I,m very happy to have found the wonderful designs of Happy Kimono. Self Taught artist Elle hand makes lovely cards, notebooks, tags and pins from here in the UK and sells worldwide via her Etsy shop. Take a look at here blog and see some beautiful photography here.

Blissful Images

My favourite photo this Friday is this stunning shot by Blissful Images, such wonderful colour. Take a look at lots more beautiful photographs here, see the incredible light captured in this one. Visit the Bliss blog for lots more inspiration, enjoy.

Jill Browning

Add some colour to your walls with some stunning prints by surface designer Jill Browning.

Jill creates wonderful bold symmetrical designs in glorious colour. See lots more designs here and buy here (if you can decide which one you like best).

Abigail A Percy

Take a look at the fabulous brand new jewellery by Glasgow based designer/jeweller Abigail A Percy. Made entirely by hand Abigail crafts beautiful nature inspired pieces like this hand pierced simple silver leaf silhouette. Visit Abigail's online shop or Etsy to see more of Abigail's unique jewellery (and the lovely photography). Abigail also has a fascinating blog which keeps you up to date with new work, events and collaborations.

Umpen Editions News

Here's a sneak peak at some exciting new card designs by Umpen Editions that will be previewing at the Top Drawer Spring trade exhibition from 18-20 Jan 2009 at Earls Court, London. Maria Livings of Lush Designs has created a wonderful ornate supernature range all embossed with gorgeous gold foiling. Also look out for the new 33 and a third poptastic birthday number cards.

Pocket Studio

Pocket Studio are a small London based design studio who offer a bespoke service with lots of experience in invitations and wedding stationery. Visit the Pocket Studio shop to see more handmade stationery including these charming animal Christmas cards and some lovely typographic cut out cards.

Mkendall Photography

This Friday's favourite photo is a beautiful dreamlike image by Morgan Kendall. You can see lots of Mkendall's photography in her shop and read more at Polaroidcupcake.

Nosideup

If you love linear drawings then take a look at the wonderful work of Maria Gil Ulldemolins. Oxford based Maria sells her charming detailed observational art in her Etsy shop Nosideup. Inspired by fashion and people the often humorous intriguing studies are available as limited edition prints. Visit the nosideup blog for lots of inspiration and news. A Central St Martins product design graduate Maria has also designed some amazing furniture and lighting such as the laser cut Bloom stool for Liberty which you must take a look at here.

Cakeworkshop

Take a visit to the Cakeworkshop on Etsy, no bakery products but delicious original artwork, limited edition prints and zines all lovingly handmade in London, yummy.

Julia Pott

Let me take you to the wonderful world of Julia Pott, a freelance illustrator and animator based in London. Julia hand paints charming fantastical characters that tell autobiographical stories with delightful text. I am sure you will love Julia's self published mini books especially the wonderful 'I am hating this' which is a collection of the original research for her adorable animated film 'My first crush' about animals and unrequited love. Visit Julia's Etsy store to purchase prints, cards, tattoos, stickers and original drawings and see the website and blog for news. For a real treat grab yourself a cuppa and take a moment to be inspired by this super Etsy Storque film for a sneak peek into Julia's work process and sketchbooks... swoon.

Cathy Cullis

Cathy Cullis is a mixed media artist based in London who creates a mix of charming work including paintings, drawings and wearable art. My favourite is the beautiful embroidered collages that combine stitched figures with layers of vintage papers, fabrics, and poetic snippets of text. Visit Cathy's Etsy shop to see a wonderful collection of work and look out for the lovely detailed original mono-print drawings for sale. Cathy is also an award winning poet and writer and you can read more about her work and inspiration on her blog November Moon.