Artist Amimono Horinouchi may be trained as a graphic designer, but it was when he took up knitting, just a few short years ago, that he really hit his stride. The Tokyo-based…
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Remember how I wrote this post about a few ace gems you can find in your life? It’s my favourite kind of thing to write about, really… the little things that…
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Do you know about The Little Library Cafe? It’s a really ace blog by Kate, featuring gazillions of recipes from literature and little stories to go with them. I have been…
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I spotted Ukranian artist and all-round-genius Hanna Dovhan’s work over on This Is Colossal today and it hit me in the fuzzy, felty feels. I thought (if you didn’t yet…
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I got up really early this morning – 4.30am – to take care of some work that I didn’t get to do yesterday. Once I had that all sorted, I…
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Look. Honestly. The internet is FULL of people who need to be noticed or need your help. I get it. It gets a bit overwhelming and it’s hard to know who…
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There is nothing Spring-ier than a fresh Spring frock and these particular frocks are not only ultra fresh, they are locally and ethically made too. This is just the kind of thing…
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Amy sent me a link to this amazing pink and woolly house on Facebook today. I KNEW some of you guys would love it too, because a) art and b) crochet.…
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“Once Georgie was diagnosed, I was relieved in a way, I think we were all relieved because finally we knew this was it, so we just embraced it. All you want…
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This beautiful, tiny felt series by Hine Mizushima is called Invertebrate Sleep Habits. You can see the whole story here. I can’t even begin to tell you how much I love this!…
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I was excited to stumble across the beautiful work of Boyoun Kim yesterday. I’m often pretty gobsmacked by the cleverness and creativity of illustrators and Boyoun Kim is definitely next-level in terms of gobsmacks. Award-winning Korean-born…
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Brr. Last night I went out for dinner and when I was walking to the tram, on my way home the night air was so, so cold. Each time I…
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When I spotted (genius) Pete Cromer’s sherbet-sprinkled budgies on Instagram I was overcome with pastel pangs. These budgies aren’t the kind to wildly fling seed around your kitchen. They will not wake you with…
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My friend’s baby son is called Del. Yep. He’s adorable and smart and he likes me a lot. This is why I like to make him things. If you follow me on…
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Holy smoke. As much as I love my pompoms-of-Fraggleness-and-heart-shaped-inclusive-ness, there is NO denying that THESE pompoms are actually the world’s best. They are the total greatest. Snaffle yourself a copy of this amazing…
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Hello! How are things? I am good. I am cramming in as much craft as possible, between work-y things. This sometimes makes it hard to do bloggy things, but I am…
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Hardie Grant sent me a review copy of this lovely book… and Obus sent me the cute socks-up-top! Once upon a time I got very, very sick while I was away…
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Instagram is really such a great way to find creative people, isn’t it? I’m a little bit addicted to scrolling through the EXPLORE tab, looking for beautiful people and…
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I loved reading these little interviews over on Motherland. Seven Q & As with seven smart girls = interesting and awesome. Maybe you’d like to find out more about… Girl Talk 1 –…
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You know what? It’s really ace to see a style icon that totally middle-fingers the norm. It’s especially great when that someone is 50+ and is not hiding herself or disappearing…
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YA novelist superstar John Green (hello, The Fault In Our Stars, Paper Towns, Looking For Alaska) is currently in a refugee camp in Jordan as a friend of the UNHCR, getting to the bottom…
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Last night, I fell down a bit of a YouTube documentary-watching hole. Does that ever happen to you? I bet it does. One of the best things I watched was…
