Christmas Was Wonderful

Zine Showcase #2

Brooke
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Strange Attractor // $3.50 + shipping
Legende // $1.50 + shipping

Brooke's zines are amazing; her mini accordion art books are beautiful. Whether inspired by her boyfriend's science textbooks, a parisian road atlas or thrift store finds they are crafted so wonderfully I cannot help but fall in love with them.

Alana
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Young Adventurer's Guide to Inanimate Creatures // Out of Stock

Born from a love of inanimate objects, the thought that perhaps they lead secret lives when nobody is looking and the inspiration from watching Canadian television shorts.

Squid Cuddles Inc.
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Safe Places // Out of Stock

Fantastic ethereal imagery.

Julia Pott
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I'll Go Where You Go // £12 + shipping

This A5 full colour zine is based on relationships, break ups and "get-back-togethers".

Dan Kress
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Memento Mori // $6.00 + shipping

A 32 page, staple bound, hand numbered edition of only 40 with a gorgeous gold screen printed cover featuring macabre drawings. Having a curious fascination with death and finding imagery surrounding the subject irresistible, this zine quickly won me over with its dark subject matter.

Vintage Letterpress Love

Vintage Letterpress Drawer // $42.00

I cannot express how much I would like to own a vintage letterpress drawer, I think they are wonderful and would make a lovely display for a stall at a fair.

My grandmother's table (on which I take most of my photographs) was close to being scrapped after plans to redecorate the kitchen. I felt terrible about a gorgeous, weathered table having such an uncertain future. My idea is to upcycle the table into a letterpress drawer I can use at fairs; luckily my father is a skilled carpenter and I feel much better knowing a part of my grandmother's life, the lady who taught me almost everything I know about handmade crafts, will be travelling with me.

With Regret, I Inform You

Unfortunately my computer suddenly stopped working yesterday.. the lack of a computer does not bother me so much as the immense amount of resources that have gone with it. You may (or may not) have noticed I have had to temporarily shut the shop. (Of course, any outstanding orders will be sent out.)

I thought this might be for a couple of days although I am now considering keeping it closed until January. Since I have lost all the templates for most of my original designs and what with it being Christmas, it seems to be the perfect opportunity to have a short break in preparation for the New Year.

Fortunately with the loss of a computer I find I have gained plenty more time to be creative.

Zine Showcase 1#

I wanted to add a little something extra to the blog; I have recently purchased some amazing zines and thought I would share my little discoveries with you.

Minifanfan
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Better Together // $10 + shipping

Minifanfan's first A5 sized zine is printed in full colour and features 16 pages inspired by Jack Johnson (apparently). I am a MASSIVE fan of Minifanfan, I simply cannot get enough of her absolutely wonderful illustrations.

Sarah McNeil
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Stastictical Analysis... // $4.00 + shipping

A zine filled with with various graphs depicting "things that happen but don't matter" (and everything else, of course). In each copy there is a unique graph hand-drawn specifically for that zine only.

L'employé du Moi
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Appendix // Free!

Special thanks to Olive for sending me this copy.

This free newspaper is a compilation of short stories by a selection of authors, chronicling the last decade. It has been quite a while since I even attempted to read French (I do wish I'd kept my up my French language skills) so reading through this is slow (and rather hard) work for me.. Regardless the stories are lovely and the illustrations are wonderful; well worth a read.. if you can manage to get your hands on a copy that is!

Abigail Nottingham
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Tone #4 // 99p

A collaboration zine from the art students of Hull featuring themed artwork; created and edited by Abigail Nottingham. Issue four's theme is "characters" and in particular the work of James Fenwick really appealed to me.

Beverly Ealdama
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A Million City Lights // $1.75 + shipping

A hand-stitched, 12 page, full colour mini-zine filled with hand-drawn typography and patterns.

If you have made a zine (or know of an incredible one I simply must own!) and you would like to see it featured, I'm welcoming submissions - e-mail me and/or leave a comment. Anyone who submits a zine will receive a little something in return as a thank you ♥

We Haven't Spoken In Days

Antler Necklaces

Large and small antler necklaces available at the Etsy shop.
Remember there is 10% off until the end of December when you use the SNOWDAY discount code.

I'm Still Learning

The snow doesn't give a soft white damn whom it touches. - E.E. Cummings

Have Yourself A Snow Day

If you enjoy little surprises - this is for you.

Each package contains something simply wonderful; it could be a notebook or a tote bag, or maybe a piece of jewellery like a brooch or a necklace, perhaps it will be some prints or an original drawing.. You never know what you're going to get.

Each parcel comes gift wrapped and would make a wonderful present for somebody.. or simply a treat for yourself.


I'm offering these to the followers of the blog first (non-UK residents are more than welcome to purchase them too - payment is made in pounds sterling and I'm paying the extra pennies for worldwide shipping!); you can order a £2, £5 or £10 surprise.

To tempt you further I have set-up a discount code for my Etsy shop.
Simply enter SNOWDAY at the checkout to receive 10% off your order for the whole of December!

£2

£5

£10