Pastel Hues

{From the top clockwise: Owl Stud Earrings - Dorothy Perkins, Owl Print Shirt - ASOS,  Owl Times' Sake Belt - ModCloth, Owl Be Seeing You Scarf - ModCloth, Owl Sandals - Gravity Pope, Print Cape Front Blouse - A/Wear}

Collection: Owl Postage Stamps

{images via, from the top: a. 1959 Switzerland, design by Celestino Piatti. b. 1 June 1960, Switzerland, ‘Symbols of Occupations’, design: H. Kumpel, engrave: H. Heusser. b. 27 January 1970, Canada, Centennial of the Northwest Territories, design: Norman E. Hallendy & Sharon Van Raalte based on a stone-cut print by Kenojuak Ashevak, c. 1989 Sweden, d. 27 January 1970, Canada, Centennial of the Northwest Territories, design: Norman E. Hallendy & Sharon Van Raalte based on a stone-cut print by Kenojuak Ashevak, e. 1986 Czechoslovakia, Tawny Owl & Eurasian Eagle-owl, illustration: H. Čápová engrave: J Herčík, f. Owl & the Pussycat, 6 September 1988 United Kingdom, design: M. Swatridge and S. Dew g. Black Eyes, 18 January 2000 UK, Millennium 2000/1 Third Millennium/Muncaster}

I don't collect stamps myself but my aunt used to collect when I was a little girl. What's it that so fascinating about it? Is it the art? Or, their ability to reveal significant history and culture about other places? Do you collect? 

Have a great weekend. I'll see you on Monday! 

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Sawako Hayakawa: Alleluja

Sawako Hayakawa is a ceramist who lives in the suburbs of Tokyo, Japan. She has a beautiful online store called Alleluja where she offers hand crafted kawaii porcelain characters and felt pincushions. 

"I started to do the needle felt in my own style a few years later. In after years, I combined them with my work as the pincushion. I think it is the natural flow, because I like the wool as much as the clay. Now, I make the ceramics in my spare time. I formed porcelain soil in my home and do the glazing and the firing in the ceramic workshop.”

I love these tiny and the most adorable owls! Visit her photo gallery on Flickr to view more of her work.

Meg Hunt

LOVE the work of Meg Hunt.

Yvonne Ellen: Ceramics

Yvonne Ellen is a ceramic artist currently living in London,UK. She hand crafts unique pieces of homeware combining charming vintage items with contemporary hand drawn illustrations. Her pieces are often adorned with fun illustrations like DJing owls, animals in top hats and knitting squirrels.

The artists shares about her process of making the lovely ceramics.  She says - I attend "as many car boots as I can track down I also scour the local charity shops and vintage fairs for unique pieces to transform into my hand illustrated ceramic designs. Once I have a good collection I set to work creating decorative designs with a sense of charm and intrigue. I love to draw wild animals surrounded by beautiful and intricate pattern, often doing or wearing quite ‘human’ like things to add a little charisma."