Sarah Ogren

Sarah Ogren is a mixed media artist and loves to incorporate vintage and antique images in her collages. These framed collages are marvelous and whimsical. I love the combination of owl's head and Victorian men's and women's bodies. Artist says: "My work is a direct reflection of what I find interesting and what I think of the world. My work has a very child-like, humorous and surrealist quality to it."

Galia Bernstein

Lovely surface designs by Galia Bernstein of Dancing Kangaroo.

12,000 Beads

Peggy Dembicer is an incredible self-taught artist whose work blows me away. She creates these bead embroidery art work which takes several hours of patient weaving and strategic placement of beads by moving and turning each bead seed to create the perfect replica of the original source of her inspiration. This beaded art work was inspired by the 60s wise potato chips bag and took 12,412 seed beads and approximately 45 hours of design and weaving. Watch her working on Michale Jackson's portrait in the video below.

Happy Weekend!

May you have a weekend filled with joy, laughter and all the things that you love most!

P.S. My Owl Barn is now on Facebook.

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Collection: Vintage Illustrations

I am just crazy about vintage illustrations. They are rare, quirky and totally charming. Last year, I collected a few vintage and retro vinyl covers from second-hand store and used books store and framed as inexpensive artwork. Are you a collector? What do you like to collect?

From top to bottom: 40 the happifats and mr. owl, bonbon and bonbonette, consummation, carpenter, do not disturb, brownies, thomas depuy, the ethyl owl, the owls serenade, perri, red owl.

Country Owl: Peagreen

Peagreen is a Winchester based design studio with a team of talented people who are passionate to create bold designs for stationery, tees and limited edition prints. Their impressive portfolio includes clients like IKEA, Urban Outfitters, Topshop and Gap. They have recently released new prints in their store and I'd love to get my hands on this 'Country Owl' by Dan Walters.

Cadbury Chocolate Buttons: Packaging

If you have read all my posts then you'd know that I am a Cadbury's lover. Sadly, I have never seen or eaten these chocolate buttons, but they sure do sound delicious! These yummy buttons were first designed in 1960 featuring a monkey, cat, pig, panda, penguin and of course, an owl with chocolate button as their eyes. This product is a perfect marriage between brilliant packaging and sumptuous chocolate.

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Leandro Castelao: Geometric Goodness

Leandro Castelao is a talented artist who depicts animals and insects into geometric illustrations. Amazing!! I love each and every piece my him and had to share a couple of my favorites with you, along with the owl.

Nice Work

I blogged about Nice Work's cards here some time back and recently discovered their newly released notebook featuring adorable owls in yellow. It can be bought with other three beautifully designed notebooks or separately. Now we now, it's always nice work when it's by Nice Work.

Invitation Inspired Cake

This cake is for all Tiny Print's fans. oh, and owl fans!

Thought Of The Day: Dance

"cabaret" by Julia.

"Hoot" Sandals

I feel exhilarated every time I find shoes with owls, mostly because it's a very rare occurrence. These sandals are by J.Reneé's newest range available in three metallic colors featuring a sparkly rhinestone-encrusted owl.

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Cuddlet: Blackwork Embroidery

This darling embroidered piece is by Nina of Cuddlet (love the shop name) who believes "that beautiful things don't always require complicated/expensive materials and methods" and works with mostly recycled fabric. If you take a closer look, you'll see that it's not your standard cross-stitch embroidery. The piece is done in blackwork embroidery, you can read about it on Wikipedia.

{Summer Brings Out Chiffon}

Hello June and comfy clothes! As summer approaches our closet content gets replaced by airy and comfortable clothes. This sheer chiffon tank top with owl print is perfect for an afternoon tea with girlfriends or for running errands.

Genevieve Gorder: Vases

Genevieve Gorder's new ceramic vases are decorative and functional. These can be used in kitchen to hold accessories, in living room as a flower vase or in a craft room to keep all your paint brushes in one place.

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Locket 2 You

Locket 2 You was founded in 2009 by Scott and Mirinda, and has been growing rapidly amongst jewelry lovers ever since. They work out of their home studio in Portland, Oregon, creating lockets with vintage feel and unique designs ranging from whimsical to western chic.