Friday, March 2, 2012

DIY With Petit Collage and Martha Stewart

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I have blogged about Petit Collage's products a few times in the past. Their products are contemporary, stylish and fun! If you agree, then you'll love this post.

Lorena Siminovich an artist and the founder of Petit Collage appeared on Martha Stewart's show to share the DIY on how to make her beautiful owl and elephant collages on wood. These will look great in a kid's room or nursery of a new born.

You can find the list of all the materials you need for the project, free templates, instructions and even a video on Marthastewart.com.

Freebie: Owl Paper Toy Template

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Another freebie is this cute little owl paper toy. You can download the template for free and make your own owl for someone special in your life. It'll work great to hold a secret message for your valentine or a small birthday gift.
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The template is available in 8 colors, download the one you like from here.

My Little Chickadee Creations: 25% Off

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Minnesota-based artist Ellie Jacobson and the owner of My Little Chickadee Creations has offered 25% off on any purchase at her store. To get the discount just use the code "owlbarn" at check out. Her store has over 800 products including handcrafted Easter ornaments, wedding favor coasters, magnets, tile trivets, owl coasters and many, many more. Remember, they can customize a number of personalized favors and magnets as per your needs. Remember, the code can be applied towards all of your purchases. To see all the products, visit Ellie's online store.

Freebie: Owl Bookplates

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Happy Friday, friends! The first freebie of today is these cute owl bookplates by Milly Bee. Each page prints 4 bookplates with different colored owls. They are free to download, so simply print as many as you like, cut and stick inside your favorite books.  

Thursday, March 1, 2012

Kate Endle: My Woodland Wish

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Kate Endle (whose work I have blogged about previously here) partnered with her husband, Chris Ballew of Caspar Babypants to write My Woodland Wish. It's 32 page children's picture book with each page adorned with Kate's signature charming cut-paper collages. It's a story of little girl "based on one of Kate Endle’s enduring memories from her own childhood in which she wished she could commune with the birds, frogs, rabbits, and butterflies that she encountered." You can view more images from the book or make a purchase for little one in your life from here.

Tattly Tattoos

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Cool Tattly temporary tattoos by Amy Blay. This Menagerie set includes 13 super cute and very bright tattoos of animals including owl, giraffe, lion, elephant, tortoise and more.

Lily Moon

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You must have seen Lily Moon's beautiful work on other blogs. I love her style that she uses in her artwork, it's magical and has a very dream like feel. I was excited to find her new (to me) watercolor owl illustrations. The delightful owl can be found on her handmade vintage postcards, tags and pin buttons. For more designs visit her store.

Mr. Jongo

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This is the cutest owl container I have seen in a long time. The owl container is handmade by Mr. Jongo, a California based artist, and carved with folk inspired design. This handsome owl will look super sitting on a desk or dresser. Also, check out this adorable owl figurine.

Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Mark Wagner's Dollar Bill Collages

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Brooklyn based artist and a co-founder of the Brooklyn Artists Alliance Mark Wagner makes these spectacular collages using glue, x-acto knife and mighty American dollar bills.

Artit's statement:  "The one dollar bill is the most ubiquitous piece of paper in America. Collage asks the question: what might be done to make it something else? It is a ripe material: intaglio printed on sturdy linen stock, covered in decorative filigree, and steeped in symbolism and concept. Blade and glue transform it-reproducing the effects of tapestries, paints, engravings, mosaics, and computers—striving for something bizarre, beautiful, or unbelievable... the foreign in the familiar".

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It took one year and 1,121 dollar bills, that were then meticulously cut into 81,895 individual pieces, to make this piece.

Matt Sewell: Our Garden Birds

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"Our Garden Birds" print, by one of my favorite artists, Matt Sewell for Pedlars featuring beautiful watercolors illustrations of 26 Bristish birds, Tawny and Barn owl.

Papier-Mache Masks

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Yevgeniya Kilupe from Latvia makes these unique papier mache masks inspired by "her love for Nature, Life and God".

Tuesday, February 28, 2012

Audrey Jeanne

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Audrey Jeanne is a French illustrator who has an online store that's filled with the sweetest range of postcards, posters, stamps, stationery, necklaces, prints, tote bags and more, most with her delightful owl design. My favorite is the owl in bow tie. What's yours?

Freebie: Barn Owl

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This adorable "Barn Owl" illustration made by Katie of Oohmoon is available for download for free! Free download is available for today only, so get it now from here.

Owlsome Deal - Wee Gallery Stamp Set 20% off


Regular price: $25
Owlsome deal price: $20.00

Wee Gallery is a Florida based company owned by designers and parents of two daughters Dave and Surya who create a cool range of products like drawing books, wall graphics, tattoos and stamp sets. They have generously offered their adorable "Gift Notes Rubber Stamp" stamp set for the Owlsome Deal.

Wee Gallery rubber stamp set let you create your own scenes. Made of rubber and mounted on beech blocks, this set includes animals and scenery. "Gift Notes Rubber Stamp" set includes 8 stamps - Ladybug, Frog, Sleeping Owl, Thank You, Happy Birthday, You're the Best, Star and Bunting. The set comes with a wooden box and 3 ink pads with non-toxic washable inks.  

They are such a great way of adding a personal touch to your homemade cards, scarpbooking or any other craft projects. Available at 20% off  for limited time only. So hurry, grab'em before they are gone. To purchase, click the Add to Cart button below. Items will ship UPS Ground. 

Click the Add to Cart button below to buy:
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This deal is only available till 03/06/2012 5:15AM MST 
The deal can end earlier, if the product gets sold out.

Not so fine print: 

- Once you click on the checkout button in cart, you will be directed to the PayPal payment page to make the payment to the seller. You can pay with your PayPal account, or with your credit/debit card.

- You will also be asked to provide your shipping address on the PayPal payment page.

- If you are seeing "This product is out of stock" message after clicking the "Add to Cart" button, that means that the deal has ended due to deadline being reached or the item being sold out.

- This Owlsome Deal is available in the US and Canada.

- If you have any pre-purchase enquiries or questions about your purchase. Please email at info@weegallery.com.

- Items will ship UPS Ground. All items still in sellable condition can be returned for exchange or refund. Items that arrive damaged will be promptly replaced or refunded.


Don't miss any Owlsome Deal,  sign up now to get them delivered in your mail box.

Do you have a product that you would like to offer to the "Owlsome Deal"? Read more.

Monday, February 27, 2012

Katie Hillier: Paperclip Animal Jewelry

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Katie Hillier a British designer has worked with renowned brands like Marc by Marc Jacobs, Victoria Beckham and Luella, launched her own line of jewelry. Her brand Hillier is described by her as"Luxury with a wink", she explains “sometimes the word luxury is over used and I think for us we want to try and bring something that is considered luxury and it is luxury because it is made from a very fine material, but we don’t want to scare away a younger customer and I think when you look at our product the wink part is" tiny animals crafted in 18ct gold paperclip adrorned with precious jewels in the shape of owl, bunny, snail, dog etc.  See all the stockists here.

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I enjoyed watching City Critters Carnival short video featuring her paperclip animals jewelry.

Romantic Animals

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I know I am a little late on posting this but these Valentine animals are so funny that I had to share them with you.

Kolner Zoo in Cologne, Germany, ran an event “Tour D’Amour” this Valentine’s Day with series of posters featuring romantic animals including an owl, a gorilla and camel. 

“Visit the Tour D’Amour at Valentine’s Day”.

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Jess Stokes for The Rise & Fall

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London based illustrator Jess Stokes is a graduate from Camberwell College loves to create intricate and detailed pen drawings. She did the beautiful shown illustrations for The Rise & Fall and Urban Outfitters.