Tuesday, December 9, 2014

'Snowy Owls' Kitchenware for Christmas



Bring Christmas in your kitchen with this adorable collection "Snowy Owls" featuring hand-painted owl in lovely seasonal color palette. There are functional pieces in the range which you can bring out for the Christmas dinner with your family and to prepare your kitchen to make it holiday ready!

The items included in the collection are:

Eddy Cobiness


'Snowy owl family'


'Bear and moose'


'Quail family'


'Geese'


'Mother beaver with young'


'Reflections'


'Grouse nesting'


'Bears'


'Raccoon family'


'Three bison'

I recently discovered the amazing work of a Canadian artist Eddy Cobiness. He was an Ojibwa-Indian who worked in oil and acrylic, watercolor, pen and ink, and colored pencil.

He started his career as an artist by illustrating realistic village scenes, then gradually his work evolved to more abstract forms, often depicting provincial wildlife. Cobiness was well-known for his stylized images of animals whose essence he could capture by only a few brush strokes. His flowing lines and sparse use of colors creates a harmonious visual effect. The dot like shapes are recurring in his animal paintings, sometimes appearing as eyes of an owl and other times appearing on the body of a bison.

{Images via Red Kettle}

Monday, December 8, 2014

Owl family Christmas Cake with Tutorial



This has to be the cutest owl Christmas cake ever! If you are looking to bake something for the holidays that'll be loved by both kids and adults then look no further. To make your own owl cake go to this website for step by step instructions and more images. The website is in Italian, but if Italian is not your language then  you can easily translate the page with the help of Google translator. It's completely worth it!


How adorable is this little guy in santa hat and a scarf. All set for the holidays! 


Make the entire owl family - papa owl wearing top hat, mama owl, the sleeping owlet and the wide awake baby owl - following the instructions from the link given above.


Assemble the snow covered tree on which the owl family perches.


Add some more snow!


And, finish!

10 DIY Owl Christmas Ornaments






















This Christmas deck your tree with some fun DIY owl Christmas ornaments which are not only cute but also have a personal touch which store bought ornaments lack. I have gathered together few of my favorite DIY ornaments from an ocean of owl ornament ideas. I hope they inspire you to create some joyful handmade Christmas ornaments to add to your decorations this holiday season.

Check out some more tutorials that I shared in the past and which are still super awesome! Here, here, here and here.

Friday, December 5, 2014

Olaf Hajek














Olaf Hajek is the world renowned German illustrator, painter, artist, graphic designer, and author. Hajek's work is inspired by folk culture, mythology, religion, history, and geography. His paintings are detailed, colorful, wild and is a visual delight. I hope you enjoy his work as well. 

You can visit his website to view more of his work. I found a website called Gestalten.com where some of his paintings are available as prints to purchase and his books can be ordered form here.

Happy Friday! Take care and see you on Monday. In the meanwhile, you can join the owl wagon on facebook.

xo
Shivani