New Quirky Bags by Loungefly

Loungefly large owl crossbody bag

Loungefly owl wallet

Loungefly owl mini backpack

If you have been reading my blog for a while then you must have seen the featured posts in the past on the quirky, cool merchandise by Loungefly. Their new collection of bags is all about the adorable designs including Alice, Minnie, sugar skull, grey cat, and of course owls (and many more)! The fun motifs are available on wallets, backpacks, coin purse and cosmetic bags. 

The owl backpack, crossbody and wallet feature appliqued wide open eyed owl with feather detailing. Perfect for everyday use! Find the bags shown above and more here.

Enamel Pin Series on Endangered Animals

Welcome back to the brand new week on My Owl Barn. Let's start with the beautiful work by Natelle Quek of Natelle Draws Stuff. Natelle is an animal lover and an illustrator based in Florida who makes cool stuff like patches, stickers and pins. The enamel pins are based on her original designs that seem like a wonderful combination of two images. For example the owl image is perfectly merged with floral patterns covering the body.

Pins are made in hard enamel with gold metal finish and glitter accents. She has an ongoing series of enamel pins featuring endangered species, 20% of its profit is donated to World Wildlife Fund. You can find her pins from the series and more on Instagram. Her account has a  huge following with over 70 thousand fans of her work.

Beasts Collection by Burberry

Hi friends! It's Friday already! It seems like time is flying by so fast, half of the year has gone by. Thank you for visiting my blog and encouraging me with your comments. Without you all it would have not been possible to have come this far. So, thank you! Moving on to the post. I stumbled across Beasts Collection by Burberry while browsing the internet and I have to say it's pretty rad! 

Beasts is the newest bag collection by Burberry that features mythical creatures in an eclectic mix of colors, textures and embellishments. The collection is inspired by heraldic animals and birds found in medieval English manuscripts. You'll find different variety of styles in the collection from crossbody, to shoulder bag, wallet to coin purse that look like animals or has stitched animal motif detail. They don't come cheap but will certainly make heads turn with their unique designs.

Have a wonderful weekend! I'll see you on Monday :)

xoxo

Shivani

Handmade Ceramics Painted With Elegant Artwork by Niharika Hukku

Niharika Hukku is a Sydney based ceramic artist and a painter. Combining both of her talents she makes these stunning ceramics that she hand-paints depicting animal portraits, clouds, fish or a natural scene. Each piece is thrown and fired by the artist herself, and finished with a variety of ceramic glazes for long lasting durability.

"Starting with an idea, my work is an expression of what I find elegant and beautiful in my world. Inspiration is seeded in my observations in nature; in capturing colour and narrative with purpose onto clay."

She has participated in several group and solo exhibitions. Her work has been featured on many publications including Architectural Design India, Design Taxi, My Modern Met, Fubiz, Lost at E minor, and has won awards for her work. You can view more of her amazing artwork on Facebook and Instagram. 

Hand-Painted Animals Added Into Vintage Photographs by Anja Wülfing

I love old pictures! They have a story and a timeless charm. So naturally I was drawn towards the wonderful work of a German artist Anja Wülfing. She hand-paints forest animals and birds over vintage photographs and prints creating a unique piece of art. Her artwork generally has either the large animals added into a group of people in the background or merged with the subjects in the picture. The heads' of the people in the picture replaced with the head of an owl, a fox, a pig or lion creating naturalistic hybrid beings.

You can see more of her work on Behance and Instagram.