Etsy Shop Crush - Hello Dodo

Hello Dodo is such a fun shop. It's vibrant and full of witty and playful prints, bags & vests.

Hello Dodo are based in Brighton, England, anyone who's been to Brighton will know it's a totally rad and fun place to be, I think Brighton definitely shines through in Hello Dodo's prints.

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Wednesday Art Feature: Luka Va

Luka Va is a Lithuanian artist now living in Australia. When I first discovered her shop LukaLuka on etsy, my first impressions were fun and amusing.

With cute quirky illustrations of animals covered in pattern and colour, this art is bound to find a place in your heart. Her creative works come from a happy place, wouldn't you love to just surround yourself with her beautiful skateboard sloths, keyboar cats and happy creatures?

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Dinos & Mustaches

A couple of weeks ago a customer asked me to paint her some Dinosaur Russian Dolls with mustaches on (pics of that still to come).

I thought this was an awesome idea. So I based an etsy treasury around it.

Here are my top Mustache and Dinosaur picks on etsy:

1. Dinosaur Hat (sizes newborn to adult) - $27.50 from Barefoot Tams
2. Mustache Vinyl Stickers - $12 from Quilted Polka Dot
3. Plush Stuffed Dinosaur $20 from Saint Angel
4. Sock Dinosaur - $20.99 from Super Sock Monkeys
5. Halloween Costume - $3800 from Glacier Milk
6. Mustache Baby Blanket - $46.35 from Little Hip Squeaks
7. Mustache Beer Markers - $6 from My Saucy Mustache
8. Photobooth Party Props - $65 from Mister Mustache
9. Mustache Cupcake Toppers - $5.50 from Cmooreof10

Fashion Favs Friday: 31/08/12

1. Dhela - The attention to detail on these dresses is just stunning! This shop specialises in Wedding and bridesmaids dresses. I'm in love with the fuschia braided dress. I just need to force one of my friends to get married and buy that as a bridesmaids dress!

2. Fancy Felt - The bags here are so beautiful! Fancy Felt have a great eye for colour, I just love all of their bright, eyecatching bags.

3. What Ezekiel Saw - A great vintage shop full of really trendy and unique clothes and priced very reasonably. You will find some really special items here.

4. Mille Grudicarta - Very unique origami necklaces. These necklaces will suit a variety of styles. I think they're a great gift idea.

5. Sweet Trash - A bright and fun shop with a great selection of jewellry! The matryoshka brooches have to be my favourite!

Fashion Favs Friday - 17/08/12

1. Coumon - Really nice knotted and braided scarves. They have a really good selection of materials and colours too.

2. Romawinkel - Super cute clutch bags and other fun hand made goodies. This shop will make you smile.

3. Coriumi - Awesome screen printed bags. Really unique and affordably priced. Definitely worth investing in one of these!

4. Karolin Felix Dream - Happy and friendly jewellery that will bring out your inner child. Very creative designs!!

5. Elenushka - This shop has some really cool DIY kits so you can make your own one of a kind bag. This would make a great present!

Etsy Shop Feature: TOSYA & TUSH TUSH

TOSYA is a unique and fun etsy shop, full of energetic illustrations and pocket mirrors. Everywhere you look in this shop is full of toothy grins, bright red noses and happy faces.

Tosya is the work of Tali, a freelance illustrator from Israel. She has an amazing talent to create vibrance and energy on paper.

Tali is not only a skilled cartoonist, she also has great ability at working with oil pastels and acrylics. She sells these in her other shop, TUSH TUSH for very decent prices. If you're interested in collecting great quality art but don't have a big budget I definitely recommend this shop!

Photography shoes

I had two pairs of photography themed custom orders to finish last week.

The first pair was for Chloe from Lazy Explorers. Chloe has a super cute style and I can't wait to see pictures of her modelling her shoes! She's really interested in cameras and sent me loads of awesome retro looking camera pictures that inspired these shoes.
I love how they turned out and I love the colours!!

The second pair are for my good friend and photographer, Kyle Chapman. He wanted a pair of shoes for his photography exhibition opening for "Vanity Boys". I wanted to keep it bright and fun, and within the colour scheme of the photos and logo.

Wednesday Art Feature: Hattie Stewart

Never have I felt more at home than when staring at Hattie Stewart's tumblr page, full of penis's, tits, bright colours, pattern and goofy looking creatures.
Hattie is an illustrator based in London. Her creations are bright, eye catching and unignorable (if that is even a word).

You'll probably recognise her shiz as she's worked with some awesome fashion brands such as Diesel, Adidas and House of Holland.

My favourite fashion collaboration however, has to be her work with Kitty Keay! I want all of these clothes so much!!

If you want to check out more of Hattie's work, take a look at her website, blog and tumblr.

Etsy Shop Feature: Ninainvorm Ceramics

I'm always in awe of an Etsy seller who really knows how to display their products. It's something I'm learning as I go, I'm certainly not a natural at it.

The first thing that struck me about Ninainvorm Ceramics were the way they display their ceramics on backgrounds that really compliment their colourful and fun work. I'm a sucker for bright colours and love ceramics. But when I found out this shop also upcycles vintage ceramics I knew I was in love.

Take a look at their lovely stuff, I especially want the leaf/heart shaped plate with the birds on it. I don't think I could ever bear to use it as anything but display though, it's just too perfect to be used!

Wednesday Art Feature: Venetta

I first saw this artists work about a year ago on Deviant Art. She's become one of my favourite artists and I am always excited when she submits more monsterous illustrations!

Venetta is based in the US and has an awesome imagination. She's mainly known for her digital art but she's also pretty kick ass at printmaking, painting, watercolours, crafting and photography.
 

Venetta has recently set up a website for the creatures she creates, called "The Rowdies". You can also like them on facebook.

If you want to check out more of Venetta's awesome work have a look at her DeviantArt and Tumblr.

Fashion Favourites Friday 4-5-12

Here are my top 5 etsy fashion shops of the week. I went for a fun and bright scheme this week as I'm off for a fun long weekend in Cumbria today. I hope the skies are as bright and sunny as these picks.

1. Boo and Boo Factory - Leather Geometric shaped jewellery - so original and so beautiful to look at!

2. Bang Bang Crash - These have been on my favourites list since I first joined etsy. They make absolutely awesome fancy dress costumes, and also do really cool every day clothes too.

3. Zhovak - I have only just discovered this shop, and I have to say I'm in love with almost every item!

4. the Triangle of Bears - This shop is full of jewellery that will make you smile. I want to own all of it.

5. Em and Sprout - super cute clothes and super super cute shoes.