Artfire Europe Guild

Today I thought I'd share with you all some of the work I like from the Artfire Europe Guild members. I thought I'd pick a bit of a child's theme after reading the blog of The Toy Society and did a bit of research into what they did and what they were all about. Please go over and have a look around their blog and see if you can support them in anyway. They have such a simple, but wonderful thing going on. They deserve lots of support.

arbOOz created this gorgeous picture of chirpy little birdies on a purple background with orange branches. I love the bright cheerful colours and the simplicity of the shapes. It would look fabulous on a nursery wall.

Blue Shed Crafts has made this cute trio of hand knitted bunnies. They look so cuddly. Each one is a different colour and they are just the right size for cwtching down in bed, sucking your thumb and rubbing your nose with their big floppy ears... or is it just me that does that?

Dish Dash Bags has made this lovely 50's style space fabric purse. Retro is so in now and any little girl or boy would love this to keep crayons in. They will be the envy of all their friends when they get this out of their bag and slap it down on the colouring in table at nursery school.

Ignis Fatuus's sheep are so flippin gorgeous! How much fun would it be to have a whole flock of these baa lambs on your bookshelf? Each one is slightly different because they are hand crafted which is great! Real sheep are all slightly different too. The maker of these is 86, so it just proves you are never too old to let your talents shine.

Fugsly's print of one of her original acrylic paintings makes me smile. I love the way the little girl figure looks like she is trying to figure out how to get down from the star whilst the little boy looks like he is resigned to the fact he is stuck on the star for now. Fabulous!

The Artfire Europe guild has many talented people as members, visit our blog where you can find links to all our shops in the right hand sidebar if you feel like taking a look for yourselves. Don't forget to check out what The Toy Society do and show them some love and support for all the good work they are doing.

Written by Lynne of PiratePixieCrew and Hyperloop Hoops

Coriandr Sellers

Today is all about sharing with you some of the beautiful goods you can purchase from talented artisans through Coriandr. This site is fairly new, but it has lots of style and has attracted some amazing artisans to set up shop there. It's still looking for new sellers, so if you are creative and looking for a new venue to sell through, check it out.

I have been looking longingly at Katcha bags for some time. This lady makes the most amazing bags that tick a lot of my boxes when it comes to buying. They are stylish, well designed for purpose, made from recycled rubber, car seatbelts and they are hand sewn. No electricity used. Fabulous!

The Shy One doesn't need to be shy about her work. It is gorgeous! This Autumn thistle print of a watercolour is one of a limited print run of 30. I love the colours, textures and feeling of motion in the picture. If you look in Carols shop you'll see her talents don't stop at watercolour painting.

Miss Bumble is very talented in a craft I have tried and failed at. Needle felting is very hard to do well and Miss Bumble does it amazingly well. This giraffe is proof of that. I'm somewhat jealous. I chose to show you a close up of his head so you could see the intricate detail.

Sarah Watkins Fairbourn is the designer of this beautiful wardrobe. It would be perfect for a nursery or young girls bedroom. Sarah collaborates with a local cabinet maker who builds her designs. I think they do a fantastic job. Click on the photo so you get taken to the listing where you can see close up's of the pretty details.

Kaytea grabbed my attention instantly with her purple and orange coloured blocks. What baby could resist playing with these? Beautifully soft fleece makes them cuddly as well as fun to play with and they are fully washable, which as any mother knows is very important.

There are many other really talented, creative people selling over on Coriandr. Have a visit and a little surf around the shops and see if you can resist buying or recommending goods to other people. I couldn't! I hope you enjoyed my choices.

Bunny Wabbits!

Who can resist a cute little fuzzy wuzzy bunny? Not me! I adore them from their fluffy powder puff tails right up to their twitchy wiggly noses. Their hoppy floppy way of moving around just increases their appeal. The following artists seem to have a soft spot for those boingy little critters too.

Pat Coyne's gorgeous giant eared rabbit starts us off today. The original is a watercolour painting that is now being offered as a print in Pats shop. You can almost see his nose twitching.

This big beautiful bunny by Shannon Harris looks a little unimpressed at being left suspended in the air... or maybe he was bouncing on a trampoline and he has just realised someone has pulled it from under him and he is at that resigned moment of knowing the floor is about to come up to meet him.

BOING! Nakisha has given this lovely little rabbit and idyllic setting to frolic in. Again the original piece was painted in watercolour and is now offered as a vibrant print. I want to move into the beach house so I can play on the sand with this white bunny.

A bunny in the windy city. This brilliant picture has so much energy. Waterbears has captured the winds actions beautifully in the rabbits ears and swirling leaves. It looks really chilly.No wonder this rabbit is blue... brrrrrr.

Lastly, for today, we have this graceful ballerina bunny from Stephanie Fizer. Now how fun would it be if your rabbit really did do ballet. I've always had a thing about ferrets in a tutu, but now I think a rabbit would be cuter. Not that I'd ever dress up any animals. That's one of my pet hates, people treating their animal friends like they were dolls.... but that's a topic for another day.

Have a flufftastic day!