Megan Price Designs

Sunday baking

This week I've been mostly making Nigella Lawson's Coffee & Walnut Splodge Biscuits 

(you see they are supposed to look like that!)

They don't taste too coffee-ish though as I only had proper espresso coffee, rather than the instant version that Nigella recommends, so I just poured a single shot in to the mix. But they are certainly rather nutty and more-ish... not sure if they'll last the week!

Studio snack

This week's Sunday baking....

... makes an excellent studio snack.

Cherry and Almond cake from Nigella, using natural-colour cherries. (Doesn't look quite like hers, but tastes mighty fine)

world-wide accessorize!

Jigsaw brooch update........ new stock of World brooches..... feauturing continents, islands, countries... 

  

    

Available through my etsy shop, the Mr.PS online shop; let me know if there's a particular place you'd like, but remember I only have one of very piece.

Also available to trade customers - please contact me.

You're so special!

You're so special mini canvas

Blimey, it's nearly February, which means it will soon be St.Valentine's day!

In a panic about what to give your sweetheart... how about one of my print and stitch mini canvases?

I've got 3 in the shop right now - head on over and check them out.

Kiss mini canvas

Love Cup mini canvas

pins and needles

On Sunday I vowed it'd be the last time I trod on a pin on my workroom floor (ouch!)

I now present Mr.PS pincushions!

Tea and cakes pincushions by Mr.PS

Arrows pincushions by Mr.PS

Orange pincushions by Mr.PS

Red writing pincushions by Mr.PS

Lovingly made from Mr.PS screenprinted fabric off-cuts, with a found-fabric backing and a cute button; these pincushions are stuffed with hygienic poly-fill and a little sprinkling of homegrown Norfolk lavender, for a calming (and moth-free) sewing room.

I've also added a little ribbon loop, so you could hang one on a coat-hanger, or loop over a finger whilst you work.

Available from my Etsy shop

every brooch tells a story......

Here are a few of the jigsaw brooches I've sold recently via my online shop.

I've had a bit of a rush of custom orders for jigsaw brooches recently, which I always love, because I get to converse directly with my lovely customers, and find something that is pertinent to them.

And I've discovered that behind every brooch lies a story.

I was contacted by a customer in Germany who wanted an Isle of Mull brooch to bring back memories of a happy working holiday last summer;
The Melbourne brooch and the Isle of Bute brooch were both for the same lady- one place is where she lives, the other where she is from.
An Australian girl asked me to find a Welsh brooch for her friend who's home-sick for Newport, having just returned from 2 years living there.
A lucky boyfriend has been the recipient of one of the connecting Suffolk brooches, the other was kept by the girlfriend who's missing him as he's away working in France.
And the North Carolina? Who knows?!

Mr.PS jigsaw brooches are now available at the Red Door Gallery in Edinburgh , Big Blue Sky (specifically East Coast), SCVA Gallery Shop Of Cabbages & Kings and of course here

ice cream and coffee

Strawberry ice cream with a cup of coffee makes me think of holidays in the sun. The perfect combination to finish off a balmy evening meal, best eaten at a pavement cafe, or overlooking twinkling lights across a bay.

Brighten your abode!

Click here to see the current range of print'n'stitch screenprinted fabric collages.

Cardigan bay on your cardi?

Some of the latest range of vntage jigsaw brooches available at the Mr.PS etsy shop

Missing pieces

My new jigsaw piece brooches!

They are made of pieces taken from a vintage (1950's) jigsaw puzzle of a country cottage with a blooming garden, varnished for protection, and attached to a gold coloured brooch back.

You can buy them from my shop

See more jigsaw brooches here all hand made by Megan Price from vintage puzzles.