The plum colourway of Mr.PS Happy Heart Hankies is featured in the May/June 2013 issue of Conde Naste Brides magazine.
I think it looks rather good with this model dressed in a Burberry contrasting heart shirt.
Are you planning a wedding? As I print each individual hankie and hand-mix the ink, I can print custom colours to compliment your wedding theme. Contact me to discuss a quote for kitting out the groomsmen with romantic and cheery pocket squares.
Here's to some lovely summer weddings!
A new hot orange screenprinted tea towel to banish those winter blues from your kitchen, Smile!
Smile for the Camera tea towel
And for travel lovers, culture vultures and retro geeks, I've also printed up this design as a long-handled shopper tote bag.
Featuring a vintage camera print on one side, and the word SMILE on the other, you can share the warm feelings as you are out and about.
Available over in the Mr.PS online shop now.
New year, new start, number 1:
I've finally set up my Society 6 account, so now selected Mr.PS designs are available to order as framed mini-prints, digitally printed greeting cards, and iPhone covers & skins. Woo!
Framed Veggie Brekkie mini-print
To celebrate this launch, Society 6 are offering free shipping on any of my products, using this link . Promotion expires January 13 Midnight Pacific Eastern Time (8am GMT)
And there's only one thing I can say to that; Yummy!
Here's a selection of some of the results from the card collage workshop that I ran on Saturday at MediaCityUK
It was a really fun day, with lots of little and not so little (eg big) kids taking part and making their messages.
Thanks to all at Islington Mill, Creative Tourist and University of Salford who brought it all together.
And if anyone else would like me to come and run a similar thing, just drop me a line...
Happy cushions are here! Lovely and squishy and cuddly...
I've screenprinted Robert's ever-popular Happy Faces pattern on to 100% cotton satin twill in sunshine yellow, and raspberry, to provide a pop of colour on your sofa and bring a smile to your settee!
Handmade with an envelope back, so no snaggy zips to get caught on. I'm sending them out with an cushion pad insert inside, so they are ready to wrap as a gift or to cuddle straight away.
If you like our Happy Hankies, I hope you love our Happy Cushions! Hooray!
Available in the shop now.
Starting this week is the Secret Garden Festival, which is "your chance to discover hidden treasures, incredible local creativity and unsung talent in Salford and Trafford".
The festival launches on Thursday 7th June and runs until Saturday 23 June 2012, and throughout the fortnight there will be community events across the region.
I've been working with the Manchester Modernists, on a series of new products for their pop-up shop. To tie-in with the festival I've developed a pack of three Salford spaces badges.
Using imagery sourced from the modernists' extensive archive of vintage maps, the badges show the following open spaces: the Quays, Peel Park, Blackfriars recreation ground. All areas which have historical and current relevance, and address the changing faces of Salford.
The modernists will be opening up shop on Saturday 9 June, and will be launching a set of specially produced photographic postcards, "No Rubbish Tipped Here" featuring images illustrating pre-generated urban spaces which acted as alternative gardens and unlikely playgrounds for a generation of Salfordians.
Read more here, and see you Saturday 9 June, 12noon - 6pm, at the Modernist Shop on 142 Chapel St, Salford, M3 6AF
There's also a mention on the Guardian Northerner blog here.
Phew, done a few markets over the last couple of weeks, was great to meet you if you came down.
Here's a snap of the Mr.PS stall at Selina Lake's Homespun Style book launch and market last week.
A super day, and great company, and I also managed to put some faces to names, meeting lovely people who I'd only previously known through the powers of the internet.
Here's some new badges I'd made for the event, and now these are available over in the shop.
Someone put the kettle on!
NEWSFLASH: Jigsaw brooches are back in the online shop.
An updated selection of locations, grouped to make it easy to search through to find the place that matters to you and yours.
As Valentine's Day approaches, can you find the piece of the puzzle which shows where you met, where you married, where you holidayed or honeymooned?
Made from chunky wooden vintage puzzles, each one is unique; so there's only one of each available, when they're gone, they're gone. I'm not planning on making any more, so you can't say I didn't warn you!
I'm such an old romantic so if you can't find the particular place in the shop listings, drop me a line and I shall have another look through my collection to see if I can find a suitable piece.
Mr.PS Happy Lantern
For part of the Chinese New Year 2012 celebrations at Manchester's Chinese Art Centre, we have made two Mr.PS Happy Lanterns which are now hanging on their Wishing Tree Installation.
"Manchester based artists Olivia Glasser and Lu Di will be creating a large-scale sculptural installation inspired by the traditional Chinese wishing tree. Visitors to the ancient Lam Tsuen Wishing Trees, near the Tin Hau Temple in Hong Kong, would write their wish on a piece of paper, tie it to an orange and throw it up into the branches. It was believed that the wish would come true if the orange did not fall. Olivia and Lu Di’s take on this ancient tradition will see our sculptural tree continuously grow with a colourful array of wishes from the people of Manchester."
The exhibition runs until the 28 January, find out more here.
Keen-eyed followers will recognise the Happy Face illustration pattern which decorates Mr.PS Happy Hankies. The Happy Lanterns are made using this design screen-printed onto paper.
Have a Happy Chinese New Year!
Just for fun, I've been screening up some gift tags
Available as 2 different sets of 6 designs, these will be coming with me to the various craft fairs I am doing this christmas, and I've also popped them in the shop too.
They make pretty cute mini tree decorations too!
