Sarah Walsh illustration

So it's been about 6 million years since my last blog post. And I have to start with something… so what better way to dust off the old cobwebs than by posting these gorgeous illustrations by Sarah Walsh. You can read more about her work here and why she is the newest artist to be represented by Lilla Rogers Studio.

V&A Pattern: The Fifties

So excited… they've arrived! A few weeks ago I ordered two books from the V&A Pattern series. They're filled with the most brilliant wallpaper and fabric designs by (amongst others) Lucienne Day, Joan Miro and Frank Lloyd Wright. There is a CD at the back of each book which contains all the images printed inside. Here are a few of my favourites from The Fifties…

Snap-happy Friday!

Since I have a new i-phone (we are still on honeymoon) and have discovered Instagram and Hipstamatic I thought it would be nice to post some pics from the week that was. So I'm committing to something regular here (yikes!) – Snap-happy Friday! Here are some snaps from around our neighbourhood and from a school rugby game that we went to. Hope you enjoy them and have a super weekend.

London

A wave of misery has come over our household since the Olympic opening ceremony on Friday night. London is abuzz and we are, well, simply, not there. Sniff. In order to cheer things up a bit – I've found these charming illustrations by Blanca Gómez. Although she is an illustrator and designer based in Madrid these images really capture something of that London feeling for me.

Lisa DeJohn illustration

I'm always on the look out for beautiful greeting cards and yesterday I found some new ones by artist, illustrator and surface designer Lisa DeJohn. I really like the way she works in different media but her style remains the same. Something for an indecisive Libran like myself to think about…

Winter day-dreaming

It's that time of the year for a nice indoor sunny spot and a hot pot of tea. I'm taking a moment out (away from my two little terrorists) and really just loving these illustrations by Ingrid Hall. You can buy similar block mounted ones (about 20 x 20cm) from Bean in Love in Paarl for R150.

Taurus Foodscope by Toby Newsome

Yes, I have been missing in action for a couple of weeks. It's all good though… been enjoying the lovely world of beautiful food photography and styling at Fresh Living Magazine. Here's a little something I commissioned the super-talented Toby Newsome to illustrate – our Foodscope (that's your horoscope with a food twist!) page. I thought it would be cool to show you a rough and then the final artwork as it was published in our May 2012 issue.