This is a new item I have designed and made. I’ve been wanting to make a calender for a long time as I have a weakness for numbers. This is a unique one made with laid paper in cream colour and calico fabric. There is one long pocket at the top and two triangular pockets at the bottom to hold the papers. The year, month, and date are printed on paper and the days of the week are stitched onto the top part of the fabric frame. The idea is that you can use the fabric frame for years to come by just replacing the paper calendar. The numbers were stamped one by one using my handmade rubber stamps for the original copy.

The days of the week, stitched with red and black

The triangular pocket at the bottom corner

The calendar sheets with numbers and my logo at the right bottom corner which is hidden once in the frame

My handmade number stamps made with resin blocks and cut out elastic bands

Here are some more Christmas stuff but it doesn’t have to be limited to Christmas season to have these around your house. The first resin work I did was during my BA and it was a big sphere lampshade with colourful sugar candies trapped inside. The idea was to have “a moon inside my room” all day. Interesting how I’ve always preferred the darkness of night to the brightness of day. Anyway, these teardrops with sugar star inside reminded me of it. Threaded with cotton red/white strings.

clear sparkle version

gold sparkle version

a set of four comes in a cute calico pouch

Hello, although we have almost two months to go, here are some Christmas cards of my illustration. The first two are from last year and the other two are new designs I’ve done recently. They will come with pretty silver envelopes this year. I will sell them individually and also as a set at Selvedge Winter Fair next week. They are perfect alternatives to the 100% joyful Christmas cards which can be too much!