Free Wall Art

perhaps, no, absolutely my favourite free art printable I have ever found. Found here and a copy already sent to my favourite printers to enlarge ready to frame.

With an empty wall in the reading nook i've been on the search for some great free printable wall art whilst I toy with what might go there. These are the favourites free printable art i've found. 

Now no longer a blank wall waiting to be filled its full of inspiring and pretty images that we love. Put up with washi tape, we can change them and keep adding more. A few are already firm favourites and so are being framed, some have moved from one place to another and some have been made into note cards, but we love each and every one and hope you do too.

i love the colours and texture of these 6 feather images found here

1. here 2. here 3. here

as above here

I love the colour and grain of this precious stone found here

here

1. i love us  2. 3. i love everything about you  4.vintage peacock 5.smile and  6. pink camera

here

I love these 3 vintage circus animal prints. framed separately they'd make a great wall feature

all these (except no:6 - see below) and many many more can be found here though these are a little girly there's so many more to choose from.

 glass jar here

here's 6 more

I love this diamond graphic here 

and still more.......

...if you like typography try these fun and happy printables here

this 'i am loved' is so pretty here

Happy Printing!

Monday Makery - Little Lavender Mice

Perfect for keeping moths at bay these adorable lavender filled mice are our new drawer warriors keeping our clothes safe. Simple to make with simple shapes to cut and a simple running stitch this is a great first sewing craft for children. With few materials they're fun and smell delicious. 

Here's what you'll need:

• cotton fabric
• needle and embroidery thread
• string
• pins
• beads
• felt for ears
• dried lavender. Or if you prefer to make them for toys and play simply stuff them with cotton stuffing. 

Here's how:

1. Drawing around a cup, saucer or small plate draw a perfect circle onto your fabric and cut out. You don't want your mice too big. These above were just over 11 cm in diameter.
2. Fold your circle in half and begin sewing a running stitch stopping about a third along the way to put the ears in place.
3. Cut two pieces of felt in an ear shape making sure they are long enough to tuck inside the fabric.
4. Secure the ears as you continue sewing along the outer edge until you're almost at the end. 
5. Fill with lavender and place the end of the string inside to create the tail. Sew all the way to the end and secure with a few extra sticthes.
6. Add on the eyes with a bead by sewing one either side.  if you sew them at the same time you'll get that pinch that creates a little depth.

The girls thought the thread at the beginning looked liked whiskers so, rather than cutting the thread after the knot off we kept it there, adding another with a few stitches to look like a nose we gave our mice whiskers. 

Happy Making

xx

Waddler - the Legend of the Wild

High up in silent plains of the Andes where wild alpaca graze there's a call to the wild as a Maurice Sendak-esque adventure begins. Waddler has arrived. A new collection a new adventure. Waddlers collection continues to excite the wildest of dreams in which we follow with a free heart and bear hooded ears. 

It started out as a feeling, a place that grew into a idea that turned into a legend; Waddler. A legend that will last through childhood and onto the next as we enjoy the imaginative fairytale and wrap our children up in it.

Wrapping up warm with the wide eyed possibilities of being a child embracing the world the legend of waddler whispers;  'go, be adventurous run and play in the riotous adventure that is your fairytale' . 

View the new AW13 collection here

Play, Explore and Create

Using different materials, and learning different approaches from collage to construction the collection of pieces in our create area are creative experiences explored with children's own imaginations.
Many artists have collaborated together using their knowledge and experience and style to give us art to play with and explore. You'll find Nathalie Lete, Charles and Ray Eames, Virginie Jamin, Mini Labo and many more amongst the designers here.

Create a universe, explore your imagination, create colourful days and get inspired.

See the collections here and here



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Monday Makery - Feathered headbands

It's been 2 weeks since school began and already we're itching to break the routine, to bring back the wild feeling of the summer. So with some feathers, decorative ribbon and a little imagination we took to the wilds of the outdoors, even if only for a day, it's a day in a world where our fairytale's become our adventures and these adventures our lives. We became the first explorers, discovering a new world, finding camping ground, hunting wild animals, discovering caves, and collecting sticks for a fire. Hills became mountains, flowers and berries food and medicine and footprints were tracked in silence imagining a whole new world of our making.

It's wonderful how one small piece from a dressing up box can inspire such imaginings and play.
It's been a while since we've played dress up and I'd almost forgotten how a dressing up box gives endless possibilities of adventure, invitations to chase the wildest of dreams and the courage to break the boundaries of the everyday. Dressing up instills what we say to our children, that, you can be anything you want to be. Allowing the imagination to soar freely we were wild, we were brave and we were free.

To create the feathered headbands you will need:

• at least 20 soft feathers in varying lengths
• wide decorative ribbon
• bias ribbon
• scissors
• needle and thread , though preferably a sewing machine.

Here's how:

1. Prepare the length of ribbon. The ribbon needs to fit around the head with enough remaining to tie into a bow or knot as well as having a little more to drop down the neck.
2. The bias ribbon will act as a lining to stop the feathers from rubbing against the skin, so, this needs to double the measurement of the decorative ribbon. 
3. Find the middle of the bias ribbon and working from the centre outwards line up your feathers and pin in place, leaving the over half free.
4. Fold over the over half of the ribbon and sew along the edges to hold the feathers in place.
5. Pin the strip of feathered bias ribbon to the back of the decorative ribbon and sew together to finish it off. 

Wrap round the head and tie securely at the back and you're ready to go....

Oh, and then there's the name. Try adding your favourite animal or colour to your favourite flower or other natural element or characteristic.......WhiteFawn, SnowBird, WinterRose, TigerLily, EagleSky, LionWind, DancingLeaves etc....

Happy Making & happy adventuring!

xx