Maria Faci is an illustrator and pattern designer based in the vibrant and exciting city of Madrid. Madrid’s thriving creative scene is impossible to miss; so how does it feel to start a creative business there? At this week’s Pattern …
The nice people at fashion brand Ark Clothing sent us some cool clothes to wear and write about. Check out the pics from the first ever Jackie model-style photoshoot! And read our reviews of the outfits we’re sporting.
I am quite a lot in love with the work of Leah Goren- she paints girls, lots of girls, who are well dressed, often sitting and deep thinking in a Sunday-blues sort of way, and sometimes standing, posing, putting on …
Aino-Maija Metsola’s work is overflowing with colours and shapes so inviting that I wish it would pour out the taps when I run a bath, and I could dive in and have a daydream about magical places where people play …
Stylist Sarah Bagner (AKA Supermarket Sarah) has a knack for telling engaging visual stories through witty displays of all kinds of stuff on her walls, giving inanimate objects real personality. Read on for chaos-management tips from Sarah’s book Wonder Walls; …
I worked out it would cost me approximately £3 per week, or £156 a year to have a permanent helium balloon attached to my daughters pram that says ‘It’s a girl!’. Like her father, she is folically challenged and I …
In recent news, residents from a small community in Alderney, Channel Islands, were compelled to spend a considerable amount of their time finishing their version of the Bayeux tapestry. The original was painstakingly embroidered by a bunch of nuns, depicting …
I bought this vintage shirt for my fella. I liked the colours and the check pattern; he didn’t feel the same. It moved over to my side of the wardrobe but I wanted to make it a bit more lady …
Here’s a range of cards and other good things that have a loved-up Valentines sort of feel in common. Hope you like! Lovely links (clockwise from top) / Mr Yen papercut / Margaret Kilgallen lips / Miso Funky ambivalent card …
I’m quite a messy little lady, always covering myself in glue, paint, bleach. I never learn, and I assume if I haven’t learned by now I never will. So instead I decided I’d just find ways to disguise the stains …
In the 1940s and 50s, luxury scarves label Ascher London invited established artists to design a silk scarf. It’s fascinating to see how each artists’ work has translated to a square of silk and how their design compares to the …
Harvest Textiles. Where do I start? This wonderful place of creativity is almost too amazing to put into words… but I’ll try! This super inspiring company is run by 4 creative ladies Jess, Emma, Lara and Frances who are passionate …
Some of those who consider predicting the future as their line of business were more successful than others last year. Doomsday people got it a bit wrong, whereas fashion forecasters got it really right, correctly predicting Aztec prints would hit …
Being the kind of girl who doesn’t get her legs out much, I get though alot of tights, so I’ve found an easy way to give them a new lease of life. These socks are cosy for winter, super quick …
The visionary fashion designer Milena Silvano was born and bred in Italy but is now living in her leafy, East Sussex idyll which she came to via several years in East London. Milena’s garments are made from ethical fabrics, hand …
