Happy Valentine's Day!

What a lovely sentiment! Very appropriate for today, I thought :)

You can find more knitted awesomeness (including the pattern for these utterly adorable lovebirds) over at Mochimochi Land.

Dinosaur Mania!

If you like Dinosaurs, well, you're in for a treat.

The Age of Reptiles Omnibus is here! It's just been published and it's a full-colour book packed with lavish, imaginative illustrations of the land of dinosaurs, including plenty of the 'bitey' carniverous ones.

Image via Comic Book Resources

I bought it for my dinosaur-loving other half's birthday. Suffice to say, he loves it! Mind you, what kid didn't grow up loving the idea of a wild dinotopian world before we humans came along? Even now, I believe dinosaurs have a fairly universal appeal.

Image via Comic Book Resources

The stories were created by Ricardo Delgado (a development & storyboard artist known for his work on X-Men Origins: Wolverine, Men in Black and The Incredibles to name but a few!), and orginally published by Dark Horse as a mini series in individual comic format. The books have even received Eisner awards for Talent Deserving of Wider Recognition and Best Limited Series.

Image via Dark Horse

Find out more about The Age of Reptiles here and also here.

Sugar, Spice and All Things Nice

I just wanted to share the lovely treasury list I've had my WildKittens baby shoes included in. It's curated by Ziggy and Friends on etsy, a fellow member of Team McEtsy!



You can see the treasury here - and the handmade baby shoes are in my WildKittens etsy shop.

Merry Christmas!

This is probably the cutest version of "Sleigh Bells" I have ever seen or heard (found via those lovely Made in the Shade gals), so I thought I'd share it here. Enjoy!



A very merry Christmas to one and all! :)

Happy St. Andrew's Day!

Happy St. Andrew's Day to all of my fellow Scots out there! In celebration, here are some picks with a distinctly Scottish flavour.


Saltire pendant by Pendant Pixie



Pressed Borage Flower Badge by Nikki Made



Print by Hole in my Pocket



Irn Bru necklace by Bunny's Beads

Magpie Market

I'm currently making things like a crazy person, either for my shops, bricks & mortar stockists - but this week, mainly for Magpie!

(please click image for larger version of flyer)

It's on this Sunday (14th November) and I will be showcasing my latest WildKittens and WildCat Designs creations, along with some knitting books and yarns too.

Do come along, it's the perfect opportunity to see some lovely vintage and handmade pieces with sellers such as Vertiline in Love, Caroline Cloughley and Louise Smurthwaite. The market is free entry and early birds can nab themselves a goodie bag :)

*whispers* Perhaps even a chance to start the dreaded Christmas shopping!

Reading Rocks

I realise it's been a while since I did a Reading Rocks feature, and thought it was about time I did another! Since Halloween is currently on everyone's mind - particularly mine, I love this time of year (any excuse for fancy dress!) - I thought I'd stay sorta spooky for this one.

My favourite witch-in-training, Mildred Hubble, was the subject of a whimsical and enjoyable series of books by Jill Murphy about a girl, aka 'The Worst Witch,' who was more than a little accident-prone and had a habit of getting into trouble or finding her spells not going *quite* as planned!



One of my favourite things about her was the fact that when it came to having a familliar, she was last in line an at Miss Cackle's Academy for Witches and somehow ended up with a tabby cat instead of the usual black cat.

I highly recommend these books as they are a thoroughly entertaining read, never a dull moment as things so often go (hilariously) awry for poor old Mildred!



There was even an enjoyable TV show based on these books, which screened around 1998~2001!

Find out more about the Worst Witch here.

Other Halloween-flavoured treats (no tricks, I promise!):
http://www.bookortreat.com/2010/10/27/halloween-gift-tags-for-books/
http://www.domestifluff.com/2010/10/free-printable-mini-owl-treat-boxes/
http://blog.craftzine.com/archive/2010/10/sock_zombies.html