Snow and stuff...

Oh the snow! After last weeks post and being so refreshed by the sun, what a difference this week!!


We don't tend to get much snow down here in Cornwall, it's usually a light dusting that's melted in an hour and gone as fast as it arrived, but this time things were a little different. So pretty it was too...


I made a lame attempt at a snowman that ended up being a larger than average snowball before I gave up. Took the Lauder horse for a walk in the snow which he found super fun, ploughing a furrow with his nose then sneezing because it was so cold. Spent far too long looking at the clouds wondering if another flurry was on the way and took far too many photos of a snow covered winter wonderland... :)

So refreshing...

Today the sun has been out and it has been so beautiful and refreshing after all of the rain for what has seemed like forever...I'm not holding my breath that it will last (seeing as it is winter and all...) but enjoying it while it does.

We have Daffodils already in the garden too!!

So much is new!

I have been a little thin on the blog updates over the last few days as I have been adding LOADS of amazing new items to the store!!

There is a whole host of gorgeous new jewellery in the store but I wanted to mention the very lovely new book we have in the paper goods section of the store called 'You' which has been made by Lookabook, our newest designer.

It has the sweetest message of encouragement and the delicate cut-out and pop-up elements sprinkled throughout, alongside screen printed and letterpress type and imagery take you on a simple yet uplifting journey. I love this book and it is a wonderful gift for anyone with it's positive and reassuring message...the beautiful book is available HERE!!

So we have lots of new jewellery too:

All of these lovely pieces are available in the jewellery section of the store along with many more pieces and restocks of old favorites...

I have also put together a little love themed section in the store to highlight all of the romantic themed goods we have in the store. See all of the Valentine Treats HERE!!

Peter Bjorn and John Artwork

My friend Laura just told me about this lovely artwork for Swedish band Peter Bjorn and John's upcoming album...It's all words and very lovely!

(I had a quick search but can't find who made the artwork, if anyone knows please let me know so I can credit them!)

Crazy!

My friend Natasha is the Dazed and Confused cover girl this month, crazy! I haven't had a chance to get out and buy it yet but it hits the news stands today!!!

Have a look at the new Bat For Lashes website too...Mark designed it!

Moved...

The move went ok though I didn't manage to keep up on this here blog during it like I thought I would be able to and we found that our old fridge has given up the ghost, but we got given so much Champagne, wine, biscuits and cake as moving in presents it's almost tempting to move more often, ha!

It's amazing what you find that you had totally forgotten about when you have to pack up all of your belongings and move, especially if some of those things havent seen the light of day for a while, I spent ages looking at forgotten photos and old sketch books. The only thing is, out of all of the piles of books we both own I didn't manage to find two of my most favorite - Julie Verhoeven's GAS book which is out of print now so I do hope it turns up somewhere and my J. Otto Seibold pop-up Alice in Wonderland...I haven't seen them for a couple of years since we left Brighton and was hoping they would turn up...maybe they are at the bottom of one of the last few unopened boxes somewhere...

Anyways, above is the view from our new front door! We are about 100 metres from the sea, which is so lovely to see every morning and see what it's doing. It was calm this morning when I took this picture but I should imagine it is REALLY rough right now as the weather has come in something awful!

The last few days I have been drawing and making jewellery before I do a BIG shop update at the end of the week... I have loads of new stuff to put in, lots of it with a Valentines theme and will be putting my Valentines picks in a special category in the store for easy lover shopping :)

Purple Pink and Orange

Yay! Pequenio Craft's Little Paper Doll Earrings (available in the store HERE) were featured on purplepinkandorange.com:

Thanks Amy!

Wish you were here...

Ugh, today has been a boringly horrible tax sorting out day, which I want to get sorted out before the move...one less thing to worry about!

Anyway, I completely forgot to mention about the amazing prints we have in the store from Ben the Illustrator!! They are in a range called 'Wish You Were Here' and feature wonderful and magical landscapes full of eye popping colours...

See and shop these great signed Giclee prints HERE!!

Lookie lookie --> Lots of new stuff!

I meant to come back and post yesterday but got caught up adding some great new items to the store over the last couple of days...

Super jewellery items from This Charming Girl
and me!!
Cute new cards from our newest designer Rainbow Attic
and notebooks from I Like Pens
We also have a great new selection of Glass Animal Pin Badges from Happy Owl Glass including restocks of old favorites
and also the most wonderful little button badge sets from Zosienka featuring her beautiful drawings of a bear and a goose...
More bits and pieces tomorrow (actual tomorrow this time!). last week was crazy busy with a jaunt up to Gloucestershire with the horses (vet stuff but nothing serious) and then I had dressage training sessions on Thursday and Friday so I ended up getting a little behind...

This week the Mark beau and I are moving! Only down the road though so nothing too stressful, into a little apartment that looks out over the sea...The Bonbi HQ will be staying put however in the studio at my folks farm so this move will be nothing like the Brighton/ Cornwall epic we had a couple of years ago where we had to move us, two businesses and the massive Lauder horse beast. That move took nearly all summer, ha!

Anyways I want to try and keep up on the posting this week as the blog has been a little thin of late, but do bear with me come the weekend when the move will be in full swing...

Sights and Light

A few bits from the past few weeks. I'll be back tomorrow with more stuff and news...

Independent Christmas Gift Guide

I forgot to mention yesterday that my mens Howling on the Wind tee was featured in The Independent's Christmas gift guide a couple of weeks back thanks to the lovely folks at The Shop Floor Project!!


Click the pic to read if you like. I am quite proud of the bit where I am described as "The very latest in hip independent designers"...natch!

Jubilee Wharf Crimbo fair!

I am taking part in this year's Jubillee Wharf Christmas Fair down in Penryn in Cornwall this weekend. It is on Saturday evening from 6 until late and Sunday from 11 until 4. If you happen to be in the area please do pop over. It should be a fun evening on Saturday with music and a bar and stuff and other fun bits and pieces on Sunday...Yay!

Whassup?

Just a couple of little bits of things I have been working on this last month...

Canvasses for Fred Flare:
New tee for Dan Le Sac vs Scroobius Pip's library tour!!
I have also been putting together my new website!! A portfolio for all of my artwork which I am hoping will be up and running by the new year. I wanted it up sooner but December has been rather manic (in a good way!) and I have yet to get it finished...but with my beau's help it is on it's waaaay!!
And this is a beautiful necklace I received from lovely Jen at Cat and Bang!! It's so sparkly with Swarovski crystals (I love Swarovski beads!!) and with a sweet deer and little snowflake is the perfect wintertime accessory...Thanks Jen :)Last weeks dressage to music was fun, except Lauder took an exception to the audience and kept a good ear cocked towards them just in case they did anything untoward like rustling or moving at all or other really scary things like that. Applause proved to be too much and he did a wonderful spin when they clapped at the end which ended our performance with a flourish to say the least!! Poor chap, I think he must be shy or something, bless!

So I hope all of your Christmas shopping is coming along well. Don't forget the last date you can place UK orders n the Emporium so they will get to you in time for Christmas is this Friday the 19th December and make sure you get your orders in by midday so I can pack 'em up and get them posted to ya!!

Long time...

Gah! Long time no blog from me!! Things have been pretty crazy around here in the run up to Christmas, I've been busy designing a new tee for Dan Le Sac vs Scroobius Pip's latest tour, making lots of new mini canvasses for Fred Flare and making sure the shop is tip top with Christmas goodies!!

I just wanted to stop by with a quick blog today to mention 1: that I haven't dropped off the face of the earth! and 2: that there are loads of new items in the store with a last minute upload before Christmas over the coming few days...
Righto, I'll be back with more news and stuff soon, for now though I am rushing off to prepare for this evenings CDG Christmas Dressage to Music display!! I am taking part on Lauder and there is a saddlecloth to be tinseled, a top hat to be sequinned and a muddy horse to be polished and glittered...!

Oh one last thing: I have only recently been alerted to the gorgeous album "Home" by Peter Broderick. I reccommend a listen, it's very beautiful indeed...Myspace here.