Springtime Bonbi jewels...

March is tomorrow! Hurrah! Since I was little I have always thought of March as being the beginning of Spring and the death of Winter. It is my favorite time of year (I am a May baby after all...) with all of the new growth, the lengthening days and warmer temperatures. Yay!

I have made a whole new batch of Bonbi Forest jewellery with that colourful spring feel - lots of blooms and animals and bright colour which is all available in the shop now...HERE!
I have also put together a batch of Treasure Trove necklaces. They are not strictly Spring like, but I made one of these for myself at Christmas time so I would have something simple and sparkling to wear with my party frock and tees alike. I was amazed how many complements I got whenever I wore it (and a few requests too!) that I decided to make a batch for the shop. They have a large Avant Garde Swarovski pendant on a fine gold plated chain with three little faceted Swarovskis...Such a treat and available HERE.

You may have noticed that I have rejigged the jewellery section of the store which is now divided into separate jewellery sub-categories to make it easier to find different pieces. Seeing as there was nigh on 250 items in that section I thought it about time for some order!

Happy shopping :)

Nationals here we come!

I'm back! Well I got back a while ago but have neglected to blog...The regional championships were great and Pia and I qualified for our first ever National Championships!! We came second with the top 2 going through. It has been a bit of a dream of mine to one day qualify for the nationals and now it's done, I'm very excited to say the least...Below is a (not very good quality, sorry about that but I am still waiting on the final prints) photo of us taking part in the winners lap of honour where you get to gallop about showing off. I think this pic was right before she scooted sideways in excitement...horses are funny creatures!

Kind of a funny tradition that has sprung up at championship Dressage shows over the last 10 years or so is that they play Tina Turner's 'Simply the Best' during the lap of honour. Mark thinks it is hilarious whenever he comes to watch and it really is rather corny, but once they tried to play something else and it wasn't quite the same...dressage peeps love to hear it, hehe!

I have been making lots of new jewellery with a springtime feel this week...I will put some pictures up shortly :)

BIG update!

There is lots and lots of new jewellery in the store today from two brand new designers and some old favorites too!

First up however we have some gorgeous new art prints in the store from another new artist: Sara Melin. I just love her delicate use of line and wash and the subtle colour with the odd dash of rich and bright tones...

You can see and shop all Sara Melin prints HERE in the art and prints section of the Emporium.

Our first new jewellery designer is Alice Taylor and we have her Taylor Made collection available in store! Her jewellery features lots of beautiful glass pearls, Swarovski crystals, unusual charms and lovely long chains...pretty!

We also have the great vintage inspired jewellery of Lucy Lockett Loves in the store with Alice in Wonderland fairytale pieces and pretty charms too!

Also in there are some super new items from A Resin revival and This Charming Girl! Shop all jewellery HERE!!

I also just found out that my Lovebird Heart Art Mini Canvas was featured in America's Rachel ray magazine this month, yay! (Via Fredflare.com)

Bye bye Bobber...

Well it's been a while since I have blogged again, and it's been a busy and sad week or so...I have made a new colourway for Dan Le Sac vs Scroobius Pip's latest tee which is now available at their live shows and will soon be available in the store too and been out competing a few times with the horses. Mr Lauder scored his highest score to date (69.1!) a couple of weeks ago and we took Miss Pia out in the snow last weekend and she won her class...Tomorrow I am off to the Winter regional Dressage championships with Pia where we will be contesting two classes on Thursday and Friday somewhere in the depths of Dorset! Wish me luck!!

On a very sad note though my family lost our beloved Jay Jay woofer on Friday. He was a dear friend for the last 15 years and is so sorely missed. My mum bred him and he ws born under the dining room table on boxing day all of those years ago. My then 11 year old brother named all of the boy puppies after racing drivers, and Jay Jay was named after JJ Leto. Originally we were going to keep one of the other dogs for ourselves - a little pup with the not very woofer name of Nigel (of Mansell fame, there was also an Eric named after Erik Comas amongst others) - but a student who lived with us at the time loved Jay the most and told some prospective buyers that he wasn't for sale and they bought Nigel instead.

In the years to come we realised that the student had not only saved us the embarrasment of yelling NIIIGELLL across the beach when the inevitably wayward pooch ran too far away, but she also saved us the best and most wonderful dog of the bunch who was loved by everyone who met him...

Bye bye Bobber.

Two new designers!

We welcome two brand new designers to the store this week! We have the sweetest vintage trinkets from The Magpie Club and fun felt accessories and plush from Charlotte Potter...

Plus some new jewellery and restocks of popular pieces from Eclectic Eccentricity, great new shoppers from Ruthy Loves Retro and some super new perspex jewels from Finest Imaginary too!!!

Also, if you like a bit of 80's style synth pop have a listen to Walking on a Dream by Empire of the Sun HERE. (Track streaming from their website, you may have to enable the sound). I Haven't heard any of their other tracks but I am loving this one!! :)

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!!