Bonbi Colour...

The sun is shining, hurrah! I hope everyone is getting the chance to enjoy it a little bit. I have been sat at my computer with the doors to the garden open and reaching my legs around to catch some sun. It feels so good!

I haven't just been trying to catch some rays though, I have been busily printing and colour mixing in the studio recently and today launched the first of the new Bonbi Forest home wares along with some brand new scarves...

I have been wanting to do home wares for a long time and with time for such a printing spree on my hands I decided it was only right to incorporate some tea towel printing into it...so here we have the first of them! My Big Cats design and a reworked version of my old Equus design adorn these sets (yes, sets, they are sold in contrasting pairs for ultimate Bonbi Forest brightening of your kitchen!) and they can be seen in the new Home section of the shop HERE! I hope to be adding more useables verrry soon...

Also, new scarves!! Big Cats has had an aquatic blues makeover and the Equus design has been printed in two colourways...Ok, so i know it's hardly scarf weather at the moment, but as the sun goes down they are lovely and big for keeping the chill off. I am wearing my cream Big Cats one right now! (It goes awfully well with an Azure Blue I must say!) See them all in the shop HERE!!

I'd love to know what you think...

They're here...

The new scarves are in the shop!

I have really enjoyed making these and now have grand ideas for the same designs involving some home wares and the like...I shall keep you posted about that.

Anyway, all of the scarves can be seen HERE in the shop...I hope you like them!

A little peek...

^^How lovely is this cat? I recently had a friend to visit and we went on an outing to the beautiful harbour village of Mevagissey here in Cornwall. This little guy followed us most of the way around the harbour...I bet he is quite the attraction in the summer with the holiday-makers!

In other news I have been working away on some brand new prints, hurrah! Going with a floral theme (I do like my flowers...) and also re-introducing the Big Cats, I have been whipping up some brand new scarves for you.

They will be available in the shop very soon, but in the meantime have a little peek at the samples...(I took these pictures with Instagram, so apologies if any Twitter, Facebook or Instagram followers have already seen them)

...and here is a first look at the finished Big Cats Scarf in a pretty lemon/lime and dark grey colourway!

I'd love to know what you think...

Big Love...

I love this song, so sweet and quite apt for the day...

In other news, I have been photographing some of my printerly mishaps and misprints for a Bonbi Forest seconds sale which will be taking place in the shop very soon. There will be bargains to be had peeps, stay tuned!

Me and You, You and Me

Oh no. I don't like to start with something so lame but hasn't it been a while since I last posted?

Well now that's out of the way I just wanted to let you know about a brand new locket that landed in the shop yesterday. It's the first double sided one and a super special edition at that! I designed it with best friends and sweethearts in mind, a little something for whoever happens to be the other pea in your pod.

Me and you, you and me. I have only made 30 of these little treats, have a look see HERE!

I have more new things coming up very soon including a new addition to the Lovebirds card flock (current members can be seen HERE!) and I have just taken a delivery of beautiful, super soft, fair trade scarves...I can't wait to get my print making fingers to work on them for you!

Ah, Christmas...

Wowee it's been a while since I last posted here...you have Christmas to thank for that!

You guys have been keeping me very busy with all of your Christmas orders and for that I can only thank you, it's proving to be an exceptionally busy season here for Bonbi Forest! One of my favorite things is seeing how many fellas are buying lockets for their ladies, it doesn't half make the heart all warm and fuzzy...

I just wanted to post to let you know that Cornish friends (and friends that find themselves in Cornwall this weekend) can come and buy some Bonbi Forest goodies directly from me this weekend at the Falmouth Christmas Festival, which is taking place on Events Square. The Christmas market is running alongside a Christmas food festival too with demonstrations from Rick Stein, sea shanty singing, Christmas carols, and lots of workshops for kids. Some nice pre-Christmas fun, more info about which can be found here --> Falmouth Christmas Festival

Here is a little picture of Falmouth I took a while ago...I love the fluorescent bouys bobbing alongside the boats on the grey water!

Let it snow...

I do love a bit of snow once and a while and am hoping we see a little dusting here in Cornwall this winter. Just as long as it isn't the prolonged sort of heavy blanket that seems to cripple our silly country and stops me getting the the studio...I have done much sliding in the car this last couple of winters and can safely say that I don't enjoy it!

Since the turning of the clocks and the inevitable darkening nights though, my thoughts have naturally turned to more wintery themes and I have found that images of little snowflakes have been finding their way into my work. I have made a selection of brand new LIMITED EDITION lockets for you featuring these lovely little shapes, all of which have been adorned with a scattering of the usual Bonbi Forest charms and sparkles...Have a look see HERE in the shop. I do hope you like them...

There is also a little ring for sparkling up those fingers too!

Talking of wintery frozen things, tonight is the second episode of the latest David Attenborough documentary, Frozen Planet. last week's was amazingly beautiful and I am very much looking forward to this weeks! Have a read about it HERE!

A long overdue Lately...

It has been a very long time since I posted a 'Lately...' post here hasn't it?! A number of reasons have prevented me from doing this, not least the breaking down of my computer a few weeks ago (it has since been written off, woes!) and although I have everything backed up it just hasn't been convenient for me to sort through my pictures yet.

However, I have recently joined the IPhone hordes and while I haven't abandoned my beloved camera (far from! I may even have to post a second Lately post of those pics too...) I have been merrily snapping away with Instagram and thought I'd share a few of those pictures from the last few weeks with you of the wonderful Indian summer, screen printing with the kids at Brannel School, beautiful foggy mornings we've been having and of course animals!

^^How funny is that last picture?!!^^

A change is as good as rest or so they say...

Those of you that manage Facebook pages may or may not know that there is an annoying little thing with them that means that you can't change your page's title after you cross the 100 likes threshold. It has been bothering me for a while that my Bonbi Forest page holds the outdated name of 'The Bonbi Forest Indie Emporium' coined way back when Bonbi Forest sold not just my work, but the work of other designer friends...I shut that shop two whole years ago and think it's about time for a change!

I have a new and properly dedicated 'Bonbi Forest' Facebook page set up, and would love it if you would move your Bonbi Forest liking from the old page to the new...you could win a little something in the process if you do. Nice eh?

Every new like that the new page receives between now and the 15th October will be entered into a draw to win the Bonbi Forest item of your choice, with two runners up receiving a £10 gift voucher each...how does that sound? Go have a look see at the new page HERE!

A bit of music...

I went to see Crazy Stupid Love last night which is a very sweet film (Ryan Gosling's performance in it is very excellent...Ahem!) and it reminded me that I haven't listened to this beautiful song by The Middle East for a long time, it is called 'Blood' and is really lovely:

When I first heard it I got a bit muddled though and thought it was something else, and upon returning home and googling it I found out my mistake. I urge you to listen to this as well though, it is just as pretty: Benjamin Francis Leftwich 'Atlas Hands'

Spots and Dots

Those of you who came along to the Cornwall Design Fair in August may remember this new tee...or not as the case may be as it sold out rather quickly!

I really enjoyed playing with the conventions of print placement to give Spots and Dots it's little printed collar (adorned with leaf fronds, graphic blooms and tiny stars, of course) and spotty bib.

Spots and Dots can be seen and shopped HERE! I'd love to know what you think!

...and it's Autumn

Where did that last month go?! It's been a little busy around here what with one thing and another and I can't believe we are two thirds of the way through September already...I've had my head down and it's passed me by! There have been some fun bits and pieces too, I will post a lately post soon (though it will be more like a round up of the last couple of months at this rate) but in the meantime I just wanted to show you the new Bonbi Forest rings which I added to the shop over the weekend...

They feature the same landscapes and critters that the lockets do with adjustable ring bands to fit most fingers...I have tried and tested my favorite (which is the Dark is the Night Stars design at the bottom there...) on many occasions and the flat pad makes them easy to wear and slide your hand in and out of pockets and your bag. I am very pleased with these guys! See and shop them HERE!

More soon peeps!

Oh hai!

A busy old week here this week! The Dark is the Night Locket was featured in the Guardian's Buy of the Day section on Monday which has set off some kind of locket frenzy...so amazing. Thank you everyone who has bought one, they'll all be on their way very soon!

Plus this weekend I am taking all of the Bonbi Forest wares down to Trereife House near Penzance for the Cornwall Design Fair...come and see me if you find yourself in Cornwall at all this weekend. Details HERE!

Lockets galore...

The beady eyed among you will have noticed that this week I have been adding four new illustrated lockets to the clan.

In keeping with all things Bonbi Forest they feature a selection of themes tied up with my obsessions with things of the night, our feathered friends and the lovely Pegasus. I of course couldn't have a collection of pictorial items without a little house in there too...

Have a look see at these shiny pendants in the Bonbi Forest shop HERE! I hope you like them...

Right now I am in a Friday evening celebratory mood as today the lovely Miss Pia pony and I scored well and won at our first attempt at the next dressage level up (Advanced Medium for those in the know). We have turned a bit of a corner with our dressage dancing and it feels good...

Have a good weekend folks!

Who's been wearing Bonbi Forest?

I think the Equus tee looks great with a little black blazer...I usually wear mine with my high waisted jeans but I think I'll be taking a leaf out of model Charlotte De Carle's style file, digging out my jacket and wearing it loose! What do you think?

See and shop the Equus tee HERE!

Oh yes...

I hope everyone is having a lovely weekend? Mine has been spent with friends and family, eating lots, gardening and riding the black beauty Miss Pia Pony. I have even spent part of it dressed as Margot Tenenbaum. It's thundery here this afternoon so I am inside playing with paints and taking pictures of new work...and here is a peek! Oh yes, the first ever Bonbi Forest rings will be available soon:

Dark is the Night is here at last

The Dark is the Night Slouch Sweaters are in the shop at last, hurrah...See and shop them HERE!

I have just sent out my latest newsletter and wanted to put together a star themed image when it occurred to me how many stars there are in my shop already, I do hope you like them as much as I do...

I also have a FREE SHIPPING offer on for you from now until Midnight on Monday 8th August...just enter the code HAPPYFREESHIP at checkout to get your free ship shop!

Lately...

Horrible! Horrible! Horrible food!...




It's been a busy couple of weeks here and I feel like I have been cramming a lot in!

These are some of my favorite moments including more rainbow birthday cake making, watching the birds eat the awful discarded layers before I managed to get the cake mix to cake tin ratio right, birthday celebrating (love those money napkins, don't you?!) playing at tourists when my lovely friend Emily came to stay, picking pretty blooms from my favorite place in the world, hanging out with buddies, and that awful, awful orange dinner that was so bad it was funny!

More new pieces soon including the starry jumper I posted about last week...Hurrah!