Cushion Crafts

Dear Santa, please could I have my very own owl cushion for christmas. I have seen many owl pillows in shops recently, they are definitely very popular, but there is something so wonderful about these hand crafted cushions. It is such a shame they are not for sale! I found these on The Pioneer Woman website. I would love to be talented enough to put together my own cushions from scrap materials and crafts. My friend Becki is very good at that, and is currently putting together her own hand crafted christmas decorations. You can see an example of her christmas tree decoration below. These beutiful crafts are for sale, you can view them on her blog here. http://rebeccagarrod.blogspot.com/

Pottermore

Personally I don't see much point in the new pottermore website, it is essentially just an online portal introducing the new harry potter e-books and unseen additional content. The new stop motion animation film launching pottermore from Andersen M Studio however is utterly brilliant!

I have always appreciated the work of creative directors Martin and Line Andersen, one of my favorite stop motion pieces being Going West for the New Zealand Book Council, and this animation for pottmore is just as impressive. The project was was entirely paper craft, all hand cut and photographed using a digital slr, no CGI was used to animate the piece. I love the paper owl and the wizarding sorting hat.

The images below can be found at mestudio.com and the film can be seen below.
http://www.pottermore.com/

Lovely Owl

I found this video on youtube the other day, this owl is just so cute! He looks like he is in heaven, if it was a cat it would definitely be purring very loud! I asked mum if I could have him for christmas and she replied, shes already booked the turkey for dinner, mean. The video has gone viral recently, its funny how this happens so fast! Enjoy!

Alice's Owls

Look how great these drawings of owls are by my friend Alice. The owl obsession is growing! Check out her blog!

http://aliceeaglestone.blogspot.com/2011/11/beaks-wings-pen.html< br />

 

Love Hearts and Crosses

I have started a slight obsession with owls recently, I have no idea why, but this is the second owl necklace I have bought recently. I really love this jewellery site Love Hearts and Crosses, there are some cute little pieces of jewellery and accessories, its really hard to resist spending my money!