New Tatty Devine Jewellery for 2012 from Soma Gallery

Make a statement in these bold and beautiful necklaces. I love the idea these have been inspired by Mexico and give a playful edge to summer. Prices start from £60 available from Soma Gallery

Simply Gorgeous Limited Edition LOVE prints (by Helen Lang)

Love prints for all those of us in LOVE by Helen Lang

Ooohhh I do like to look cute in the kitchen and this is a perfect little red apron

Red Daisy Apron from Designer Lisa Stickley

Brighten your home on these cold winter days with new blinds from designer Ella Doran

 Blossom Blind

Fretwork Blind

 Gridlock Blind

White Magnolia Blossom blind

For all bespoke blind quotes please call the Ella Doran enquiries line on 0207 254 4744, or email blinds@elladoran.co.uk with the length and width of your finished blind.



A Sunny Side Up 2012 From Us To You! [Inspired By Andy Smith Prints at SOMA Gallery]

Thank you to every reader in 2011 and we look forward to sharing more new designers, artist products, limited prints and an array of culture media in the New Year along with the anticipated new 2012 Artolar Culture Directory where you can submit your culture institute.

We wish you a very Merry New Year and a Happy Sunny 2012.

Posters from the Andy Smith exhibition at Soma Gallery, bright and fun perfect to illustrate our Happy New Year message.

Designer Emma Burton cornflower blue clasp purses, scarves and cushions - lovely!

 Blue rose small clasp purse

 Cornflower vintage rose cushion

Cornflower rose silk scarf

Designer Emma Burton's collection of digitally printed fashion and home accessories use her own photographs. Our favourite is the Cornflower Rose clip purse with matching scarf and cushion starting from £39.00

Emma Burton now at Designers & Makers at Somerset House until 8 Jan 2012.

Puffin Perfect. - Lovely Stamp Silkscreen Print

by Tom Frost, available at Boxbird £30

Have nothing in your house you do not know to be useful or you believe to be beautiful

A wonderful print which has inspired me to declutter my house by these rules, useful, beautiful  or the item shall be thrown out. I think this print shall be displayed by the front door.

Designer print by James Brown from the V&A

Wonderful Bauble Fairy Lights adding sparkle to Christmas and Japanses Paper Ballons

Looking for fun things this Christmas with a designer edge, look no further than these fabulouse cotton ball fairy lights and Japanese Paper Ballons from Petra Boase Shop

Send great Christmas Cards this year from our top ten artists and designers list

#1 Tree and Angels Pack of 10 Christmas Cards (Square) from the Victoria and Albert Museum Shop £4.75
#2 London Eye Christmas Cards from British Museum Shop £4.99 for a pack of 8 greeting cards.
#3 The Magical Forest – Veolia Environnement Wildlife Photographer of the Year from the Natural History Museum Shop for £2.00 each or £10.00 for six greeting cards.
#4 Maria Dahlgren Christmas card designed exclusively for Tate £5.00 for a pack of 6 greeting cards.





#5 Adoration of the Shepherds (Detail) Christmas cards from the National Gallery £2.49 per card and various other prices depending on card numbers brought.



#6 Misletoe Children Xmas Card from the Courtauld Gallery £3.95 for ten greeting cards.



#7 Child Christmas Pudding Card from the Courtauld Gallery £3.95 for 10 greeting cards.



#8 Pudding Boy Christmas Card from the VandA Shop £5.00 for ten greeting cards.



#9 Mrs Delany Christmas Cards from the British Museum Shop £5.99 for eight greeting cards.


#10 Snow People Christmas Card from Kew Gardens £2.25 per greeting card.

Fashion designer Louise Gray has designed an iPad case exclusively for the V&A

It was only a matter of time and I am pleased to say iPad covers are getting more interesting with exclusive designer and artists colloborations. Here are two great ones for this Christmas season.

#1 Fashion designer Louise Gray has designed iPhone an iPad covers exclusively for the V&A Shop  £95.00.

 Front

Back

#2 Alexena Cayless design is simply a luxury case, created in the UK using traditional Scottish shooting tweed and shoe leather. £79.95

Create a new little town of your own using Urbania tea-light holders

Create a mini town with your own little buildings from these Urbania tea-light holders by Danish ceramics company Kahler

Designer pop up Christmas tree for the space limited home

Totem Christmas tree (H75 x W60cm) is flat packed making it ideal to store all year and a designer treat for the festive season. From DutchbyDesign £29.95

Stylish touch to any table - the Liberty Print Shop can help

Browsing the Liberty London site I came across this rather lovely coaster created with Mirabelle Liberty print, stylish touch to any table. I particularly like the prints on this website (and of course the London shop) but alas it takes some searching on the site but should you like a browse here is the Liberty Print Shop.

The Person You Love is 72.8% water - beautiful glass designed for Tate by Sara Fanelli

Sara Fanelli Drinking Glass £12.95

A huge fan of the award winning Sometimes I Think, Sometimes I Am book by Sara Fanelli this new range created in collaboration with Tate aims to enhance elements from the book while creating new and interesting gift items. If you haven't seen the book then I can't recommend it enough with the small book inside it’s a treasure trove of ideas for designers and visual enthusiasts alike.

View the book and gifts at Tate Online Shop

Simply lovely - Pink 365 Days of Summer Giclee Print

365 Days of Summer Giclee Print

Craft Design Book

Love, Dream and be Free Giclee Print

While browsing this morning I found a great filipino home and lifestyle store heima and fell in love with this print which is also available in Gray, Olive Green, Aqua and Kraft Paper. A website well worth a browse as it's just delicious!

Nothing like a 'Folklore' coffee pot to inspire stories and adventures

Folklore coffee/ tea pot

Available from Baltic Mill Shop £15.95

Enamel mug perfect for camping or a caravan trip up the coast, who thought tin cups could look so stylish..

Available from Baltic Mill Shop £6.95

Sara Fanelli newly designed range coming to Tate this summer..

Inspired by the book 'Sometimes I Think, Sometimes I Am' Sara Fanelli is designing a new range for Tate Shops this summer. Hot on the shelves soon and we shall be there filling our baskets.

Sometimes I Think, Sometimes I Am Book

Available from Tate Shop £19.99

Adding colour to any room the new red Pantone chair

Against a purple wall this chair could look great.

Available rrom Green and Fray £52.99 

Spring has sprung and summer is on its way, a beautiful delicate peony

The textures on this print give a new depth to the flower

A13 Peony by Lisa Creagh £425 from Art-Movement