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Dandelion

July 21, '11 by merrick angle

    New 'Dandelion' A3 print Just a quick mailout as the last one was incredibly 'newsy'. We have a new print for you! This one came about because of a chance encounter with some 30's & 40's exercise book covers. I've often thought the humble dandelion deserves a bit... read more

Parents on Holiday

July 21, '11 by merrick angle

      Parents on holiday   1) Do you have a morbid fear of turning into one or both of your parents?   2) Do you holiday (vacation) with small children?   Do you find Question 2 actually aids Question 1? Well fret no longer, simply turn your neuroses... read more

Here comes the sun...

May 09, '11 by merrick angle

Howdy! Wow, all this sunshine , eh! When I am not roped into the white man's slavery known as lawn mowing, it makes me think of holidays. Specifically, the insanely long car journeys people don't seem to do anymore (not now they can be shoved in a metal tube with... read more

It broadens the mind..

March 30, '11 by merrick angle

(Cockney Dick Van Dyke Voice) 'Ello me old cock sparras, Do you remember a time when travel seemed glamourous? No, me neither. What with Ryanair sucking out any glamour left in air travel, and my parents insisting we went on our holidays by Swansea Cork ferries (Imagine a floating dole... read more

Clocks, bin, Jonka's Moon, and Norma...

March 14, '11 by merrick angle

  Hello Lovely People, Merrick here, in a Springtime frame of mind (yep, Spring is finally here in the Limousin). Response to the Lightbulb prints was fantastic, and even La Lune had a bit of resurgence off the back of it. We had a lovely email from a customer, he is called Jonka , hails from... read more

How many clowns does it take to change a lightbulb?

March 01, '11 by merrick angle

  Wowzers, February has just flown by! I have been freezing my bum off on a building site, our little girl Flora turned four (now very much a big girl she assures me), and lots of old friends descended on us for my old mate James' stag night (Translation for... read more

Norma says I have to update my blog...

December 13, '10 by merrick angle

Success comes in many guises, for some it is the first Ferrari bought for cash, for others it's finding themselves in glamourous and unlikely situations; say ending up in a roof top hot tub with Olympia Dukakis and Gary Busey. For me, as regular readers will know, I am a... read more

Antique French linen cushion covers...

October 29, '10 by merrick angle

Hola Amigos! For all the time I spend in stuffy attics, I could be a character in a Virginia Andrews novel, but every now and again my ferreting about pays dividends. Like the time I found five huge laundry sacks. The textures were amazing, layer upon layer of darns, patches... read more

Embrace the teatowel...

October 13, '10 by merrick angle

  "Me babbies, Me bairns" as the man at the pantomime says, our products are like buses - nothing for a few weeks and then four all at once! We'd been building up a stockpile of teatowel designs, and we were planning to release them bit by bit, but we... read more

Minimal Wooden Clocks

September 02, '10 by merrick angle

"Back so soon?" you say. Well, I did tell you I was doing something unmentionable with a router, and here are the fruits... They have been a few months in the making now, but all that 'getting it just right' has paid off: "Inspired by the fine woodland that surrounds... read more

Giveaway, it's a giveaway! It's a Smiths inspired giveaway!

September 02, '10 by merrick angle

Giveaway, it's a giveaway! It's a Smiths inspired giveaway! Do you like dreary bedsits? Like meeting people at the cemetery gates? Now we promised you a giveaway, and boy have we delivered. A Smiths-centric A3 print that is a complete one off. That's right, there will only ever be this... read more

New notebooks and other goodness!

August 28, '10 by merrick angle

Hola!  We are back after a grueling August, just in time to show off some new products, starting with these notebooks: "Perfect for musings, recording thoughts, epic love poetry, or even something mundane like a shopping list. These sturdy 'Cahier' style notebooks slip easily into a pocket or purse. Made... read more

Very Limited Edition Prints - now available!

July 19, '10 by merrick angle

Well I don't know what it is like where you are, but we are enduring a mini heat wave here in France. Fighting the temptation to bog off to the beach though, we have launched a new print. It's smaller than our current offerings (A4 - or 8.3 × 11.7 inches,... read more

Shop now open!

June 21, '10 by merrick angle

Wow, it feels like our little feet have hardly touched the floor. With a phenomenal response to our Etsy shop (thank you lovely customers, thank you all the wonderful bloggers who have mentioned us), we have taken the plunge, and now have a big, grown up online store in the... read more