~* Fairy Tales and Rhymes *~

The majority of the pendants in the shop to date are from this book - "Rene Cloke's Bedtime Book of Fairy Tales and Rhymes". It is one of those books that you see something new everytime you look in it. Gorgeous-gorgeous illustrations of little boys and girls, squirrels, rabbits, birds and more.


The first half of the book is full of rhymes, and the second half has Nursery & Woodland stories by Rene Cloke and Hans Andersen Fairy Tales.

With a 1978 copyright, my copy was printed in Hungary in 1984. The faces of the children are so sweet and remind me of drawings from the fifties. All illustrations are by Rene Cloke.

A lovely little treasure trove of piccies.

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~* Fifty Famous Stories for Girls *~

With all the pendants I've made up so far in the shop, I thought I'd write and show the books they have come from.

Today is one of the first books I picked up, and helped form the idea to make the pendants.

"Fifty Famous Stories for Girls" selected and edited by Leonard Gribble.

Made and printed in Great Britain. First published in 1949, my book is the 'third impression' printed October 1953.

The pages are very yellowed around the edges giving the words a natural frame! The paper is in really good condition, but some pages are beginning to be a bit brittle around the edges.

There are (of course) fifty short stories from all different authors including Charlotte Bronte, Louisa M. Alcott, Edgar Allan Poe, Charles Dickens, William Makepeace Thackeray and Mark Twain.

The inscription reads "To ALL GIRLS who like a good story".

And what kind of girl doesn't, I say!

A look at another book on Thursday.

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I'm currently working on the presentation of some mixed media work I've created, using my own photograph, drawing, acrylic paint, digital colouring and good old cut and paste.
Sneak peak tomorrow...

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~* pendants in shop *~

Over the next couple of days I am listing the pendants I've made so far into the shop.

Most are from a children's book called "Rene Cloke's Bedtime Stories of Fairy Tales and Rhymes", printed in Hungary in 1984.

Gorgeous ickle faces of boys and girls ... and one red squirrel!

All pendants come with a bonus of an archival print of the original illustration that the pendant is made from.

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I'm working on a couple of different original projects, which I'm very happy and excited about. Just thinking about them makes me feel good. :)
Will hopefully have something to show over the weekend, or early next week.

I'm also thinking about what I want this blog to be about - in addition to my own work. I'd like to showcase items and shops and websites that I like and inspire me. Giving that some thought.

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~* penchant for pendants *~

A weekend of cut and paste. :)

Store is due to open mid week.
Looks like it might be pendants first in, prints of my original work to follow.



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