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Atelier Abigail Ahern Ceramic Lamps

I am seriously coveting the new ceramic lamp collection from Atelier Abigail Ahern. I really do love them all, but the dogs win best in show for me! Stunning.

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Chesterfield Sofa by Gray Concrete

I saw this doing the blog rounds quite a few months back, but never knew who it was made by until it was exhibited at 100% Design last week. As a massive Chesterfield fan I am delighted to see that it is a UK manufacturer so the reality of actually purchasing one of these design beauties is a possibility! Made from cast concrete by Edinburgh based Gray Concrete this unique Chesterfield Sofa is suitable for both interior and exterior usage. WANT! WANT! WANT!

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Helen Minns Notebooks

Sandgrouse, Swan and Hare are the titles of three patterned A6 notebooks by Helen Minns available from Atelier Agnele.

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Pinnikity

Baking just got prettier - Nikki Williams of UK based Pinnikity has created the perfect recipe for 'cute' with these gorgeous retro influenced mini pinnys for girls. 

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Flowers In May

Fabulous eye candy by Emily Dumas of Flowers in May. Printed on archival quality paper 'The best things in life are sweet' and 'Today I feel like baking' are available to buy online from the Flowers In May online shop. 

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The Little Cake Parlour

Oh my! Elizabeth Cooper of The Little Cake Parlour sure knows how to make tasty looking treats. This lovely UK web site is a feast for the eyes featuring deliciously original concepts. My favourites (and it was difficult to choose) include personalised candy apples, the beautifully packaged 'wrapped and ready to go', purple mini Geisha mini cakes, and who could resist the popcorn cup mini cakes. WOW!

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Best In Show - Sally Muir's Dogs

Muir and Osborne's knitted dogs book 'Best In Show' inspired me so much that I just HAD to know more about the creators and boy I'm so glad that I did a bit of rummaging through their blog and websites to unearth yet another gem. It transpires that Sally Muir is also a superbly talented artist with a spectacular portfollio of dog paintings. For me, it is clear that Sally is what I call a 'true dog person' by the way in which she has captured their personalites and breed traits like only someone who has really connected passionately with dogs could.

Frustratingly when I first discovered Sally's dog portraits I bookmarked my favourite images to blog - today I am kicking myself, as when I returned to her web site it has been substantially edited and has very few dog images and none of the ones I wanted to show you today! I've just spent the best part of an hour going over my history from weeks ago on Sally's site in hope of pulling up some the old files but I am afraid I simply get a 404 error. The last image is a screen grab from my history with some the images that I wanted to post.

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Little Conker Stool

With the new season fast approaching, a press release for this very sweet little conker stool caught my attention when it landed in my mailbox this week. Handmade in Poland, and upholstered in a rich chestnut brown and cream leather it is sure to appeal to both young and old alike! Available to purchase exclusively from one of my favourite online stores - Beetrootonline.

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Creative Review's Tweetup

Last week I was sent a lovely little DM through twitter from Creative Review's Neil Ayres inviting Art at Heart to the first ever crtweetup.

As part of the London Design Festival, Creative Review are hosting an event in celebration of their success at being one of the most followed magazines on twitter (as I publish this post the current figure is a staggering 178,943 followers). As a thankyou for their support, 300 of the magazines most loyal twitter followers have been invited to attend an evening to remember at the Design Museum sponsored by Lego and Moleskin - and @artatheartuk was one of them.

I was excited beyond belief to be invited, however as blogging isn't my full time career and living 'up north' with pre-scheduled business arrangements it mean't that I was unable to attend. Imagine that, getting invited to something as cool as crtweetup and not being able to go! 

So tonight folks I hope you'll join me in eagerly following the progress of what is sure to be a trending topic on twitter for anyone thats interested in advertising, design and visual culture. #crtweetup

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Etch a Sketch for iPad

I didn't think that the iPad could look any cooler until I spotted this new Etch a Sketch case!  Made by Headcase, under license from the original makers of Etch a Sketch - Ohio Art, it is available to buy online from Getaheadcase at $39.00.

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