Smile Recipe - Art, Craft & Design

Digi-Sticker Shop Still Open!

Katie — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 08:06:36 +0000

Hey everyone! Lately I’ve had a few messages asking whether the Digi-Sticker tube shop is still open. So, I thought I should put up a notice to let you all know that it is! Though work is keeping me from blogging or updating, I am still here to take and fill your orders~

Sale notice!

Katie — Sun, 14 Aug 2011 15:12:27 +0000

Since I will be closing my Etsy shop temporarily at the end of August (not sure for how long yet, maybe a couple weeks or even a couple months) I am having a bit of a clearance sale and offering 25% off everything.
Just use the coupon code 25SMILE when you checkout to receive your discount! Click here to go to my shop page, or click the wolfie picture on the right.

~~When my shop reopens, I will not be adding any new sewn items for at least a year, so what is in the shop now is the last of my stock!~~ The shop will be remaining closed for at least a year~

Vintage Japanese Ephemera

Katie — Sun, 15 May 2011 13:59:48 +0000

A couple weekends ago I got a parcel containing the latest additions to my little vintage Japanese colouring book collection! I think vintage nurie, make for charming retro wall art and I have most of mine framed for display.

Some of these are from Kawaii Shop Japan and a couple are from Yahoo Japan Auctions.

In the parcel I also received some lovely old paper dolls…

My favourite is the lady set, with her colourful kimono. I will have that one hanging on my wall once I get another frame!

I do have some extras of these paper dolls, and a few of the colouring books (shown below). My sister has a vintage shop on Etsy so I’ve given them to her to put up for sale. Visit her shop here if you’re interested!

Pattern: Neapolitan Sisters

Katie — Thu, 12 May 2011 19:10:15 +0000

I’ve made an entry for this week’s ice cream-themed contest over at Spoonflower – The Neapolitan Sisters! If you like it you can vote for it by clicking here.

The Fairy Pod Greenhouse is closing!

Katie — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 23:55:22 +0000

It has been a very long time since I last released a new variety of Fairy Pod and so I have decided to close up the Fairy Pod Greenhouse shop within the next couple of weeks. If you would still like to ‘grow’ your own little fairy before they’re gone for good, please follow the links on the left to purchase one of the regular or bakery edition seeds soon. The official closing date is April 22nd

Thanks to everyone who has collected my little fairies over the past few years. It was great fun to come up with new ones every month and release them to the world!

The Greenhouse is now closed!

Macoto Goodies

Katie — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 17:00:01 +0000

One of my favourite artists is Macoto Takahashi. He’s famous for his pretty illustrations of girls with big sparkly eyes, explosions of flowers and fairy tale settings. These are a few goodies featuring his artwork that I’ve gotten in the last few months:

A couple of postcards from kawaiishopjapan.com. These are actually from a postcard book, but KSJ sells them individually which is nice.
A vintage set of pencils with one of Macoto’s gals on the box. I think it’s from the 1970s. The pencils themselves are sadly only decorated with a flower pattern.

A lovely book called something like Girl Romance ~Macoto Takahashi’s World which my sister gave me for Christmas. It’s a collection of Macoto’s artwork from the 1950s to 2000s. This joins my other Macoto book Macoto’s Princesses which is a collection of fairy tale princess-themed art. Here are a couple snapshots of the inside of the book –

Pattern – Pose Girls

Katie — Mon, 21 Feb 2011 17:00:42 +0000

I haven’t done any pattern designs in ages!
Here’s a new one inspired by vintage pose dolls.
My favourite is the girl in the red dress .^_^.

If you happen to enjoy my pattern designs…

Katie — Sat, 19 Feb 2011 00:04:06 +0000

For a while I was managing to keep up with a regular pattern post but that hasn’t happened in months now! A while back I archived a bunch of designs in my Flickr account and you can check them out here. I’ll continue to post new ones here when I have time to make any!

New Year Sale!

Katie — Fri, 31 Dec 2010 15:00:20 +0000

It’s a pattern collection!

Katie — Fri, 01 Oct 2010 02:03:45 +0000

When it comes to working on my own artwork lately I’ve been most inspired to create different patterns. I decided to challenge myself a little and design a small collection of patterns that are complementary to each other. I’ve done five prints all inspired by the first of the lot, “Flowercomb” which I used for my August wallpaper.

Flowercomb

Petite Wildflowers

Favourite Things

Nearing the Village

Well Kept Gardens