Category Archives: Inspiration

Inspiration of the week: old wrought-iron bed header

March 16, 2009 – 12:57 pm

I was up in the mountain at the weekend, making the bed, when it suddenly struck me. Our old wrought-iron bed header with its sinuous curves and slightly peeling paint, would make the perfect stencil for a background. I can’t believe I haven’t noticed it before. I have been staring at it for an entire [...]

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Inspiration of the week: Victorian imagery

February 4, 2009 – 1:29 pm

The best find of my snowy flea market trawl was a Victorian-style metal box. When I was younger, I used to dismiss Victorian imagery as cloyingly sweet. Age has changed me. I find that now I respond a lot more to oh-so-pretty colours and pictures, and have grown tired of edgy and bold—in the same [...]

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