26/2/2009 - * omg my eyes just fell out *

I received my Peters of Kensington newsletter today and my eyes nearly fell out.

They have Eric Carle "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" dinnerware for kiddies. OMG the best ever! VHC is one of my fave kiddies books (and my kiddies fave also), so I flipped and skidded sideways when I saw these beauties...

how freaking cute are these mugs!

and the bestest of all.....THIS little set

Both the destroyer and the princess LOVE their googie eggs with toasty soldiers. So these are coming to my place PRONTO!

And check out this Aussie - print artist on Etsy - Printspace . I am now the proud owner of this adorable pink heart & teddy print (to go in the princesses room) - and this fabulous Sunshine  print (to go in my ensuite). Mara also does these rad looking Rock Poster style birth announcement prints - they were just the thing I had been wanting to get framed with one of the kiddies baby pics and the little cross-stitch I made for each kiddo. I'll share how that all turns out once framed when I get to do it. Mara even custom coloured the boy one for me. Yes I know I could have done up the announcements and printed them myself, but seeing as my printer is rather dodgy with colours at tiems AND I don't have access to any of that lovely artists paper, I am totally delighted with how the prints turned out.

And after a seeing this girls stuff a year or two back, I finally broke down and couple of weeks ago I ordered this fabulous Cupcake Peddlers print

from The Black Apple  for the princesses room (she flipped when she saw it online - so I can't wait to see her face when it arrives!) - and I got myself this pair - the Rock & ROll print set .

ANNNNND finally, my other find on Etsy was this Qld artist Kathy Panton - who has the most unreal prints of her paintings. Three of this set

 will be going in the princesses room - the butterfuly reminds me of Eric Carle's stuff actually, which is probably why I loved it, and this one (but I have purchased the original watercolour) will be coming to live at my house - called I Spilt My Cordial - I am VERY excited and can't wait for it to arrive, I just fell in love with the way the colours and design played on this!

PLUS I noticed today that she is doing a Buy Two get the third FREE deal on her shop that ends today - so if you wanted something HURRY!

OK, that's it for me. I am off to start painting the ensuite now. Wish me luck. I already had the roller drop in muddy water outside, and can't find my little fine bristled brush to do the cutting in, so to say I am off to a less than stellar start is a major understatement....

L.