Arlene Adams

These great Lego characters are taken from a visit to Legoland towards the end of last year.

Some photos from a recent trip to Morocco.

Singer songwriter Emeli Sande comes from just outside my home city of Aberdeen in Scotland. Going to see her in April when she is on tour.

Been meaning to post this for a while. On a recent visit to the beautiful city of Vienna we stayed at a great quirky hotel with a circus theme – 25Hours Hotel. If you are ever in the city check it out even if it is just for a drink on the rooftop terrace with views overlooking the city.

Happy Halloween!

Loving this new typeface by Rick Banks at Face37. It is available from hypefortype.com

A little something inspired by a recent trip to London.

Retro Carlton Ware figure, Miroslav Sasek illustration

On the day of the Royal Wedding here are a few more happy couples!

Love the simplicity of this vintage book published in 1966 by Kathleen Brooks and illustrated by Fredun Shapur.

Thanks for the recommendation Larry!

Great anti-aliased ‘Hey’ table created with lego and an ikea table. More info: http://toki-woki.net/blog/p2242-hey-lego-table. Music by Aphex Twin.

Love the illustrations in The Parsley Annual I picked up recently.

Another Scottish favorite of mine is the haunting voice of Elizabeth Fraser. This track is a version of Roy Harper’s ‘Another Day’ from ‘It’ll end in Tears’ album by This Mortal Coil. She was the vocalist in the Cocteau Twins. I started listening to their work when I was a student in the 80′s and they are still a favorite of mine today. I also loved the artwork of Vaughan Oliver who did a lot of the covers for their label 4AD Records. I had a huge poster of ‘Pearly Dew Drop Drops’ cover on my wall. Wish I kept it now!!

As New Year celebrations are traditionally a big thing in Scotland thought I’d post some Scottish related items I have at home along with two of my illustrations. Pages from a very old copy of ‘This Is Edinburgh’ by the wonderful M.Sasek, 1960s Carlton Ware money box and vintage rosewood McIntosh sideboard made in Scotland.

Last year’s card along with this year’s.

I bought these lovely Christmas presents recently from The Moseley Arts Market here in Birmingham. They are made from vintage fabric by The Whistling Cowgirl. I am very tempted to keep them myself and not give them away!