Illustrator Petra Borner

Swedish artist, illustrator and designer Petra Borner is well known for her beautiful cut paper collages. Growing up in the 70′s has had a huge influence on the work we see from her today. Simple, Dreamy, and Bold. What can I say, I love her work. Petra started as an animator / Illustrator, but her work can now be found on stationary, fabrics, and ceramics from major companies all across the globe. Obviously very busy, and I’m happy for it because this chic here has a hard time taking her eyes off the beauty.

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Born and raised in Seattle, Kelly Affleck combines her passion for design with the understanding of her clients unique vision. With over 14 years of design experience, Kelly knows the questions to ask that identify how best to represent your event through invitations, custom favors and especially those little touches that you just can’t find anywhere else.

All of Kelly’s work is hand crafted and uses a variety of printing techniques including letterpress and screen printing.

On top of all that, Kelly happens to be a super duper cool human. She’s been in happy delusions as part of the etsyrain team, and does classes for the wee ones as well. She designed the poster for the craft swap we had here in August, as well as doing graphic work for other events all over the city. She also does graphic tee’s ranging from XS – 3X. Her octopus deep neck grey tee being my personal favorite, and one I wear all the time.

But probably the best thing about Kelly is after meeting here just once you will feel like a friend, and she can put a smile on my face 100% of the time.

To find out more about Kelly visit her website at tomato-tomato.

Hedgehog needle holder

I Just found this RAD needle holder on Crafty Crafty. It is an original design by knitter and designer Rosemary Haddon. She calls it her very prickly hedgehog. This super out does my lame O twirly needle holder. I can’t find too much info. as far as a pattern or more links to Rosemary’s work, but if you want to know more about her and what she’s doing, keep an eye out for knitting in fashion as she attended the Winchester School of Art, and from the articles and photos I’ve been seeing, she did pretty well. Keep it up Rosemary!

Oh, and Stitch & Bitch starts today (as every Sunday) at 1pm. See you shiz-knitter!

My Gorgeous Sign

If you are reading this blog you probably noticed my happy delusions page header. Well, that is the wonderful work of Norman Petersen. He designed the sign, and it is what everyone see’s as they pass by the shop. I have no idea what techniques he used, but it’s all painted and totally looks like old tiles. His card describes his work as Faux Painting / Authentic Venetian Plaster. I love it! I knew when I saw the blue prints it was going to rock, but man………..I had no idea. Norman is a local Rentonite, and if you live in the neighborhood you have seen him ridin around on his bike or getting coffee at Jet City. He is an easy person to work with and has a strong vision with talent to boot! He does both commercial and residential work, and can be contacted at www.petersenfinishes.com or email him at petersenfinishes@gmail.com. My sign has been up since July and people comment on how beautiful  it is all the time. I agree, some days I just stare at it and think how I’m the luckiest store front in Renton.  So be sure to tell Norm what a wonderful job he did, and mention that he lives in Renton too, he loves it here.

 

To see closer, better images of this sign and more of Norm’s work you can check out his blog at http://petersen-finishes.blogspot.com/

SuStudio Jewelry

I found Susanna at Renton River Days in 2007. I was immediately drawn to her simply elegant style. She likes to compose each design and then hand form each component out of metal wire and sheet. She then uses techniques such as soldering, texturing, forging, wire wrapping and/or cold connecting as necessary. Then  adds gemstones if the design calls for it. 

 A transplant up here from Sacramento CA. she seems to not mind the cold and rainy weather, and I would guess that being inside more helps her work on her designs. Go check out Susanna’s website www.sustudiojewelry.com, for a list of shows she will be at (She does a ton). Always happy, smiling with a terrific laugh, Susanna is a little piece of sunshine in our shop. So go support this hard working jeweler.

My favorite pair of earrings

A collection of SuStudio