Etsy Favourite: BW Prints

It's that time of the year again! It's a special time of year for Durban creatives to enjoy an evening of glitter-and-glue fun. Nadia van der Mescht is representing our beautiful city again by hosting the 2015 Etsy Craft Party! I will be knee-deep in unpacking boxes and setting up our new home, but I have luckily made it to one prior. I can tell you that it's worth every penny. If you would like more info, click on over here. 

While we are on the topic of Etsy, I just have to share my absolute favourite find for the month. BW Prints sums up abstract art print perfection in my eyes. I love a daily reminder of what our family is truly living for each day, but I also don't love a cheesy verse slapped on any old thing. Bobbi's prints are classy and inspiring. On top of that, they are available for digital download at a steal of $6.50 each (approx. R75) which means no international shipping hassles. 

Here are my top three favourites. I may or may not have ordered them all! Click on over to Bobbi's shop for more gorgeous designs.

Pretty Printables: Kiddies Holiday Activity Book

This is the first year that I have needed to work while my boys are home on holiday and it got me thinking about some fun ideas to keep my older, nearly 4 year old busy boy occupied. I decided to make an A5 size bound activity book that I can then keep as a memory record after he's coloured his way through. This is what I came up with:

First, the cover page:

Next, I searched online and found a number of great dot-to-dots from Turtle Diary that my son is into at the moment, and printed an assortment of them, eg:

The next step was the most time-consuming because the process became completely addictive. I used Coloring Page Creator to turn a few family photos into our very own colouring-in pages. Like so:

And lastly, I created a few interactive pages prompting him to draw his favourite items / family members, eg:

The trick is to assemble them all in an interesting order. I also included a few sticker pages and pieces of cardstock cut-offs I had in my craft file. I loved making this so much I am thinking of making a few more to give out as prezzies.

Please feel free to download any of the above files by clicking on the respective pictures to download the rest of the files in it's group. 

Happy printing!

Pretty Printables : Rise and Shine Poster

Raise your hand if you love a free printable! Particularly if it's a pretty one that you could frame and put up in your home.

This will be the first post of a series on this blog called 'Pretty Printables'. I am by no means a professional, but I do my best to put ideas that are in my head onto something I could print and call my art. The sizings may often be off, but that's what scissors are for. I kid. I will make sure all the files are high res so that you can happily print them according to your size of choice. I do hope you enjoy them!

This is a little poster I made this week to fill a lonely spot on our kitchen wall. It's called 'Rise & Shine'. Click directly on the picture below to download the image.