This gorgeous photo is an innocent victim of the Uncredited Tumblr Photo crime. Get on my couch, lovely ruffly cushions. Could I be bothered to make some myself? These would be lovely in black and nude mesh.

Tiny Tangerines posted the most spectacular nail art EVER. I have always seen faces in pansies since seeing Alice in Wonderland as a little kid!

That’s Beth Ditto and Miss Amelia right there. If you haven’t met Amelia, I highly suggest you toddle off to her blog right now. I’ve known her via this here internoodle for a fair few years and she’s certifiably fance.

I’m itching to do some paper cutting for the upcoming Disband show after looking at a few old pieces I did in 2008. Hina Aoyama‘s fine, delicate and crazy pieces are so inspiring.

Another uncredited photo capturing fance multiplied. This is the kind of woman I want to grow up to be. ♥

Anyhoo, onto the fance which is desperately late this week I know, and I throw myself at your feet and beg for mercy. Is mercy mine?!

Had I the resources, my childhood forts would have looked like this. Unfortunately I was limited to picnic blankets and stacking volumes of Encyclopedia Britannicas. This lovely photo is by somethings hiding in here. (Am I too old for a fancy little fort like this?)

We might have a little bit of a regressive theme going on tonight, but how could anyone go past a wall full of colour pencils? Social Designer supports meaningful causes with products like 500 Pencils and the gorgeous Aurora display system. Yes please!

Combining two of my favourite things, Dudes With Beards Eating Cupcakes is a blog that had me hitting “FOLLOW FOLLOW FOLLOW!” inside 10 seconds of the page loading.

Recently I’ve been on a little nail polish kick and was overjoyed to discover The Daily Nail. This blogger has committed to painting her nails every day for a year and she doesn’t just slap on two coats – she does some beautiful, clever and funny designs too! If you’re ever stuck for nail inspiration, I highly recommend popping over and having a browse.

Shane Waltener‘s installation “Auntie Peggy Has Departed” featured cobwebs made of doilies. What a pleasant and comforting world we’d live in if spiders could weave doilies!

I am hoping to finish drawing April’s desktop this weekend. I’ve got a new arm brace and I’m working my way through all my pens just to finish it!

Being an artist and particularly one with a wrist injury, I think a lot about my hands and how useful they are (also how awful it would be if I lost use of them). For years I’ve never really been into decorating my hands with polish because it seemed like a waste – nails are for keeping short and clean so they don’t catch on delicate things or mark any of my projects. The other thing is that I have weak nails and nail polish never seems to last more than a couple of days before chipping off and making me look like a grungy 90s teen.

Recently I’ve been reading Super Kawaii Mama and Violet LeBeaux‘s entries on nail art and have been inspired to give it a go. While the 3D stuff is highly impractical for me, 2D techniques using pens and dotting tools are really appealing.

I bought a white Sally Hansen Nail Art Pen the other day, and have experimented a little bit with it but I have a lot of practice to undertake! I think I’ll also try to find and buy an actual dotting tool so I can use the nail polish I have on hand to create designs.

The pen I have is only really good for drawing dots, but I’ve played around with drawing other things and even tried using a toothpick and nail polish. The results weren’t that great, and even using bottom coats and top coats my polish was still chipping after two days! I’ll keep playing around with my nails and I hope one day I happen across the solution. I really want to be able to doodle on my nails the way I do with pen and paper!