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Valentines Day 2013: Card Ideas and Prints for Gifts

It's not too late! Roll up roll up, find wonderful and unique ideas for Valentines cards right here.

Written by Amelia Gregory

A Book Of Hearts by Sarah Morpeth seek and adore
It's creeping up on us fast once more: the day you either love or hate. Wondering what to give as an expression of your feelings on Valentines Day? Here I present to you some great ideas for handmade cards and screen prints to send to your beloved one. Beautiful typography, supremely clever paper cutting and adorable lovebirds reign supreme.

Book of Hearts Sarah Morpeth
This gorgeous Book of Hearts by paper artist Sarah Morpeth is available from Seek and Adore: with hearts, birds and leaves bursting out of the covers it makes a unique gift.

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Christmas Guide 2012: Artist & Designer Christmas Cards

Steer clear of mass produced Christmas cards this year and go direct to the designers who've made cards themselves: here's my round up of the best ones to buy online.

Written by Amelia Gregory

Christmas card by Matthew Land.
Christmas is nearly upon us, yes really. And to start my lengthy round up of gift recommendations for the entire family I firstly give you a …

Martina Spetlova: New S/S 2012 Season Interview

A catch up interview with one of the most interesting eco designers working today: Martina Spetlova talks fish leather, chemistry and teaching in Poland.

Written by Amelia Gregory

Martina Spetlova S/S 2012 by Shauna Tranter.
Eco designer Martina Spetlova first caught my eye when I was putting together Amelia’s Compendium of Fashion Illustration last year. She has an inimitable …

Middlesex University: Ba Hons Illustration Graduate Show 2011 Review

Lovely work from Amelia's Magazine contributors Emma Block and Stacie Swift, plus newbies Claire Francis, Samantha Griffiths and Gemma Travis.

Written by Amelia Gregory

Illustration by Emma Block.
I had a quick scout through the Middlesex University Illustration degree show and discovered a few wonderful illustrators, two of whom will be well known to Amelia’s …

Flesh and Blood & Fish and Fowl: a review of the Mime Festival 2011 show at the Barbican

Flesh and Blood & Fish and Fowl features immaculate clowning from Geoff Sobelle and Charlotte Ford. It's one of the funniest shows I've ever seen, but there's a darker meaning behind the absurdities.

Written by Amelia Gregory

Flesh and Blood by Stacie Swift.
Flesh and Blood & Fish and Fowl was inspired by photographs of the Ukrainian town of Pripyat near Chernobyl, taken many years after the city …

The Life and Times of the Sabre-Toothed Sausage

The Sabre-Toothed Sausage, otherwise known as the Naked Mole Rat, is a wonderful if peculiar looking beast that thrives in huge communities. With lots of ace illustrations...

Written by Amelia Gregory

Naked Mole Rat by Paul Shinn.
Every now and again something quite random catches my eye… and so it was a few months ago when I came across a news story …

Fashion on Film: Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky

A second biopic exploring the (love) life of saucy temptress Mademoiselle Coco Chanel hits the cinema this week. It's a feast for the eyes and a glorious romp through the fashion archives, unsurprisingly…

Written by Matt Bramford

Coco Chanel and Igor Stravinsky, illustrated by Naomi Law
Plans to large it in East End boozers or at Green Kite Midnight’s Ceilidh on Saturday night turned sour when my other …

Secret Garden Party 2010: Sunday Review

Sunday at Secret Garden Party is a day for extreme silliness... mud wrestling, paint powder fights and doing the limbo. To the sounds of Savoir Adore, Horace Andy, Gabby Young and Other Animals and Mercury Rev.

Written by Amelia Gregory

Gabby Young by Moon.
Our Sunday got off to a sleepy start, as it did for most Secret Gardeners. Bypassing the cleverly marketed Hendrick’s gin carriage in favour of a cup …

Latitude Festival 2010: A Review of the Comedy Arena, and more.

There were the big names: Robin Ince, Richard Herring, Deborah Francis White, and the New Acts: Ivo Graham, Eric Lambert and James Acaster. Find out just what you missed in the Comedy Arena this year...

Written by Amelia Gregory

James Acaster by Kathryn Jones.
Over the course of Latitude I saw numerous comedians, some of whom appeared as comperes on other stages when not performing to surely one of their …