Mitchell & Dent's Tittle Tattle

There is no-one who loves paper more than we do here at Mitchell & Dent. Oh heck, yes there is. Have you seen the ridiculousness of Cuban-born USA-based Elsa Mora‘s work? We have long been fans of her papercut pieces and her paintings and her miniature books and her illustration and her handmade dolls and almost everything she touches. We love her story and we’d like to meet her and have a cup of tea with her. And ask her how on earth she finds the patience to make extraordinary things like these teeny titchy little papercut rings.

elsita.typepad.com

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Our chums Dan and Bec from Studio Lost & Found found this brilliant little series of dioramas with hand-lettered type by Aled Lewis in London. We love them, especially this one, and not least because Mr Lewis seems to share a similar sense of humour to us (go here and be sure to look at the back). Dumb bunnies. But as Aled says, what rabbits lack in smarts, they make up for in cute.

aledlewis.com

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The mesdames are not minimalists, in fact we are probably maximalists. We are very fond of knick-knacks, bric-a-brac, gewgaws and gimcracks. Bits and pieces, odds and ends, Oxford commas, and using five words when one would do. So for folks who twitter on a bit like we do, these completely useless but utterly lovely wooden birds in boxes might like to come to your home to roost?

candystorecollective.com

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Do you know that feeling when you have soooo much to do, but your head is in the clouds and nothing is getting done very fast. Uh-huh. That would be me. I might just stare at this dreamy little paperscape by Gosh & Golly until inspiration comes.

goshandgolly.etsy.com

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I have English house guests which means I spent last week Down South. If you’ve not been before, it is a vey good place. Beaches, forests, wine, food, sun and of course, gnomes. Yes, gnomes. They hang out together near a roundabout on a quiet road in the Ferguson Valley. Hundreds of them. And I love every last little handpainted sign and cringe-worthy gnome-inflicted idiom (gnome sweet gnome, gnome away from gnome, gone gnoming, Harvey Gnoman). Oh, and this post is for the lovely Angie because I think she just might like it.

Google map link to Gnomesville

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It is warming up here in Perth. Time to get out the tongs and worship at the altar of sizzle. But if you don’t have a Patiomaster of your very own, you could always pretend paper doll style. Argentine illustrator Maxim Dalton comes to the rescue with his Sunday Barbeque Cut-out Set (above) or his Cocktail Party Cut-out Set (below). We even know a gal who was an official sausage judge who might be able to make a meaty recommendation or two.

maximdalton.blogspot.com

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Next time I go to the Royal Botanical Gardens, I won’t just send you a postcard, I’ll send you some garden. It’s like reality TV for the postcard industry. Up there for thinking, green thumb stationers Postcarden.

www.postcarden.com

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Sheffield lass Su Blackwell knows how to create pictures with words. These miniature dioramas are delicately formed from old books carefully sourced from second-hand bookstores. These sculptures are like pop-up picture books for adults. No touching.

www.sublackwell.co.uk

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Mallory from Maine knows where the lovely things are. And she pops them all on her blog, called, er… Where the Lovely Things Are. One of her loveliest picks is UK illustrator and set designer Hattie Newman. Hattie was a part of the oh-so-clever collective that made a papery world for YCN. Quick sticks then, two sites-for-sighing-over today and the boss could walk by at any moment.

www.wherethelovelythingsare.com
www.hattienewman.co.uk

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