On a recent trip to Bristol I found and purchased this postcard by Artist Alison Black. (although I would have loved the full sized print!)

Manhattan 52 - By Alison Black

Manhattan 52
91cm x 61cm – mixed media on board

http://www.bocco.co.uk/manhattan52.html

The Chrysler building is by far my favourite NY building – in this painting it stands out so beautifully against the patchwork of other colourful buildings which combine to make the Manhattan skyline.

Bristol - Alison Black

Bristol
91cm x 61cm – mixed media on board

http://www.bocco.co.uk/bristol.html

I love this image too of Bristol, it shows my favourite view – the colourful painted houses appear stacked up along the river side with the Clifton Suspension Bridge in the distance.

Alison Black www.bocco.co.uk

Just discovered this event and it’s in Dublin! (nice graphics too)

 FOWA Future of Web apps

“We’re coming to Dublin!

We’re extremely excited to bring FOWA to the
thriving and exciting web community in Ireland.
Our aim is to excite, educate and unite you.
We want you to go out and build the next big thing.
Let’s all abandon our laptops and gather for a
day of refreshment, ideas and fun. Rock on!”

“So what’s on the Agenda?

• How to sell your web app – Lessons learned from the acquisition of DropSend.com
• How to use APIs to build powerful mash-ups
• How to build amazing web apps – Lessons learned from building Twitter.com
• The future is Ruby without Rails
• How to build desktop apps that help your web app succeed
• Web application horror stories”

Brilliamt idea – Brand The Snow!!

See Full Blog Here at the Creative review Blog

“Early yesterday morning, Curb the creative media solutions agency delivered an extremely quick-hit ‘snow tagging’ campaign for Extreme (the sports channel and high energy lifestyle brand) – in the London snow. Curb, which delivers branding and advertising solutions using only natural materials, rose to the challenge of delivering an instantaneous central London branding blitz,” we are told in a breathless press release.

http://www.thepictureworks.com/index.html

We print monthly and our next batch of postcards, greetingcards and business cards are going to print on 25th February. If you would like to be included in this run please send us your artwork by the 23rd.

Print high quality, low cost, eco-friendly postcards, business cards and greeting cards with The Picture Works!

600 Postcards €109.00 ex vat.
600 A5 Postcards €218.00 ex vat.
600 Greeting Cards €318.00 ex vat.
2400 Business cards €120.00 ex vat.

Cheer yourself up with a cushion full of Character! Art isn’t just for hanging on the wall any more, i LOVE this range of cushions – i’ll have to stick them on my wish list.
Lots of original and beautiful art for your home or office – or maybe just some inspiration to create your own!

Click For Art (they’re on facebook too)

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Great shops, gorgeous finds!

http://mybeautifulboutique.com/blog/?cat=12

art,  fashion,  coffee and more, gorgeous blog and directory…. add boutiques to your “Little Black Book”.

New Cath Kidston Stores open in Dundrum & Kildare….., just in time for Christmas…my favourite patterns are the polka dots and stars…in case anyone is wondering what to get me for Christmas  : )

Forget The Recession & Get Some Inspiration!

Art Ireland;

Paintings / Sculpture / Photography / Prints

On at RDS, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4.

Open: 14-16 November 08

Further Details Online Art Ireland

Fab! Cath Kidston shop I found in Brighton

Love all the patterns, especially the Polka dots!

Cath Kidston Online Shop