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Thursday, February 3rd, 2011
We are so excited by the fantastic new products that have arrived this week by the award winning designer Becky Broome. Becky graduated from Manchester Metropolitan University with a BA (Hons) in Embroidery in 2009. Her aim is to design quirky kitchen textiles and homewares and these products are inspired by British ephemera. The Co-op textile prints brought back memories of both my grandmother and mother having Co-op savings accounts as well as saving the Co-op stamps. Just love the quirkyness of the design and the use of something from the past being used in a fresh new way for the present day.
![BB_Framed_Print_Mrs_Louisa[1]](http://www.giftedpenguin.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/BB_Framed_Print_Mrs_Louisa1-300x300.jpg)
The pocket watch cushions are also a beautiful item which will enhance any sofa or bed and again their quirky design will bring a fresh look to your home furnishings this season. All of Becky’s products are made here in the UK with the highest quality materials. Now how many cushions can I fit on my sofas?! ![BB_Cushion_Pocket_Watch_Red[1]](http://www.giftedpenguin.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/BB_Cushion_Pocket_Watch_Red1-150x150.jpg)
![BB_Cushion_Centre_Pocket_Watch_Turquoise[1]](http://www.giftedpenguin.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/BB_Cushion_Centre_Pocket_Watch_Turquoise1-150x150.jpg)
![BB_Cushion_Centre_Pocket_Watch_Red[1]](http://www.giftedpenguin.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/BB_Cushion_Centre_Pocket_Watch_Red1-150x150.jpg)
![BB_Cushion_Pocket_Watch_Turquoise[1]](http://www.giftedpenguin.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/BB_Cushion_Pocket_Watch_Turquoise1-150x150.jpg)
Tags: art, Artwork, cushion, cushions, framed artwork, home accessories, made in the uk, pocket watch, pocket watch cushion, pocket watches, textiles. textile artwork, uk designer, wall art, watch
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Monday, January 24th, 2011
Now the Christmas rush is over and we’ve all taken a collective breath it’s time to start thinking about the year ahead. One of key aims here at the penguin is to continue bringing fresh and exciting products at great prices and our continued growth indicates we are getting this right a lot of the time. One of the areas we expanded in to last year was artwork and this proved a huge hit with our customers and our Name Art children’s artwork was an extremely popular choice with parents and especially grandparents. Typographic art was a real growth area and the stunning artwork from the designer Lisa Long and our typographic map art were great sellers. Last year we were also lucky to have two new members of staff join us who have proved to be worth their weight in gold and we would hope to expand again later in the year with a new office manager joining us.
So now we are thinking about the year ahead, what areas to develop, what new areas to move into and we have a lot of ‘background’ development going on. It’s an exciting time of year as we evaluate and then start writing our business plan for the year ahead. We want our existing customers to continue shopping with us by offering new fabulous products and are looking forward to welcoming new customers who we hope will be as excited as us with all we have to offer.



Tags: art, Artwork, bespoke artwork, children's artwork, personalised artwork, type map, typographic art, wedding artwork
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Friday, October 8th, 2010
Here at the gifted penguin we love a young and exciting company called More Than Words which produce the most amazing bespoke artwork using typographic images. The work they produce is of the highest fine art standard and is printed onto pure cotton canvas with a museum quality mount. We decided we would love them to produce a piece of art that would be unique to us at the gifted penguin. With the Olympics being just around the corner, the ongoing love of the Union Jack in interiors and a desire to celebrate all that Britain means to us in these challenging times we decided to commission a piece of work that reflected these thoughts. We brain stormed words that reflected all that’s British asking all sorts of people and the most popular answer we got was ‘the weather’! But many other favourites rolled in including cream teas, Big Ben, red buses, Marks & Spencers and many name places including Edinburgh, Cardiff, Stratford upon Avon and of course London. With our list of words we then asked Lisa Long at More Than Words to produce a unique piece of art for us. The canvas was produced using using UV archival pigment inks in the exact colours of the Union Jack and what we received is a stunning piece of art, All That’s British Union Jack Canvas.
This stunning piece of art can’t be bought anywhere else, so why not treat yourself to something that will bring interest and enjoyment to all who view it. Why not see if your favourite British icon is in there?!



Tags: all that's british canvas, art, british, canvas, canvas art, great britain, more than words, typographic, typographic art, uk, union jack, union jack canvas
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Thursday, May 27th, 2010
This is definitely one of our favourite blog sites at the moment and it is so addictive. I just have to keep scrolling down, page after page of absolutely gorgeous pieces of art, craft and all things design lovers will drool over. Art at Heart is a visual collection of inspirational art, design, photography, music, craft and fashion. Follow them on Twitter http://twitter.com/ArtAtHeartUK for the latest finds and lose yourself in inspirational pieces of art and the designers behind them.
My favourite scrummy find and must have this week are Crystal Milk Bottles. Made from hand cut 24% lead crystal, Samantha Sweet’s hand blown cut crystal milk bottles are available in 10 patterns and offer a fusion of craft and creativity.
Samantha Sweet MA (RCA) is an award winning glass designer/maker based in London and her pieces combine a high level of craftsmanship with contemporary design. She studied at The Royal College of Art and her Crystal Milk Bottles are available at Fortnum & Masons in London.
Take some time out in your day and spend sometime at Art at Heart….you won’t regret it, infact you’ll love it!

Tags: art, art at heart, bottle, crystal, glass, glass bottles, hand blown glass, milk bottle, samantha sweet
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