My Owl Barn

 

 

 

 

There is no CB2 store where I live, so I make sure I visit one when I am travelling to another city. They always have tons of fun and quirky stuff like this owl piggy bank called "Zuny owl bank". It's so cute! The white porcelain surface of the wise guy is suitable for drawing and doodling on with crayons included in the pack. The description says "ages six and up," which means I qualify ;)

Sorry, I didn't find any instructions, but there are lots of images and a brief info. on the material used for the cake here.

Stunning artwork by Polish artist Otecki. Isn't that owl graffiti in the picture at the top just amazing!

I recently discovered these wonderful owl illustrations from the children's story book "Twit and Howlet and the Balloon" from 1970 written by Barbara Jones. 

The story goes like this - “The Owls were a large family of uncles, aunts, cousins and Grandma, who lived in an oak-tree called The Pines. Howlet and Twit, the twins, were the youngest of them, and sometimes they were indulged and sometimes they were sat upon, like everyone else”. The twins build a hot air balloon and win a French balloon race with it by accidentally fly across the Channel. In the end, they get home in time to see themselves with the cup on television with rest of the family. It's a sweet story book, but the pictures are even better.

This book with amazing pictures doesn't come easy and doesn't come cheap. There are only a few copies available and if you are really lucky to find one, it won't come without an expensive price tag. You'll be looking at price close to $1000, currently available at Abebooks.

{images via here}

Lovely owl brooch by Samantha Gilkes of Jetta's Nest. Each of her brooches are made using salvaged and recycled timber, and are then hand-cut into the fun designs such as owls, pencils, mushrooms, whale and more. Every brooch bears an illustration hand drawn by the artist herself making each brooch unique. To view more of her creations,visit her gallery here.