tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20613656245536423122024-03-12T20:28:39.973-07:00wonkybuttonleigh hodgkinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02741245760415106994noreply@blogger.comBlogger229125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2061365624553642312.post-19413189884843862182013-11-05T08:21:00.002-08:002013-11-05T08:21:55.013-08:00wonkybutton shop!toot toot!<br />so it is open at last (well, phase 1)<br />
have a looky <a href="http://www.wonkybutton.com/shop/" target="_blank">here</a><br />
and also, my snippysew christmas angels are on etsy in my wonkybutton shop<br />
i am all new at this, so hope it is easy peesy- gulp<br />
xleigh hodgkinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02741245760415106994noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2061365624553642312.post-58957983594545822562013-08-20T03:20:00.006-07:002013-08-20T03:20:45.963-07:00wonkybutton blog is moving!<b><span style="font-size: large;">hey all you lovely e-people who have been kind enough to be interested in what i get up to.</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">my wonkybutton blog is now moving over to my wonkybutton website.</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">my clever husband has made it all simple and clean and nice (with no cobwebs except for my old clunky animated wonkybutton picture book site which i feel protectivly nostalgic about so have left it up there)</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">so soon there will be my online shop as well as <a href="http://www.wonkybutton.com/blog/" target="_blank">blog</a> and website on my <a href="http://www.wonkybutton.com/" target="_blank">wonkybutton </a>site.</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">please keep popping over to have a peep</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">thanks all</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">x</span></b>leigh hodgkinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02741245760415106994noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2061365624553642312.post-37015863349739771112013-08-17T03:28:00.001-07:002013-08-17T03:28:07.804-07:00starting to get my wonkybutton artwave shop ready.... gulp!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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my husband laughs at me and thinks i am just playing shops like a little girl... i suppose i am.<br />
and cafes.... hee hee!leigh hodgkinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02741245760415106994noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2061365624553642312.post-67767191327080218362013-08-08T05:10:00.001-07:002013-08-08T05:34:01.563-07:00melancholy monster<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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another origional pen and ink drawing for <a href="http://www.artwavefestival.org/artists.asp?Town=&Artists=Leigh+Hodgkinson&ArtTypes=" target="_blank">artwave</a><br />
i think maybe that the little bird is in love with the big monster.<br />
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this framed illustration is A4 and will be on sale in my wonkybutton exhibition in a couple of weeks.leigh hodgkinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02741245760415106994noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2061365624553642312.post-16490248707505490922013-08-02T11:04:00.001-07:002013-08-02T11:04:30.012-07:00framed origional pen and ink drawing for artwave<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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this one is of a little boy reaching out for a star.<br />
a day dreamer after my own heart!<br />
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yes i know, this was a month or so ago, but give me a break! i have been busy ok and only just got around to blogging it.<br />
lovely review though, and lovely company to be in also.<br />
wish i had time to make a new book.... sigh.... sooon hoon.....leigh hodgkinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02741245760415106994noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2061365624553642312.post-57752983926943485952013-08-01T08:16:00.001-07:002013-08-01T08:16:18.904-07:00framed A4 pen and ink origional drawings to be sold at artwave!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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a girl in boat reading a book (book says, "once upon a time a little girl had a big adventure")</div>
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and a big old bear playing a ukelele of course!</div>
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<br />leigh hodgkinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02741245760415106994noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2061365624553642312.post-52295286275997671132013-07-30T02:28:00.000-07:002013-07-30T02:28:01.948-07:00artwave postcards<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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here is a little wave of artwave promotional postcards that i will be distributing in local lovely places (is coffee shops!)<br />
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so of course while i am there i will have to drink coffee and eat cake. it would be rude not to.leigh hodgkinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02741245760415106994noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2061365624553642312.post-62351528404171116052013-07-30T02:26:00.001-07:002013-07-30T02:26:26.308-07:00laser cut framed pictures<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="text-align: start;">these are some framed 5 x 7 inch laser wood cuts that i will be selling at this years lewes artwave </span></div>
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this big bird is me.... and i am speaking to my two little baby birds saying "one day you will be bigger than me"<br />
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and this is me and my husband thing having a much needed hug after a day of child wrangling.</div>
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it is called "just hold me"</div>
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again, i have framed them myself... so although not perfect, they will be affordable- which i think is really important actually.</div>
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these are a3 giclee digital prints of some bespoke picture book compositions that i will also be selling and exhibiting at this years lewes artwave festival.leigh hodgkinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02741245760415106994noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2061365624553642312.post-86748616146493386082013-07-30T02:20:00.002-07:002013-07-30T02:20:31.823-07:00picture framing.... part1<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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so while the baby sleeps i am frantically framing picture for 2013 l<a href="http://www.artwavefestival.org/" target="_blank">ewes artwave</a><br />
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these are a4 gilcee digital prints of my bunnyrella series.<br />
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hopefully people wont mind the fact i have framed them myself- as it will make them much more affordable.<br />
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prints will also be available unframed.leigh hodgkinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02741245760415106994noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2061365624553642312.post-84803547090090736512013-07-22T07:55:00.001-07:002013-07-30T02:11:08.556-07:00le troll swap<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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whoop whoop hark at the french trollswap!</div>
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their french names did make me chuckle i have to say...</div>
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timothy limpets french name is Hippolyte Patel...</div>
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and tabitha lumpits french name is Petula Petal</div>
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there is something weirdly satisfying seeing what looks like your own handwriting in a book, with words you have written, in a different language that you cannot speak (i flunked my french a level years ago oops!)</div>
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<br />leigh hodgkinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02741245760415106994noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2061365624553642312.post-29358715691043485212013-07-22T03:22:00.001-07:002013-07-22T03:22:52.889-07:00handmade bear cards<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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some handmade cards i will be selling at this years artwave in lewes<br />
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these bears have nice sparkly tummies, what is there not to love?!leigh hodgkinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02741245760415106994noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2061365624553642312.post-15676239375373366092013-07-22T02:43:00.003-07:002013-07-22T02:43:52.541-07:00more brooches!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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gearing up for my wonkybutton open house at the end of august as part of Lewes' <a href="http://www.artwavefestival.org/" target="_blank">Artwave</a> season<br />
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here are more brooches i will be selling (for £6.50)<br />
i do hope people will come. am quite nervous and wonder if anyone will actually come.. what was i thinking?!<br />
there will be nice cakes and bunting and lovely old music playing on the record player.<br />
so if you live nearby or fancy a weekend jaunt to the beautiful town of lewes, please come and visit!<br />
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i guess if nobody comes, i can al\ways eat all the cake myself while i am waltzing about like a loon in my front room.<br />
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today i have mostly been making nice collagey textures.<br />
i love this bit<br />
so messy<br />
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so immediate!<br />
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not saying what it is for though.... ooooh..... the suspense.....leigh hodgkinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02741245760415106994noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2061365624553642312.post-11010092146441012782013-05-31T09:54:00.001-07:002013-05-31T09:54:12.969-07:00wonkybutton christmas angels<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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no i am not completely bonkers- i do know it is nearly june!<br />
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i've had these since before christmas but didn't have time to make one.<br />
at last i have had time to rustle one up.<br />
this snippysew kit will have 3 in a set (pink, blue and orange) and are about 10cm high and to hang on your tree<br />
(i didn't have a christmas tree handy this time of year funnily enough)<br />
<br />leigh hodgkinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02741245760415106994noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2061365624553642312.post-18419438275230393142013-05-30T12:20:00.001-07:002013-05-30T12:20:34.711-07:00perspex cloud mobile<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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here is a sample of my lovely puddle machine (aka cloud) mobile that i might sell at my open house in august. i just need to rebalance the raindrops as they are not pleasing me in this configuration. other than that.... i like it.leigh hodgkinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02741245760415106994noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2061365624553642312.post-90000775213282600192013-05-23T02:37:00.003-07:002013-05-23T02:37:29.614-07:00new brooch samples...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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a bird, a girl, a peacock and a lion walk into a pub...<br />
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four designs...</div>
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in four colours....</div>
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put them together and what have you got...</div>
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lovely brooches to sell...</div>
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at <a href="http://www.artwavefestival.org/" target="_blank">artwave</a> and soon to be etsy wonkybutton shop!</div>
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wooohoooo!<br />
i cannot tell you how excited i am about these!<br />
in fact.... i am going to do a whole line of exclamation marks to celebrate<br />
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have a read of it <a href="http://www.thebookbag.co.uk/reviews/index.php?title=Troll_Swap_by_Leigh_Hodgkinson" target="_blank">here</a><br />
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thanks bookbag, was a really considered and thoughtful response to the meaning of the story.<br />
has made my day!<br />
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yes yes i know, i have made OOOOODLES of baby cards the last couple of years (having babies must be in fashion or something?)<br />
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here are some quick broach designs i did which i will hopefully make and sell in my etsy wonkybutton shop. they will be made from lasercut perspex. very exciting indeedy oh yes.</div>
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i hope you like the detail... particularly the cats bottom (hoping that is not too silly, i would wear it if that counts for anything)</div>
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i was off the radar being ill and looking after ill small children when the book came out (boo hoo)</div>
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and in case you have forgotten, it is like wife swap, but with trolls</div>
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you can have a look at it <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Troll-Swap-Leigh-Hodgkinson/dp/0857631624/ref=sr_1_sc_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1366109921&sr=8-1-spell&keywords=trollswap" target="_blank">here</a></div>
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this is a scan of some origional artwork before it was tweaked and made neat and tidy and acceptable on the poota.</div>
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hope you like the book!<br />xleigh hodgkinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02741245760415106994noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2061365624553642312.post-73960684199893834322013-04-16T03:53:00.000-07:002013-04-16T03:53:02.233-07:00dolleebees and mister dolleebees all packages up!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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at last have packaged up my dolleebee and mister dolleebee snippysew sets.</div>
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i am going to be doing the lewes <a href="http://www.artwavefestival.org/" target="_blank">ARTWAVE</a> in august this year where i will be showcasing all my wonkybutton wares and the etsy shop will be open in the autumn yip yip!</div>
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in these little stripy bags are the bits of ribbon and elastic that you need to make your dolleebees</div>
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