THRIFTY THURSDAY: NEW YORK PRINT

So I know that I need to stop raving about Rifle Paper Co but when there is a paper snip to be had then it's only right that I should tell you about it right? I just clocked that Papermash are selling the Rifle Paper New York print for £25 (down from £30) in their all too tempting sale and the added beauty of it is that being a UK website the postage will be slightly less coinage. The New York print reminds me of my trip last year for a wedding - it was the first time I had experienced NYC in the summer and I was totally hooked by its energy. Totally different place in the summer to the winter I swear. Still salivating over my first ever visit to ABC  - that store is out of this world. Anyway I digress! Here is my Thrifty Thursday print and few little images of my time in NYC bolstered on. Remind me to do another post on my favourite spots in NYC another time...

New York Print by Rifle Paper from Papermash

Images ©peglondon
Two of my favourite places in New York: Brooklyn flea market & New York High Line 

HERBS & SPICES CALENDAR 2014: RIFLE PAPER CO.

Following on from my Cities Calendar post on Monday I just HAD to share this with you! Just saw a sneak preview on instagram of Rifle Paper Co's 2014 calendar called 'Herbs & Spices' which founder Anna Bond is putting the finishing touches to as we speak - hence the snap of the photoshop files open on her computer screen (see below). "Another long night" editing she said. Isn't it so beautiful and botanical? Now I'll have a pretty replacement for my Cities Calendar come new year. A little premature to be thinking about calendars I know but how apt Anna uploaded this- it's as if she answered my blogging prayers. I wonder if she'll release these as individual prints too? The month of May would look so sweet on the wall next to my window ledge complete with potted lavender. Note to self: pre order early doors to arrive at chez peg in time for 01.01.2014.

CITY PRINTS: RIFLE PAPER

Cities calendar hanging in my kitchen

One of the first things that friends kindly comment on when they enter our humble little kitchen is my Cities Calendar from Rifle Paper Co. It was the first thing I bought for our new abode pre moving in, having had to have it when I spotted it on Pinterest. Yes there were (and still are) a whole heap of more practical additions we needed bUt it was fast approaching the end of December and failing to get the perfect wall calendar seemed like a crying shame. Patience was paramount (longer delivery time with Rifle Paper Co being transatlantic) but it was 100% worth the wait. It injects personality in to the kitchen with it's monthly illustrations of different cities (from Paris to Rio). I'd even go as far as saying I enjoy turning over the page at the beginning of each month to reveal the new city. Sad I know!

Anyway what I am getting round to saying (in a round about way) is that the clever guys at Rifle Paper Co. have now released the individual city prints. Which is a total relief as my blessed calendar was going to be redundant at the turn of 2014. I have my eye on on the Amsterdam print. The city I dream of one day retiring (when I am old and knackered) and living off Stroopwafel (Dutch waffles)...

Amsterdam Print - Rifle Paper - $40 / $60

Manhattan Print - Rifle Paper - $40 / $60

Bangkok Print - Rifle Paper - $40 / $60

London Print - Rifle Paper - $40 / $60

These illustrated art prints have been created from an original gouache print 

by Anna Bond of Rifle Paper.