Just a quick note to say if your passing Bond Street pop by Nicole Farhi, as their latest window look for London fashion week has just gone up and the illustrations of the iconic London buildings on show are my own! When the lovely Jamie Shouli Creative Visual Merchandiser at Nicole Farhi approached me to do these drawings I knew they could look pretty cool but I have to say they have turned out pretty fantastic! Hope you like the illustration/design/fashion week eye candy!
Best, Esther
Ps if you like pretty windows you'll love jonathan bakers blog here:http://www.retailstorewindows.com/
Afternoon All, Drawn on ceramics range now available to buy through notonthehighstreet.com here:http://preview.notonthehighstreet.com/esthercoombs. Check it out it has my latest items uploaded and ready to sell all in the great british pound! Cheers, Esther
The teapot had been a great surprise: it came from her aunt, who had never given her a present in her life. She unwrapped it with great care, unrolling layer and layer of bubble wrap, until finally she came upon the teapot, like a pearl in an oyster. It was all glass, and as she washed it, she thought of how it would sustain her through the winter, how she would pour the boiling water in and watch the miracle of brewing unfurl as the herbs dyed the water greens and reds and blacks. When she was done with the pot and its lid, she washed the infuser, a glass cylinder that sat in the pot and demurely held the tea so it didn’t drift into the water. When it was clean, she sat it on the counter, and as she turned away to squeeze out the sponge and wipe off the edge of the sink, the infuser toppled quietly over and rolled off the counter, shattering into a million pieces on the tiled kitchen floor.
Happy New Year!! A quick blog to say im now beginning my Jan sale, this year it is only open to those on my mailing list and its 25% of anyhting in my etsy shop, to take part you must be a member of my mailing list or email me to become one, and then let me know what you would like to buy and i will reserve it for you for 1 day at the reduced price for you to purchase! easy as new year pie! My email here: esther@esthercoombs.com to get onthe mailing list. The etsy site with stuff to buy on it! www.esthercoombs.etsy.com Happy 2010! Est x
Looking for that last min stocking stuffer? Dragging yourself through town to the end of finding nothing original or interesting let alone eco friendly! I have a new product hot of the press just in time for the Christmas fairs Ive been doing.. the up-cycled tea towel at just £8 its a perfect stocking stuffer and as a up-cycled product it has the history of the old and the illustrations of the new cake and tea check it out below and links on where to buy... Merry Christmas! www.esthercoombs.etsy.com
Hi!! I have some great events coming up for Christmas shopping events which are almost upon us! They are well worth a visit if your in town! Flyer's, tickets, PV invites and entry offers below.. Esther :)
Another cracking little story from the misstess of fiction Ms julia F Green..
As she walked along Maiden Lane from the subway to her office building, Nell had to jab the fingernails of her right hand into the palm of her left, just to have something to concentrate on besides the cups of coffee that were glued to everyone’s hand, and the dense, lush smell of those brewed beans that sat like a thick blanket atop everything in lower Manhattan. The coffee—its smell, its presence, its phantom taste on the tongue—was everywhere, and Nell thought she could almost feel the dried ends of her hair trembling with the desire for it.
It had been four days since she’d consumed caffeine, and in the panicked haze that had settled in during that time, Nell could barely recall what her original motivation had been. The words clarity and purity and health flitted around her mind in animated thought bubbles, like in a children’s TV show. As she passed yet another coffee cart, Nell closed her eyes halfway and visualized the herbal tea she’d been drinking since Sunday. It tasted vaguely like dishwater.
Nell clung to the hope that soon the fog would break, and she would emerge renewed from the depths of her being, each cell revived and remade, ensuring a long, long life and none of the wrinkles that usually go with it. Until then, she would stumble through her days, protected by the image of her future self, a clean, efficient machine that ran itself on water and air and sunlight, like a big green plant on a fire escape, its healthy vines creeping along and embracing the ironwork whose years of rust softened under the green lattice.
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