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Lang Leav is launching her long awaited second book on the 14th of January 2008.

Her first book The Teddy Bear’s Picnic sold out in 3 days so make sure you join her mailing list to be the first in line to get your hands on one!  Titled Quaint Little Rhymes, the book is a collection of her illustrations and poems. The release is timed for Valentine’s Day.

*UPDATE*
Order information and images of the book can be seen here

(image of the first book)

This summers Youngblood Designers Markets were held on Friday 7th and Saturday the 8th of December at the Powerhouse Museum, so Tiger and myself decided to go and check it out.

Arriving late in the day to avoid the crowds we found our way to the entrance and entered the room, walking around until we found our good friend Lang Leav of Akina who told us she had an excellent couple of days selling her goodies and you can see why from the photos below, as I have said before, her work is exquisite! Just behind Langs stall were the girls Pepa Martin and Karen Davis from shibori studio who were selling among other things, bags, and cute little mousemats which tiger took a fancy to so we purchased a couple. Next to shibori, were me and amber selling their range of cards, badges, artblocks and the like. We picked up a petite little artwork 10×10cm which will make an excellent gift just in time for christmas.

Also catching the eye was the stall of Helen Punton from Zaishu selling her range of “artwork that functions as seat, table or box”. The patterns and designs were quite impressive and would make an excellent addition to anyones living room or study.

Everyone who attended would have been very tempted to purchase something as there was an excellent range on offer from the 35 talented designers/artists of which we have mentioned but a few, and as always if you missed out this year, dont forget to go next year and take a look for yourself.

http://www.meandamber.com/

http://www.shibori.com.au/

http://www.akina.com.au/

http://www.zaishu.com/

The other day Lang Leav launched her new Akina Website with lots of delightful goodies on it, and I decided that it would be excellent to purchase some and use them as gifts for christmas.

Below are the photos(click for a bigger view) of what I have received in the mail. The top set are little christmas cards/tags, the middle photos are of the postcards, and the bottom shot is of a limited edition giclee print. As you can see the artwork is exquisite, and each piece is hand crafted by Lang herself and you can really tell that love has gone into making the works.

So if you are lost for christmas ideas or want to spice up your presents, why not head over to her website and check it out!

Lang Leav from Akina has launched The 13th project where she plans to release a new villain on the 13th day of each month. The launch also coincides with a new look website and new long awaited merchandise.

Check it out http://www.akina.com.au/