Etsy Find of the Day: Gillian Bates

I fell hard for British "designer/maker" Gillian Bates's embroidered art pieces after I saw them on the UK-based Not Mass Produced recently. Happily, I just discovered that Bates also has an Etsy shop where she sells postcard-sized reproductions of her charming and intricate stitchery-on-canvas art. Above: Marine Court With Lady

Brighton Pier

Marine Court

Eastbourne Pier

Four 99s Please!

I Love Ice Cream

Each 4-by-6-inch postcard is printed onto tactile cotton canvas and costs just $5. Generously matted, framed, and hung in a grouping of three or more, these would have a lot of impact for very little expense. (Who says you can't fill your home with interesting art when you're on a tight budget?)

Check out all of Bates's Etsy offerings right here -- and see more of her work here.

Cool Stuff: Not Mass Produced

Not Mass Produced is a curated British and European artisans' marketplace -- not unlike the U.S.-based Supermarket or the Shiny Squirrel -- that gives its members a showcase for their handmade wares, and allows us to purchase unique items directly from the talented men and women who make them.

Some of my favorites:

Marine Court Textile Design on Canvas (top), £20 (about $28), and Park Life (above), £95 ($135), both by Gillian Bates

Nest of People Bowls, £105 ($149) per set from Alice Mara

Forest Cushion Corsage, £30 ($43) from A Alicia Accessories

Dimpled Cups and Pouring Bowl, £15 ($21) each from Linda Bloomfield

Flying Birdie Cushion, £22 ($31) from Liz Padgham-Major

White Ceramic Beaker, £12 ($17) from Lauren Denney

Cafetiere Cover, £35 ($50) from Jane Withers

Illustrated Framed Piece, £206 ($292), from Emma Cowell Paperworks

Browse the entire Not Mass Produced marketplace right here.

(Via Designers' Block.)