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When artwork is this beautiful it makes your heart beat faster. Tugboat Printshop produce some of the most beautiful woodcut prints I have ever seen and I can not resist sharing them with you. Hand...

Feb 13, 2013 Like

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Buy Handmade: Birthday Cards!

You may have noticed that this month, the Ma Bicyclette blog celebrates its first birthday! So what better item to feature in this 'buy handmade' post, than Birthday cards? If you're buying someone...

Feb 11, 2013 Like

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Bureau

Who are Bureau? Bureau is the social hub of 3 graphic designers that go by the names of Kenneth Wong, Andrew Cody and Matthew Roundell. What does Bureau do? Bureau collects and redistributes...

Feb 6, 2013 Like

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Happy Birthday to Us!

A year ago today I was sat in my mum's living room (at the time it was mine too) saying how I needed to do something, a magazine or blog of some kind. I messaged a group of girls that I felt would...

Feb 5, 2013 Like

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The Ma Bicyclette Christmas Gift Guide - For Him

Men are notoriously hard to buy for. To help lift the burden this Christmas, we have put together a few ideas, to help you find the ideal gift for any man in your life...and they are all under £20!...

Dec 14, 2012 Like

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The Emporium at Slaithwaite

Hello lovely people! You may have noticed (although you probably hadn't!) that I have been a bit absent from the 'Ma Bicyclette' World recently!This is because I thought it would be fun to set up...

Dec 12, 2012 Like

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The Design Pallet

The Design Pallet is an eco-friendly furniture and home-ware company run by a man called Bruce. Although he says his design motto is "Function always over form" his pieces are beautiful and...

Nov 28, 2012 Like

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Bradford Animation Festival

In 2009, Bradford was designated “The City of Film” because of its rich film heritage and its many celebrations of the moving image. One of these celebrations is coming up this week. From the...

Nov 12, 2012 Like

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Halloween Papier-Mâché Decorations

Halloween may officially be over, but there’s still time to party! And what better way to celebrate than to make your own papier-mâché decorations. It doesn’t have to get too technical and some...

Nov 3, 2012 Like

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Hummingbird Bakery - Pumpkin Cupcakes

I'm a huge fan of Hummingbird Bakery cookbooks. So much so that my fear of food stained pages has been thrown out of the window - it's inevitable when you're making cakes as tasty as these! As part...

Oct 31, 2012 Like

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Autumn Cocktail Hour

To start with, may I just say that I would happily place every whiskey based cocktail within this post and have done with it. Whiskey, for me, is the perfect spirit for these cold nights. An...

Oct 29, 2012 Like

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Pimp your Pumpkin!

Carving faces into pumpkins is soooo last year! Here are some ideas to help you pimp your pumpkin this Halloween! Ciera's paint-dipped pumpkins are a quick fix for some pumpkin fun. (tutorial here)...

Oct 27, 2012 Like 1 person likes this

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Pickering Wartime Weekend 2012

I recently attended a forties themed war weekend in Pickering, North Yorkshire. I had heard about this annual event before but I hadn't realised quite how popular it was. I went with my boyfriend...

Oct 23, 2012 Like

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Challenge Yourself - Be Happy.

If you haven’t already noticed, here at the Ma Bicyclette “headquarters” we have been making a conscious effort to challenge ourselves and to write about things we wouldn’t normally dare to. Our...

Oct 19, 2012 Like

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Lydia Kasumi Shirreff

Whilst searching for something ‘different’ art-wise, I came across the work of Lydia Kasumi Shirreff. Lydia is an illustrator and paper engineer who lives in London. She explores the use of...

Oct 17, 2012 Like 1 person likes this

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Everyone is always telling you which direction to go in, but don't listen you will find your own way there‏

As it is “challenge yourself” month I decided to do something I haven’t done for about 5 years, which was to draw. I thought I would make it quite therapeutic by drawing something I was feeling at...

Oct 15, 2012 Like

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It's Halloween Time!

It is nearly Halloween (hurrah!) and so I thought, what better way to get us in the mood than a Folksy themed Halloween post showing some of the best spooky buys this autumn?! I am the first person...

Oct 12, 2012 Like

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Literature Festivals of Autumn 2012

Autumn holds some of the best literature festivals and for me this is the season that I really find comfort in a good book. We're lucky to live in a time of great variety in terms of literary genre...

Oct 10, 2012 Like

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A Million Little Pieces by James Frey

One of the best feelings in the world is the feeling of being so engaged by a book that you just cannot (and will not) put it down , it is this beautiful feeling which makes this book one of my...

Oct 5, 2012 Like

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Austin, Texas

Austin was one of the many stops we did on our USA road trip driving from East Coast to West Coast. We stayed for 2 short days (1 night) and as we had hired a van for our road trip we stayed...

Oct 3, 2012 Like

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The Great Northern Contemporary Craft Fair

(Jill Shadock, Carly Petitt-Taylor, Rachel Elliott, Kaper) Did you know that Manchester is home to one of the leading retail events for contemporary craft in the UK? Now in it's 5th year, The Great...

Oct 1, 2012 Like 1 person likes this

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Sandra Dieckmann

Following on from the illustrated animals I focused on in my last post, I thought it would be good to take a look at the lovely work of Sandra Dieckmann. Our very own Stephanie B introduced me to...

Sep 28, 2012 Like

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A Day Trip To France On A Budget‏

Recently I went on a day trip to France which, if you have a car, may be a tempting day out for you. I will admit it was very handy that my boyfriend lives a 30 minute drive from the Channel...

Sep 25, 2012 Like

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The Boy with Eyes the size of Miami Football Stadium

As part of a blog shake up we have decided to do a 'challenge yourself month'. So, I decided to write about something I would not usually write about... books! I am quite good with children's...

Sep 20, 2012 Like

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Temporary Home Improvements

With half of the Ma Bicyclette team packing their lives into boxes and moving homes, I felt it was about time I up-ed my game as the 'home decor' blogger! Aside from the very lucky Steph B (who is...

Sep 18, 2012 Like

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Out of the Frying Pan and into the...Art World?

For those who have followed my previous blogs and reviews - or those lucky creatures who follow me at Kill-The-Kindle Blog(if you don't, get subscribing now!) - you will know that I am a Book...

Sep 13, 2012 Like

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The Staves

The Staves are a terribly addictive acoustic folk rock trio of sisters from Watford. Their sound is very similar to that of Laura Marling but with so much more depth and melody. Their harmonies are...

Sep 10, 2012 Like

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Laguna Beach, California

Laguna Beach, well known for MTVs hit series about a small group of teenagers living in California ‘The Real OC’. A stop on our road trip we couldn’t miss. We got the train (Amtrak) from LA to...

Sep 7, 2012 Like

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RiverLuna

I have been a little absent from Ma Bicyclette for a while due to the madness of moving house and a lack of internet, and I have to say, it feels wonderful to be back! I thought I’d get back into...

Sep 5, 2012 Like

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Tugboat Printshop

Buy Handmade: Birthday Cards!

Bureau

Happy Birthday to Us!

The Ma Bicyclette Christmas Gift Guide - For Him

The Emporium at Slaithwaite

The Design Pallet

Bradford Animation Festival

Halloween Papier-Mâché Decorations

Hummingbird Bakery - Pumpkin Cupcakes

Autumn Cocktail Hour

Pimp your Pumpkin!

Pickering Wartime Weekend 2012

Challenge Yourself - Be Happy.

Lydia Kasumi Shirreff

Everyone is always telling you which direction to go in, but don't listen you will find your own way there‏

It's Halloween Time!

Literature Festivals of Autumn 2012

A Million Little Pieces by James Frey

Austin, Texas

The Great Northern Contemporary Craft Fair

Sandra Dieckmann

A Day Trip To France On A Budget‏

The Boy with Eyes the size of Miami Football Stadium

Temporary Home Improvements

Out of the Frying Pan and into the...Art World?

The Staves

Laguna Beach, California

RiverLuna

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