Sweet tooth

“As a visitor, when you step on to the Tunnock’s production line, the smells alone make you smile – baked biscuits, warm chocolate, toasted coconut – and the sight of row upon row of white mallow Tea Cakes entering the chocolate enrobing machine brings on a sort of vertigo as you resist the urge to rush forward and dive in.’”

Everything about this Tunnock's article, from the extremely cool graphic layout to photo captions like "Mallow heaven: Tea Cakes after their quiffs have been removed and before their chocolate bath," is completely charming. The only problem is that all I can think about now is biscuits.

The big question is: Tea Cake or Caramel Wafer?


Cards by Gillian Kyle. If one designer of confectionary-based products isn't enough for you, Nikki McWilliams does a very nice selection of biscuits too. Nom.

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A tiny radiance in a dark place

I think we all know by now that I'm fond of a bit of poetry. I don't really know much about it - the last time I attempted any kind of proper literary analysis was over a decade ago - but I admire and enjoy it, and really, isn't that the point?

So, obviously, I am very into these free downloadable posters from the Scottish Poetry Library. Not only do I love the graphic type and candy colours, I love the very idea of printing poetry off and sticking it on your wall, like it was a Romeo+Juliet-era Leonardo DiCaprio poster.

I'm tempted to download "A tiny radiance" for the space above my desk, but I feel like my boss might take it the wrong way. I also can't get over the description of poetry as "the breast milk of language." Indeed.

If you prefer pictures to words, Pugly Pixel shared a link a while back to a new project from the Rijks Museum, which is offering free high-res downloads of artworks from its vast collection.

In order to help you narrow down which pieces you might like to download, the museum offers a 'Master Matching' service, which is kind of like a Cosmo "Which Sex and the City character are you?" quiz except infinitely classier. Instead of suffering the indignity of categorising yourself as a particular type cocktail or shoe  ("Practical flats? You're so Miranda!"), you're invited to select your favourite Dutch city (who doesn't love Maastricht?) and ponder whether you were a hermit or a queen in a past life (hermit, obvs). This, ladies and gents, is my idea of a good time.

Update: I took my own advice.


Poetry posters via the Scottish Poetry Library. Porcelain plate circa 1778-1782 via Rijks Studio.

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Muldoodling

Aren't these illustrations of Edinburgh so sweet? I love them. They're by local illustrator and all-round superhero Eilidh Muldoon, aka Muldoodles. Eilidh is from North Berwick, same as me. I've known her family for a long time, and I can confidently say that the last year for them has been one of the most spectacularly crap-tastic years ever.

But instead of crumbling in the face of the gigantic pile of bollocks the world has thrown at her, Eilidh has only gone and got a bloody distinction in her MFA from Edinburgh College of Art! BOOM! In your FACE, world!

Her lovely work can be seen in person at the ECA Degree Show until Sunday, or you can have a good nosy around on her website and blog. Eilidh is available for all sorts of commissions, including logos and branding if anyone's in the market for a new blog header or shop design. She also draws custom house portraits - best housewarming present ever? I think so.

I don't normally do this kind of post, but I'm just thrilled to bits for Eilidh. PLUS the girl is clearly crazy talented, and it's Friday, and who doesn't like a bit of eye candy on a Friday? Nobody, that's who.

Happy weekend, folks.


All illustrations by Muldoodles.

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