and the winners are...

Congratulations to Helaina Sharpley and Ray Dawson, who both came up with the name 'Reginald' for the new rooster print. A print is on it's way to both of you.

Win a Print!

A little bit of bank holiday fun for you.
This is my new rooster print. He needs a title.
Email me your suggestions, and your postal address, and I will send a print to the best entry. Last date for entries is Tuesday 26th, so get your thinking caps on. Please put 'Rooster' in your subject line.

This print, and a couple of others, will be launched at 'Printfest' on Friday 29th May. I have 10 tickets to give away, so the first 5 people to email with their postal address  will win 2 tickets. Mark your email 'Printfest'

Printfest will be held at the Coronation Hall in Ulverston on Saturday  30th April and Sunday 1st May (10-5 each day) More details here: www.printfest.org.uk. The private view is on Friday 29th April from 7-9pm, by invitation only.

www.ruthgreendesign@hotmail.com

The Cutco Cookbook

 I found this book in a brilliant shop called 'Kitchen Witch' in New Orleans. It's the 1961 'Cutco Cook Book' by Margaret Mitchell. I bought it because of the fabulous illustrations throughout, by Frank Marcello. I'll google him and see if I can find anything else.

By the way, if you ever find yourself in New Orleans, I thoroughly recommend a trip to Kitchen Witch. The shop is wonderful, full of vintage cookery books, and some sleepy dogs to pet whilst you browse.

More from the Scrap Book

Travel Scrap Book

A few years ago, I started keeping scraps and pasting them in a book when I went somewhere interesting. There's a lot of mucking around when you travel, and I prefer doing this than reading when I'm away. It's a good way of keeping all those museum tickets, beer labels, and other oddments that seem to end up in my pockets!
Here's the first few pages of my recent one

Hatch Show Print

I've been on my holidays! Just back from a trip from New Orleans to Nashville, stopping off at Lafayette, Clarksdale and Memphis on the way.
The Hatch Show Print shop in Nashville has been making show posters since 1879, there's more info here:
http://countrymusichalloffame.org/our-work/. 
Many of their posters were made for The Grand Ole Opry, just round the corner.

This place was a real gem- I got very excited to see the staff setting type while we browsed around the shop- and what a shop! I spent a small fortune. Here's some more pictures.

Print and Pattern

Hardly a day goes by when I don't have a look at this blog, and today I'm on it! Very exciting!
http://printpattern.blogspot.com/2011/03/book-ruth-green-for-tate.html