One of Alison Sye's fans compares her to a Womble in a comment on the artist's blog. It's a pretty good description: since Alison specialises, just like the fictitious 1970s inhabitants of Wimbledon Common, in "making good use of the things everyday folk leave behind"*.
Among a few other things, Alison does a very nice line in unusual, hand-stitched cards. And right now she's doing a giveaway of