Christmas Card Designs

Thank You Teacher cards

Two designs I have made for those special teachers out there!

New Exhibition Space

My work is now displayed in the wonderful gallery cafe, Jack Sevens Art Yard in Macclesfield.  www.jacksevens.co.uk

Here are a few sneak peeks of the display:

It's a lovely little gallery shop and cafe and definitely worth a visit! 

Welcome 2013!

My first creative burst of 2013!

Thanks for checking out my blog, I apologise for the lack of posts; life seems to get in the what somewhat!

Check out my Facebook page for a tad more regular creative posts and updates:  

Helen's House Facebook page

Happy 2013 folks!

Charity Craft Fair

I have a stall at this Charity Craft Fair this evening.  It'd be a great event to start your Christmas shopping at whilst helping raise money for a good cause!  Hope to see you there!

Charity Craft Fair

OH MY GOSH!! This is NEXT WEEK!!! I've been soooo busy that I totally forgot to post this up!  It's a charity craft fair so do a good deed and come along, get a head start on your Christmas shopping and help us raise some money for a cracking cause!! I hope to see you there :)  Please Share and tell everyone you can, the more the merrier!

Thinking about Christmas

It seems much to early to be thinking about Christmas, but I am super (sort of) organised and have bought some lovely new fabrics and have come up with a couple of new designs.  I have a charity craft fair in the next few weeks so I will be knocking a few up for that, for those super organised Christmas card buyers!  More to come on the craft fair, I've been a little bit busy recently with my other job and new college course so the artwork and card making has had to go on the back burner for a little while!  I will post up some pics of a few card commissions I've done too at some point in the future.  Watch this space!

New Mills Festival

I am excited to announce that I will be taking part in the New Mills Festival this year!  I will be one of the 49 artists from around the country displaying my art work in the windows of local businesses in and around New Mills town.  The New Mills Arts Trail has grown in size since the start of the festival and I am really happy to be a part of it this year.  A full list of artists and venues and all the other events taking place this September are on the New Mills Festival website:  www.newmillsfestival.com

Getting back into the swing of things!

I've had a little bit of a creative lull this past few months what with holidays and work commitments.  But, I got an order for No12 in Marple for birthday cards and blank cards which threw me back into it!  Thought I'd share a few pics with you. 

 

I have a few little updates regarding my artwork and things but for now I say goodnight!

Been a bit quiet...

I have decided to take a short break from all things creative but when I get back to it I will be sure to update you!  Thanks for stopping by and check out any older posts to see what I have been up to!

i card

My almost brother-in-law had his iPhone stolen at a concert a few weeks ago, so me and my other half decided for his Birthday card it'd be fitting to make a homage to to the phone he lost.

Derbyshire Open Arts 2012

Here is a very long awaited blog post about Derbyshire Open Arts weekend.  I had a successful three days, sold lots of cards, got lots of positive feedback on my work and some very kind words about my watercolour prints, which I have never exhibitd before.  So, here are a few pics to show off how the amazing Spring Bank Arts Centre venue looked in all its renovated glory and how the eight of us artists fitted in...

Left to right from the back: Adele Kime, Lucy Gell, Paul Smith, John E.Walter, Clare Allen, Karl-Christian Geleff, Jo Orme, Me (Helen Harkawenko, incase you weren't sure!)

You're all invited!

...To our Derbyshire Open Arts preview evening.  Friday 1st June from 7pm at Spring Bank Arts Centre, New Mill, SK22 4BB.  Join us for wine, nibbles and a sneak peek at all eight artists fantastic works.  Hope you can make it!

Exciting Art Auction!

New Mills Original are hosting an art auction to raise much needed funds for the gallery itself.  Take a peek on the website www.newmillsoriginal.co.uk to see all the goodies up for grabs, all made and offered by NMO members, artists and craftspeople from the High Peak, Derbyshire.  There are some beuatiful pieces; hand made quilts, found sea-glass jewellery, photo shoot opportunity, original art works and many many more!! Take a look and see for yourself!

Long Overdue...

Update!! I've been so busy lately and not even on exciting makey things, but just at my regular part time job.  So here are few pics of my latest embroidered piece, which took forever!  It needs to framed yet and I'm yet to decide whether to get it photographed professionally or not...  This piece will be making it's debut real life exhibition at the Derbyshire Open Arts event over the Jubilee weekend at the newly restored Spring Bank Arts Centre.  If you can come along please do, it's a fantastic event and there are loads of amazing artists exhibiting all over Derbyshire, and especially in New Mills.   Anyway enough babble, enjoy!

How Exciting!

I won a giveaway! On my Birthday!  And I never win anything :)  So this was super special!  Thank you to Dawn Machell a.ka. pop-i-cok, who is an amazing illustrator/designer.  I absolutely adore her work!  Pop on over to see what she does, she is amazing!  When I get my goodies through the post I'll let you all have a little look-see. Yay!

A Sneak Peek

I'm being (sort of) organised and getting ready for Derbyshire Open Arts 2012.  So far I've had 2 embroideries framed and 4 prints of my watercolour drawings, and they look fab!!  I'm so pleased with them, cannot wait to group them together for the exhibition.  Next on my to do list is to get a few more prints made and some new artists cards done.  Time to get in gear!!

Happy Easter!

Happy Easter everybody! 

Spring Lambs

The weather yesterday was glorious, perfect for a walk around Castleton.  I took my fancy camera out and snapped a few photos, mainly of the cute little lambs that were ambling about the fields.  Just gorgeous!

A little stitchy update..

I've not posted for a while, I've been super busy with my part-time job and it hasn't left me much time to do anything else really!  But Derbyshire Open Arts Festival is creeping ever closer and I am a long way off from finishing this particular stitched piece.  I hope to get this done and another by June, fingers crossed!  So, here is a sneaky picture for you.  Hopefully I will update again soon when I've made a bit more progress!