The Big Reveal...

I can finally show you all the Wedding Thank You card commission I undertook over August and September.  First here are the two other card designs I came up with responding to ideas from the clients brief.

Tea cups, tea pots and tea bags were a running theme for the couple so for something more personal I came up with this final idea, which they went with.  The forest green ribbon matched the colour of the bride's dress trimming and the groom's tie and handkerchief and the tea bag tag records the date of the wedding day.  Original photo courtesy of William Garland (photoshopping by me!)

The client was very pleased with them and I hope the recipients like them too!  I'd love to get some feedback if anybody is reading this!  I really enjoyed it and would love to take on another commission one day soon!

Very Excited...

... to say that I have finished my wedding card comission and will be delivering all 80 cards to the client tomorrow evening!  What an undertaking it was, but I have enjoyed every minute.  I will post some pics in a few weeks time.

Meanwhile, I have been making a start on Christmas cards... which has completely confused me when asked what date it is!  Here are a few sneak peeks, however I am still waiting on some embossing powder to finish the cards off; fingers crossed it arrives soon!

A 'Softer' side to graffiti...

If you are out and about anywhere near New Mills town centre in the next two weeks, you should pick up a map from New Mills Original for the Woolly Wander.  A huge collaboration of volunteers and artists have descended upon the town and graffitied wherever they could get the mitt(ens) on, in the more unusual method of knitting!  Visit www.facebook.com/NewMillsOriginal for more information.  Meanwhile here are a few photos of the event!

A Little Update...

... on my goings on.

I am pleased to say my embroidered chickens that were on sale at New Mills Original flew away in July!  I am still pleased as punch that someone has purchased one of my embroidered pieces, hopefully this is the start of a trend!

A friend of mine got married recently and kindly asked me to make her thank you cards.  I am super excited about this opportunity, it will be a great experience and hopefully if everything goes well I'll be able to offer personalised wedding thank you cards in my Etsy shop.  Updates on this once the client and recipients have sent and seen them!

It's been a while...

... since I've been on here! Had a lovely holiday break though, so to push myself back into creating I've added a new shop section in my Etsy shop, a SALE section.

Older designs which are still lovely but have been reduced in price to try and tempt the buyers in!

Take a look at my Etsy shop here

To Be Honest...

...I've not done anything creative for a while. I've been getting far too excited about my hollibobs coming up so creativeness has been put on the back burner. I thought I'd show you a birthday card I made for my friend's little girl's 3rd birthday, in July. How the time has flown! I chose to do Ballerina fabric on lilac card with sparkly glitter hand painted dots, proper girly for a gorgeous girl!

Neglected Blog...

I thought I'd post another animal artwork up as I've not been paying attention to my blog for a while. Instead I've been on a little trip to London's West End to see The Lion King and Billy Elliot. They were absolutely fantastic and I feel so priviliged to have got the chance to see them both!

So, my work has taken a dip this last week which leads me to this watercolour. I did it a while ago, before I got my lovely new paints but for a quick sketch it's still got movement and feeling in it and animlas always cheer me up on a dreary old Tuesday.

'Antelope'
scan of original watercolour
2011