A new print, which is now available in both shops. This is a digital print of one of my recent paintings. She was the first one I finished and probably my favourite so far. I’m slowly building up a small collection of paintings so I can imagine soon she won’t be the only one available in print form. She has a very faint pout (you might not be able to see it on some screens but it’s visible on the finished print), which I’ve been trying to mimic on my other portraits – of course it’s proving nearly impossible. I would love to hear what you think of her and her sisters. The original is made up of a mixture of watercolour and acrylic paints with a hint of the pencil sketching coming through. The print measures 8 x 10 inches and the image sits comfortably in the middle with room around the edge for framing.

Remember a while back I said I’d purchased some paint brushes? Remember also how I said I’d probably never use them? Well, I proved myself wrong! I’ve spent the day painting (6 and a bit hours to be exact – 2 and a half audio books), and I’m exhausted (what’s that about?). The paint supplies have been living in a box I mentally labeled “Wishful thinking”. I have a habit of collecting and investing money on plenty of art and craft supplies, hoping I’ll find a project for them – that very rarely happens.

Anyway, after dusting off the paint bottles and digging out the new brushes I managed to come up with these 4 ladies and I’m so pleased with them. I never thought I’d have the patience for the process (admittedly today could be just a one off) but there was something therapeutic about the repetitive patterns and details. I found myself fully engrossed. Similar to the Cotton Doodles, there is a kind of amateur roughness to them that I’m very fond of. I’d love to hear what you think of them. Now it’s time for me to clean up the mess I’ve made :)

A new print now up for grabs! Available in both shops. I drew this portrait late last year but never thought much of it. It wasn’t until I gave it a splash of colour that I realised how much I liked it. I love the blue stripes and her chain most of all and I’m glad it finally turned into a print! I hope you like it too :) I’m in the process of working on 2 more new prints and (fingers crossed) I hope to have them up for show over the weekend. Also – the house badges featured in one of the previous posts have now been packaged up and are available to buy in the shops. Take a peek!

Have a lovely day!

Horray! They finally arrived – I had almost forgotten about them. A new badge set in the making. I will let you know when they are ready for adoption. It’s a lovely sunny day and before it’s time to sit in a dark dark room in a dark dark building on a not very dark street I may indulge myself with tea, biscuits and fiction in the garden.

Just a quick note to say hello and show you some of the Polaroid pictures I’ve been working on this last few weeks. Some are examples of me playing around with colours. Very sorry about the loud wall paper – hope it’s not too distracting :) I would love to hear what you think as I’m really REALLY enjoying making them. Speak soon!

I really wanted to share some of the new pictures I’m working on. I love the lampshade one at the top. That colour orange is currently one of my favourites, the lime green too. Would love to hear what you think of them :)

2 new badge sets FINALLY in the shops! I’m sorry it’s taken me so long to list them and post about them here (also sorry about the bad photos!). I’m waiting for a new camera charger to be delivered since my old one hasn’t shown up after the move. As soon as it arrives I can fully update you on what’s been happening. Right now I’m sat at my table in the spare room with a lovely view, thinking about replacing my cold cup of coffee with a fresh cup :)

Good morning! This is probably the earliest I’ve written a post for this new site (that doesn’t count the early hours). I was touched to see my Cotton Doodles featured on ‘My Love For You…’, horray! Right, back to sewing…

ps/ I’m pleased to announce my online shops will be reopening at the end of the week. There will be limited stock available – no large A3+ prints for now. But I will be launching some new portrait prints (as mentioned here) and new badge sets! YES!

I ran out of things to do during the craft fair last weekend and ended up randomly sewing the word ‘hi’ onto a piece of fabric… I haven’t really been able to stop sewing since and I thought it was about time I shared some pictures. I have to admit (and you will definitely notice) it’s not something I’ve done before but I’m really pleased with how they’ve turned out. I like that they’re bumpy and uneven and a little all over the place – I definitely wouldn’t have won any awards in Jane Austen’s day, that’s for sure.

I’ve had a bit of a flickr clean up this morning too so I’ve dedicated a set purely to the cotton doodles in hope that it will encourage me to continue making them, click here to see what I’ve done so far.

Above: New card design! Below: Some new faces. The online shops are still closed at the moment but the prints will be available to buy – in person- on SATURDAY 20th, as part of the Handmade Nation event at Broadway Cinema. Come along on Saturday and say hello :) Here’s a sneak peek though in case you can’t make it.