Dreamstate

Always such a privilege to see....

another range is out within which my work is featured.

I produced the repeats, embroidery and add on details for the new Mamas and Papas Dreamstate range, see here for more garments.

I was very excited to see it on sale.

If you fancy a treat for a little one you have or know all can be bought instore or online at Mamas and Papas.

The girls in house do such a wonderful job of designing the garments and yet again the models are just too too cute!

all copyright of the designs belongs to Mamas and Papas

mmm.... slow cooker love!

there's a new love in my house....the slow cooker!

Its great....a little geeky I know!

Never used one before but its great for hearty winter hotpots! so easy and tasty!

Think in America they're called crock pots but I could be wrong.

Little birds!

Also showcased at Yorkshire Sculpture Park was the work of my lovely friend

Abigail Brown, check out her blog and etsy shop. She has a wonderful range of beautiful birds in her shop as well as these lovely butterfly broaches that are new arrivals!

Yorkshire Sculpture Park

What a good weekend I had, although the beer festival ran out of beer!!

I went to Yorkshire Sculpture park on Sunday with the folks and had a lovely day.

Nice to have a walk round, they have a great shop there too where they were showing a number of artists work. Including some very nice screenprints by my old uni tutor Kay Van Bellen. Check out her blog here and here's some of her work.....

Beer festival weekend!

Hoorah....time for the weekend! We're off to the Robin Hood Beer Festival at Nottingham Castle tonight. I'll be on the cider though...not a beer fan!

Here's an beer themed birthday card designed by me with a retro feel!

How do you like your eggs in the morning!?

....well preferably not with a hedgehog on the side!

But he is very cute!

He's an African Pygmy Hedgehog....a baby one! Just couldn't resist posting!

baby animals

I am currently on a new baby range that will hopefully be ideal for scrapbooking!

here's some of the characters! Just some snippets!

I love creating new faces!

Off to the fair! minty mushy peas please!

Time for my weekend post again! I had a busy one!

We went to the traditional Goose Fair on friday night, its been happening every year for hundreds of years.

We were wimps and only brave enough to go on the bumper cars, was really fun though!

We got ourselves cup of typical Nottingham minty mushy peas for the walk home.

We headed off Manchester way for the rest of the weekend to join in with my lovely friend Nik's engagement party.

Now for a productive week...hopefully!

have a look at these for maps!

I am a bit of a geek and I do like a map....but I was especially drawn to this one on theBBC news site as it looks like the world has distorted into an obscure pattern. I like it!!

The size of an area is altered depending on the population of the country, resulting to some areas of the world looking unrecognisable. Its all very clever.

See here for more details.....click on any country to get a close up!

12 weeks til Christmas!!

Yes exactly 12 weeks TODAY! where has the summer gone...its autumn rain here today.

I've had a busy week working designs for childrenswear...has been great and all will be revealed once the range is in store next year.

Back to christmas now...with a woodland theme.

Here's some snippets of work in progress...

quite simple but will look more special once the grey turns into silver foil!