Our new arrival....

Born 1st February 2013, weighing 7lb 8.5

He's here... and I was right! 

it's a boy! 

And I just can't get enough of him!

As parents we are bias but he really is just the best!!

Bertie is 12 weeks old now and growing so fast so

I have included a more recent pic too so his lovely smiley face can be seen....

My birth wasn't much fun,  (but hey are they really ever fun! or easy!?! I know it could have been a lot worse and the midwives were great! NHS at it's best...hospital food excluded!) and the broken sleep sometimes takes it's toll but at the risk of quoting mum cliche's, he's well worth it! 

It's amazing what that little smile can do to you and I have a feeling it's going to be winning me over for many many years to come!

Oh Bertie we love you!

I'm a winner!

Back in December I entered the giveaway over on the Donna Wilson blog and I've been lucky enough to be chosen as the winner thanks to my cheesy joke:

Why are Christmas trees like bad knitters?!
They both drop their needles!

So today I've had super post.... 4 lovely acorn dinner plates!

Thank you Donna Wilson!

Now I need to cook something especially nice for dinner in order to use them!

Happy Christmas from Bunches

After an exciting meeting at Bunches HQ this week to discuss projects over the coming year I went home with some of the products I have been working on for Bunches in recent months.

Here's a pic of the chocolate box and also candle that I created the designs for.

Needless to say....the chocolate box is now empty....and as it says on the box I can honestly say they are delicious.  The chocolates are part of their Christmas flower gift....available online here.

The candle, which smells good enough to eat, is also available as an extra gift with any bouquet!

Perfect for Christmas! 

Hello Mr Mouse....

Here's a mouse character with his little mates that I worked on for baby boys at

George@ASDA.  Available to buy online and in store.

**PLEASE NOTE ALL ARTWORK AND IMAGES IN THIS POST BELONG TO ASDA STORES LIMITED**

Just for girls...

I love working on younger girls graphics for George@ASDA and it's always fun to see the final results  for sale. Here's a selection of tops I have worked on for this season....

All are available to buy online or in store.

**PLEASE NOTE ALL COPYRIGHT OF IMAGES AND GRAPHICS BELONG TO ASDA STORES LIMITED**

 click here to see the above set online

See here to see the above I love my Daddy top online 

Click here to see the above top online

Holiday World...

It's great to see the cover for my latest book, Holiday World with Buster Books online,

 it's available to pre-order now and will be for sale April 2013. 

 It was great to work on this title and get summery during these cold months! 

Otherillustrators involved are Josie Jo and Ann Kronheimer.

A little (but growing) announcement

Something happened this weekend 

during my trip to London...a stranger, two in fact, gave up their seat for me on the tube 

so I could be seated complete with my bump!  

So thank you strangers...I didn't really feel like I needed the seat but thought 

that I couldn't pass on this momentous occasion!

So I'm becoming a mum for the first time...

we're feeling very lucky that this is happening to us and at times still can't quite believe it.  

I'm so fortunate that pregnancy as been straight forward over the last 6 months, 

this bump has been really very kind to me so far!  

Now I so want to see it, meet it, cuddle and kiss it again and again, 

find out what it is, (my money is on a boy!), 

see it's little face, and watch it grow and grow (but please not too fast!).

Such a massive new chapter in our lives awaits us and sure it will be tough, tiring and testing but 

I'm thinking and hoping this little blessing is going to be very best chapter yet. (tissue over here pls!)

I've started to knit! Here's the beginnings of a baby blanket, the first gift from me to the baby.

If you have any tips for online wool shops I'll be very grateful.

10 Top Tips for Creating Happiness from Bunches.co.uk

I recently had the pleasure of working with Bunches and Fat Free Media on the a little animation for Bunches Creating Happiness campaign.

Have a little look and you'll find some ideas for spreading smiles!

It was great to work on something different having never worked on an animation before. This has wet my appetite, it would be good to more one day!

Flick 'n' Mix

I was lucky enough to be asked to be part of Flick 'n' Mix this week!

Keeping with the Halloween theme...here it is...

I was given the task of the head so went for the pumpkin.  I love the results!

Credit to Rachel Fuller for the body and Ilona Drew for the legs.

Thanks Ilona.

Look out for these lovely Christmas cards in Oxfam at the moment illustrated by Ilona Drew

Happy Halloween

I'm too much of a wimp to be a halloween fan....trick or treaters actually get my heart racing!

Here's a tee that I worked on especially for those little lady trick or treaters out there, 

with George@ASDA.

Available instore or online here.

**PLEASE NOTE ALL ARTWORK AND IMAGES IN THIS POST BELONG SOLEY TO ASDA STORE PLC**