My first artwork kiss!

I had to share this lovely moment from yesterday! 

(though I know some of you may well be rolling your eyes.... baby photos! again!!)

 I started drawing Bertie some pictures of animals yesterday 

(on a bargain I picked up from B&M called an 'iboard'!) 

and he wanted to kiss them! 

 It was just wonderful... brought a tear to my eye! 

Probably more so too as he's one and the weekend and I'm feeling all sentimental!

Here's some photos of him in action.... just too cute!

If only everyone I designed for loved my artwork this much! ;D

Happy New Year!

I hope you all had a great time over Christmas and New Year!

We've had a lovely time....seeing lots of family and friends, it's been great!  Trying to get back into work mode and not eat chocolate for breakfast now!

Below are some pictures of the Bunches Calendar that I had the pleasure of illustrating.  

Each month has a different recipe, I will share the other months through out the year.  It was really fun to work on.  Exciting time ahead with Bunches, I have been working on a card range for them....soon to be released! I will certainly keep you posted!

Happy Christmas!

Here's a little festive design....

with a little help from Bertie's footprint from when he was just a couple of months old.

Just trying to wind everything up ready for Christmas now, still plenty of presents to wrap....if the postman delivers them that is!  I thought I was organised but it's really crept up on me this year!

Looking forward to a first christmas with our little lad Bertie and first in our new home! We've even splashed out on two trees......

The one above is more like a christmas bush....the one below a christmas twig...

but we love them!

Have a very happy, relaxing and safe Christmas everyone...hope you all enjoy a work free time with your loved ones! See you in 2014!

a holiday snap...

Not much beats laughing with this little guy these days....especially now he has a proper giggle!

Here's a snap from the airport while waiting for our flight home after a sunny week with family in Spain in September....it was a super week! 

It's been a while....

This year has been flying by far too quickly in a blur of juggling baby Bertie with life in general.

My blog has been right at the bottom of the to do list I'm sorry to say but I thought I'd pass through with some work of mine that I have spotted in George@ASDA over recent months!

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**

New Society6 shop....

I maybe a little bias as she's a lovely friend of mine but I'm such a fan of Nicola Pearson's work 

so it was great to see that she has now opened a Society6 shop so you can get lots of her 

prints on different products.  I would recommend you take a look, here's the link.

Nicola's Etsy shop is expanding too, now with cards and gifts as well as her soft characters.

I couldn't resist and ordered myself this iphone cover...looking forward to my post!

**PLEASE NOTE THAT ALL COPYRIGHT OF THESE DESIGNS BELONG TO NICOLA PEARSON**

It's been a while...

Well it's been a little while since my last post....this summer seems to have flown by.

Lots to enjoy though as well as exciting new work projects.

 I've been working on a real variety of projects including lots of illustrations for a new website launching in the Autumn (got to keep quiet about it for now!), an animation for Bunches Florapost, a new colouring/activity book for Buster Books as well as a new personal venture....

a brand new greetings card company!

Can't quite believe it's really happening but we will be launching at Top Drawer in a couple of weeks....so watch this space for more details very very soon!

For now here's a graphic of mine that is available now in George@Asda stores as

well as online here for the bargain price of £4!  

Hopefully we won't be needing our brollies for much longer!

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

Glamping Hen do weekend....

I've had a lovely weekend in York at Jolly Days luxury camping!

Certainly a camping experience I wouldn't mind returning too....

actual beds, a roll top bath, shower and loo, a stove and a sofa! Perfect! 

Here's the view from our decking yesterday morning...

It was a great hen do and Helen was the perfect Hen! Lots of fun was had by all....

knicker making included thanks to TopDrawerDiva!

Here are my pants! :D

A trip to Cockpit Arts

I had a great time in London last weekend....it was really good to pop by the Cockpit Arts Open Studios in Holborn.  It was so much bigger than I expected it to be and I am already hoping I'll be able to make it to their christmas one.  If you missed out last weekend it is on again this weekend in Deptford, see here for more details. I'd certainly recommend a visit.

Mary Portas was having a look around with her cute little dog when I was there.

Here's a photo of her having a look at an Abigail Brown bird!

You can read what she had to say about her visit here.

photo by Jamie Trounce

Abigail had her beautiful creations on show... 

I've got my eye on one of these lovely flamingos!

One day!

There was so much talent to admire there, here's some lovely stuff that really caught my eye and is now on my want list!

Perfect leather bags from Katherine Pogson

 Amazing ceramics from Katharine Morling

and I love this magnetic wallpaper from Sian Zeng

Have a great time if you make it to Deptford this weekend.

I'm off for my first Glamping experience at Jolly Days near York for a hen do!

The wellies are packed and I can't wait!

Have a good weekend everyone!

Off to Cockpit Arts Open Studios

I'm off to London tomorrow to visit the Cockpit Arts Summer Open Studios.

I've been wanting to go for a couple of years now as my lovely friend Abigail Brown is

part of Cockpit Arts Studio in Holborn. 

I'm really looking forward to seeing the variety of creations from the artists based at Cockpit, as well as Abbie's lovely birds of course!

It's on all weekend in Holborn and then next weekend in Deptford.

I'm sure you will love it if you visit....click here for more details.