Jan Pienkowski

Do you remember Meg and Mog!? I'd forgotten about this Little Monsters pop up book too!

Thanks to a recommendation from another blog (I wish I could remember which one!)

I have just listened to Desert Island Discs with the Meg and Mog illustrator Jan Pienkowski, a nice little something to listen to as I work listen here if you fancy it.

He's silhouette work looks so intricate compared to his childrens illustrations, is interesting to see.

Tigerprint competition

I decided to work on a submission for the latest Tigerprint competition this morning.

I really enjoyed working on the little brolly birds.

Its for a handbag size notebook, see here for more details.

Rachel over at rahrahrepeats has entered some great designs

....you can see them here

Yamas! to the weekend!!

This is me...enjoying a glass of wine and forgetting about my mountain of work!

Just what weekends are for I reckon!

Its been a busy weekend...good but busy!

We had lots of guests, it was great! Very nice to see good friends.

We went to a lovely greek restaurant on saturday night and ate a feast of greek tapas!

Busy busy this week.......the start of exciting new projects!

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!