October 2009

This week has been so nice and sunny - yey! I’ve been trying to work on lots of lovely new Alice Palace designs - but have had lots of interruptions…..and even helped to round up some sheep on Tuesday! Yesterday I went to Cirencester to meet up with with some ladies who like to lunch and had some yu…

On Saturday Mark and I ventured into Birmingham - it was VERY busy!!!!

Yesterday I went the the Greeting Card Association’s AGM which was held at the V&A in London. We got to see a small selection of the V&A’s national greeting card collection which dates back to 1843 - and it was a brilliant. We then had a very nice meal and I got to go and see my cards in the…

Mark got in some lovely ingredients for our tea on Friday - we had a few pints and then went home to cook…. ...some wild mushrooms from the French market which came in this lovely bag (oooo la la!)...

We have a brand new launch to show off - - - Our LOVELY new gift wrap (sized at 500 x 700mm) which is designed and printed in England on 100% recycled paper, using vegetable based inks and renewable energy - - is available NOW!!!! There are 3 new designs available: 1. The wild outdoors (British wi…

It’s the BIG draw throughout October - so get drawing!!!! Blue Ginger are holding a ‘pet on a postcard’ exhibition and Jemima is the obvious star on mine….

I’ve been eating lots of chocolate buttons! I LOVE the characters on the front - and this one’s my favourite - especially by the time you’ve eaten 5 packs!!

This is my Illustration Friday entry for the ‘Flying’ topic. It’s called: ‘Flying horses laugh inside’... The horses are called William (the yellowy coloured one at the back that I was riding), Angel (the grey, who Cambell was riding) and Foxy (the bay who Jana was riding) - - we all had a flying…

Here’s some of the freelance work i’ve been doing: A new pricelist and business card for The Salon in Offenham…

We had a wander around the fair on Saturday and I found this great AP for Alice Palace…

We had a dragon fruit for pudding last night - very colourful and tasty!