How I create a personalised house illustration
I love creating drawings of people's houses...
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Help a hedgehog
Hedgehogs are wonderful creatures.
I always love it when I hear one snuffling around the garden. We've had a whole family of hedgehogs in our garden and they're sometimes on the front door step late at night! This is one of the really friendly babies...
Personalised birthday card
I love creating bespoke birthday cards -
'Hi, is it possible to have a girl's card for my daughter’s 13th birthday. Her name is Flo. Could she have surfing stuff on the front, surfboard, anything from the band one direction, and recording studio equipment such as microphone? Many thanks. We’ve had some fabulous cards from you in the past.'
Cricket party bags for a cricket themed birthday
'I’d love to get some of your cricket bags for my son’s cricket themed birthday as party bags.'
I made 10 of these bags, and also added an 8 onto one of the cricket bats.
Sparking creatvity
Last year I took part in Getting Paid To Draw, Mike Lowery's 8-week portfolio-building class for illustrators. I absolutely loved it, created new illustrations for my portfolio, and found it so brilliant to be learning again, like I was back at uni after so many years!
I started this year with The Good Ship's planning party, which was so good (doing a review of the good and the bad from 2024 - and then picking controllable goals for 2025).
My dream has always been to write and illustrate a picture book - so I've planned to do at least one workshop or online course a month to help me to write my own children's book.
So far I have loved it -
Wildlife illustrations
Best treat ever happened in the rain a couple of weeks ago - an otter joined me on my dog walk!
Personalised wedding anniversary mugs
Sarah contacted me to create some mugs for her 9th wedding anniversary. It was so lovely to hear from her, having created her wedding stationery 9 years ago! The theme for a nine year anniversary is pottery / willow - and the design was to also include Alfie the dog.
'YOU are so good ! Love this design … absolutely perfect!'
Small business network set up by Theo Paphitis
Small Business Sunday, #SBS, was created by Theo Paphitis in October 2010. I became a winner in 2018, and have been attending the brilliant SBS Winners events held every year ever since.
