National Stationery Week & Amazing Adventures..

Hello,

This week has been National Stationery Week.  

To celebrate, subscribers to my newsletter will be receiving an email today with a 20% off discount code for my Etsy and Folksy shops.  The code will also work at my website shop as I am currently trialling Etsy's 'Pattern' e.commerce site.  Which I have to say I am impressed with and feel that it's a keeper.  It makes managing my online listings so much smoother and, like Etsy, it's very good at easily enabling customers to chat to me to discuss orders and ask questions, so that's a huge positive...

Talking of stationery, I have introduced a new weekly planner to my shops, ideal for planning holidays and days out.  You'll find my 'Plan Amazing Adventures' notepad listed here:

on Etsy: https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/288797237/weekly-planner-notepad-plan-amazing?ref=shop_home_active_2

On Folksy: https://folksy.com/items/6831833-Weekly-Planner-Notepad-Amazing-Adventures

If you'd like to take advantage of my exclusive discount code for subscribers, you can join my mailing list by filling out the form on the link below:

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Feels odd to be sharing sunshiny designs with you when some parts of the UK has snow!

It's good to dream and make plans...and with a bit of luck perhaps this snow means that the summer will be a scorcher after all.

I hope you have amazing adventures this weekend

Spring Sale Offer - 40% Off Etsy & Folksy orders until the end of March...

Hello!

With Easter this weekend, I thought it was high time I had a bit of a spring sale.

I am offering 40% off all orders over £3 at my Etsy and Folksy shops until the end of March....

Both shops are well stocked with spring themed goodies...

Easter cards (there's still time - last day for posting Easter orders is tomorrow, 23rd March)...

I've also added a few multipacks of celebration/ birthday cards and friendship/ general greetings cards, like the ones pictured here - so now is a really good time to stock up...

If like me, you are in spring clean mode (which is why I'm having a bit of a sale)  I have lots of bright and pretty prints to choose from in both my Etsy and Folksy shops...

This offer ends on 31st March and to get 40% off simply type in the code:

SPRING16

when placing your order.

Have a lovely day

Best wishes

End of January Offer....

Hello,

Hope you are having a good week.

The great news is...we've pretty much made it through January!

I don't know about you, but I find January the toughest month - it's all the dark gloomy weather, the short days, the hangover from all the Christmas over indulgence.

I want to celebrate getting through those weeks with a little offer over at my Folksy and Etsy shops, to coincide with the launch of my valentines and mother's day cards and prints for this year.

Mother's day in the UK is early this year - Sunday 6th March, so this offer is an opportunity to stock up on cards for both occasions for less. 

For 20% Off at my Folksy and Etsy shops, simply type the following code in when checking out any orders made before end of Sunday 31st January:

JANUARY20OFF

Have a lovely weekend

Best wishes

Make Beautiful Plans. 2016 Calendars are here...

Hello,

Sorry for the radio silence, this past month has been a busy one.  It's been a case of working on commissions and developing new designs and catching up on dreaded admin.

A couple of the new things I've been working on are some 2016 calendars.  

Followers of my social media stuff will have seen bits of these emerging, but I've not had a chance to share with you, in full over here on my blog.  So let's put that right, right now!...

First up.  This year's A4 sized Wall Hanging Calendar...  

Just like the previous year's calendars, this one is bursting with colour and features new and popular designs and has plenty of space in the date section to write in (I need plenty of space as I like to cram it all in if I can and I am sure I am not alone!).  This year, the calendar is packed with my illustrations.  I have saved the patterns for another 2016 calendar, more on that one in a moment...

Here are the images for each month of the wall calendar, with a few close ups to give you a good idea of what to expect inside...

The A4 Wall Calendar can be found listed here:

website: http://www.artworkbyangie.com/2015-calendar.html#cid=727005

Folksy:https://folksy.com/items/6717526-2016-Wall-Calendar-A4-sized

Etsy: https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/205813415/2016-wall-calendar-planner-a4-sized?ref=shop_home_active_10

As I mentioned above.  There is a second, smaller, A5 desktop calendar which features many of my patterns and colourful florals - perfect for garden lovers...

This A5 Desktop Calendar can be found listed here:

Website: http://www.artworkbyangie.com/2016-desktop-calendar.html#cid=1189663

Folksy: https://folksy.com/items/6717538-2016-Desktop-Calendar-A5-sized

Etsy: https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/248975311/2016-desktop-calendar-planner-a5-sized?ref=related-2

Ahh, but what if you can't decide between these two.  It's happened before - I know I am guilty of it when it comes to pretty things. You buy something as a gift for someone, but you just can't bear to part with it so you need a second one as a treat to yourself...

Well, I've thought of that and have put together a little offer in my Folksy and Etsy shops for you.  Please look out for this listing as you have a chance to buy both the wall and the desktop calendar for £16.  Which is basically me saying, if you buy the wall calendar, I will happily pop the desktop one in for half the sold separately price.

Folksy:https://folksy.com/items/6729099-OFFER-Buy-Both-2016-Calendars-A4-Wall-Calendar-A5-Desktop-Calendar

Etsy: https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/251828784/multi-buy-offer-2016-calendars-one-wall?ref=shop_home_active_1

I will be back here on Friday as I'm bringing back my 'Something Pinteresting for the Weekend' series. Which is me sharing some of the wonders and curiosities I've found on pinterest around a weekly theme, to help share the inspiration and brighten your weekend. 

Until then, have a lovely day!

Best wishes

Back to School and Down To Business...

Hello!

September is here and our girls are back in the swing of the school routine.  I am also back in full swing with work and have really been enjoying playing with pattern these past few days.

I wanted to create some patterns to update my Society 6 & Spoonflower shops whilst giving me some new designs to include in some new products for my Folksy and Etsy shops...

I seem to have a big thing for British garden birds, butterflies and an abundance of colourful flowers.  It may have something to do with the inspiration I gathered over the summer from lots of days out with the kids to local National Trust places such as Dunster Castle and Montacute House. The ornate Tudor tapestries at Montacute especially, with details of birds and flowers really captured my imagination!... 

 Here are my two latest designs which have already been added to my Society 6 shop.  

The pink pattern is called 'Blackbirds' and the teal pattern is called 'Bluetits and Blackbirds'...

Just as I finished adding these designs to Society 6 I got a notification that they are running a free worldwide shipping promo until the 13th Sept - so it looks like my timing was spot on!. Here's a link to that promo:

https://society6.com/angiespurgeon?promo=D2QYQQ9PDJQR

I've also been working on my 2016 wall calendars which will be ready to go to print in the next few days.  As soon as these are off to the printers I will pop a pre-order listing up on my sites so keep an eye out for those.  If you are a lovely email subscriber, you will be sent an email with a link first.  To subscribe to my emails here's a link:

http://artworkbyangie.us6.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=652aea9078616834d3a2f003e&id=97f65c83e6

Here's a little peep at which images have made the cut for this year's calendar... 

This year it will be completely illustrations in the calendar (handy framing size once the year is up).  I am also working on a smaller 2016 desk calendar featuring some of my patterns, more about that soon!

Until then, have a lovely week!

Best wishes

Celebrating 5 Years - GIVEAWAY!!

Hello!

As promised in yesterday's blog post, to celebrate 5 YEARS, I am giving away

ANY 5 of my Unframed Prints

To enter my GIVEAWAY and be in with a chance of winning a bundle of ANY 5 from unframed prints collection (including any of my handcut 'family tree' prints), all you need to do is where you see my giveaway post (i.e. the image at the top of this blog post) simply add the comment 'I'm in'.

You can do that here, or over on my facebook page or Instagram.  

If you spot the post on twitter, simply reply to me 'I'm in'

That way I will be able to easily see who has entered...

Here are some examples of the prints the lucky winner will be able to choose from, There are plenty more to choose from and you can find them here:

https://folksy.com/shops/artworkbyangie/collections/28171 

This giveaway is officially being hosted here and is open until 9pm Thurs 16th June 2015.

The lucky winner will be announced here on my blog and then shared around 

my other social media sites.

As well as this giveaway, subscribers to my emails have been sent a newsletter today with an exclusive 20% OFF discount code for each of my online shops, which is valid until 10th August.

If you would like to receive my exclusive subscriber offers, please use the link below to sign up to my emails:

SUBSCRIBE

There is a full week to grab a chance to enter the giveaway.

Please feel free to like and share any posts to help promote it, that would be lovely and I would be very grateful for those likes and shares...

GOOD LUCK EVERYONE!

Meet you back here to announce the winner on the 16th

Best wishes