Hello!
Happy Friday.
Here are the next set of daily illustrations for my
Christmas advent series that I have been posting up on instragram and facebook this week.
Enjoy!...
Have a lovely weekend!
Showing posts with label Christmas. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Christmas. Show all posts
Friday, 11 December 2015
Monday, 7 December 2015
Christmas Countdown Continued - Days 3 to 7....
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Hello!
Followers of my instagram and facebook will have seen that I've managed to keep to my plan of coming up with an illustration a day until Christmas Eve as part of my countdown to Christmas.
In case you didn't see, here are the past few days of advent illustrations in one place, from 3rd Dec to today (7th Dec)...
Have a lovely day!
Wednesday, 2 December 2015
Countdown to Christmas...
Hello!
Now that December has arrived and the pre Christmas chaos begins, I will be taking a break from my usual blog post series 'This Much I Know' and 'Something Pinteresting' as something needs to give.
I will bring them back in the New Year, perhaps with some other new inspirations.
Meanwhile, I have decided to take up an advent illustration challenge.
This time last year I saw many illustrators take up the challenge of creating an illustration a day for a countdown to Christmas. It looked lots of fun, so I vowed to myself to create some time this year to have a go myself.
So here are Days 1 & 2. I shared these on instagram and facebook, but will do regular round ups on here so there's plenty of chances to see them and get in the festive spirit...
It's good to see lots of other illustrators are also having a go at this challenge this year and I am looking forward to seeing what they come up with each day up until Christmas. If you want to see what all the fuss is about or to join in the fun and festivities, here are some useful hashtags:
#christmasadvent #adventcalendar
Have a lovely Day!
Monday, 23 November 2015
Gift Ideas for Her - from my latest collection...
Hello!
Hope you had a lovely weekend.
With 'Black Friday' looming at the end of this week, thoughts are turning to Christmas shopping. I've put together a selection from my current online collections to help you gather some ideas for gifts for her.
At the top is my 'Live in the garden, sleep in the house' print - ideal for a garden lover...
On my website:
In my folksy shop:
In my Etsy shop:
For a cat loving lady, there's my 'I'm In Charge' framed illustration print:
On my website...
In my folksy shop:
In my Etsy shop:
For ladies with wanderlust and a thirst for adventure, there's my 2016 Wallplanner 'Plan Amazing Adventures'...
On my website:
In my folksy shop:
My 2016 A5 sized desk calendar is packed with colour and pretty details, guaranteed to brighten even the dullest of days...
In my folksy shop:
In my Etsy shop:
I still have a small stock of these handy and very cheerful A5, 40 page weekly notepad planners - who said 'to do' lists need to look boring?!...
In my folksy shop:
In my Etsy shop:
Over at my Society 6 shop there's all things bright and beautiful - bringing the best of nature's spring and summer to any home or handbag:
Have a lovely day!
Tuesday, 10 November 2015
Showcasing This Year's Collection of Christmas Cards...
Hello,
Today's post is a quick round up of my current collection of Christmas Cards.
This year I am mainly offering three main multipacks.
The first of those is pictured above and is part of my 'Tis The Season' range.
It features six merry and bright designs based on the titles of popular Christmas songs. All created with a cheery, playfulness in my winter wonderland!....
The second multipack is a sweet collection featuring festive puddings and desserts for those who love to indulge in all the treats of the season, or simply enjoy baking such delights for their loved ones...
The third pack is a pack of six from my original 'Tis The Season' range which is more pattern focused.
The image below is a store shot from last year from a local stockist. It's a very handy image as it nicely shows most of the designs in all of these packs in one place!...
You can find all the cards featured on this post listed in my online shops here:
Each pack is £10 plus P&P for six cards.
I'll be back tomorrow with the next part of my 'This Much I know' series, which will be on the topic of branding, I hope you can join me then.
Best wishes
Tuesday, 3 November 2015
Introducing My Spoonflower Christmas Fabric Collection..
Hello!
A couple of weeks ago I shared with you some of my new festive patterns. Those patterns are now available as gift wraps from my website and also print on demand fabrics from my Spoonflower shop.
Here are a few pics of the test swatches from each of the designs available over at Spoonflower, so that you can take a closer look. I have popped a handy link to each design on Spoonflower under each image to make things easy...
Christmas Lodges in the Snow: http://www.spoonflower.com/fabric/4689167
Christmas Doves and Roses: http://www.spoonflower.com/fabric/4688850
Robins Doves & Mistletoe: http://www.spoonflower.com/fabric/4689135
Dashing Through The Snow: http://www.spoonflower.com/fabric/4689121
Christmas Angels: http://www.spoonflower.com/fabric/4689102
Mr & Mrs Gingerbread: http://www.spoonflower.com/fabric/4689152
Partridge In a Pear Tree: http://www.spoonflower.com/fabric/4688910
Have a lovely day!
Monday, 26 October 2015
Half Term Photoshoot Fun...
Happy half term to those of you with little 'uns too!
I've been having some fun today with my two little ladies. We've been combining work and play and they've both been earning their pocket money by helping me get some lifestyle images of my new Christmas gift wraps...
They were very enthusiastic to help out as it was a great excuse to play dressing up.
They also learnt a very valuable lesson. Being a model is hard work - especially trying to hold a pose still to get the perfect shot...
I've been busy trying to get a few images to gradually list my Christmas stock to my online shops. It's that time of year where tinkering with images, websites and product listings fill lots of time...
These images are a few of the ones I've captured over the past few days...
Like it or not, it is definitely beginning to look a lot like Christmas as shops need to be made ready.
I'll be back on Wednesday sharing the next post in my series 'This Much I Know', sharing some business tips.
Until then, have a lovely day!
Tuesday, 20 October 2015
New Festive Patterns.
Hello,
Over the past few weeks I have been busy working on a few new pattern designs for autumn into next spring. Earlier in the year I launched my first fabric range and I wanted to expand my fabric offering, top up my Spoonflower shop and create some new gift wraps, so that's why I've been getting busy pattern making and thoroughly enjoying it.
Today, I want to let you have a good look at the three new festive patterns. I have also released some of my popular existing Christmas designs to my Spoonflower shop and I am pleased to say that they are now available to order on fabrics.
The pattern at the top is my Partridge in a Pear Tree and can be found here:
Above is Christmas Doves and Roses:
The final one to show you today is Christmas Lodges In The Snow:
There are plenty of non festive designs over at my Spoonflower shop too. Here's where you'll find me over there:
I'll be back blogging tomorrow as I have lined up new mid week mini series of business tips and things I've learnt along the way. Every Wednesday, hopefully up until Christmas, I will be sharing my 'This Much I Know' series which covers all sorts of things I have learnt from running a small creative business for five years. Tomorrow's subject will be all about tips for being creative and staying inspired. I hope you can join me.
Until then, have a lovely day!
Best wishes
Monday, 1 December 2014
'Failing to Plan is to Planning Fail' - So Let's Make Some Beautiful Plans!
Hello,
November seemed to whizz by - sorry it's been such a long time since my last blog post.
November has been the month of 'the planner' for me. It's something I've wanted to launch as product for a while. The reason being, over the past year I have been making more of an effort to be more efficient in my own business planning in attempt to avoid some of the things that caused problems for me and my little business in the past.
One of the benefits of a few years experience of this design and online selling m'larky is that I can clearly to see patterns in what works and what doesn't work. I can see the little habits I've formed for tackling tasks (or, being perfectly honest, at times avoiding them!). Sometimes these habits are good, sometimes they aren't. Looking at them all objectively has really helped me put together a better plan for 2014.
And guess what? on the whole, my plan is working for me!...Plans work - who knew?!
On the back of this little personal revelation of mine, I began to design my wallplanner for 2015 - the one I wanted to put by my desk. Something lovely to make me feel happy and inspired by the tasks that lay ahead. Something very practical, easy to use with decent space for my messy frenetic handwriting (I can never get ideas on paper fast enough!)....
Here it is - my happy, bright and pretty planner for me to 'Make Beautiful Plans' throughout 2015.
Then I turned my attention to my lovely regular customers, the ones I know and chat to often. Many of whom have their own craft or baking businesses - I figured that they would probably feel the same way as me about wanting to make plans on something lovely for their craft space, studio or kitchen walls. So, two more wall planner designs came into being....
and
Having a yearly planner is simply not enough though - there are plans that need to be made each week and each day.
I set to work on a further six designs - a daily and a weekly planner in each of the same three themes as my wall planners. These planners are now available as printable downloads or as A5 (148 x 210mm) 40 page, spiral bound notebooks....
The digital printable download versions are available from my Etsy shop here.
So far so good on the launch of my new products. It seems I am not alone in my desire for something colourful and lovely to plan important life and work stuff on.
The first wave of the orders for these have all been sent out and this morning my message in boxes have welcomed me with lots of lovely feedback from happy customers who now have their planners. I think my favourite reaction of all of them has to be this very simple and direct one:
"Parcel received. It's bloody stunning!"
Thank you - that comment made me smile from ear to ear. It makes all the work I put into creating these planners last month worth every minute!!...
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On the subject of planning, it's time to say Happy December to you all and it's time for us all to crack on with plans for Christmas. There's still plenty of time to shop regardless of all the Black Friday and Cyber Monday frenzy! Here is some useful info to help with your shopping plans...
My online shops will be open right up to Christmas, and as most of my items are sent by Royal Mail, here's a handy reminder of those all important Christmas postal deadline dates this year:
International Standard (formerly Air Mail)
Wed 3rd Dec - Asia, Far East (Inc. Japan), New Zealand
Thur 4th Dec - Australia
Fri 5th Dec - Africa, Caribbean, Central and South America, Middle East
Mon 8th Dec - Cyprus, Eastern Europe, Greece
Tue 9th Dec - Canada, Poland
Fri 12th Dec - USA, International Standard to static HM Forces Mail
Sat 13th Dec - Western Europe (excluding Greece and Poland)
UK
Thur 18th Dec - 2nd class and Royal Mail Signed for 2nd class
Sat 20th Dec - 1st class and Royal Mail Signed For 1st class
Mon 22nd Dec - ParcelForce Worldwide Express 48
Tue 23rd Dec - Royal Mail Special Delivery Guaranteed
ParcelForce Worldwide Express 48
My Newsletter readers are getting a 20% discount code which is valid not only at my website and Etsy shop, but now that Folksy has discount codes - it is now valid at Folksy too. This discount will run up until Dec 18th . I will be sending out another copy of that newsletter this evening to send that code to all those who subscribed over the weekend (thank you for those subscribes).
If you'd like to subscribe and get your code too, here's where you opt in: subscribe to my newsletter
I think that catches up on everything for now.
Have a very happy week!
Best wishes
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