All Wrapped Up.

Hello!

I'm so excited to be able to reveal some of what I've been up to these past couple of weeks.  There has been a lot of development of new designs here at Artwork By Angie HQ with many things getting sent to print, things arriving from the printers, things being prepared for photoshoots - I don't know whether I'm coming or going half the time!...but after a couple of very productive sessions in the photography studio with my friends at Porcupine PR (home of Elsie and Fleur online boutique), I'm delighted to be able to start revealing the first of my new gift wraps... 

Introducing 'Bloomin' Lovely Garden Flowers' gift wrap, now listed as packs of 2 and 3 different designs over on my website and my Etsy shop.  They are also available as a special gift wrap and notecard gift set (an ideal stocking filler for ladies that love flowers and gardens)...

I'm really pleased with the finished photos and what makes me feel even more proud of them is the fact that I was the stylist on the shoot.   We managed to get a lot done in a day because there was no need to brief anyone else, I could go straight from what I saw in my head to the final set up... 

I'd really like to say a big thank you to the team at Porcupine PR and Elsie and Fleur for putting up with me for a couple of days and keeping me supplied with loads of tea and fancy biscuits, very much appreciated!

I hope that you are all having a great week

Best wishes

Yay Retro are just my cup of tea!..

Hello!

What a lovely start to the week, to find that my work has been featured on the blog of one of my favourite online shops.  Yay Retro is a bright and colourful wonderland of vintage china, glassware and kitchenalia from the 1940s to 1970s.  

Being such a child of the 70s, I adore the nostalia each set of china stirs inside me. The memories of tea at my granny's house and the casserole dishes from which my mum served hearty meals to warm us after a busy day at school.  Many of those Scandinavian 70s patterns are etched deep in my mind and certainly influence a lot of my design work.

To read Yay Retro's blog feature about my work please click here: https://www.yayretro.co.uk/blog/777/yay-retro-loves-Artwork-by-Angie

Meanwhile, let me share a taste of why I love Yay Retro.  Here are my top picks from their current stock...

70s Orange Daisy Teaset - I love the bright zesty colour of these which say 'wakey, wakey, rise and shine!'

https://www.yayretro.co.uk/shop/12865/70s-orange-daisy-teaset/

Filigree Trios and bowl (J&G Meakin Studio) - Such a beautiful and fanciful pattern, I particularly love the line drawn style. 

https://www.yayretro.co.uk/shop/12811/filigree-trios-and-bowl/

Enamel Floral Pan Set (Taunton Vale) -  Look at these delicious floral pans worthy of  Beverly from Abigail's party's kitchen - I can almost taste my childhood!

 https://www.yayretro.co.uk/shop/12646/enamel-floral-pan-set/

I hope you enjoyed my top picks, there's plenty more to discover over on their site and items change daily so there's always something new to delight in.

Have a lovely day!

Best wishes

Woodland Wild Things.

It's arrived.  A great big package from the printers containing 10 new gift wrap designs....

 ...despite working on some other commissions this week, I just couldn't wait to get some of them photographed so I was very restrained and spent just over an hour photographing my offering for this Autumn - 'Woodland Wild Things'...

...Followers of my facebook and twitter pages will know that this design came to be because I started playing with the little fox and hedgehog in my Autumn family tree print to make up a new twitter wallpaper to suit the season...

...it was so much fun that I went the whole hog and made it up into a gift wrap design and then sneaked it in on the order I was placing last week for wraps....

I'm so pleased I managed to squeeze this design in because I'm very happy with how the wrap has turned out.  Not content with it as a wrap design I've also been over to my Society 6 to see how the design works as cushion covers, phone cases, laptop skins etc....

These designs are now available as gift wrap from my Folksy and Etsy shops, and all the other items are available from my Society 6 shop too.

I hope you've had fun today too!

Best wishes

Reasons to be Cheerful Part 4 - Seeing the fruits of your labour...

Hello

I'm starting the week with one of my 'reasons to be cheerful' and today's reason is 'finally seeing the fruits of your labour'

Nothing beats effort.  This is something I constantly tell my children.  All I hope for them is that they always try their best because I firmly believe that if you always put your best foot forward only good will come of it.  There is so much to be gained from the sense of pride and achievement felt once a job that has taken blood sweat and tears to complete, finally bears fruit.

That is exactly how I felt when I went shopping at the weekend with my friends and whilst browsing in Waterstones we spotted my cards on a spinner right next to another spinner filled with Banksy cards. This to me was a milestone as not only was it the first time I'd seen my Living the Dream cards in Waterstones with my own eyes - but there they were standing proudly next to the work of an artist I hugely admire.  That really did make my day and was certainly a massive reason to be cheerful :)...

On the subject of seeing the fruits of your labour, I'm looking forward to more of that in the coming couple of weeks because I have a lot of new designs currently either at the printers or almost complete and will be making their way to the printers in the next few days (I'm hearing those sleigh bells jingling again!).

These designs include lots of new gift wraps and Christmas cards.  If you fancy a sneaky peep at some of the new Christmas cards I've literally just finished designing for this year, then here's a link to my 'Life Is Sweet Christmas' range in my portfolio: http://www.artworkbyangie.com/life-is-sweet-christmas.html

Those designs are all available now to pre-order wholesale from Art Eco Designs   

Have a lovely week

Best wishes