...and her name is Olive.
I came runner up in the Tigerprint competition, they said nice things about my design.
...I have mostly been making marmalade, I now class marmalade as a 'professional' thing to make as although I am pleased with the way my jars look and taste now, getting to this point was not easy.
Thank you everyone who took part in my little giveaway and congratulations to Lara Ede over at laraedeillustration.blogspot.com/ whose name was pulled out of my woolly hat!!
Happy Monday all! Having been brought so much joy from all the fab giveaways of delightful designtastic pieces I thought it was about jolly time I did one of my own.
My luck was in then yesterday when my name got pulled out of the hat for a great giveaway over at the Farnell blog http://farnelldoodles.blogspot.com.
4 days inside now due to the snow and although going slightly stir crazy I have been motoring with work inspired by the snow, HAVE to go out tomorrow so it better have started to thaw!!
Well down here the snow doesnt always tend to stick around so I was pretty suprised this morning to see that it has and Brighton is white, exciting.
This really IS a blog following my journeys through designland even though I KNOW it is beginning to look like a blog dedicated to my current addiction cake and chocolate but just had to show you the current window of Choccywoccydoodaa in Brighton, they have one very talented gentleman I believe who sculpts and creates these amazing creations from yes...chocolate!!
So I invited friends over yesterday afternoon to induldge in a bit of cake and tea and goss, at one point there was about 10 cakes and that was before the AMAZING cupcakes arrived!!
Hallo! I am spending this week working on lots of new Christmas designs and whilst doing a bit of research I came across these gorgeous characters over at the Bella Dia blog, a very talented lady http://belladia.typepad.com They made me smile a lot x
Oh its such a Monday for me today, slow starting, struggling with getting motivated, however was inspired at the end of last week after having a mini design blow out and simply HAVING to puchase the Habitat peacock cushion first seen over on the PrintPattern blog, swiftly followed by a toadstool candle from Heals, too cute!! To have a look online for some of Donna Wilsons pieces, soooo talented and I just LOVE the ginge cat, bearing a slight resemblance to my own stig. You can check out more of Donna's quirky work at her blog http://donnawilsonsblog.blogspot.com/, if you haven't already that is!! Right now, I am cracking the whip and will be here into the night, its Christmas time!!!! 
Hi bloggers well today has been a proper Monday me thinks, grey and grim boo and to top if off I feel a bit like a cold is heading my way so currently got fingers and toes crossed its just a bit of monday blues.
Another hard days work and I MUST stop now and rest a bit so going to go and have my tea...fish...good for the brain!!
So that was Halloween gone and my head is still totally submersed in Textiles and Christmas at the mo so thought I would show you this little gem I found when out researching, amazing what joy can bought for a £1!! The knitted swimsuit...??!! for a boy... is my particular fave, get in touch if you want me to send you copies of the patterns for any of your little ones!! ;)
Friday night was pumpkin carving night with 2 friends, havent actually done this too much in my time and enjoyed it soooo much, I tried to recreate my fiancee as a pumpkin! ( mine is the middle one) they looked great all together and we spent ages photographing them like celebrities afterwards, at the same time eating more cake, JOY!!! Happy Halloween everyone :) and can I say a big hurrah for Sunday roasts!!
Another busy week but its all been ok because I have had my good friend cake to get me through, phew, Happy weekend all!! XXX
I have been busy researching all sorts of kidswear this week around Brighton and it was greatly appreciated when I was pointed in the direction of Small magazine and their blog, it has lots of funky interesting kids things, perfect for helping my creative brain.
Hurrah I have reached 40...followers not quite in age although did celebrate my 35th birthday yesterday and I had to share some of the gorgeous things I was bought, birthdays rule!
Hallo, I hope all are well, I am still submersed in cracking some childrenswear designs/Christmas designs, it is a busy time of year all of a sudden!
Hallo, I really dont know where this week has gone! I have been working on lots of new textiles pieces for my new textile agent and last night took a break to go to a BIG meeting where the really lovely illustrator Chloe Cheese was showing pieces of her work. 
I found these guys practically on my doorstep the other day when popping out for some milk, dont know who put them there but I like them!!
Hallo bloggers, I am soo lost at the moment in a world of Christmas and also trying to break into the world of textiles that I feel I am barely getting a chance to notice what is going on in the world so was pleased when some more of my fabric designs came through my letter box from Spoonflower, I love my guitars and so now will be working out what to do with them! Hope you are all having a fab weekend!!
Hallo, I am currently buried in Christmas work but wanted to pop up this post about a print I bought whilst at The End of the Road festival, I love it and am hoping to find a great old wooden frame for it really soon. I bought it at the Jacknife posters stand where they had a fab collection of hand silk screened prints, you can check out more by following www.jacknifeposters.com.
A couple of weeks ago I took advantage of a free swatch offer that Spoonflower had going for 24 hours and I am absolutely thrilled with the results and will soon be laying out and ordering some of my own fabrics which I then plan to use for cushions and adult and childrens clothing, very exciting!! :)
I am finding it ever so difficult to focus today as my head is just brimming with brilliant memories of the absolutely fab weekend I have just had at The End of the Road festival. We were open minded and as we were not that familiar with a lot of the bands just drifted around dipping in and out of great folk music, I loved Dylan leBlanc and Ben Ottewell from Gomez myself, combined with delicious food stands, just the best chick pea curry mmm cant get it out of my head!! crepes, ice creams and beautiful surroundings and on Sunday finally spotted 3 of the resident peacocks milling about.
I have uploaded my new cushion designs to Envelop today in amongst doing lots of work for deadlines. These designs have been bubbling away for a while in amongst other projects and so was glad to jump back on to them when I got back from my break.
Last week I had a crazy day getting some pieces ready for a deadline, felt like it was never going to end so today I am going to spend a peaceful day with music getting a head start on some textiles work, characters, love it. Happy Sunday all x
