I DREW THIS

PHWOAR 2.

2012-01-31T07:53:00.000-08:00

hidedoodi there peeps, how are you? I am battling through snotface NO 2, me and boyf seem to be passing it from one to the other now which is GREAT fun!! well to follow on from my last post the book Bad Hair has been floating around the studio and I thought I would share some of my faves, particularly drawn to number 2 :)
all images copyright Bloomsbury Publishing.

PHWOAR!!

2012-01-25T07:57:00.000-08:00

my mom had loads of newspaper randomness from the 60's and 70's kept in her recipe book, which I love. Oh how things have changed, when is this revival gonna happen eh??!! DUDES!!I love the huge belt buckle:)

twinkle twinkle little star.

2012-01-24T03:32:00.000-08:00

hallo well its a right cacka day down here in Brighton, on the way to the studio this morning this little star twinkled at me, aww a little persons school project maybe...? its now twinkling above my head.

been a bit since I last posted got some NEW and EXCITING projects on the go...all to come sooN!!!!

hope you are all swell x

London Sunday.

2012-01-16T02:38:00.000-08:00

me and my boyf went up to London yesterday to check out Top Drawer.

I have been thinking about taking part in Pulse in June with my cards, there was TONS of other card publishers, quite overwhelming, we also got a bit of time to mooch around the new HOME show which included the Donna Wilson stand along with lots of new and exciting things to look at :)

everythings breaking!

2012-01-12T03:39:00.000-08:00

morning, everything seems to be breaking all of a sudden, my tumble dryer is on the blink despite being on for what definitely has been hours things arent getting dry, I cleaned out 10 tons of fluff gunk and that made no difference and now my laptop has just died...it did some update thing and now it wont even switch on!!!

on the plus side we have been waking up to some AMAZING skies this last few days and here is this mornings, gorgeous!!

Rubber collection!!

2012-01-10T08:06:00.000-08:00

we have just been reunited with my boyfriends rubber collection from when he was a little boy.

he had written 'super cats' on a lot of them too now that is cute x

sweetie.

2012-01-09T08:49:00.000-08:00

had a really nice weekend laughing (at Lee Macks stand up till I cried),eating, spring cleaning/sorting always feels so good when the place is tidy and playing with the bab, I hung this mobile up for Olive, just LOVE the little faces, happy Monday.

HAPPY NY!!

2012-01-04T06:14:00.000-08:00

HI-DE-HI EVERYONE and a very happy 2012 :)

new years resolutions: its all about DIGGING DEEP AND WORKing HARD, onwards and upwards and of course a hippy sprinkling of rainbows and pink fluffy clouds :)

( and shhh not a mention of the recession ta ;)

Merry Christmas!

2011-12-23T04:52:00.000-08:00

well this is me signing off for 2011, I wish everyone a very Merry Christmas and JOYFUL 2012, thank you for all your support and comments throughout the year, you guys ROCK!!! XXX

the BEST party!!

2011-12-23T04:46:00.000-08:00

we had the best day yesterday and I really think olive GOT the fact that it was her birthday, after having 'Happy Birthday' sung at her all the time, she loved her princess cake and got spoilt rotten, it was FAB :)

Olive is 1.

2011-12-22T03:45:00.000-08:00

Happy Birthday to the little one!! its been a rollercoaster year but what a mighty fine one at that :)

Olives got some mates popping over this afternoon ( ALL boys!) and then cake and present opening with tha family later, too good x

smile for the birdy.

2011-12-19T04:15:00.000-08:00

I have been really enjoying illustrating birds this year and intend to continue doing so , this is one I was playing with last week for t-shirts x

Stig.

2011-12-15T09:12:00.000-08:00

hallo!! been drawing my stig, stig is a rescue cat, bit jumpy to say the least, never sat on my lap and doesn't let me pick him up apart from the once in the cattery when we were reunited after 2 weeks and I picked him up for a cuddle and he lept from my arms whilst shredding the palm of my hand at the same time aah happy dayZZZZzzzzzzzz :)

lush.

2011-12-13T04:20:00.000-08:00

hallo last week at the Lush xmas party in the very delicious fresh and tasty Bills of Brighton we did secret santa and I was over the moon with these lovely handmade matryoshka dolls from Sarah, apparently her boyf was responsible for the faces. Cant wait to hang these on the tree for a small amount of time before Olive yanks them off and eats them!!!

give a whale a home...

2011-12-11T05:53:00.001-08:00

last night I took my other half to see Turin Brakes in a church as a surprise, he loves um, it was fab, an acoustic celebration that echoed around this HUGE church, with beer...can you sell beer in a church...?!? apparently so!!

today my dad has flown back to Majorca and I have uploaded my remaining whales and head scarves to etsy. To peek click here

Steven Lenton.

2011-12-09T15:00:00.001-08:00

this design caught my eye today in the window of Malarky on Bond Street, went in and there were lots more, by Steven Lenton and published by Lagom , Cosy is the range. I bought the gingerbread man for Olive. Check them out here.

To read a cool interview with Steven Lenton too click here.

Cute stuff.

2011-12-08T03:08:00.001-08:00

this week I have been mainly mom, grandma moved house so they have had plenty of sorting out to do their end and I have been getting some quality time with my little lady, didnt ACTUALLY think it would be possible to get any tireder( is that even a word?!?) but it appears you can, am frazzled but Olive is now saying mummy, byeee, night night and standing on her own but not quite ready to take those first few steps but sure wont be long!!!! look at that little mush :)

its POP time :)

2011-12-05T12:36:00.001-08:00

hi there chaps so did a bit of Karaoke saturday night oh yeah delighted to see this on the choice list, my current fave poptastic joy bringer, if you dont dance there really is something wrong with you :)

2011-12-05T03:29:00.001-08:00

had a lovely time on saturday at Cornerstone, met some lovely people and Olive was the star of the show again!! one man snapped up one of blue whales too which was nice, thank you to him :)

how many times can you say OOH???

2011-12-02T03:27:00.001-08:00

its FRIDAY!! and here is one of the images I have had in my 'cool things' folder for ages, wish I could do this to my coffee ( not sure that it is coffee?!!) in the mornings.

Next sale tomorrow at the Cornerstone community centre XMAS fair, meaning another hectic day, and then NOTHING planned for sunday, aah pyjamas and eastenders omnibus...

strawberry chocolate.

2011-11-29T06:55:00.001-08:00

Here are my latest 2 new fabric designs and how we have used them so far, scarf in my autumn zipsticks and we have made childrens waistcoats lined with delicious cord and modelled here by Olive in my new strawberry chocolate design :) all available to buy over at my Spoonflower shop x

hmmmm....

2011-11-28T04:58:00.001-08:00

...could have had a better day yesterday thats for sure, but did get some good feedback about my designs along with this super cute photo of a little girl hugging my blue whale, good enough for me :)

fingers crossed for the next fair this Saturday... X

new scarves.

2011-11-26T09:25:00.001-08:00

I have also made some scarves for the stall tomorrow, fingers crossed for a good day :)

my whale pod.

2011-11-24T11:57:00.001-08:00

I am pleased to introduce you to my whales, inspired by my LOVE of the great and wonderful creatures themselves, I would happily hug all 3 to sleep every night.

They are going to get their first outing this weekend at the LOVE IT fair at Hanover Community centre, Brighton and they feature 2 of my new fabrics, cool spots and ice zipsticks soon to be available over at my spoonflower shop...

life drawing 1.

2011-11-23T11:48:00.001-08:00

hallo ooh have I been busy squirelling away in preparation of a couple of Christmas craft fairs!

exciting as have LOTS of new bits to show you and get some feedback V V SOON!!

I went to MADE at the corn exchange last weekend ( met sarah Young, she was very cool)AND checked out the Rob Ryan exhibition at Castor & Pollox on the seafront on a fresh and sunny Nov day.

AND last night went to life drawing courtesy of BIG.

It was cool, was like being back at college and I used an easel and everything...I had to be chittyed along into drawing faces but when I did I thought they came out ok :)

see you V soon with pics of new work x

Liberty Rocks.

2011-11-15T09:08:00.001-08:00

OOH I have just been perusing these great prints over at Liberty.

Liberty Rocks combines the creative talents of their design team with those of renowned musicians and artists who are passionate about prints. The result is a truly original range in seven design groups.

These are my 3 favourites, click here to see more. All images copyright Liberty 2011.

Kitty in the city.

2011-11-14T03:11:00.001-08:00

Morning!! I have been wanting to do something for a local charity for ages so when I got chatting to one of the lovely cat ladies from Kitty in the City I offered my services.

Also appropriate as my stig is a rescue cat, here is the poster I have done for their local Christmas Fair.MEOW.

ps. my cold only lasted one day, weird but good!?!??

a good week.

2011-11-11T03:49:00.001-08:00

well there have been lows, cleaning up cat sick off both of my sofas first thing wednesday morning and what seems to be the beginning of a stinky cold ( I have sneezed at least 50 times already today and its only 12 oclock ;(, and then there have been the highs, yesterdays print pattern post and seeing another of my xmas designs on the shelf in Paperchase, http://www.paperchase.co.uk/invt/00487836/

happy weekends lovely people X

PRINT PATTERN JOY!!

2011-11-10T06:19:00.000-08:00

ooh what a bloomin LOVELY start to my day when I saw my work smiling at me from the Print Pattern blog. Made my day it has,

big thanks to bowiestyle :)

retro sainsburys packaging.

2011-11-08T03:38:00.000-08:00

just a few examples of my faves of the funky packaging currently over at the guardian website to see more click here.

nice to see you...

2011-11-07T07:44:00.000-08:00

on our travels last week it was nice to come across this little beauty, was pleased to see the colours had come out lovely and fresh...

north and back.

2011-11-04T10:31:00.000-07:00

we had a lovely time up north and I had no need for the ridiculous amount of thermals I had crammed into the car, it was really warm and lovely. here are some 'on the road' shots and the last 2 were in Whitby which was holding a halloween dracula event so there were lots of goths wandering around eating fish and chips!!

family road trip.

2011-10-26T05:15:00.000-07:00

so as of this afternoon I am gonna take a bit of a break from work and we are off on our first family road trip. First stop kettering, then all the way up to middlesborough and then back down to the midlands for a few days should be fun, providing the traffic is good, olive can handle being in the car for hours on end and I pack enough warm snuggly clothes for that bracing northern wind!!
see you all on the other side :)

3 minutes of happiness

2011-10-26T04:59:00.000-07:00

this video its just gorgeous and reminds me of summers past, and good times with friends

I am lucky to have seen mike from passenger perform a few times now and his voice is beautiful and if you watch this video I am pretty sure it wont be the last time :)

2011-10-21T03:04:00.000-07:00

2 of my Christmas designs spotted in Oxfam :)

life changer...

2011-10-20T04:22:00.000-07:00

It was my birthday yesterday and when I opened the HUGE box I had been presented I cried a bit and then was speechless for quite a while to say the least!!

when I went freelance 3 years ago now I had to put things like this on the wish list and it has been part of the dream ever since, so at the risk of sounding really cheesy yesterday one of my dreams came true. I have grown fond of my laptop although lugging it to and from the studio has been a pain and oh my a whole new world of brilliance is to be mine as I return Back to Mac :)))))))

same design new colours.

2011-10-18T05:47:00.000-07:00

got some time at the studio today and keep getting drawn to these designs. I have simplified this design and played with the colours, mmm red tulips...

tulips in repeat.

2011-10-13T09:51:00.000-07:00

hallo, in this chain of thought at the moment and have just been playing around with this repeat using my tulip.

am going to pop to the Hope and Harlequin wedding shop launch tonight, am hoping I will find inspiration for me dress...and maybe a small glass of vino? yes thats it computer off!!bye for now :)

today i bring you a tulip.

2011-10-11T10:43:00.000-07:00

I have been in the studio all day today and this eve have been playing around with an addition to my previous flower, I wanted to do a tulip :)

and finally for the night.

2011-10-06T16:22:00.001-07:00

I did this for textiles...like?

late night squirrelling...

2011-10-06T16:20:00.000-07:00

a sleepy hallo- i have had a go at rosalind over at thoughtsketchings suggestions a go...whatdya think...I like um x

and another...

2011-10-05T07:46:00.000-07:00

here is another one of my completed mothers day designs, well I say completed would love to hear your thoughts and feedback...do you think the vase is too much...colour combo?? etc etc...

what have I been doing...???

2011-10-03T11:55:00.000-07:00

its been ages since I have posted any of my work so here is a piece for you to see, work in progress x

southern sun.

2011-09-30T03:42:00.000-07:00

we went to west wittering beach on thursday for the first time and oh my it was the perfect day, so beautiful it reminded me of some of the australian beaches I was lucky enough to visit in my twenties, aah unexpected hazy days not bad at all... have glorious weekends wherever you are :)

middle farm

2011-09-26T02:51:00.000-07:00

we went to Middle Farm yesterday with the lovely Hanne and Milton it was ACE! they have all the farm animals you need...

olive loved the journey on the train...

...I was in love with this very handsome rabbit...

and they had the most amazing varieties of chickens and not forgetting a huge selection of cider which you are free to sample mmm :)

a big ol sheep!

organisation is the key...

2011-09-21T12:10:00.000-07:00

back on track... I have booked to see 3 potential wedding party venues, hurrah I have officially begun to plan wedding!!

loved this swedish applique blanket which belongs to olives friend jasper, I like the colours and the familiar shape of the bonnet...will they ever make a come back??!!

I am feeling such strong urges to go to sweden for inspirational visit at the mo, how nice would that be...anyone been??

an honest entry...

2011-09-19T11:42:00.000-07:00

hallo so I feel like telling it how it is with me right now...I am a bit of a worrier and sometimes that isn't EXACTLY the best recipe for a freelancer...with not much valuable time...and a 9 month (can you believe Olive is nearly 9 months old...?!!!) and a part time job I kinda wish I could give up and a million gazillion ideas bouncing around my head about what to do next AND we are going to get married next year... I am not quite sure how right now AAAARRRRrrrrGGGggggG!!!!..............phew ok I feel a bit better now so yes please enjoy the lovely bright flowers I found at the weekend aah nice and calming...

foxy friday!!

2011-09-16T06:22:00.000-07:00

hee hee look at this funny little fella! it belongs to a friend of mine from her childhood I love him!

what are you up to this weekend? I have a car boot planned then getting together with lots of friends and hopefully a little bit of chillin on the sofa in there somewhere... happy weekends all :)

Lovely day.

2011-09-14T04:15:00.000-07:00

the view from the studio window today, the sun is shining, the busker is busking away and I am beavering away on some christmas designs with the smell of a fizzbanger from lush on my desk...apple deliciousness :)

hmm what to make...?

2011-09-09T10:48:00.000-07:00

this and 2 other designs arrived in the post today, am really pleased with them and so now have to decide what to create, already have a couple of ideas but would love to hear your thoughts...?

nimble fingers.

2011-09-07T01:09:00.000-07:00

crochet is officially for the patient, my mother in law tried to teach me and I just ended up with a blob and haven't returned since and choose to stick with knitting...with my sticks...very complex scarves and squares ;)

having been sent the link to this fine work I can only tip my hat to Brighton based Kate Jenkins.
I am a particular fan of the scampi fry, bravo :)

autumn brown.

2011-09-06T06:14:00.000-07:00

a working day today and wanted to reconnect with my camera.

With the weather being yacky outside I just explored the studio for all things brown, cant stop thinking about it, maybe a chocolate fixation!!

heres what I found and click here if you want to have a look at my autumn brown pinterest board, nice things including lovely warm socks and some gorgeous mittens...drool!!
all photographes copyright IDREWTHIS 2011

change time.

2011-08-30T02:06:00.001-07:00

so here is my new desk space...today is my first day, got my posh coffee and my posh granola, first day treat only as I will be broke if I keep up that habit and off I go!!

sad to say goodbye to my full time chapter with my sweet Olive but happy that she is going to be with Grandma and I can focus on new things...a potential everyday range, some new fabric designs for our autumn/winter collection of tops and then bang on with Christmas :)

Olives teeth.

2011-08-29T07:38:00.000-07:00

poor olive, her teeth have been giving her jip although no sign of one of those lovely sparkly whites yet and she has been in bed with us for the for the last 2 nights crying, we are pooped :(

Acid!!!!!

2011-08-25T11:17:00.000-07:00

Olives new ball...aah the 90's...for anyone who doesnt quite remember the early 90's for acid music and RAVES click here for some background ;)

sweet inspiration.

2011-08-24T11:23:00.000-07:00

had been meaning to pick some of these up for ages from a french patisserie called cocoa and got round to it today, all in aid of inspiration for a new brief of course!!

each one is a different flavour pistachio, rose, blackcurrant,chocolate, strawberry and coffee I think mmmmmmmm..................

Oh man they were amazing!!

Brunswick Festival 2011.

2011-08-22T04:40:00.000-07:00

it was a fab weekend down at Brunswick Square, we did really well and got some amazing feedback on our wares.

it was also great when the lovely Ceri of Inspired by Felix swang by and bought one of our tops for the ever so cute felix, thats us with our chicks above :)

so with all that positivity in mind its on with my next venture...moving into my studio space...

neat.

2011-08-18T11:42:00.000-07:00

happy smiley faces and oui made this tops x

handmade cards.

2011-08-17T03:02:00.000-07:00

here they are, my new handmade cards am really pleased with them.

all coming together so well and really looking forward to the stall :)

designs copyright IDREWTHIS 2011

sweet tweets.

2011-08-15T11:55:00.000-07:00

I have been prepping this eve for a new card range for our stall at the weekend sweet tweets, fiddly bits done hurrah!

Autumn.

2011-08-09T12:09:00.001-07:00

a sneaky peek at some autumn ideas I have been working on before crazy week of prep for the festival, sooo tired, Olive has been crazy during the last few nights and grandma is poorly with the flu but we will get there and am really excited to see my fabrics coming to life!!

Admiration...

2011-08-07T14:30:00.000-07:00

...for the incredibly talented ( and very lovely ) Sarah Arnett click here to see her beautiful work. If I won the lottery I wouldn't mind floating around in one of these outfits all day... would have to have it altered ridiculously mind as I am more of a midget than a gazelle like this model!

Image copyright Sarah Arnett 2011.

Oui made this update.

2011-08-03T11:27:00.001-07:00

with just over 3 weeks til the Brunswick Festival we have been cracking on with tops for our stall, all getting v exciting especially getting to see my fabric come to life!! here is one of our tops modelled by the lovely Elka :)

...?

2011-08-01T11:07:00.001-07:00

hallo so life is good, making the most of my time with olive at the mo she is just soo funny and smiles even through a snotty nose :)

illustrations for new cards coming together and today bought this felt which which I am hoping to create a visually lovely mobile for my Olive...

fabric -check, labels- check...

2011-07-27T07:42:00.000-07:00

My fabric arrived today from Spoonflower ( big grin! ) v exciting and the labels are going on to some of the tops now too, its all coming together and the response has been really good so far!!

working on a new range of cards for the stall too and then all that will leave will be the weather...:)

I spy with my little eye...

2011-07-27T04:18:00.000-07:00

...some sexy topshop prints.

Amy amy amy.

2011-07-25T14:54:00.001-07:00

XXX

what a weird day...

2011-07-18T13:45:00.000-07:00

I went to the lovely Ria and Chris's brilliant wedding on Friday, laughed a lot with some of my best mates and I havent been out since!The weather has been poo and today I started some work for my textile agents while matt took olive out, always weird without her around but good to get creative.

Its been owls all day and listening to Katy Perry's last friday night in the background, nothing like a bit of pop to lift a grey day!! LOVE it and the video x x x

Oui made this!

2011-07-14T09:53:00.000-07:00

I have teamed up with my mother-in-law who is a dab hand with a sewing machine, ( to say the least!) and we are going to do a stall in August!!

We will be selling these tops for small peeps under the name of 'OUI MADE THIS'.

My mother and father-in-law have recently moved over from France to spend time with Olive and that is where the 'OUI' comes from.

We will be using some gorgeous fabrics including one of my own and Olive can be seen here eating grass whilst modelling our first mock up!

Pink and blue.

2011-07-13T11:49:00.000-07:00

I just wanted to pop up a few photos from our gorgeous holiday...lovely lovely...shame the tan is already fading!! x

FIP radio.

2011-07-11T14:30:00.000-07:00

its a thumbs up for music lovers out there if you fancy something abit dif to listen to check out french radio station FIP we are diggin it!!

Autumn prints.

2011-07-11T05:32:00.000-07:00

Had a quick squiz around the childrens clothes in our massive Shoreham M & S at the weekend ooh lovely prints for girlies...who did these I wonder? Nice :)

Vegelicious!

2011-07-09T07:10:00.000-07:00

I spent last night catching up with the lovely Hanne of lifes most colourful minestrone hearing all about her recent adventures including mackerel fishing off Brighton, a week at River Cottage and just generally amazingsoundingwonderfulyummydelicious food!!
a massive lover of fruit and veg and after a big shop/ veggie box delivery I photographed our current selection yum :)

Majorca.

2011-07-08T00:10:00.000-07:00

Had a brilliant time this time in Majorca with Olive, she was pretty cool considering it was really hot!

I got the chance to do a bit of drawing one morning with my Dad ( and some goats were there too) I decided to draw the bay which was a lot harder than I thought and really enjoyed the challenge.

adventures.

2011-06-28T03:19:00.000-07:00

off on another adventure, olives 1ST holiday to Majorca to visit Grandad, think its gonna be a hot one!! gonna miss blogging but am hoping to use any time creatively and create nice things for tha future.

SO I think I have packed the perfect capsule wardrobe for 2 the first time and illiminated all the things we wont actually wear and now just got the airport/flight bit to get through and then I can reeeeelaaaax...

did a little interview for a cool site featuring all sorts of fashion, reviews, and the like called shopaholic this week click here to have a looksie, I sound a bit serious I think but cool to do!!

See u back on the 8th July chaps XXX

White.

2011-06-26T12:37:00.000-07:00

had a great day today, this morning we did a boot sale at the marina. I had to try really hard not to spend all of the taking so was restrained but couldn't resist this fab sixties apron and a couple of other cheeky bargins.

When we got home and while olive slept off the excitment we reminded ourselves of our garden and I couldn't help but notice white, normally a big fan of colour I experienced a new fresh appreciation of the simple.

Time away.

2011-06-24T11:40:00.001-07:00

Hallo, I have been on a road trip this week visiting my Watermark pals and making the most of my time with Olive before getting stuck back into some hardcore work in the Autumn.

It has been great to catch up, goss and chat design, I know this design from Laura Ashley has been around a while but everytime I see it I fall deeper in love, it was nice to wake up and see bees buzzing through the design. Lets hope there is some sun on the cards for this weekend.

Last night.

2011-06-19T06:51:00.000-07:00

Had a fab night on the razz last night for my friends hen doo and ran into the very lovely Scott Mills offa Radio 1 along the way, I was chuffed to bits as I regularly listen to his show which never fails to make me laugh!!

He was indeed really really nice too, good stuff :)

Razzle dazzle.

2011-06-17T11:43:00.000-07:00

I am off out tomorrow night on a friends hen doo, I am a little anxious as getting drunk doesnt seem like the brightest idea plus the rain has been coming down all day but I am going to embrace the theme, The Only way is Essex!! and have been tanning to the max already now just need to glue some more stuff to my body and we should be away!! EEK!! have good weekends all :)

Sweet.

2011-06-15T08:49:00.000-07:00

So if I dream of what I would be if not a designer I would sOOo be a roller chick!!:)
I am partial to a bit of pop too and just love this DJ Fresh track on the Lucozade Ad at the mo.
What would your alter ego/job be??? I'd love to hear...

Sunny day.

2011-06-14T04:57:00.000-07:00

The sunshine has come to visit hurrah!!

busy times at the mo dont acually think I have ever been this tired and have more respect than ever for my fellow mums, this is pretty exhausting stuff!

Olive is nearly 6 months, I am spending lots of time blending crazy concoctions in the kitchen, working on lovely briefs, and have taken a new and exciting desk space which I will be moving to in Autumn!!

Oh yeah and the picture, love the fabric and thinking of making this simple style top for little people to sell on stalls...???

Lovely person-lovely work.

2011-06-09T00:24:00.000-07:00

I had my first full day away from Olive on Monday, courtesy of my Mother-in-law and took the opportunity to go up to London and visit my textiles agent whilst also dropping into the Pulse show at Earls Court, there in the launchpad area was the gorgeous work of dearprudence.

It caught my eye as I had been sent this beautifully illustrated card just after having Olive.

As it happens Laura Vickers of dearprudence is a smashing chick to boot!!

To see more of Lauras work go to www.dearprudence.info

Something old...

2011-06-07T14:03:00.001-07:00

I remember drawing this design when I first went freelance whilst sitting in the sunshine eating strawberries one summer, it was ace :)

While I have been gone I have...

2011-06-06T12:13:00.001-07:00

sketched in my sketchbook

loved this print spotted at Kemp Town carnival

made a coffee and walnut cake soo sweet makes your teeth tingle, not ideal!

made baklava, now this rocked

liked these colours

held a barn owl

and taken home a little mouse...

now on with some serious designing

hallo I'm back!

2011-06-01T04:47:00.001-07:00

I thought I got my computer back today all fresh and raring to go...I dont...it might be anotherweek yet...??!! EEK this is not great as deadlines are going to come and go and my stress levels are going to rise rise rise so I am holding images of dear Manny from Black books in my mind and am focusing on lots of other bits I need to do like find a possible studio so I can separate work from home...arg!!!

Shock horror!!

2011-05-30T02:48:00.000-07:00

Hallo peeps I hope your bank hols are going great. I have been enjoying my time without my comp although now am itching to crack on with some work so fingers crossed for Wednesday that it returns intact!!

Last week we booked a holiday which is TOO exciting and here is our Olive donning her sun hat to make you smile x

First Aid.

2011-05-25T00:56:00.000-07:00

My computer is about to go in for some first aid for a week, hurrah as its been freezing and being temperamental!!
I have decided to spend time sketching some ideas for some Autumn childrenswear for my agent aswell as some new greeting card ideas, if possible I may well have a mini break from blogging too!!
See you on the other side lovely people :)

A lovely mug.

2011-05-23T11:30:00.000-07:00

I have to admit I have spent the last few days having mac envy, big screens are calling to me from everywhere at the moment but alas a mac is still firmly on my wish list :(
I am however rather in love with my new lovely mug!!! JOY!!

Orla Kiely car.

2011-05-22T09:11:00.001-07:00

As part of the Fringe going on down here at the mo, Citroen were showing off some of their fancy new cars in town yesterday, there was an Orla Kiely number, is there anything this chick hasnt got design on at the mo? :)

Poppies.

2011-05-20T10:42:00.000-07:00

I am officially pooped! had the busiest day taking a trip down memory lane and paid a visit to my old work Carte Blanche, it was lovely to see everyone and show off my beautiful Olive who made me proud with her lovely nature.

Along the way these poppies were brightening up a friends garden, wow they were huge and the bumble bees were happily bumbling around inside them!! its the little things. :)

Weddings!

2011-05-18T05:47:00.001-07:00

Its that time again when friends are getting hitched and I was pleased that 2 of my very lovely friends asked me to design a bit of detail for their invitations, can't wait, should be a good one :)

Saw this...

2011-05-16T08:58:00.000-07:00

...in the doctors today, had to take Olive she has a sore patch on her face from dribblin, and I thought ' YES PLEASE!!!'. I seem to spend a ridiculous amount of time thinking about cleaning and its driving me crazy!!

Car boot blues.

2011-05-15T07:37:00.000-07:00

For a couple of minutes last night I thought Jedward were going to come through for me but alas no, and there was me thinking I had developed a new valuable skill of predicting the future!

So to move on and avoid spending all day doing housework I ran out to the marina car boot found this lovely trivet with great illustrations aah the joy of boot sales :)

DOUGHNUTS!!!

2011-05-13T13:03:00.000-07:00

Ha ha boot camp finished last night, can't believe that I did it and what better way to celebrate by stuffing my face with doughtnuts courtesy of my other half.
I am completely frazzled from a week of being mum and designing but all is not lost its Eurovision tomorrow and I have out my money on JEDWARD!! sorry Blue but jedward were simply made for Eurovision :)

My photos.

2011-05-10T10:10:00.000-07:00

I take a lot of photos and collect them all away, today I thought I would post some of some florals from my mantlepiece, along with my babies footsies below they both make me happy .

The neatest feet.

2011-05-10T09:55:00.000-07:00

XXX

Phew!

2011-05-08T14:11:00.000-07:00

So after a morning of fiddling and faffing I now have a refreshed blog, hurrah!!!
Then had time to have a nice bath, sit in the garden for 5 and make a pie :)

Oh man...

2011-05-07T16:18:00.000-07:00

Its 20 past 12!! when I clicked on a new format at 1 o clock this afternoon on my blog I immediatly realised what I had done a bit like when you think its a great idea to paint the living room and then regret doing so about an hour into the actual event...
So my blog is currently work in progress and as I have the squarest of eyes so am going to bed!!
night night.

something to listen to while you work...

2011-05-06T05:48:00.000-07:00

Cath Kidston chooses her Desert Island Discs, interesting listening for while you work. http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b010lyy4/Desert_Island_Discs_Cath_Kidston/

A new dress.

2011-05-05T02:39:00.001-07:00

Being a fashion addict in Brighton can be tough if you know you already by some peoples standards you have plenty of summer dresses bulging out of your wardrobe, however with boot camp nearly complete I felt justified in rewarding myself with a few items including this great dress by emilyandfin.
I have recently rekindled a relationship with my sketchbook hence the doodle of my dress and I love the print, lots of tiny horsemen galloping around!!
To see more go to www.emilyandfin.co.uk