killer wedges!

Roll on Summer so we can all wear a crazy pair of wedges! My current fave is the red snakeskin pair although I already kinda know that I'll spend most of the summer in Birkenstocks - not quite so snazzy but oh so much more comfy!

gorgeous packaging

Beautiful packaging always catches my eye – check out these fantastic watercolour illustrations by Stina Persson on packaging for Face Boutique and the best seed packaging I've ever seen from The Balcony Gardener.

paint names

After many patch samples painted on the walls, I've finally decided on Chalky Downs No.4 rather than Labrador Sands No.4. It must be a great job to come up with paint names!

work space envy

Got a little bit of love going on for these work spaces as I dream of my finished office which is still looking a little like a building site....boo. The top pic is from the lovely Fryd + Design but I can't remember where the bottom one is from. If it's yours, could you please let me know so I can put a link.

easter posters

I've finished not one but two posters for the school's Easter Egg Hunt as I can't decide and we have a split decision in the household too. So I'm going to show both and let the great powers of the PTA decide instead. Although I do have a fave so will be a bit disapointed if they don't choose the one I like best! Hmm, perhaps I won't show both after all. What do you think?

more country garden range

Two more designs from the English Country Garden range.

in an english country garden...

Sneak peek of some designs from my new range called 'English Country Garden'.

cake

 

I just couldn't resist posting this pic of the cake I made for the smallest member of the family's birthday as I felt rather proud of myself! I can't do Mario so he got chocolate with frosted physalis.

Always feel a bit strange whenever I say physalis. Phew, thank goodness it doesn't crop in everyday conversation too much...

spring!

Come on spring! You know you want to. My jumpers can't take much more of this and both pairs of boots have broken zips.

mostly wearing

I haven't done one of these for months and I thought they would be a fairly regular thing! There are various others in older posts if you fancy a rummage.

On Yer Bike!

 

Well, another Folksy Friday - that's two in a row! This week I am championing two wheels. It's good for you, good for your pocket and good for the planet. What's not to like?

I'm looking forward to some better weather so we can start riding to school again. Not that the weather has put my husband off cycling - he even rode to work in the snow! (Although some might say that was a little mad).

My Folksy picks have been brought to you by these clever people:

Top L-R Hannamade, Nell, A Little Rummage,

Bottom L-R Teasmade, Leanne Woods Designs, Love Little

valentine idea

OK, so it may not be your typical valentine card but I think it's great for a boy - not too slushy. (Hope my valentine isn't looking at my blog!) In any case I had a lot of magpie illustrations to do something with!

folksy friday – year of the rabbit

My very first go at a Folksy Friday. I'm always browsing beautiful things from the many talented Folksy folk and 'favouriting' items as I go so thought it was about time I posted my very own Folksy Friday.

As I noted recently that it is the Chinese New Year of the Rabbit I thought I'd type in 'rabbit' to see what came up - and I wasn't disappointed. In fact, I was a bit spoilt for choice but above are some of my favourite picks.

And when I googled Year of the Rabbit I found out that "people born in the Year of the Rabbit are articulate, talented, and ambitious", "they have excellent taste and are clever at business" and "they have the uncanny gift of choosing the right thing". Well, I wasn't born in the Year of the Rabbit but I think I have excellent taste and have definitely chosen the right things - these bunnies are gorgeous!

Top L-R Hoppie, Bunnies, A Deegan, Crafty Lady

Bottom L-R EllyMental, POUCH, The Linen Cat

website finally up!

Well, my website is finally up so all cards and prints can be seen in one place. Having a bit of trouble with the font in different browsers at the moment which hopefully will get sorted in the not too distant future. But hey, it's there so onwards and upwards. You can see it here. Let me know if the text (other than the links) is displaying in a serif font or in a typewriter style font like the logo - it should be like the logo...

gorgeous packaging

Who said beautiful packaging doesn't sell a product?

Oh, and a custard cream?

Don't mind if I do.
Couldn't resist any of these. And tins are very useful.

But does anyone really like custard creams? Nice ploy.

blog change of name

You may or may not notice (depending on how regularly you look at my ramblings!) that there have been a few changes both to the banner and name of my blog. The reason being that I sell my cards under the name of Little Paper Gallery so thought I'd tie it all in together.

Being a fickle creative type, the banner may change frequently or not at all. Keep 'em peeled.

I'm also making last minute tweaks to my website which should be up and running soon (about time).

love is in the air

I think this pair are whispering 'tweet' nothings to each other.

candy love

A 'sweet' little card to send to your valentine - available in my Folksy shop.

happy anniversary

There have been lots of blackbirds in my garden recently so I've been drawing a few lately.

This illustration is for my husband – Happy Anniversary!

And here it is as a card.. At first he didn't understand the wording 'no birdie else'. As in 'no body'. Get it? I thought it was quite clever.

Just me then!

woo hoo

I feel like me again!

The Christmas holidays were great. We had much fun and relaxation but this last week was just a week too far. Despite going ice skating this week (thumbs up all round) my gorgeous boys and I have seen a little too much of each other recently. They were glad to go back to school today and I was glad to reclaim the house and get down to some blog catchin' up and drawing.

Made this card for my sis-in-law..