A Very Special Gift for You!

There is a very special listing in my Etsy shop today! I have 10 lovely gift packs available which include the following goodies:

* One 'surprise' original illustrated ACEO card, 2.5" x 3.5"
* One 'surprise' glossy postcard
* Two 'surprise' bookplates
* Four 'surprise' art stickers

Not only is this a special treat because it features an original ACEO by me but also the gift pack is at a very special price.

I only have 10 of these gift packs, so come on over and get yours: https://www.etsy.com/listing/107314206/original-aceo-special-gift-pack-only-10

Blessings

xxx

A lot of cake!

It’s been a weekend of celebrations…firstly it was Hubby’s Birthday on Saturday, we had a BBQ party and enjoyed the England game and then it was the Queen’s Jubilee celebrations running right through till yesterday evening.

There’s been a lot of yummy cake, desserts and naughty things to eat which I have totally enjoyed lol

To continue the theme of cake, I’ve added this cute little illustration as an ACEO print in the shop.

Did you watch the Jubilee celebrations? What was your favourite?

I really enjoyed the service and the concert.

Blessings



xxx

Mini Shop Update

I’ve been busy updating the shop today with new goodies for you, including these lovely glossy postcards!



My friend Faith had a brill idea of offering to mail them directly to your loved one so you only pay shipping once. I thought it was genius so I’ve added listings for ‘Mail it for me!’.



I’ve also updated a few other photos and I’m excited to introduce to you two of my latest original drawings from my new mini series ‘Colourful Wellies’ -





Great for you gardeners and dog walkers who love to be out in the rain in style

Have a blessed weekend



xxx

New release…

 

Latest creations now available over at my Etsy shop: http://www.vintageniki.etsy.com

Enjoy!

Blessings

xxx

Retro Series

‘A nice cuppa!’

I love green tea, it’s my most fav hot drink and I drink a lot of it. I also love retro/vintage kitchens and so continuing on my series I present my latest drawing ‘A nice cuppa’.

This was really fun to do and looks so much better in ‘real life’ than I could capture with the camera. It’ll look fab in your kitchen. You can find it available in my Etsy shop.

I’ve also been busy updating my gallery website, I’ve added all this years new work and late last years. I still need to do more updating but you can see what’s available now.

I am currently open for commissions so if you’d like a drawing or painting or even an ACEO card please check out my commissions page for details and or email me.

 

xxx

Squeak Hearts

Cheesy I know, but aren’t they cute!! ‘Squeak Hearts’

This one has a little story behind it, see listing for more details

I’m really enjoying working on these ACEO’s, it’s great whilst I wait for my studio to be finished.

People are trying to guess the colour that I’m painting my studio, lol do you have a guess?

Blessings

xxx

New Friends!

As promised a whole new set of ‘friends’! I am so excited about these new animals, looking forward to seeing what antics they get up to next

All four available in my shop, only one of each!

xxx

New Goodies

I’ve been playing around with some new ideas and came up with this pretty notepad. There is only one and it’s an original illustration in pencil with shimmery pink flowers with glitter in the centres.

I have some other notepad type items in the works too so what the shop for those coming soon.

Also, got some new characters being developed so lot’s of exciting new things coming up.

Thanks as always for being so supportive of my art.

Blessings

xxx

Buy notepad here.

Happy New year!

Hope you all had a wonderful Christmas and a great New Year’s Eve? We spent Christmas with family and New Year’s snuggled up watching movies, so all in all a great time.

I’ve been thinking how I want to take my art this year and am still working on some new ideas, in the meantime I have three new cards sets available for you. These are one off sets so only one of each set available.

These are all available in the shop right now: http://www.etsy.com/shop/VintageNiki?section_id=10338862

Here’s to a great New Year for all!

Blessings

xxx

Thinking of Spring

Yes I did just really say that lol! I love Spring it’s my favourite time of year. I look forward to all the new growth especially as I love to grow my own plants from seed. The coming year will bring experiments in growing vegetables for the first time which will be exciting.

I also love the colours in Spring, the blue skies and the sound of the birds. So these drawings are inspired by those things…

The first is a new card in my kraft card original illustrations range and the second is a new 10 x 8” drawing. It’s my favourite yet!

Hope you are doing well and not too stressed from the preparations for Christmas. This week has been an emotional one so I took some time off to relax a bit. We’ve come out the other side though and I hope you will enjoy these new offerings now in the shop.

It’s not too late to order in time for Christmas if you live in the UK. I’m still taking orders through Christmas and the New Year and open for commissions at this time too.

Merry Christmas

xxx

Christmas Open Studio

I’ve been a little quiet over here the past few weeks because I’ve been preparing for my Christmas Open Studio, which happened on Saturday.

It was a huge success and I met lot’s of new people, thank you to all those who came along. This year I made double the amount of goodies to last Christmas and it was exciting to see what people wanted this year.

As you can see from the photos there are lot’s of new things I haven’t yet added to the shop. I’ll be updating that this week and next so keep your eyes out

Hubby made me some lovely mini easels to display my new pencil illustrations on and they worked perfectly. My latest drawing with the pink flowers on above is my favourite so far, it came out way better than I expected. I can’t wait to experiment more with little touches of colour.

Hope you had a lovely weekend, we have our Christmas tree and lights up now, so exciting.

Blessings to all,

xxx

Winter Fun

‘Winter Fun’

This is my favourite of my illustrations so far, I just love drawing snowmen and of course their animal friends

The buff colour of the paper makes the drawing really stand out and will look beautiful framed.

Now in my Etsy store.

Blessings

xxx

The Village

‘The Village’

I am so excited about my new pencil illustrations, they seem to have a charm unlike my other work. I’m using a lovely warm off white paper which give the drawings a lovely soft look.

You can find ‘The Village’ and other pencil illustrations available in my Etsy store.

Enjoy!

xxx

Woodland Winter

Woodland Winter is the first in a new series of illustrations measuring 10 x 8” featuring my cute characters and the whimsical landscapes they live in.

 ‘Woodland Winter’ is available in my Etsy shop.

Enjoy!

xxx

Homeward Bound

There is nothing like the feeling of coming home. Even when you’ve been on holiday getting into your own bed is so lovely!

I kind of feel like that right now as I delve deeper into drawing, I feel like I’ve come home and am where I am meant to be. The more I draw the happier I am.

I hope you will enjoy this new illustration ‘Homeward Bound’, created on buff cartridge paper using dark brown ink and matted.

Find it here in my shop.

Blessings

xxx