Studio Make Over Continued…

It’s not a pretty site atm The ceiling has been stripped of wallpaper (yuck!) and the walls have been white washed now, gonna need another coat!

Next week, we will be painting the walls it’s new colour! Some enquiring minds would like to know what colour it will be but my lips are sealed lol  You’ll just have to wait for the big reveal And I’ll give you a clue…

it’s not going to be pink !

Yes this is new territory folks, no more pink walls. It was a tough decision but I am very excited for this new era!

While all this DIY is going on I have relocated to our dining room table which is ok. Can’t wait to be back in my studio though.

I’m tinkering away at more new ideas for the shop and challenging myself with some more realistic drawing…

It was so much fun to lose myself in this Saturday afternoon whilst watching The Masters Snooker semi final.

Ok that’s all folk, I’ll be back soon with more new goodies.

Blessings

xxx

Studio Make Over!

This is what my studio looked like before I decided I needed a change!

and now it looks like….

Not too pretty atm lol!

I’ve started de-cluttering although you totally cannot tell by these photos but believe me I have sorted and given away lot’s of craft supplies I just don’t use anymore which was good.

I’ve boxed up all my paintings and other bits n bobs I’m keeping. Now it’s phase two of de-clutter…

I need to find two smaller tables at the charity shop to make over and Hubby is making me a little drawer unit from an old teak sideboard.

I’ve been happily pinning away, finding ideas for what I like and you can follow me here.

Still struggling on the colour, I can see it in my mind but do you think I can match it to any Dulux or Crown paint hmm no! It wouldn’t be so hard if the colour charts were the actual colour of the paint but they aren’t and when you look online they aren’t the same either. How are you supposed to choose!!!

Anyway, this room doesn’t need much work thankfully as it was the first room we did when we moved in 4 years ago (of course ).

So this weekend we will be working on the ceiling and woodwork, then in a couple of weeks time I will be getting the paint for the walls. Hopefully by then I will have decided!

I’ll post update pics next week

In the meantime I have finished my first cardigan woohoo! So excited..

Still working on two others, it’s been so much fun I can’t wait to wear the other two when they are done.

I’m also still working on some new characters to show you soon, so watch this space.

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.

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

Ripple Blanket

Remember I started a ripple blanket for our bedroom? I started it about three times I think lol but I finally got the colours right for what I wanted and here it is!

I’m pretty slow at crochet and knitting projects because I like to dip in and out rather than work on it everyday. So I think this project is going to take a very long time. Still I love it and because it’s striping it’s really enjoyable challenging myself to get to the next colour.

I’m just finishing up the raspberry row and then will go onto the last colour, the baby pink. So pretty! Then it’s back to the baby blue. It’s going to be gorgeous when complete.

We are almost done decorating the bedroom now, just some finishing touches to do then I’ll take more pics to show you.

What are you crocheting or knitting right now?

xxx

Love is in the Air

I am having great fun experimenting on different surfaces and lately I’ve been painting on hardboard. It’s great, and I can see me using it quite often from now on.

I’ve decided to get back on ebay regularly and so have some paintings listed including the above ‘Love is in the Air’. I’m hoping to add new paintings every week from now on and I’ll be continuing to update my other stores. To keep up to date with all my new offerings come and join my fan page at Facebook, that way you won’t miss a thing :)

Have a wonderful weekend!

xxx

Hope

What do you ‘Hope’ for?

I’ve always loved the 1950’s fashions and beauty, there is just something about the simple, beautiful dresses and the big hair.

This painting was so much fun to do, I love how her eyes came out and how the skin looks. She looks like she is dreaming of something, her eyes focused on something in the distance.

I wonder what she is ‘Hoping’ for?

xxx

The Whisper of Autumn

As the season changes I am also entering a new season of life where new and exciting things are taking place. New art opportunities, new challenges and new friendships. I think this year has been my best yet!

‘The Whisper of Autumn’ is something new for me, it came to me as a vision from God and I love the atmosphere of the painting. I was so keen to get the right ‘feel’ as I had envisioned it and thankfully I did!

I really love this new painting and am hoping more paintings will stem from this as well as my ongoing characters and whimsical things.

‘The Whisper of Autumn’ is now available at my Etsy shop.

Hope you had a great weekend! We were celebrating Hubby’s Nan’s 90th Birthday! :D

xxx