A Cracking Easter

I had a go at making my own Easter eggs this year with varying degrees of success! It's good as everyone gets their favourite chocolate, I did a turkish delight egg for my mum, Cadburys mini eggs (with varying fillings), a totally solid crispy cake egg and a galaxy egg with popcorn (for my very sweet toothed brother!). It was very melty and messy but I think I'd do it again (if only so I get to eat all the remaining chocolate. Again).

From Paris with love x

It was mum and dad's 30th wedding anniversary this month and they went to Paris to celebrate. We sent them on a romantic river cruise down the Seine and I made them the above little book with all the information and details in.

To sketch or not to sketch, that is the question.

I thought it was time for a bit of sketchbook blogging and looking through my book found there weren't actually that may sketches! It's strange how each sketchbook seems to vary in content, obviously this will happen due to the nature of projects and ideas, but I thought it was interesting in terms of style and content and how I express and jot down ideas could be so different from book to book. This one (started in October) mainly consists of text but I've found some sketches to post, mainly scribbled pencil crayoned ones as seems to be the style of this book!

Wish I was here...

These past couple of days of sun have got me craving warmer climes. This illustration is from a book I'm working on. Set somewhere lovely and warm, with summer breezes drifting off the ocean and the smell of exotic flowers in the air. Much more coming soon!

Wedding Invitation Illustrations

A few of the illustrations from some wedding invites we did recently, a lovely project to work on!

This is an illustration I did for Amelia's magazine for the London Fashion A/W 2011 Menswear Round-Up. It's for the Matthew Miller collection.

Liebster Blog Award

I received this rather nice award from the lovely Suzanne at SkyBlueSea for my blog. I was extremely chuffed and am now to pass it on to 5 blogs I find inspiring. The idea behind the award is to spread a little loving into quiet corners of the blogging world and hopefully introduce readers to new and amazing blogs.

My mission, which I have accepted is:
1) Create a post on my blog and add the Liebster blog image.
2) Link back to the person who gave me the award and say if I accept.
3) Choose 3-5 of my favourite blogs, link to these in my post and tell these lucky bloggers that they've been tagged.


So in no particular order...

1. Tabitha Emma
An amazingly beautiful blog full of inspiring photography and illustration. I always head here if I need a bit of a creative pick me up or to find new artists. Love it!

2. The Spotted Fox
Worth a look for the navigation buttons alone! A creative melting pot highlighting all things crafty, thought-provoking and aesthetically pleasing. Run by Sara and Kelly, quite simply this blog makes me smile and sigh when I look at it. Go look!

3. Scribbleblock
A multi-talented lady with a blog full of her AWESOME drawings, oh and she's my best bud and business partner too. I'm not biased though, she is seriously talented. Check her out!

4. Tiny Red
A beautiful blog of illustration by awesome illustrator Thereza Rowe and other things she finds inspiring. I love the colours Thereza uses in her work and it follows through in to the blog. Gorgeous!

5. Georgia Coote
A lovely lady posting a pattern a day. Georgia's work is always original and encourages discussion on her blog, you get a real sense of community from visiting and commenting. A real wealth of work, very inspiring!

I could of picked loads more but those are the blogs I'm always looking at, feel free to check them out and pick a few of your own!