Story book tales

pinboard post

l We have been making the most of the few spring flowers this easter holiday. me and merrryn had a lovely day hedgerow rummaging and feather finding while fin was skateboarding with his dad. She got a flower press for a gift and i thought some kids portrait work would be interesting. After sketching the kids on some plastic sheeting we sandwiched the best dried flowers between two sheets of glass and let the sun light shine through to finish the picture. ......mmmmmm what else have i been doing........ I found some great mirrors and a few more coffee pots at the charity shop. I love charity shops, such randomness put next to each other on the shelves, and the strangest clothes and book choices, merryn also found a nest which is next to owls on my shelf now. I also thought I would start taking pictures of my two inspiration spots in my house. one is a proper pin board in the work space and the second point of musing is in my kitchen. I have this funny spot next to my tea cupboard were i randomly stuff postcards.I love having a nose at other peoples houses so thought this might be interesting. Or not .... even if the images don't do much for you, you have to be impressed at how much stuff I can cram in this little nook. And due to the wonder of my cooking and lack of dusting, the build up of grease and grime there makes a brilliant glue....... Such a random post this week. Its making me laugh reading it back. Well there we have it my random easter holiday and pinboard post......... I will try to not be so all over the place next time. Hope you all have a good back to normal week and rest from the holiday madness. Im going to eat my last egg now with a tea. Cadbury cream egg one, Saving the best till last.....x

Magazine work

When I last posted in December I did not think it would be March that I posted again, so sorry about that. I haven't been on one long hangover recovering from Christmas, but preoccupied with some private work I was given in Jan. I have been working on some art work for a magazine and I also had to do an illustrated map of Crown Hill in Plymouth and a couple of workshops with some forces families kids in a local school. All this is very exciting but unfortunatly It meant I forgot about blogging. I have put a couple of the kids illustrations up and a snap shot of the artwork for the map and magazine i did . The forces families chlidren were so great and such a nice bunch of kids, Makes you realise how hard some families have it. I hope there Dads and Mums come home safe and get to see the fab work there children have done. My focus is now back though after the projects end, so I am now ready to get back to my random designs and kids wear collection for 2013. As usual I have bags of ideas.......in my head.......... not yet on paper. lucky my brain is pretty empty and lots of room for these ideas to rattle about and grow (I should have been blond, i most deffinatly have bimbo genes that raise there ugly head every now and then, but such is life...... ) any how my belly is calling out for food so i better get the tea on. bye for now x

Winter bug, Film fest, stitching overdose

I have been messing around with my photos for etsy this week. I was trying to find a more interesting way of displaying my stock. These two are quite simple but effective I think. I need to update my IT knowledge so this is a good way to start. I have run into IT issues with my book and with Photoshop now so next year I pledge to become a computer wizz and wow my husband (who is very IT geek) with my new knowledge (well that's the plan). I also made this doll for a friends little girl. I altered a pattern from a favourite book Wee Wonderfuls by Hillary Lang. I added a chicken and an apron to the design and made the doll a tad larger and gave her a slightly bigger heart head.

I forgot to post this little giraffe last time too. she is very sweet, but to my daughters dispare, she sold at my Christmas stall. I had said that if she didn't sell Merryn could have her. I will have to make another one now ,I know it. Merryn will not stop reminding me about the giraffe (Pester power is my greatest weakness with the kids) I'm too soft but they know just how to turn on the sad/cute faces at the right times.

Finally I have been going cuckoo this past few weeks. The winter bugs have hit our house hold, and with my back playing up, me and the kids have been stuck round the house. Poor fin was worst hit with a bad cold and was sofa bound for the last few days. He missed his school disco and Merryn looks like she may miss her Christmas party too. What with my back being how it is, I have had to resort to some cross stitch on the sofa and a Christmas/Disney film fest. Several days of sewing has produced a few Christmas bits and the fabric reefs I made for the Craft tent have found root in the house. Hopefully if my brain hasn't melted away by next year with sick kid and Film overdose I will try to post one last time before New year. If not have a merry one and enjoy the Friends and family around you (and the booze, chocs and cheese).

Happy Christmas and New Year x x x

Saltash craft fair photos

Few...... what a relief that is over. I have suffered many long and late nights on this venture. Me and the Frost team pulled it off though and with a few hick ups the whole event went really well. The Craft tent ( Were I came in ) was also a great success with a few lessons learnt along the way and the realisation that it is actually very very very cold and muddy and to spend a whole day 9-7 out in a tent is not a great joy unless you have wellys and a flask of hot tea ( off which I had neither ) First lesson learnt........ If you want to see more photos follow this link to the Cornwall photo gallery www.cornwallphotogallery.co.uk were Wayne and Jo Warburton did an amazing job of capturing the whole event in glorious and beautiful photography..... they are very talented and very friendly people and cant thank them enough for there pics.

Winter Sun

OMG how can one tiny badge have made sooooooooooooo much mess. Thank goodness I work from home. I would be the worst person to have a desk next too in an office. Well as you can see I am sometimes not so productive at making stock but more so at creating chaos. ...........Nevermind......... On the plus side I have just had the best weekend hopefully the feeling is shared among the rest of you. I spent both days down on the beach at Watergate bay down in the depths of Cornwall. What a great patch of winter sun we had. I put the pop up tent up, took some stew, some surf boards two kids and a guitar. One of the best combinations (other than chocolate and coffee that is)