I could't let the end of the year go by without popping on here and wishing you all a very Happy New Year!  I hope you had a wonderful Christmas and I wish each and every one of you love, health, happiness and success for 2015.  I can't wait to properly get back at my desk (does that make me sad?!) and start putting into action all the exciting … [Read more...]

It's Christmas Eve you lovely people! How are you all doing? I finally feel like I've finished for the holiday now. Work all done, presents wrapped and not much more to do now than share my #adventchallenge2014 post for yesterday and today! I've loved taking part in the challenge and how it's pushed me to create a new design a day but what I've … [Read more...]

Happy Monday!  I can't believe it's only 3 days to go and I've still been getting orders in my shop and have a little design work still to do!  However,  I am managing to sneak out for a 'works Christmas cuppa' later this morning with my lovely friend who also works for herself.  I'm exhausted and sooo ready to finish for Christmas now.  How are … [Read more...]

Naughty me missed a day and now I'm behind!  I've had a really busy week in my shop which is great but trying to work and pack orders with a bandaged finger has really slowed me down, so I had to let go yesterday (as hard as it was to do!) and not post my design.  So it's two for the price of one today, with both days 18 and 19 in one post.  I've … [Read more...]

Day 17 and I'm managing to keep up with the Advent Challenge....just!  Today's theme is 'Frozen' and every time I hear this word I think of my little 2 year old niece singing the Frozen song at the top of her voice and running round the room shouting "let it go, let it go"!  She'd be most disappointed I've not drawn anything to do with the film but … [Read more...]

I loved creating today's design for the Christmas #adventchallenge2014, which is Gingerbread House.  I really had fun with it and although it's not exactly 'Ginger' (a Designer's got to stick with her colour palette right?!) I think it looks quite yummy!  It's a good job I was organised with this one yesterday as we had a bit of a drama last … [Read more...]

Monday again and Day 15 already!  I'm starting to struggle to keep up.  I'm busy juggling a big freelance project, Etsy orders and then trying to sneak in some Christmas advent designing......not to mention I still need to write my cards or do any Christmas shopping....just don't tell anyone!  I've done some pretty star Garlands for today's theme - … [Read more...]

I really struggled with today's theme which is Favourite Christmas Colour!  I'm not good at picking my favourite colour at the best of times as I love so many colours and working with them all day makes it really hard to have a favourite....or is that just me?!  So for Day 14 of the Advent Challenge I decided to create a box full of colourful … [Read more...]

Day 11 and two weeks today to the big day people!  Don't panic though as I've not even written my cards, bought any pressies or put my tree up!  I know! Although we don't  normally put our tree up until the week before Christmas and I'm usually quite last minute with cards and pressies so it's not so unusual.  I don't actually have that many … [Read more...]

Ok, so is anyone getting bored of the Christmas Advent Challenge because we've a long way to go yet! I really hope you're not but please do tell me if you are and I can condense the postings into less blog posts if you prefer.  Hopefully this one will make you smile because today's theme is Christmas Jumper!  I remember my Dad used to have a red … [Read more...]

Brrrrr it's a very cold and frosty one here this morning but beautiful none the less.....well at least I'm sure it will be once the sun comes up!  It's a very early start for me this morning so good job I was prepared and created my little 'Nutcracker' soldier last night for today's theme!  I couldn't stop smiling to myself when I was drawing this … [Read more...]

A week of advent madness gone by already! I'm really hoping I can keep up but today and yesterday have taken some doing!  Today's theme is Winter Wonderland and I cheated a little bit on this one as I resurrected parts of an old design which I always liked but wanted to update.  So here's my take on Winter Wonderland.  What do you think? … [Read more...]

Day 6! I'm a bit late with this one but it is Saturday so hopefully you'll forgive me :-)  Today's theme is Christmas Market.  I dithered and faffed about with this for far too long but eventually settled on a snowy view of a (slightly quiet!) Christmas Market.  That couple and their dog seem to get about a bit don't they! … [Read more...]

Day 5 and I've created a (not so little!) friend for my cute little penguin from yesterday.....a Snowman!  Today's theme was 'Snow Creature' and I kind of went with the obvious as I was short of time but I quite like him.  I did have his smile made up of little pebbles but my husband thought he looked a bit sinister, so I quickly gave him a bit of … [Read more...]

I had some fun with today's theme - Penguins!  I don't get much opportunity to draw characters so I always have fun whenever I get the chance.  I wanted my penguin to be cute, cuddly and a little bit daft! What do you think? Oh and now you can follow along with me on Instagram! Come say hello :-) … [Read more...]