Hogging the limelight!

I couldn't resist posting this little pic of our hedgehog visitor earlier today.  We had 2 coming to see us for a snack every evening last summer and I was wondering if any would come back this year and lo and behold this little cutie stopped by at lunchtime for a drink and a bite to eat from our cat's bowl!  It's quite unusual for them to be out and about in daytime so I was quite surprised and I guess now he knows where the food is, he'll be back....

Nesting!

Sorry to be a little quiet on my blog of late, I've been busy nesting and preparing for a new arrival...
We are expecting our first baby, due in 6 weeks!  So I've been sorting through a ton of my stuff to make some room for our new family member, and found lots of old work in the process.  This little couple in a nest were part of an old commissioned piece on family trees in the days when I used to make 3d work.  They also slightly resemble me and Lee,
if we were made of wooden pegs!

I'm also sorting through a lot of my old 'treasure' from the loft, much to my husband's delight, some of which I'm hoping to sell in a new vintage etsy shop, opening soon......

Safety First!

I recently worked on a safety advertising campaign for the Salt River Project, a utility company based in Arizona.  It was a great project to work on and the illustrations were used on animated web banners, in print media and on billboards too!  I haven't seen them all yet but here are a few samples of some of them in context, I was pleased with the background colour too as I'm quite a fan of orange!

Flower Power

I've been making a few more felt brooches, one as a little extra birthday gift for my Mum, and one of them is on its way to Australia as part of a brooch swap organised by Susie at the flowerpress blog.  I hope my secret swapper will like her brooch and I'm looking forward to seeing what I get in the mail in return...Thanks Susie for organising a fun project:)

Seaside Soirees

I recently illustrated a feature on beach weddings in the July/August issue of Destination Weddings and here's the front page and one of the spots.  I enjoyed working on these, especially as I don't have any real weddings to go to this year!

Matchbox Labels No 10

 

I haven't posted any of my matchbox label collection for a while so I thought I'd pop this little Czech set up, all featuring different occupations.  I was curious about the text and with the help of good old google found out: ' 'take care of your feet, wear rubber boots in the wet'

Well it is a holiday weekend here in the U.K so whatever job you do I hope you enjoy the extra day off on Monday.  The weather isn't looking too bad so hopefully there won't be any need for the wellington boots!

Illustration Friday - Safari

I've been a bit quiet on my blog of late so I just thought I'd post this image, which I did for Vegetarian Times magazine a little while back about taking a volunteer vacation.  It seemed to be a good fit for this week's topic Safari!