Competition News!

 

I recently entered this design: 'Paisley Parade' into a mug design competition organized by Buttercup China.  I am pleased to say that I am one of 10 finalists and the winner will be announced this week at Spring Fair International...I'll be keeping my fingers crossed! You can see the other selected entries HERE.  

On the subject of competitions, todryfor are holding their annual tea towel design competition this month, and you can find all the information you need to enter HERE.  I was super chuffed to win it last year and it's been great to see my design for sale in shops up and down the country, including Debenhams!

Happy New(ish) Year!

Happy New Year everyone:)
Here's a little spot illustration just published in Woman & Home.   It's that time of year when we all join the queue at the customer service desk to return our unwanted Christmas gifts! Mad eh?  Well I must say if I had received that jumper I would have kept it!  Hope you were all happy with your Christmas presents.. I had lots of lovely things and we now have an even bigger toy mountain in the living room!

Warm Wishes!

Merry Christmas to all my fellow bloggers!  Hope you all have a fabulous festive time! See you in 2013...

Here's a couple of snaps of our Christmas tree.  It's a little one, high up on the sideboard out of Jimmy's reach but he is really captivated by it for the first time this year.  I absolutely love these fuzzy pipe cleaner santas, some of them came from my Grandma and Grandad and I remember being really fascinated by them when I was little.  I was really pleased to find a box of them in a charity shop a few years ago so now we have a complete set.  So simple, yet so charming!

Women's Wit Calendar

I just received some copies of this little calendar that I worked on last year, it's small and very cute, designed with a magnetic back so you can stick it on the fridge.  I remember it well as it was the last job I worked on whilst heavily pregnant, I was so big I could hardly reach my desk!

I illustrated the outer box and some little icons to go inside. It's always nice to see the finished result, it's just a shame that the art director credited me as last years illustrator Jean Tuttle! Hey ho, these things happen!

Women are like teabags!

This is my contribution to the annual Christmas coaster promotion run by my US agent AGM.
The theme this year is politics, which is a pretty hot topic over there at the moment.
I really liked this quotation from Eleanor Roosevelt and it was a nice opportunity to feature my handdrawn type which I really enjoy.

Mug Shots

My Personaliteas design has now made it onto a mug! It's available to buy wholesale from Beast in Show, and I'm selling some in my etsy and folksy shops. 
It's adapted slightly from the tea towel, and the design wraps around the mug with a little surprise character in the bottom:

I was excited to receive them the other week and as you can see I wasn't the only one keen to take a peek inside the box.  This is Alf, who is super inquisitive when it comes to boxes!

Giveaway Winner!

Thanks to everyone who entered my giveaway on here and twitter, sorry for the delay!
I asked Jimmy (my 11 month old studio assistant) to do the honours after his tea tonight and the winner is....... Fred!  My 'Personaliteas' tea towel will be on its way to you soon...