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BIRTHDAY GREETINGS

illustrated alphabet letters of animals in actions enjoying nature, spell out happy birthday

Illustrated alphabet letters make an attractive birthday card and say it all! Here’s my illustrated alphabet letters wishing you a HAPPY BIRTHDAY! What a simple yet fun greetings card for any age! And for anyone who loves animals, being active, and the great outdoors! From 5 to 100 years old, this will always be a…

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Greetings from Austria!

Hi It’s been a while . But I am feeling invigorated, having landed in the Arlberg for a week’s sking with my BF. Did January and February ,for you, drag its weary feet like a yak stuck in a snow drift, ?  If so read on to be inspired! For life is for living and…

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Placemats that look great in a colourful kitchen or neutral scheme!

This image is all about colour, to show how our illustrated placemats ring with the saturated colours of the mediterranean: chrome yellow , favoured by Van Gogh; earth green, vermillion reds as found in Pompeii and the blue of the mediterranean sea, cerulean, and sky, cobalt. Set on a background of bleached linen, our placemats look good in a neutral setting or a colourful setting.

Looking for placemats that will look good in a colourful or a neutral kitchen? Here’s why my illustrated letter placemats rest easy in both settings: Our illustrated placemats look fantastic with the glazed earth ware espresso cups I bought back from Provence this week. Why? Because they share the same colour palette as French illuminated…

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My bespoke illustrations always benefit from a break!

This image depicts a series of pages from my holiday sketch book, which are a source of inspiration for my bespoke artwork you can choose from to create your personalised prints. Pencil sketches of my dog sitting and sleeping; a man snoozing on the ferry to Lewis, and watercolours sketched in Zagoria, of a greek village, a plane tree and the distant layering of colourful mountains painted one evening at sunset from the top of a Greek Refuge . Plus some pressed wild flowers.

Dear Reader, When a friend invited me to walk the deepest Gorge in the world, I could not imagine how wonderful a detox adventure it would be!  Zagoria is a nature lover’s paradise: sun, colour, new plants, new friends, bears and wolves. I managed to empty my mind of stale matter. I return with a…

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A spring fair

I rarely attend Spring fairs, so it was a fun to be at the Winchester GOLD garden fair yesterday. I so enjoyed it. Spectacular venue, lovely people , a sunny/showery day and everyone was out to shop. Lots of orders for  NAME PRINTS –  themed ones, ”zooming around,’ ‘In the garden’ , ‘On safari” ,…

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HAPPY 2023 and here’s to the wandering walrus.

The workshop opens again today – Having finally got rid of my Christmas cough, Jan ’23 feels energetic and positive!  So here is a new coaster I created at the request of Wilfred. I hope he liked his walrus! Did you  read about the walrus who landed on some bay on the East Coast of…

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Our new themed names are zooming around!

All my artwork of illustrated alphabet decorating names and our new themes, at a christmas fair.

Hi Those of you who have visited my stall at a Christmas fair this season, will have seen my new themed names and are wondering why they are not yet on line – truth is I am so busy, just haven’t had time and websites are not my forte! so here is a photo of…

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The Crown

What were you doing, 2 weeks ago? perhaps like me ,the car radio alerted you to the Queen’s deteriorating health? A text of a sad face from a french friend – (she was your Queen, to Les français, she was the Queen) told me it had happened. The nation has watched and partaken in the…

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‘Grief is the price we pay for Love’.

We all have our story to tell of the Eve September 8 th 2022. I raced  all day , sorting stock for fairs, ensuring  all at home done as I prepared to join my 3 fabulous sisters on a trip around Scotland visiting childhood haunts. A text from a French (!) friend of 3 sad…

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Personalising your print!

Good morning! We have so many windfall apples, already, they remind me of EDMUND who lives on an apple farm and asked for a tractor, his spaniel, a pheasant and loads of apples to decorate his name ( well, the person ordering it did. ) He loved it! Have you a personal story to illustrate…

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