November 7, 2009

Snowflake cookies

Unfortunately – I didn’t make these!

(Photo by Aileen Master)

Found these beautiful handcrafted snowflake cookies on Flickr,  by Aileen Master from AMasterCreation and you can find her website here. She bakes cookies and cupcakes for every occasion and can deliver in South California.  For recent cookie goodness, check out Aileen’s blog!

November 6, 2009

Friday is my day

Sweet and lovely Heli asked if I’d like to participate with her blog ‘Friday is my day‘ where every week on a Friday, a day-in-the-life account of an artist/designer/crafter is published. I took some photos of my day and offered a little peek into my life.

You can see the blog post HERE.

Screenshot:

mydayisfriday

Thanks Heli!

November 6, 2009

Om nom nom

Laura noticed that Cookie Monster is eating Google today.

Thought it was worthy of a screenshot!

google cookie

November 6, 2009

Christmas greeting cards

My 2009 Christmas card sets are now for sale in my shop. I’m thinking of designing some more, but with a new job and other commitments it is hard to find the time.  So these are the four designs, available as either a set of four different images, or a set of four of the same image.

Greeting card back:

October 29, 2009

Blog features

I was very pleased indeed to find my Tonttu illustrated eggcups featured in two of my favourite blogs;

Creature Comforts

creature comforts

and

Where The Lovely Things Are

where the lovely things are

These blogs are similar in how they work hard to selflessly curate inspirations to share with us all. Plus they are gorgeous. Go visit!

October 27, 2009

Tonttu Eggcups

New to my Etsy shop, illustrated Tonttu eggcups. They come with hand-stitched felt hats to keep the eggs snug. Tonttu (Joulu Tonttu) is Finnish for ‘Christmas elf’.

eggcup

eggcup

eggcups

There are lots more to come!

October 24, 2009

Christmas card illustrations

Busy drawing at the moment, designing Christmas cards for my Etsy shop. I’ll upload the illustrations as they are ready, but not all of them will be used for cards.

October 19, 2009

The Bright Red Star

Illustrating a page of Yael Frankel’s Christmas storybook for children ‘The Bright Red Star‘.  The book is written and compiled by Yael, and illustrated by 14 Etsy artists. Made two versions, the one above was my initial idea, but played around with the idea of the rooster for the second version.

October 19, 2009

Trespassing

Going back in time.

October 13, 2009

New Illustration ~ We Are Spiritual

My third illustration for Yael Frankel’s series of colouring books for children.

They are illustrated by a number of Etsy illustrators and put together by Yael. This is for the Christmas special edition ‘We Are Spiritual’.  I’m not a religious person, but I do have a connection with nature that I’d say is spiritual.  I won’t go into it here, but you get the idea – lunar cycles and meteorite showers, all the magic courtesy of Mother Nature!

This book will be available soon in Yael’s shop!

Currently available are: ‘We Are Happy’, ‘We Are Strong’, ‘We Are Scared’ (Halloween special), and ‘We Are Healthy’.

I drew this while listening to Bon Iver, Beck, and John Coltrane.