November 7, 2009
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
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:

Thanks Heli!
November 6, 2009
Laura noticed that Cookie Monster is eating Google today.
Thought it was worthy of a screenshot!

November 6, 2009
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:

Filed under Stationary/Greetings
Tags: card, christmas, drawing, elf, elves, etsy, greeting, handmade, holiday, Illustration, pixies, red, santa's helper, seasons greetings, tomte, tonttu, winter, xmas
October 29, 2009
I was very pleased indeed to find my Tonttu illustrated eggcups featured in two of my favourite blogs;
Creature Comforts

and
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!
Filed under Featured
Tags: art, blog, craft, creature comforts, Design, fashion, feature, heidi burton, Illustration, screenshot, tonttu, where the lovely things are
October 27, 2009
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’.



There are lots more to come!
Filed under News
Tags: children's, christmas, egg cup, eggcup, elf, etsy, gift, gnome, hand drawn, illustrated, present, santa's helper, stocking stuffer, tonttu
October 24, 2009
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.

Filed under Stationary/Greetings
Tags: art, card, christmas, cute, drawing, elf, elves, etsy, fun, greeting, Illustration, santa, sweet, tomte, tonttu
October 19, 2009

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

Going back in time.
October 13, 2009
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.
Filed under Traditional Illustration
Tags: bonfire, children, christmas, drawing, elves, heidi, Illustration, moon, party, we are spiritual, yaelfran