Recent pet portraits

Graphite pencil portrait

Coloured pencil portrait

Graphite Pencil Horse portrait

Coloured Pencil portrait

Graphite Pencil commission

A digital pet portrait commissioned through my NOTHS shop.

Sorry its so quiet over here. You can keep up to date on my new works over at Instagram or Facebook.  For now here are some recent pieces :)

Latest Pet Portraits

A few of my recent pet portraits, these are three of my Christmas Commissions for 2016.

Happy New Year all!

Latest Pet Portraits

Cherry

Saphron

Glory & Rocco

Isabella & Duke

I'm still really enjoying focusing on pet portraits, I'm currently updating my website to reflect this new focus. I will let you know when it's up and running!

Recent Pet Portraits

My latest coloured pencil pet portrait.
'Ace' owned by Heather Patten

'Viking'
My own horse

'Treacle'
Owned by Claire Sloman

My latest Pet Portrait

'Zeus'
I'm very happy with this one, it was such a wonderful thing to be asked to complete it. I hear his owners are very happy :)

Maeve is here & New Work created for 'Health for All'

It's been just over 2 months since my last blog post. I am now getting back into the swing of things after having our baby girl on July 23rd at 2.30am.

Maeve Ayla Platts is here and we couldn't be happier :)

My first job after Maeve arrived was a commission for an organisation called 'Health for All' based in Leicester.

Bina from 'Health for All' and 'Earthbuds' was very nice to work with. You can find out more about the work that they do here.

It was nice to get back into the swing of things after having our baby girl :)


Speak soon!

Custom Business Stamp - New Stamp from Poumi Stamp Studio

I recently ordered a custom stamp from Poumi Stamp Studio who are based in Scotland, UK.

Find them on Folksy here

I have been using the stamp to make new business cards and to add information to my packaging. I absolutly love it! Amy from Poumi Stamp studio was also really helpful when I had far too many questions about the design ;) I totally recommend ordering from them if you are thinking of getting a custom stamp made.

PS: Remember you can follow me on Instagram too! The link is at the top right of my blog :)

Festival Poster Commission

 Recently I had the pleasure of creating a Festival Poster for a local festival. The event was a small invite only affair for friends of friends. This means I can't show you the full design with all of it's details, however I want to show you what I can as I am really pleased with it! The theme was 'Under the Sea'!

As we have a baby due in 3 weeks festivals are off for us this summer (we had to sell our Secret Garden Party tickets, boo)!

I hope everyone else is enjoying the festival season :)

Shop Announcement

Just a little shop announcement!

I won't be taking on any more commissions now (for wedding stationary/logos/pet portraits etc..) as our due date is rapidly approaching! I hope to be able to be back accepting commissions from September but I will let you all know.

My online shops will stay open for as long as possible and will only shut for a week or two when the baby arrives. Thank you to everyone who has commissioned work from me over the past couple of years, I've loved each and every job if anyone wants to contact me about future commissions please do but bear in mind I may not reply for a while if/when things get busy!

THANK YOU xx

Lately...

Playing around with packaging for my handmade jewellery, I have recently ordered a custom business stamp from Poumi Stamp studio on Etsy and I can't wait for it to arrive!

Me at a friends wedding last saturday. I am now 35 + 5 weeks pregnant. I can't believe how fast time is going by! I can't wait to meet our little girl :)

New 'Happy New Home' Greetings Card design...Soon to be up for sale in my Etsy shop!

 

 New triangle shaped necklaces soon to be for sale! I am just in the process of organising the packaging. I love them! Wooden triangles, my illustrations on top and sealed with varnish with a waxed cotton cord string.

 

A beautiful feather found whilst out walking with Faran, a Jay feather perhaps?

 

the second of my new 'New Home' card designs.I might change the background colour on this one though.

 

 My sweetest, loveliest pony pops.He hasn't been ridden in quite some time now due to me being pregnant..I can't wait to get back out with him. At the mo he is enjoying his daily fuss & feed and his long holiday!  

One of my favourite of my new triangle necklaces..The red is beautiful and i'm going to have to make one for myself!

Speak soon!

Instagram

Hi folks! just a little reminder (or some news if you didn't already know!)

I'm on Instagram and post there daily.If you want to follow my feed pop over and say hello :)

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Have a good day!

Custom Pet Portrait and Custom Pet Portrait Necklace...

A recent pet portrait client also asked if I could create a custom necklace to go with the print. So I did, and it looks fab! I love it!

Please PM me via my Etsy shop (Link on the right) if you would also like to commission a pet portrait and Necklace.

Speak Soon x

Two finished Pet Portraits

Two recent finished pet portraits. Ready to be packaged and sent out :)  You can visit my Etsy shop (link on the right) for more info about my Pet Portraits.

I hope you are all enjoying this sunshine and if your on half term I hope your getting up to something nice  :) Speak soon x

Pet Portraits!

I have been fortunate enough to have had a lot of Pet Portraits commissioned over the past year. I LOVE drawing your pets! Pet portraits make a great gift for a loved one or just something nice for you to give to yourself :)

Here are some snippets of pet portraits in progress..I rarely show the finished piece as they are usually gifts and I don't want to give too much away! You can take a look at the tab above titled 'Pet Portraits' to see a few finished pieces and for a link to my Etsy shop where you can order a portrait should you wish to do so :)

Rest Up

Rest Up... I've been told that I need too.

I'm 30 weeks pregnant now and I've been over doing it. It's my first pregnancy and apparently it's normal to try to do too much :-/

Anyway so here I am trying not to do all the things I think I should be doing (clean the house, clean the fridge, sort the space under the stairs out, go food shopping, re pot the plants, make some new cushion covers, take things to the charity shop etc etc). I'm sure you know what I mean..

So i'm spending some time in my bedroom with some old unfinished knitting and crochet projects and trying to stay still (ish) and relax.

We have lived in this house for 5 years now and things could do with a re fresh. I barely spend any time in our bedroom except to sleep nowadays however it's still a room I really like. Some of my favorite things are the artwork on the walls, I have a collection of paintings and prints by Dana Komjaty of the shop and blog LeLiLaLoo on Etsy. Sadly Dana's shop has been on holiday for a while now which is a shame as I love her work. I also have a print by Kerry Layton for SeventyTree.



Bear Print by SeventyTree



 Paintings and Prints by Dana Komjaty of Leililaloo

On my Pinterest board 'For the Home' I have been collecting ideas for things I would like to update our home. I really like the idea of making a DIY headboard for our bed and this is one of my faves:


Found on House Tweaking.com


Right now though I  need to do as the doctor said and snuggle down and get some rest. After all..


(Almost..)

x

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