inspired... miroslav sasek

As you have probably guessed, I am a lover of vintage childrens books, especially those created during the mid 2oth century. Here is my latest obsession... Miroslav Sasek. I have admired these books for ages and finally bought one (The is New York) for my Archer's 1st birthday in July. I found this decision of which fabulous book in the series to choose quite easy. This is because a. New York would have to be my favourite city away from home (and am devastated to think I was last there 10 years ago... goodness...), b. I want to buy all of them anyway and c. everyone loves a fireman!! ;) Nick and I hope this obsession will spark a love of travel and different cultures in our boys.

Oh, and how cool is it that there's one on Australia.... I mean it was produced and thousand years ago...... I think I will order it next. xxx

inspired... alain gree

just beautiful.... alain gree.

the pinback badge...

I have been selling these little badges at markets for a few months now, and they are selling in a couple of stores, but I have just realised that they aren't for sale online yet. I have been meaning to put them into the etsy store.... its been on my list of things to do for about 3 weeks now. At least I can tick off 'take photo of badge'. But I think I'll save the actual etsy listing for another day. Not sure why, sometimes I just need to build up to stuff. Small stuff, big stuff, doesn't matter.

a jumble... new print

a birdie jumble. finally.................
i have uploaded a new (ish) print !
the bottom one.
the other I will put up soon.
i hope.
it's been so busy busy lately that I have completely ignored my blog.
i can not believe its been sooo long.
but I am back now.
anyway these are my birdie jumble prints
they are a sweet set of 3 or even individually.
happy with the colours and combo of illustrations.
i hope to make more.

must go now, nearly bed time.
am trying to get to bed at a respectable hour!
night night xx

one more thing...

.... Nick and I have been busy making up badges for our 2 markets this week / weekend. Photo is not the best, I just took in on my phone in not the best light, but I wanted to quickly get something happening. These are done, which is great. Tick. Always helps when you hire the equipment and it HAS to be back by 9.30am. So we were up until the wee hours making these little darlings. Now really back to printing and packing.... Magnolia Square starts tomorrow!!!! Hope to see you there. xx

Avatars and Illustrations

So the lovely Amy alerted me to this illustration, by Jennifer Downey and it made her think of my etsy avatar. I see the similarity too, and it's kinda cool. The angles, attitude and feeling is there too.

Sneak Peek ....

Hi there.

Another sneak peek. I am working on a Nursery Rhyme Series due to the success of The Owl and The Pussycat. For some strange reason, it's very popular in the stores that stock my prints. Since people love a Nursery Rhyme, I thought I'd make some more.....
If you have any ideas or requests, please let me know.... xx

Sneak Peek... new print

I have been thinking alot lately abou giving my art work a bit of a facelift. You know its good to constantly question and challenge what you are doing. This means you will hopefully improve. And I am happy with where I am going. Here is a sneak peek at a crop of my latest piece. Colours are soft but still vibrant. Will be uploading to shop in the next few days. Night time here. Off to bed. Nighty nighty.

Etsy Seller of the Week : Ashley G

An oldie but a goodie. This seller has been around since 2005, but Ashley G is a fantastic artist.

Blog of the Week: Pikaland

Hello there. So this is Friday's task.... review a blog I love. Today's Blog is called:
pikaland
It's a beautiful blog all about illustration, Amy the blogs owner, finds the most lovely illustrators and artists online and puts them all in one place for all to enjoy. Full of brilliant ideas, Amy has come up with the PikaPackage project. A collection of artwork from various artists available from her shop. A great way for up and coming illustrators and artists to promote themselves. And a great way to find new and unique art!

New illustration : Birdie Garden

I am trying a slightly different style at the moment and some new product ideas (more on those later - they are in my shop but I need to work through them and some others too.) This one is more organic in style and composition. I enjoyed making this one, and am trying to find time to do some more illustrating. Ahh time...... more on that later too.

gift guide

Hi there, A friend of mine who is a keen reader of the blog world, stumbled across one of my illustrations (Jungle Animals No.18) as part of a gift guide (handmade goodies) on a lovely site called bloesem kids. Its got heaps of beautiful things for kids and the gift guides are such a great idea.

Sunny days

Its a glorious sunny day in melbourne today. Bring on Spring. Hopefully it will last! You never know what you are going to get. Anyway here is my latest print - titled SUNFLOWER. Inspired by the happy weather we have going on. Hope I can get to do some mor prints. Time is severely lacking at the moment.....

a little bit of art

I have taken some photos of my artwork, to see how it would look, different angles, new camera lens. Adds a bit of depth which is good. See artwork on etsy.

the owl on my pin board

so my little owl is sitting nicely onmy pin board. better than having the bills there! x

one more thing before the weekend...

me again.... just wanted to put up some more illustrations I recently put up in my etsy shop.
hope you like. x