Tidy up time...........

I always love having a nosey at peoples creative spaces, offices, studios or whatever you want to call them.  After a big tidy up I thought I'd share a couple of snaps of what is in my office. If only it could be this clean and tidy all the time!

Happy St Valentines Day everyone!

Guinea pigs

We have two Guinea pigs, Gloria and Daisy, I wasn't keen to get pets, (more clearing up to do) but they are part of the family now so I'm glad we did. Our friend Joan bought us these gorgeous salt and pepper pots because she knows we are pig mad and I love them. Maybe they are the start of a new collection?

How old are you?

I am 21 of course!  I designed these birthday cards for Paperclip Cards. You'll find them in a good card shop near you. Copyright Paperclip Cards.

Stuffies!

Every month I meet up with some crafty friends for a couple of hours and we make something, have a natter and eat cake. What we make can vary. Sometimes one of us has a skill to share or we all learn a new technique together. Some months we meet and just use the time to explore a technique we already know. We exchange ideas swap books and knowledge, forcing us to experiment with a wide variety of techniques and media. At our last crafty "sesh" we made "stuffies" which are a kind of quirky soft character that we designed ourselves and filled with lavender and stuffing. I now have mine perched all over my house cheering me up on a grey winters day!

Freckleface Cards

Copyright Freckleface Cards

Copyright Freckleface Cards

My friend and talented designer "Freckleface" has kindly blogged about me today and said some very nice things about my work. Thank you muchly missus. She is much more experienced at blogging than I so if you want to see how it's done, take a look at her blogspot.
http://www.frecklefaceblog.com
If you want to see the lovely Freckleface Card range please follow the link to her super dooper website.
www.freckleface.co.uk 

legless!

I seem to have an obsession with for things without legs! It all started with my grandmothers salt and pepper pots and has progressed to childrens toys and anything else I can get my hands on. It's funny how these things creep up on you!

Colouring in

As a child I spent hours and hours and hours  colouring in, so this weekend I really enjoyed reliving those times with my kids. We coloured in pages from the i colour book which has lots of gorgeous designs and once your creation is finished you can detach it and use it as a postcard.

New York International Gift Fair

My agent, Cinnamon Joe studio, will be representing me at The New York International Gift Fair next week. Please pop along and say hi if you are in the Big Apple.

Stamp your own cards

These fab. cards from Lollipop designs are printed on recycled card in the uk and come with a rubber stamp and ink pad for you or your children to personalise and decorate yourselves. Plus all you need comes in a lovely box making it a great pressie for a creative friend. I added some glitz on mine aswell by adding some rhinestones and some sticky back glitter.