Progressive Greetings Live

Crikey - it's a windy ol' day for June, isn't it - let's hope the forecast is right and Summer finally takes hold after today!!! 

If you're in or around the London area, then why not pop down to Progressive Greetings Live where a selection of my work is currently available and on display with Inspire Art Licensing, along with a collection of other fabulous designers and illustrators...it's our debut too, so fingers crossed it's a successful outing for us ;) Here's some birthday designs that I have been working on in the run up....

Batten down the hatches!!!

- there's a giant onion on the way!!! (aka dartboard, aka deep low pressure system) Apparently we're in for a right ol' battering today here in the UK - oh, I hope my lickle house can cope with the pressure!! :-/

Talking of pressure, I did indeed accomplish my task of completing a new wedding set before my agent left for the US last week - YAY! :D One design from it has even sold already - DOUBLE YAY!! :D Here's a little snapshot of the wrap from the set....

I also had a lovely time 'henning' it up in London town.....one of the highlights was the Icebar - if you've never been, or indeed heard of it, then I definitely recommend you check it out; so much fun!

- that's meeee....hiding behind the ice!! :D

- the countdown to leave; as it's a mere -7 degrees in there your visit is limited to a 40 minute stay...brrrrrrrrrrr!

Aspire Style

My current love for all things birdy continues....stumbled across this lovely website the other day;  so many gorgeous things to be tempted by. Here are just a few of the delights you can find there:

- Oooh; I think this would be perfect in my study - having a big revamp sooooon!

And there's also some great London-inspired treats too.....

Happy Friday everyone!

A lovely time in London Town

Phew...it's a late one tonight; sorry guys - been a busy D-I-Y day today, so only just had chance to update you on my wonderful birthday weekend....there'll be lots of snaps on the way over the next couple of days; but for now here's just a few highlights of my surprise day trip (organised by lovely hubby)....I was one spoilt missy; felt very lucky! :)

- after arriving bright and early at the station, we headed on down to Columbia Road, to take a look at Rob Ryan's shop, Ryantown...I love, love, LOVE his work...

...next we headed to Notting Hill and more specifically, Portobello Road (more pics tomorrow) - was great to see all the market stalls and lively hustle and bustle. 

 - along the way, we popped in to Cath Kidston's shop; lots of pretties! :)

- a quick coffee stop to recharge the batteries, and then on to Hyde Park....look at what we found!

 - my, the artist must be HUGE! :D

We then headed on down to the 'West End', and then jumped on the tube to Covent Garden (my feet had almost fallen off by this point!!)

- check out this ice sculpture 'celebrating 30 years of shopping heaven'.

My -  we did fit a lot in! Stop by tomorrow for more pics.....