In honour of my little miss....

.....who LOVES all things unicorn at the moment!! ;D

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....

Wedding season....

June....a time for weddings.....here's a few little bespoke bits and pieces I was asked to create for a lovely couple earlier this year; I thoroughly enjoyed designing these and they were very well received - hope I get the opportunity to do more soon ;)

An open invitation....

Ooops - I did it again....the long pause before I'm back posting again; so sorry! :-/ 

I've been busy, busy,  busy behind the scenes - juggling my designing, crafting and parenting...I'm even getting to grips with the sewing machine myself - woo-hoo for me!! :)))) Anyway, I'd just like to let you all know about a fabulous event I'm doing tomorrow with all of my handmade Ree-Stitch wares.....pop along for tempting handmade and vintage goodies, gorgeous walks, and a tasty morsel or two at the newly opened cafe! Spread the word folks.... :)

Click here to visit our facebook page with more details on what we'll be bringing....

Keeping it festive in the heat....

Phew - it's a scorcher, hey?! Seems wrong to be doing all of these festive bits right now, but hey, that's the life of a freelance designer!! (one that does cards and such like anyway!!) Here's some snapshots from my screen today...now to have a go at a little baby art; I've not dabbled in that area for quite some time, and feel it's time for a change! NEXT!!

And today I have been mostly working on.......

........Christmas!! (again!) 

Red and yellow and pink and green.....

My gorgeous cousin (and beautiful bestie) is expecting the pitter-patter of tiny feet very soon - I'm sooooo excited, and as a gift to her on her birthday I created a special one-off piece to put up in the nursery....

- we visited her earlier this week and got to see the finished room in all its glory - it is gorgeous....here's a couple of shots I took - you can see the framed artwork above little one's cot....and the bunting and cat cushion are all courtesy of my new venture - Ree-Stitch - specially commissioned pieces to finish the room off nicely....what do you think?

- With only a week to go now until her due date we wish her all the love and luck in the world and cannot wait to meet her little bundle of joy x x x

And to finish the week off....

Here's a little snippet of what I've been working on this week.....

- oh, how I love to think of Christmas and snow in the middle of summer!! ;D

Have a great weekend everyone x x x

Popular Poinsettia....

Very happy (and relieved) to say that Surtex went pretty well for me this year.....this poinsettia design did particularly well; you will soon be able to find it on cards, tissue paper and party paperware over in the US - keep an eye out if you're over that way! ;D

I spy with my little eye......

....Two of my designs in print! I was having a little browse on Pinterest yesterday (as you do!) and stumbled across some of my work that I sold over at Surtex last year - you can find it here from a company called Total Paper in Mexico. It's not very often that I get to see my work published as most of it is overseas, so it was a nice little surprise to find these jumbo gift bags yesterday.....

....I think they've turned out pretty well, don't you? - a little tweak from them here and there, and a splash of foil to add to the mix - here are some snapshots of how the original designs looked:

Cute l'il findings....

Was helping my mum have a big clearout over the weekend and came across a little book full of scribblings from when I was the ripe ol' age of 6......

.....finds like this are so precious; don't you think? :)

A bit of everything...

Wow - it's been a whirlwind of a week and it's only Wednesday!! Much activity and preparation going on in readiness for this year's Surtex, coupled with a fabulous vintage and craft event over the weekend - I've been rushed off my feet! Anyway, it's now time to take a little breather and hope that all my efforts have not been in vain....here's a cheeky snippet of what you can expect of mine in New York next week.....

From Christmas.....

....to birthday....

...to Easter...!

Announcing our NEW Etsy shop!!!

It's been on the cards for a while, but we have finally got round to setting up our own little Etsy shop for our Ree-Stitch makes - it's all very early days at the moment, so only a few listings so far, but we're hoping to add more soon.....please hit the Etsy link on the right hand side of the page, or click here to have a little browse :)

Keep on crafting!

As well as my core designing work I have been continuing on the craft fair side of things too....usually our stall consists of lots of lovely things that I have designed, but have been lovingly sewn and put together by the fabulous Elizabeth and Ruth. For our latest fair, however, I added a few printed items to the mix...all designed and created by moi; these have been well received and yesterday my first mailing of a framed piece arrived happily with it's new owner....here's a little looky:

- I have one more left, and hoping that it will find a new home when I will be manning the stall again; this time in Ashby-de-la-Zouch - click here for more details. If you would like to know more about my little ventures with Ree-Stitch, then please click on the link in the right hand column or here...

When I created the design I liked it so much that I thought it might be quite nice to create a Christmas equivalent in the hope that it would be licensed....I'm happy to say it has just been sold this week, over in the good ol' US of A; here's a sneaky peek at it:

Happy Easter!

Hope it's filled with LOTS of chocolatey loveliness....

All done!!

It took some burning of the midnight oil, but I managed to get this Halloween set finished off yesterday; target met - yippeeee!

Skelly-bobs and spooky folk....

A snapshot from my screen today......a little jump from Christmas to Halloween; and just starting to put this wrap design together - will sneak you a further peek once it's all finished, but for now it's back to it! ;)

A veritable vintage feast!

Hello lovelies - how was your weekend? We had a fabulous time; lots of browsing at fellow designer-makers and vintage fare....we even picked up a couple of bits along the way......

- gorgeous 50s melaware; we couldn't resist these beauties!!

- this fun vintage-inspired Kelloggs bottle from the fabulous Splendid and Tremendous..

 - and we picked up some FREE CAKE courtesy of the event holders The Vintage Suitcase...along with free entry too; I was the lucky competition winner over on Facebook...who'd have thunk, eh?! Never, ever win ANYTHING, so was very shocked and happy!! ;D

- Freya enjoyed it too!!! ;P And check out her gorgeous little headband....picked up from Design@44 on Saturday; she looked adorable!!! These are created by Hopscotch Crafts :)

Ending the week on a high

I love it when I get things finished at the end of a working week - makes me enjoy the weekend sooooo much more; no guilty feelings or dread of having to face the same piece of artwork for another day - can start the new week with fresh eyes and new ideas; yippeeee!! Here's a little set I've just completed (well; a glimpse at least!)

It's promising to be another fun weekend too; filled with lots more family time and a bucketful of vintage loveliness - I cannot wait!! Enjoy yours, whatever you may up to x x x

Mother's Day makes

Things have been picking up steadily with the Ree-Stitch side of things.....here's a little look at a few pieces we put together for the mummies this Sunday; all were either sold or commissioned for the big day :) 

Pop over to our Facebook page and have a look at what else we've been up to by clicking the link on the right-hand side of this page or the link within this post - thanks guys :)