Country Invite

I find designing invites a lot of fun. It's a chance to explore colours and themes I wouldn't normally experiment within my own illustrations. I'm usually not a big fan of maroon, but it works so well with the country theme of the card. This invite was for a friend who lives in the bush on a farm. Her oldest daughter, who is 3, goes to pony club on her minature horse Elly. Her dad leads her around the obstacle course and jumps. It is lovely to watch tiny pony and tiny girl being dragged around by a very proud dad. Elly is hilarious looking as her bleached mane and tail give her the appearance of Tiny Turner in her Mad Max Days of Thunder days. So for the card I did a little family portrait with Elly included.

Cakes & Pirates

So it's all been about cakes and pirates round these parts lately. These lil' bow legged lads make me smile. Everyone, it seems, has their secret and not so secret food addictions and I know most people I talk to rate chocolate as their number one. Me, I do cake, anytime, anywhere, iced, non-iced. That doughy, baked goodness gets my vote everytime. Actually I can hear a cake calling me now.......

Flying Dreamy Girl

It's been a while since I cranked out an illustration, so voila, this is what rainy days are good for!

Wouldn't you just love it if your bed took flight? This was a recurring dream of mine as a kid. After watching 'Bedknobs and Broomsticks' and Alladin on his magic carpet I dreamt of faraway lands from my shared surburban (complete with chalk line down the middle) bedroom.

Crazy Delicious Cookies

I wish I made these, however, I cook everything on flat out so they would have burnt bits aroung the edges if they were mine. These are my big sister's cookies. She is starting a new cookie venture, as she is crazy good at it and she came to the market on the weekend with some of her cookies and sold out in 2 hours. Umm, yeah, they were that good. People came back for more and were buying in handfuls. Not only do they look fantastic, but they taste great too. She is setting up a cookie business that is offering custom made cookies for any occasion. Her dutch cocoa biscuits are to die for! I'll keep you posted on this little venture.

Collage Number 4

This is collage number four in my ongoing collage series. This particular collage is an extended or over the top version of my first collage. I'm loving these collages as they give me the freedom of doing a bit of over the top crafting. In other areas I have to show a bit of restraint, but with the collages I'm just giving myself full reign to whack as much or as little things on them as possible. I love this collage and it sold at the market on Saturday. Last month was the first time I had my collages on sale and frankly found it very difficult to sell them, because I became very attached to them. Now I'm trying to look at it differently and am enjoying people's appreciation of them and can actually hand them over to their new owner. Ok, I'm still not completely at ease with giving away something I love, but I'm getting better at it.