PUBLICITY - progressive greetings mag

the publicity around my forthcoming card ranges is starting to grow. there will be 42 designs published by soul, who also own 'really good'. several cards have been featured in the january and february editions of progressive greetings magazine.

NEW DESIGN FOR CARDMIX

a lovely parcel of samples from cardmix arrived recently featuring a few dozen of the matryoshka cards i designed for them earlier in the year. it has been used as a blank any occasion card.

INKJET DESIGNS IN A BOOK

three of my designs are featured in a new book called 'patterns' by macarena san martin. the designs were submitted a few years ago so they are pretty old, but im still pleased and proud to be included.

CRAFT SHOW PICS

i did a craft fair last sunday which was really lovely and despite awful weather was packed with visitors. i thought whilst i had my stall all laid out nicely i'd take the chance to take some photos of some of my latest craft and design.

CRAFT FAIR PICS - cards, tags, and papers

more photos from my stall at the craft show last weekend. these are some of my christmas cards and gift tags.

anniversary card

it was my brother's wedding anniversary this week - so i made him a card that was a re-design of his 2nd anniversary card. maybe i will just change the colours and ammend it slightly each year?

NEW ART PRINTS

i had this idea that i could take some of the pattern designs from my portfolio and turn them into art prints for framing. these are the first two i chose : folksy birds and apple blossom. see more pics in my etsy shop.

SPOTTED IN THE SHOPS....

a shower curtain i did for sainsbury's seen in store for the first time and im pretty pleased with how it came out. and below my cardmix christmas cards spotted on sale in fenwicks on bond street, london.

XMAS 2009.... for cardmix

i recently received a very exciting box of samples from 'cardmix' featuring some of the christmas designs i created for them. i had already seen a couple of them earlier in the year at the spring fair, but it was great to have actual samples of my own and see the glitter effects they've added. two are themed on japanese kawaii and the others are based on doileys. they'll be out in the shops this winter.

SPOTTED IN .....sainsbury's

i spotted one of my 'sea creatures' patterns in sainsbury's last week. i designed this for them a while ago so it was great to see it in store at last.

PG MAGAZINE - featuring inkjet designs

i was lucky enough to be featured on the artsource pages of 'progressive greetings' magazine last month. this is the magazine for the greetings card industry in the UK.

GREETINGS CARD SHOW

i will be a "progressive greetings" in london this week, looking at all the beautiful cards and admiring the work of my favourite card companies. its a brand new trade show dedicated solely to greetings cards.i will also have my portfolio with me for any enquiries.

TEA TOWELS

the prototypes of my tea towel designs arrived last week, i have a whole kitchen range based around this design and thought these samples might help me to find an interested company. just need to get them neatly ironed and looking presentable.