Hello My Little Ball of Wool

I am supposed to be doing coursework. So, in a long-standing tradition of procrastination, I thought I'd make some more cards instead!

I have this thing about preserving nice text messages in illustrations, and this one came to mind instantly when I got a message from Simon saying "hello my little ball of wool, how are you?" (I like to knit, we don't just have stupid cutesy pet names for each other for no reason ya know!)

So today, armed with my new pro markers, some card, a craft knife and what was left of my printer ink, I set about making my illustration into a set of cards. Et voila!

It's amazing what you can do with a Sunday afternoon, a little imagination and a pathological aversion to deadlines.

Love Birds

I know that the first day of spring was some while ago, but I've either been too wrapped up in my busy little world to notice, or it just hasn't felt like spring until today. So, I decided to make the most of the sun and get a little bit creative in my garden...

I've been wanting to do lino-cut printing for a while. It's slightly more sophisticated than potato printing and runs slightly less risk of me injuring myself than wood-cut printing. The design is based on a charm I have, and is printed in turquoise acrylic or yellow oilpaint. The latter was a bit of an accident, but it makes for an interesting texture. I am happy/pleasantly surprised with the results!

Staying on the springtime theme... being awoken by bird song every morning seems to have snuck its way from my subconscious into my jewellery designs as well recently.

All will no doubt be on my Folksy shop sometime soon, but for now I'm going to do like my cat and go lounge in the sun. Happy Easter!