Artist Love - Helen Dardik

I wanted to share with you one of my favourite surface design artists.

Helen Dardik.....I have been a fan of her work for a while now & I LOVE to follow her blog. Her work inspires me, it is a style I love, bold & bright, & is so unique. I admire everything she does, & like me, she generally draws most of her art digitally.

She seems to have it all from my perspective, a fab career, is represented by the amazing Lilla Rogers (would be a dream for me), & has had many licensing contracts. I am sure there are many, many long hours that are worked, especially as she is a mum of 3 kiddies.

How fab is her work?

Love it.

Warm Apple Heat Bag

With winter definitely on it's way, making some new heat bags have been on my mind.

What do you think of my little apple?

Still filled with rice & dried lavender, to keep you warm or soothe your muscles.

You will find it in my shop if you would like one of your own.

Keep warm.

My baby girl is 3 today

Three years ago another amazing miracle happened to me. I had a second baby, a little baby girl called Charlotte Rose.

Today is a birthday wish from me to her, I love her more than words can say.

She makes my world. She makes me smile. She makes me want to pull my hair out. She may not look a lot like me, but has my temperament & can challenge me. She is funny. She shows empathy. She is cheeky. She has eyes to make me melt.

Have a wonderful day baby doll.

Sketching Charlie

I got some sketching in today, & here is my muse.

From this photograph I initially sketched him in my own way.
It's no portrait by any means, but the similarities are there.

Then I had some fun with him.

He is now missing one thing.

Now the fun parts begins.

Winter Warmers

I am starting to load up some new heat bags to my shop.

With a lovely and generous large size I am positive they will keep your toes warm, or will even help soothe some warm muscles.

Filled with rice which stays warmer for longer, & lovely organic lavender, they can also provide a restful sleep. After heating it up pop it into your bed before you finish up for the day.

Hudson's 5th Birthday Party

Here are a few photos from Hudson's Birthday Party I thought would be great to share.







































Here are the photo's of the party table. I am definitely not a birthday party planner, so I grabbed a few ideas online to set this up. I bought the printables from here, as I just didn't have the time to draw them myself, nor did I need to they were perfect. One thing I have learnt about doing these tables, boys don't care, boys didn't even notice, boys only want to run & chase each other. I am kind of wondering to be honest if these elaborate tables are more for the parents creative satisfaction. Lets see when Charlotte starts having her own parties she notices?

The guest of honour, SPIDER MAN, he was just amazing, & I hired him from here. I decided to splash out & hire someone as I was a little unsure how I was going to control & entertain twelve 5yr olds, especially the boys for the whole time. He was incredibly entertaining & literally had them captivated from the moment her arrived. He told them stories about his adventures fighting crime & defeating the green goblin, there was a dance off, & freeze game, face painting, rewards for the kids, & balloons twisting. For this event all the kids were given sword balloons so they could battle it out together on the grass. I have to say it again, he was great.

Here is a rare photo of the 4 of us. Normally I am the one behind the camera taking photos. It was nice how were were all looking in the right direction, regardless of facial expressions.

My little man of the hour. This photo was taken just before Spider Man left, I think by the look on his face the day was a success.

Superhero weekend

Hello.......I had such a big weekend, I have to kind of admit I am glad it's over, I am feeling a tad exhausted. On Saturday was my little mans 5th birthday, it was a Superhero theme & all of his friends came dressed up, it was absolutely spectacular. I am collating some  fab images to share with you hopefully tomorrow. Sunday we all know was mother's day, it was also Hudson's actual birthday, so I had immediate family over to celebrate. I think I have also eaten WAY too much cake!

I have been working a couple of new prints completely inspired by Hudson & his love for superheros. I love how he is so captivated by super powers, & how he is hoping to have some one day.

I have some fun ideas in mind for these, I love the colours they are so bright & bold.

Have a super power Monday.