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I've made a few new designs recently. Here is another... the Bee card (and mug below)

It would make a lovely birthday card for someone who like bees... you could even get them a bee mug as a present! 

You can find the card in the shop by clicking here...

New mugs in town!

There are 5 new mugs now in the shop!

Sweet Pea Mug shop link

visit the Bushcraft mug in the shop! 

Seagull enamel mug in the shop

Bee enamel mug in the shop!

Twig identification mug in the shop

Sweet Pea cards!

Following on from my last post about the Sweet Pea illustrations, you can now buy a sweet pea bouquet card in my shop!

I've had two variations printed, one that says 'Happy Birthday' and one that is just the flowers on the front.

You can choose which you prefer when you order, and whether you'd like a plain white envelope or a brown kraft envelope. You can find them in the shop here!

Sweet Peas

One of my favourites is the sweet pea. Mine are just starting to flower in the garden and I can't wait until there are enough to pick and bring into the house.

I've done some sweet pea originals and from these have made a design that is at the printers as I type... and will be in the shop soon!

Edit:... Sweet pea cards are now in the shop! Click here to have a look

Revisiting...

I had a lovely time last night folding up the last of my first batch of Woodland Alphabet tea-towels. 

It was really good to have another close look at the illustrations I did for this last year. I folded and packaged loads and loads several months ago and so hadn't needed to do any folding for a long time.

Here are a few close up shots of detail from the tea towel. It is printed on unbleached, organic cotton and has free postage in the UK and can now be gift wrapped too if you wish! 

To see the rest of the tea towel or to buy one, you can find it in the shop here!

30 days wild

30 Days Wild is a great project that encourages people to do Random Acts of Wildness everyday throughout June each year. The Wildlife Trusts are behind the idea - you can find out more by going to their site by clicking here.

I'm really thrilled to currently be stocking two Wildlife Trust shops in Shropshire - this is The Cut Visitor's centre, right in Shrewsbury...

and there are also some of my products and cards on sale at their shop at The Boathouse in Ellesmere.

If you are near Leominster or Hereford, you can find my things at the lovely shop at Queenswood Arboretum 

As part of my #30DaysWild, I've been filming and sketching some of the occupants in the garden... I've put some of the clips together here...

Post run!

This little selection went off in the post today! I love seeing the different designs people choose. All can be found in the shop by clicking here!

Wedding stationery

One of my best friends got married at the weekend, and I was thrilled to be of use - here is a time lapse video of me hand lettering some of the place names for the big day. 

I'll do another post soon with with the wedding invitations that I designed.

Here are a few pictures of the place names and the table plan.

I have now added the place cards as an option in my Etsy shop... so if you are planning a wedding, party, event, ball... anything you might want some rustic place names with gold hand lettering, pop over and have a look by clicking here!

A foray into fabrics...

At the start of the year I wrote a 'dream big' list for Alice Draws The Line - of things I want to have a go at, ideally this year, but sometime in the development of this little business I'm venturing into. 

On the list was to 

a) design a repeating pattern 

b) have the design printed on fabric

c) make something out of the dress (ideally the Bettine dress by Tilly and the Buttons - I've loved this pattern for ages and finally got around to buying it!). 

...and voila! I had 2 metres of this puffin pattern that I have designed using the Puffin illustrations that I used for my Puffin Enamel Mug, printed onto cotton, and rustled up my own Bettine dress! (it is a very comfy dress and lovely and easy to make!).

Factory shop excitement!

I went down to Brighton to the Artists Open Houses (open every weekend in May), and combined it with calling in at Seawhite of Brighton (of sketchbook fame) and had a lovely time in their factory shop. 

I bought a few more items than this...!