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A little drawing to celebrate my beautiful childhood chum turning the BIG 40 yesterday. I felt so privileged to be part...
20/06/2024

A little drawing to celebrate my beautiful childhood chum turning the BIG 40 yesterday. I felt so privileged to be part of her celebrations 🎂🍸

Another page of work in progress in my cuppacino sketchbook. Finally getting a play with my new skin tone crayons.
25/08/2023

Another page of work in progress in my cuppacino sketchbook. Finally getting a play with my new skin tone crayons.

Me and the boys enjoyed an arty sesh using my ‘big girl crayons’ this morning. This is my very rusty drawing…how I miss ...
04/08/2023

Me and the boys enjoyed an arty sesh using my ‘big girl crayons’ this morning. This is my very rusty drawing…how I miss drawing 🥰

Managed to finish this little sketch just in time for our dear chum’s gorgeous son’s 1st birthday last week. Forgotten ...
12/01/2023

Managed to finish this little sketch just in time for our dear chum’s gorgeous son’s 1st birthday last week. Forgotten how much I love gold acrylic!

Breakfast watching ghostbusters 💙
02/11/2022

Breakfast watching ghostbusters 💙

Current work in progress… and most importantly - I’m finally getting to try out my cuppacino sketchbook which has been s...
03/08/2022

Current work in progress… and most importantly - I’m finally getting to try out my cuppacino sketchbook which has been sitting in its cellophane for over a year. A great cheat for skin tones!






My parents found one of my old floral studies in their loft, and thought I might like it back. This is acrylic on canvas...
03/08/2022

My parents found one of my old floral studies in their loft, and thought I might like it back. This is acrylic on canvas - and it took me a while to remember which was the right way up.

Been turning up several pairs of my dear old Grandad’s trousers - he’s lost 4 inches in height and had been wearing his ...
10/06/2021

Been turning up several pairs of my dear old Grandad’s trousers - he’s lost 4 inches in height and had been wearing his signature ‘baggy trousers’ for too long. I’ve been worrying about him tripping down the stairs.

As you would imagine - 91 year old Royston was quite particular in how I should sew these (adding internal taping to stop puckering). So we discussed our methods - his being the correct one - as he’s been sewing clothes ‘since he was a 14 year old boy messenger.’ Turns out his traditional methods worked far better than mine - not that I’ll tell him!

How lucky am I! Surprise beautiful flowers arrived yesterday as a thank you for illustrating some botanical wedding invi...
16/05/2021

How lucky am I! Surprise beautiful flowers arrived yesterday as a thank you for illustrating some botanical wedding invitations for a friend. Completely made my day 😍

VINTAGE CUSHIONS AND BENCH CUSHIONSA little bit of sewing is always good therapy! I’ve just finished making covers for f...
01/03/2021

VINTAGE CUSHIONS AND BENCH CUSHIONS

A little bit of sewing is always good therapy!
I’ve just finished making covers for four foam bench cushions. These have two strips of Velcro sewn on the bottom to hold them in place on wooden dining benches.
I’d also made two cushions for my Grandad’s very belated Christmas present. The pretty floral fabric had been in his airing cupboard for a few decades, so it’s lovely to see it finally put to good use, along with some handmade green piping to really bring out the colours.

For those of you lovely people who’ve asked whether I’m still making face masks? The answer is a resounding YES, my orde...
26/10/2020

For those of you lovely people who’ve asked whether I’m still making face masks? The answer is a resounding YES, my order book is open again, and I have lots of this pretty swallows print fabric available to use.

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