christmas freebie

If you fancy some rather fine handmade goods to give or receive this christmas then look no further than my etsy shop - I've cancelled all shipping costs for addresses in the uk - just enter the code: christmasfreebie1

these are my cards, featuring polar bears, robin and reindeer stamps

To celebrate I've added a couple of mini prints, which are at bargain prices!

Mr Kong Says Hi

Nice wheels

what's going on...1

I'm guilty of yet more blog neglect, so here's a quick catch up, hopefully the first of many-ish...so...after some long hours printing I have a few new things - cards, calendars and bags which I'm going to put in my etsy shop in next few days...I've just taken part in a fair in Widcombe (thanks to everyone who braved the rain) and next week will be at the Bear Fair - at the Bear pub in Bear Flat - it should be the perfect shopping trip - beer and handmade gifts - a winning combination!

 I've also got lots of my things in the latest Smithson Gallery pop up shop in Cabot's Circus, Bristol. I went along today and it looks really amazing, I love the chairs and cases on the wall - nice work Anna!

I also joined twitter - @lottiefarmer7 (though I don't really know how it works yet)

postcard - take two

last weekend I printed a postcard of Bath print for the upcoming art trail (nov 9th -12th i think), this weekend I printed it again using slightly different colours, the first one had an ever so slightly greeny turquoise and I just couldn't live with it, I tried but...NOOOOOOOO...

 such great colours, even the offending turquoise (bottom left) looks ok but I think the strip on the right is better - check out the gold!

this is the 2 cards side by side - spot the difference!

taa - dah!!

bonjour kitty

I printed the bonjour kitty print on saturday after spending friday silver leafing, I can tell it's been a while since I did an edition bigger than 3 as my arms were hurting on sunday...

et voila

 and here's la Margo relaxing in her usual spot...bonjour kitty

bits and bonjour

i made it to the print studio today for the first time in a while - had a hardworking morning embossing for a new print for Found http://www.foundbath.co.uk ...which I plan to finish off tomorrow...along with my first Margo inspired print

this is just a very quick drawing to get the idea, but I kinda like it!

 Yesterday I wrote on lots (4 boxes ) of very nice smelling candles and wrote a bit of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe on a wardrobe door - as you do!

top drawer

its official I am a rubbish blogger....In my defence it's been ridiculously busy recently, one of the things that has been going on is/was Top Drawer at Olympia, where New House Textiles launched my new mugs, coasters and place mats...

 I took this in a hurry using my phone so it's one of my classic blurry shots - I had the job of writing on the walls and drawing huge flashes round everything...so after all that stressful busy what better than stretching in a yoga session, run by the extremely flexible Margo!

hello august - at last

Now I realise I've been utterly neglecting my blog for ages now, but I have been busy...some of the blind fabric I designed for New House Textiles a while back has been printed - these are some colour options...one of them is green (i never go for green so I don't know how this happened - anyway it did NOT get picked)

 last week we had a photoshoot for their new catalogue - these were taken by me very quickly with my phone - so are slightly dodgy

this package arrived from california last week - hopefully I'm going to be working on a fun project with the sender - more on that when it actually happens - this is just a sneaky peek and me not giving away any clues!

and while I have been super busy Margo the kitten is also being very distracting...I thought she was being cute playing with my lovely Christine Berrie camera bag (bought from Magma on an olympic trip to London)....anyway it turned out that she was actually chewing my headphone wires in two-ahhhhhh! 

(She is doing her sneaky chewing next to an envelope containing my 'cat's out of the bag' bag, which is now on it's way to japan - whoo!)