My very first sugar roses

Well this week I made.. sugar roses as cake decorations! Very kitsch I know, but totally addictive and enjoyable! Don't judge please, this was my very first time..!

The hilarious cake it was intended for at work!

A homemade wedding...

So my lovely Tom proposed and we decided to try and make as much as possible for our wedding day.  The following posts are going to be a little bit of a history of how I made everything from the favours to runners, invitations to customising the shoes!

Invitations seem like a good place to start.. So being nature lovers we thought using an oak motif would be a nice idea, and this seems to have carried through in a lot of elements! I started designing little inky oaky sprigs and reworked in photoshop.

                                           The finished design below!

My sister and I had a block of the design made and hand letterpressed the cards!                                                                       

   

After a lot of deliberation, we finished with some grey textured cotton ribbon and voila - the finished invitation!  

 

 

A spring in my step!

So I know i'm def not the only one rejoicing in this beautiful spring weather - thought I would share a few shots I have been taking whilst out and about. Makes me want to get my sketchbook out and start scribbling, sigh!

 

Just in case you were wondering where these are, the first couple of magnolias are lunchtime at Kew, the blossom and the bright blue sky is a tree in a garden at the end of my road, the pink cascading blossoms are trees by Chiswick steps, the light on the magnolias are an early morning in Chiswick House and Grounds, and then more at twilight at Chiswick mall - and finally crocuses one evening at Kew! I see them everywhere!

Floral vintage ditsy prints

New floral painted prints for textiles, gouache on paper reworked in photoshop.

New painted patterns

I have started making prints again! Here are the start, more to follow! Love to know your feedback. All are hand drawn gouache and graphite on paper reworked in photoshop.

Wedding decorations

Tis the season for weddings and first of the year, was my sister in law-to-be Eleanor, and Matt's wedding. It was such a lovely day so thought I would share some of my endeavours! As Matt's a musician, I thought incorporating music paper would be a nice idea - and the colour scheme was a kiwi green and dusky pink.

  

 

Deadly nightshade patterns

So I am starting to try and work out some patterns for a friends' murder mystery games packaging.. this might be a little too pretty but it's a start! Watch this space, more drawings to follow..