Cinnamon Toast Launch Party!

Well, it has been an incredible 3 months. From designing to sewing and now to yesterday evening which was the official launch party of Cinnamon Toast. And what a great evening it was, more than I could have possibly hoped for. After working on the designs for so long and almost becoming immune to them, after many moments of frustration and 'not seeing', after many late nights of sewing and after the anxiety of what it would become, last night I was able, through other people's eyes, to stand back and appreciate it all again and acknowledge why I have taken this massive leap. The feedback has been amazing.

So, I wanted to say a huge thank you to you for supporting this page, the facebook group and fan page, for the orders that have already come through and for those 7 parties I have booked in the UK and am about to tour with over the next 2 months! This journey has been incredible, and I know that this is only just the beginning! Hope you continue to enjoy what comes from Cinnamon Toast and the journey it will take. Enjoy the pictures.

Christmas Cards...6 Collections!

Well, 3 weeks overdue, but hey these things happen. I have finally completed this years Christmas card collections that will be available to order. I am currently discussing production with a printer, so all will hopefully come together very soon. It has taken longer than I thought, but I wanted to get this right. Quality as opposed to quantity - right?! So, I have 6 collections (some contain more designs than others); Berries, Christmas Eve, Doves, Tree Line, Nativity and Typography. They will be sold either individually or as packs of 8. You can choose 8 cards from one of the collections to make up a pack (either 4 X 2 designs, 2 X 4 designs or 8 X 1 design). However, the quantities can be more! I have put together a montage of the designs, with at least 2 from each collection. Hope you like. Have a great day x

Just a few more Christmas designs...

And just a few more to add to the mix of Christmas...love heart wreath and some nice cosy cups of cocoa! Would love to hear ya thoughts... x

Merry Christmas...already?!

Well, it does seem a little early to be thinking of Christmas, but it will soon be upon us! So, on a windy & wet day like today I decided to get in the Christmas spirit, with hot chocolate in hand I set to work. Thought I would vary the background too. What do you think?

Entries for Tigerprint Competition: Christmas Typography..

Inspired by a vintage country cottage style Christmas, I wanted to work this style into the card design, as I was using a mixture of fonts I thought it would add to the quirkiness of the card and step away from the traditional rich colours used at Christmas time. I have placed emphasis on the 12 days of Christmas and used the words to create the shape of a Christmas tree in two of the entries below. I think these would make lovely cards, and also felt that wrapping paper using the background would be nice too, so I used a mixture of the background with the fonts to fill in the stars (above)...what do you think? I am also currently working on a logo for Cinnamon Toast - the colours used in these designs might just give you a clue to the colours of 'Cinnamon Toast'! Enjoy x

Living out a dream & Tigerprint Christmas Competition

Sorry, it's been a while since I last posted something, busy times! I have decided to take a trip and live out a dream...I'm heading stateside for 3 months. Ticket is booked, so as of 4 weeks today I shall begin the journey. I'm very much looking forward to the adventure and the opportunity to devote each day to designing and creating and being inspired in so many different ways. I'll be with my lovely friends and family over Christmas & New Year, and then from Jan/Feb the dream & hope is to live in New York for 2 months. As the lyrics of Jay-Z's Empire State of Mind goes:

"In New York, concrete jungle where dreams are made of, theres nothing you can’t do,

Now you’re in New York, these streets will make you feel brand new, the lights will inspire you,

Lets here it for New York, New York, New York"

So let's go...

And now, back to work. Here are my entries for the Tigerprint Christmas photography competition...

In my images, I have tried to capture the cosy, warm essence of Christmas evenings in by the fire. The Christmas wreath has been made up of all the delicious foods we like to indulge ourselves with over the holiday season - mince pies, cookies, chocolates, etc. Enjoy.

Seeing Stars...

I took one star from the Nanny Heaven illustration and repeated it, changing the background colour. Again, would be nice Christmas wrapping paper or fabric... I'm starting early with Christmas aren't I?!

Nanny Heaven Illustration

I had scribbled this little doodle last year in my journal, and the last couple of days I had been thinking about it and so decided to do some work on it today. And here it is. I made it in to a repeat pattern as I felt it would make rather nice wrapping paper for Christmas time (or Birthdays), perhaps lovely fabric too that can be used to cover the jar lids of homemade chutneys and cookies. I've uploaded it on to Spoonflower as well, so maybe I'll order meself a swatch! Why name it Nanny Heaven? Well, its for all those special nannies (grandmothers) who are in Heaven looking down, ain't that right Mia Marrow x.