Weddings...

Well, the last couple months have been occupied with weddings, engagements and 60th Birthday surprises! All for which my creative juices have been overflowing! I have uploaded some pics from the engagement shoot. It was so so cold that day, but the couple were great and so patient! It helped we stopped for a cuppa and cake in between shoots to warm ourselves up - got us ready to brace the cold for the next round. All in all the pics turned out well, and the couple were pleased (which is the most important thing). An image was then chosen to be used as part of the wedding invite. It was a single card with the image on front and the invite wording on the back, this was overlaid with parchment paper with the printed verse, then tied together with jute string. See pics.

Along side of this wedding I was working on another, which is the Save the Date design. I will eventually upload the images of the 60th Birthday surprise gifts as soon as I get them off me phone! I designed and made a table runner, serviettes, cushion cover and two cards. Was so good to be challenged with such varied projects all at once...let's hope more will come from them all.

If you would like to see more images of the engagement shoot, go to the Cinnamon Toast fan page... http://www.facebook.com/pages/Cinnamon-Toast/126571144053471

Pretty little bows all in a row...

...and now for some jolly bows. I love bows, I love to see them adorning plain garments as an accessory...they really can make a garment! And I don't mean the BIG bows of the 80's, just petite and pretty bows on cardigans or as brooches, they are ever so feminine. And of course I mustn't forget how a bow lends itself to the excitement to the opening of a gift! So why not as wrapping paper too!! Enjoy X

More floral designs

Well, it's certainly been a while since my last post. Lots going on, moving home and changing life completely in a new direction...! All change again. So here are a couple designs I've been working on. These are from original watercolours I had painted and just reworked them through photoshop. Nice stationery; wedding invites, greeting card, wrapping paper...the list is endless...! Would love to hear your thoughts...x

New designs: Cherries Galorious, Wispy Rose, Simply Cherry

As promised, I've been working on some patterns using my new graphics pen. Oh, how did I live without it before? And here are the fruits of my labour (sorry about the awful pun). This is called 'Cherries Galorious' - funnily enough! Thought this pattern would look lovely as wrapping paper - on nice thick paper, perhaps double sided with spots. I love cherries, even glace cherries; I'm ashamed to say when making me christmas cake, I tend to finish the pot off once the required amount has been added! Naughty, but nice...

I had such fun drawing in Photoshop with this pen, usually I doodle in my lil book this rose, entitled 'Wispy Rose'. There is a story behind it. A couple of friends of mine asked me to work on a design for their wedding invitations, they wanted to incorporate their wedding date 09.06.07. Seeing as they were getting married in Edinburgh and the bride being Scottish, I couldn't resist the influence of Charles Henry Mackintosh - I love his work. So I started sketching ideas and eventually came up with a rose using the figures of the date (this was done using typed numbers and manipulated in PS). As I was sketching the figures fitted in well and the rose came quite naturally - needless to say they loved it. So much so, it was even iced on their wedding cake! See if you can work out the numbers, I have included images below of the final invite... how did I use the 7? This is the stem of the rose. Well, ever since then I have developed and sketched the rose and so had a go in PS with me new pen! I'm quite pleased with the results.

Here is the 'Simply Cherry' design, named simply because its all about the cherry, simple!