Away on holiday!

Cute fall animals

Heres my latest istock illustration. Im working for autumn/winter 09 at the moment for my textile design work, so this follows that theme. Is there a frog with a tongue like that? It may be a lizard, but nevermind, he looks happy enough!

Pottery

Every now and then a brown cardboard box pops through our door, and being addressed to my husband, I know hes got something from ebay! Here is the latest Poole pottery find of his, which I actually quite like! He loves to collect Poole and his other favourite is Troika.

Mrs eliots books

I love tea cups and tea pots and wanted to share a favourite artist of mine: mrs eliot aka Francesca Lannacone. Shes a London based artist who works in mixed media making little books as art works. Her lines are so pure and her work has an effortless quality to it. Very inspiring.

Little Owl

With my Mum here over the past couple of days, I've been inspired to knit, as she bought the girls up some needles and wool to teach them some knitting. Heres my little owl, maybe a practice one for my etsy shop.

Sketch book

I still like to take my sketch book with me when I can, although its usually a camera I use for ref collecting now. But yesterday I went to Kipling Gardens and sketched one of the many lovely trees there.

Gym bag

I've finally got round to finishing Louisas gym bag, not that she needs it until she starts school in September, but its been hanging around unfinished in my studio for ages. Made from a freebie in a magazine and fabric scraps. I think her big sis will want a new one now! (ok I did photoshop the sea front to be a tiny bit closer to my studio than it really is!!)