PERSONALIZED BIRTHDAY CARDS

Beautiful Handlettering and Typography designs are layered into these cards.... with personalization.

Available on AMAZON 

pop in and check out the collection amazonUk

PERSONALIZED THANK YOU CARDS

Say it with a card ....
and make it personal.

A fantastic personalized Thank you card with hand lettering and a typography inspired design with the name of the recipient on the card beautifully hand lettered....

now that is saying thank you personally.

Available on +Amazon.co.uk click here

Christmas Greetings

Despite a huge trend towards E-Cards and the use of digital media to convey Christmas Greetings and Cheer, My Christmas Cards have done really well.

I set out with just two designs in the collection.  Both lean heavily towards Typography.  I have truly had such immense fun with Typography, it shows in the work.

The two cards are square and printed on luxury hammered finish 350gsm cardstock and a linen finish
Going for the heavier card stock, though a lot dearer has been worth it.  The finish is exquisite.

The typography is all hand lettered within a layered design

"SANTA CLAUSE IS COMING ...."

Pack of 12 a fun design with reindeer's prancing around, layered with Hand letters words.



"TIS THE SEASON TO BE ...."

Pack of 12



A new collection of Birthday and occasional cards will be out in January so watch this space.

I have just a few more left in the Christmas collection, so pop over to AMAZON and check it out.

How to keep your skin looking Young

This should be your daily mantra

SUPER FOODS for Health Skin

The Top 5 Super Foods for Healthy Skin

A good balanced diet is important for Healthy skin.

But remember IN MODERATION

rich in vitamins and antioxidants, they combat free radicals and give your skin that deep healthy glow.  Fruit smoothies made with berries are great for all skin types.

 Contain natural fatty acids and minerals.  They make your skin smoother by evening out the complexion.

packed with vitamins and nutrients, helps prevent skin damage and inflammation.  Incredibly cooling and relaxing for eyes. 

Yogurt:
contains calcium, vitamins, proteins and organic bacterial cultures, helps reduce wrinkles, smooth's skin and give a plumpness to skin that reflects as a healthy glow.

Cocoa solids hold hydrating nutrients, loads of antioxidants.

The Gardner's Delight

A GORGEOUS HAND SCRUB 

+Gardner's Delight

Just perfect for scrubbing garden dirt of after a busy day potting about.....

With added essential oils to moisturize and Aloe Vera extract to sooth, This natural scrub is perfect.

Light fragrance of Cottage Garden Herbs, each bar is individually wrapped in pure sheep wool and felted. This gives the bar of soap a permanent wool wrapper that acts like a wash cloth, scrub, exfoliator all in one. The gentle and natural exfoliation from the wool helps scrub dirty off easily, without have to scrub your hand raw. As you lather, the wool will continually shrink tight around the soap, always hugging the scrub.  This also makes the scrub lasts longer and no messy soap slime left behind on your wash stand.

Each Scrub is individually wrapped in a handmade pouch, for that personal touch.  Available on +Amazon.com +Amazon.co.uk   Clicking on the image will take you to the listing.

Natural Body Scrubs

You can maintain a healthy skin tone by just regularly exfoliating.  There is nothing better than a natural body scrub, and these not only give your skin its healthy glow, but they look utterly gorgeous, in their vibrant bold designs.

Give your skin that Healthy glow, lightly fragranced rose blossoms and cottage garden herbs, A luxurious rich moisturizing soap. Suitable for a wide range of skin types, the gentle exfoliation from the wool helps rejuvenate skin. . As you lather, the wool felt continually shrinks tight around the soap, bar lasts longer and no messy soap slime. Lanolin naturally present in the wool gently moisturises
The Bar is hand wrapped in pure sheep wool and felted. This gives the bar of soap a permanent wool wrapper that acts like a wash cloth and exfoliator all in one. 
Use the body scrub as a daily exfoliation routine, without the need and hassle of using additional body scrubs and masks. Saving time and money

Available on +amazonuk with international shipping. or contact me.

Farming

A +Spoonflower  Competition.
The Brief - FARMING -

so my design incorporates sheep, chatting each other up at the fence, with a backdrop of a selection of fresh fruit and veg.  This is what I imagine sheep do all day in the fields, I would if I were a sheep.

The design can be re sized to create a duvet and long drop curtain.  the sheep at the fence forming a border at the bottom and the vegetation etc as the background for the rest of the duvet/curtain.

Contact me if you would like it re sized, or re worked.

Pop into +Spoonflower  to vote.

Design also available as Gift wrap

Introducing Peel and Stick Wallpaper

Eco Friendly Peel n Stick Wallpaper

A Removable and Repositionable, Easy to cut and customize. Create your very own designer accent wall.

The design is printed on woven polyester with an eco friendly adhesive backing.  The print is 61 centimeters/24 inches wide.  You can purchase any length, the minimum being just 12 inches. 

To create an accent 12 inches is plenty, you could cut round some of the wildflowers and stick them as accents.  The design in the photograph is continuous floor to ceiling on a roll.

The wallpaper can be used in kids rooms as it is Eco friendly, Formaldehyde and PVC free.

To apply the wall paper simply peel and stick or cut out your shapes and then peel and stick.  Full instructions for application are available here

Not just wallpaper, it can be creatively used for a host of different applications, like drawer liners, Table cover, Book Jackets....

have fun crafting, and don't forget to post some of your creativity, would love to see it.

Handmade Non Woven Scarf

A SCARF FOR STEPHANIE

Over a month ago, my friend Stephanie got a dress to attend a @James Bond @casino charity event.  She had a fabulous new black dress for this event and wanted a scarf designed for it.

I absolutely love designing a piece when I know who it is for.  I get a real buzz.  I do feel the final outcome reflects the persons personality.

The dress is black lace with a nude lining underneath.  It has simple lines with short cap sleeves. Very classic.  Stephanie certainly has the curves to carry this dress.  The black dress would be worn with a most glamorous shocking pink and nude pink 6 inch spike, with a silvered toe.

I very much wanted to bring out the Lacey look so the scarf/wrap as it is a long one was going to be feathery and translucent.
The pink heels were the inspiration for the colour theme.

My finished work

• "Fantastic personal service & a unique item, very recommended."
• j h., 16 December 2012

The Wise ole Owl

Mixed Media Art:

Greeting Cards and stationary sets gone off to the printers.  The Collection will be ready for sale later this year.  This is a sneak peek at the ole owl.

I have also been working on a couple more abstract designs:

+Tigerprint  designs  +Tigerprint

A basic repeat pattern  FLORAL WRAP
Fir gift wraps, gift bag and tags

MY DESIGN: 

A set of five designs the inspiration behind these prints:

We are in the middle of establishing a wildflower meadow at home, This is a tribute and celebration of nature.  The riot of colour a wildflower patch can create - "GARDENING FROM THE HEART FOR THE SOUL"  

A Design of Sewing Notions

A design celebrating Sewing Notions:

A set of four co ordinates printed in a yard of fabric of your choice.
Alternatively each of the designs is available separately.

If you like it, do give us a little love heart, by voting or even giving us a favorite.  Thanks !!!
This one is called
NEEDLES AND THREAD

Or you might like to comment, I would love to hear what you have to say.
This one is called
BUTTONS

..Seriously, the song BUTTONS AND BOWS was playing in my head whilst designing this
and just like the song, This one is called
BOWS



A sewing box of notions with ribbons is just not possible.
So this one is called
RIBBONS

I had a lot of fun designing this.
with love
Mimi

Surface Pattern Design with +Spoonflower

Collaboration with +Spoonflower This surface pattern design is for sale in Fabrics of your choice, as Gift wrap, Wallpaper, and Decals

The Design is inspired by our Holiday to Seattle, a trek up Crystal Mountain to view the snow capped peaks of Mt Rainier.  We were luck to be their just at the right time to witness the wildflowers in full bloom, truly inspiring.  The design has been created by collaging the flowers and seed heads from hand Felted Wool. with line drawns doodles layered over the collage. The print quality at +Spoonflower is really great, the fine fibers of wool felt have turned out beautifully in print.   Basic Combed Cotton starts at $17.50 per yard.

Travelling Companion-What every gal should have

Travelling companions

The essentials that every gal must have whilst on her travels....

April Showers and May winds..... Know what, summer is next, and soon Holidays basking in the sun is what we have to look forward to.  Some may have already booked long haul tickets to far flung exotic destinations.  So what have we to pack to keep us looking relaxed and totally cool !!!

With Baggage allowances becoming ever more minimalist, one has to think carefully of what to pack.  Gone are the days where you randomly threw stuff into the suitcase as a "Just in Case" or "I might need to wear it".

So here are my Wash bag items not to forget.

This is a real handy item to pack a Body scrub, gives your skin a through deep clean, no need for flannels, bath mitts, or the mangy looking loofah.   There is no slimy soap slime to deal with.  The wool wrapper snugly holds the scrub permanently 

Facial Scrub.  giving your face a through deep clean means your skin has a deep healthy glow.  it feels refreshed.  The scrub is gentle and kind to your skin

A mineral based face powder, it great for taking off shine, its perfect in sunny, humid conditions, and feels light and fresh on the skin

Your brushes for all that fluffing and touching up

A neutral nude pink shade of lipstick.  This is a cool trick to have saving on carrying too many items, you can use it as eye shadow, just dab at the corner of your eyelids and blend with your finger tip, you can use it as lipstick and you can also use it as a blusher to give those cheek bones some high definition.  so a handy little stick to carry around.

Eye liner to give those eyes that doe full look. and your all set

Last but not least your sun screen.  It really is a must.

Happy Holidays !!!