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i haven't really got an idle 5 minutes these days what with sewing like a maniac to get this done...but everyone deserves a break, don't they? and so i spent a happy little while having a little nose around the websphere....where i happened upon the fact that the spoonflower blog has announced that one of the upcoming fabric of the week contests is '1950's' with a restricted palette. luvly jubbly thought i! that sounds right up my alley...so after a little play on photoshop elements i transformed the above line drawing into little repeat patterns. now, i'm a real beginner here, so they're probably a bit rough around the edges... the 'fabric of the week' contests are voted for by the public - the contest has only just opened so you can't vote now...but if i give you the nod d'ya reckon you could do me the honour? (only if you felt me worthy enough of course) i'd be so grateful :) it's the blue version i've actually entered - but i liked the little dandelion head shape in the black 'bowl' in the red one, so i added that later.

on a different note, i didn't say thank you to those who left birthday wishes - how very rude and remiss of me! many, many deep felt thanks to you all xxx

special offer...

i've decided to clear the decks in my etsy shop in preparation for the new year and new products, so i'd just like to bring your attention, dear readers, to a special offer i'm running from now until the 20th december. buy any two of my digital prints for $10...there's a potential saving of $10 on some prints, and they are printed on to a beautifully crisp cotton canvas, or heavyweight paper stock. so click here for your holiday bargains...

it's kaleidocopic!

as i type this, i am watching a silly spoof of the beatles writing and performing a song about pooing on a rooftop. bizarre. but quite funny. (on closer inspection, it's a programme called

peter serafinowicz on bbc2)

anyhoo, just a quickie to let you all in on the excitement...drum roll please...kaleidoscopic prints are now available in the shop and the more you buy, the better value they are.

kaleidoscopic doodlings

take one piece of paper, an assortment of black drawing pens, add a two hour stint of 'miss marple' on the television, mix it all together and hey presto! 'kaleidoscope' is born. at the risk of sounding smug, i'm really pleased with this...maybe some more digital prints in the making...? (they will of course be much better than these, the white is very blue, and as you can tell i'm no whizz on the photo editing thingy.)

a happy accident

i went to see my lovely printer steve to order some new colours of my 'plant life' print. i spent some time choosing four new colours and went to pick them up this evening. sadly, two of the colours while very lovely weren't quite what i was expecting, so i've put them in my shop at the discounted rate of $8, with a limited edition of 5 of each colour. just in case you were worried i hadn't mentioned the shop today.

heavens to betsy, my etsy shop is open!

much whooping and excitement please, because i can officially declare my etsy shop open! yay!

yeah, yeah, i know, i know, about bloody time! it's looking a little bare, but new things will be added constantly. the pin bugs will be added soon, and i've some notebooks (that still need to be made, hehe) that i want to add too. so what are you waiting for? go and have a look!