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My Plants Are Magic print has been extremely popular since it launched. I have been thinking about turning the illustration into a tote bag for a while, after receiving some suggestions from my customers!

I have always liked screen-printed cotton bags and really wanted to create one using my designs, but as it was not a vector-based file my Plants Are Magic watercolour illustration was never suitable. Read More

New Mother’s Day cards are here! I have had only one design for a while now - You Are Lovely Mum. I made a new year’s resolution to develop more seasonal products, and I thought it was high time to design more Mother’s Day cards and offer even more options to treat your lovely mum. Read More

Hurrah! It has been a while since I designed a Valentine’s Day card. I think it has been three years since my last collection. I am always unprepared for Valentine’s after the Christmas rush and readjustment in January. One of my New Year goals is to ‘create more products often’. Read More

It goes without saying that 2020 has been a strange year for all of us. When talking with friends socially distanced or on video calls, there is one common question I have been asked through the year: is my business affected by coronavirus? Read More

In my Wildflowers Collection blog post, I talked about my ambition of getting my illustrations printed on a wide range of products such as functional wares and textiles. For Christmas I decided to try something different than designing a new set of cards and gift tags. Read More

Hurrah! It’s the first new product of the year. I know, I know…it’s been a while. This global pandemic has really thrown me off, especially when face coverings were made mandatory. For a deaf person, not being able to see people’s faces is disconcerting. Read More

I launched my newest collection on Friday – Wildflowers!

In the run up to Top Drawer in January I was advised to design a new range to launch at the event, so in the autumn last year I started to think about what my next collection would be. Wildflowers have been one of the collections on my to-do list for a while and I felt most excited and inspired about them. Read More

I hope you all had a lovely holiday season and a great start to the New Year.

2020 already! Where did last year go? 2019 flew by as I continued to develop my art practice and grow my business and in a blink, it was gone. So, welcome 2020, I am excited to see what it brings. Read More

I’ve launched a brand new Christmas card collection! It’s called A Taste of Christmas.

If you are a small business owner like me you will understand how we all have to start thinking about Christmas in the middle of summer and launch in the autumn to make the most of the festive season, and coming up with Christmassy ideas while the sun is still shining can be difficult! Luckily I came up with the rough idea of my new collection earlier this year while it was still chilly in spring and I have thought about it for months. A few weeks ago I felt ready and jumped in and started planning. Read More

If you follow me on Instagram, you will know that I’ve been painting greenhouses! As a plant lover, I naturally enjoy visiting greenhouses and last year I decided that I want to create more greenhouse paintings for my shop. So I’ve made efforts to visit more, and most recently made a day trip to the University of Leicester Botanic Garden to visit theirs! Read More

I painted Plants Are Magic a couple of weeks ago. The idea of painting an illustration based on this phrase has been floating around in my head since last year, and I decided to finally sit down and translate the idea to paper. Read More

I recently launched an exciting new product in my shop: my first tote bag! I picked my GROW design for it, because out of all my work I believed it will work really well as a tote bag.

I originally designed this GROW piece for my collaboration with Brynn & Co on an embroidery design and embroidery kit / PDF. Read More