sketch horse...........

No, it is a girl and not a horse, but I have been trying to get back on the horse when it comes to sketching as I haven't been doing it at all for some time now.  I think I lose my creativity a bit unless I keep up with it all the time...hopefully I can get back to it soon.  I do love playing with water colours....

ink, water colours

too many teacups on the dance floor.....

..seriously I own so many, mainly given to me by my lovely grandma...but teacups are oh so very pretty and oh so functional at the storing of hot liquids...here is a card/gift tag I have made for my step mum in law on her day of birth......... weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

framed.................

some framed illustrations.........

elephants and tea parties.............

couldn't get elephants at tea parties out of my head..so sketched this for my lovely niece's birthday on the weekend!

les âmes soeurs..............

This is the picture I made as kind of like an engagement card, for an engagement party I will be hitting up this evening.  I'm actually a bridesmaid for it, so it will be fun times I hope! If google translate serves me correctly, then it means the soulmates...naw whimsical.

I'm going to go make myself beautiful now which will take at least a week, so good day sirs, I said good day.

x

Updatey........

I've been updating my blog and blog header, do you likey?? 

Also I drew a quick illustration for the Perth Blogger Meet Up, for more details head to The Velvet Bow or Don't You Know April Rose.  It should be fun fun fun fun!

Giant Octopus + Fairy Floss... what more could you want in life??

Late night sketching, had the image of a giant octopus wielding fairy floss in my head, so put it to paper.... Poor Giant Octopus, your fairy floss has become all soggy and ocean salty tasting.  One day you will evolve to land and eat as much delicious fairy floss as you like, or humans, whatever floats your boat!!

ohhh it is the christmas kind.......

Which is the BEST kind!

Yes it is Christmas tomorrow, in case you weren't aware.  I love Christmas because I love festivity! Our tree is all shiny and glorious, with millions of presents for my millions of nieces and nephews underneath it!

  Tomorrow I will be rushing around all day trying to see all the family, but it is going to be SUPER hot, and I am going to swim, like some kind of underwater swimming creature, like a mermaid or an old abandoned shoe.  And I shall surround myself with delicious food and magical drinks!

Weeeeeeeeee I hope everyone in blog town has the best time they have ever had in their entire lives!

I may even posty tomorrow because I bought an especially fun dress to wear, and I have a feeling there are some especially hot shoes under the tree......

xoxo

p.s. Don't forget to stop by Mr Bird's for an important Christmas message...

some christmas tags I made for all the presents.......

panda bear...........

An illustration I made for my friend Martina as thanks for organising an amazing hens night for me last night!
Pictures to come next post, it was such a wonderful night!

shoppetty............

I am just starting up an Etsy shop to sell all things artsy and Mr Birdy!

I'm a bit stuck on what kind's of things people would be interested in, and would love some comments from you!  I'm planning on creating and selling a lot of original illustrations, and even custom illustrations as well as prints.

Would love to know out of my illustrations the kinds of pictures and styles you like the best and would possibly be interested in!

I would muchly appreciate it!

You can check out some of the illustrations I have blogged by clicking this link.

Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

yada yada yada....................

Hello my beloved friends of the Land that is shaped unusually like a blog creature thing!!!

I have missed you for all of the August we have had so far! I have been having adventures aplenty, but alas blog town has never been in my reach.

Right now I am making the most delicious stroganoff known to mankind.  Some girls at work had a  Stroganoff which was basically them both cooking one and then getting judged on whose was the best.  Yes it was a strogan OFF!! GET IT!! DO YOU GET JOKES! Think about it really hard, it is a very clever joke indeed.  It made me laugh for many hours.  Anyway this stroganoff I am making is so delicious that I am a very happy lady indeed.

Just a random sketch from my new shine moleskine courtesy of the lovely Mr Stompface for my birthday.  He is nice most of the time.

Marriage times just keep getting closer and closer, I cant wrap my head around this time moving forward business!

I hope you are all as SPLENDIDLY HAPPY as I imagine a dinosaur who had just discovered a tiny singing scone wearing a beret would be!

x

rainbows and birthdays.....

For ANOTHER one of my niece's birthdays... she is 2, her presents were rainbow playdough and crayola a plenty, so I thought it was fitting that she should have a rainbow card... sparkle sparkle..

things that are crowns are the best kind of things!

things that are turquoisy and ice creamy............

evie evie evie................

Lemonade..............

currently listening to Lemonade by CocoRosie, is it just me or are CocoRosie strongly channeling Gandalf on their new album cover!! GANDALF?!  I love Gandalf he is so awesome, you know what I love, that episode of Extras with Ian McKellan and he is all "Sir Ian Sir Ian Sir Ian GANDALF Gandalf Sir Ian Sir Ian"  Or something along those lines, and he is all "I'm not REALLY a wizard you know!!" Ho ho Sir Ian the things you say, OF COURSE you are really a wizard, you are just confused.

anyhoo it is rather pretty if you enjoy things that are Coco and Rosie, and actually the singing in the beginning reminds me A LOT of Tom Waits....

sketch of a dreamy dream catcher with I ruined by putting colour on, colour really ruins things sometimes, so I sepia-d it's ass.

antler.....................

sketchy dreamy.........

sketchy sketching....

bubble................

and another sketch/watercolour.........

so light is her footfall.............