 Happy March! Spring has sprung upon us. This month, my FREE desktop wallpaper for my email subscribers is channelling all the spring vibes. I saw a little blue tit perched at the top of the cherry tree in our garden this week. It was a beautiful blue sky day and the little bird was singing it's heart out. As soon I saw it, I knew what this month's desktop wallpaper had to be! If you would like to get the FREE desktop wallpaper, then here's a link to where to join my mailing list: JOIN MY MAILING LIST HERE
The beginning of February I made a rare trip to Birmingham to visit Spring Fair International at the NEC. My friends at Art Eco Designs had a stall there this year, the first time in five years. As I mentioned in last month's blog, the end of last year and beginning of this has seen me working on lots of new occasion card designs for them to take along. With many of my new designs very hot off my desk at the end of January, it was well worth my long journey to Birmingham to catch a first glimpse of them all as sample stock being launched at Spring Fair. It was wonderful to catch up with everyone on the stand and chat to the sales team about what's in demand from stockists - a very productive day indeed. Best of all was being able take the opportunity to arrange to meet up with some of my artist friends who live in the midlands and north England. That was exactly what I needed, to be able to wander around with great friends who work in the same way (from home, around their families, creating and designing for licence). It was lovely to be able to celebrate seeing each other's work on stands, gather ideas for coming trends, colours and themes....
I always come away from events like this with my head buzzing with ideas, it can be very overwhelming. Thankfully, I am a few years in to my creative business and know that it's important to fill that notebook up straightaway and then put it to one side. There will be obvious things to prioritise and action straight away, and other things that would be great to re-visit. That's why I enjoy travelling to events like this by train as it gives me a few hours straight after the event to gather my thoughts and jot them all down on the journey home....  Now that we have reached March, that means that it will soon be Mother's Day here in the UK. The date to remember is Sunday 31st March this year. Over at my Etsy and Folksy shops, I have a bright collection of floral and sweet Mother's Day cards and gift ideas. The images featured here include some new designs for this year...    I hope you have a lovely month. Don't forget to look up to the branches of the trees, you never know who you will see singing their song for spring from behind the blossom! Best wishes, 
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 Happy New Year! I hope that 2019 is a very happy, healthy and peaceful year for all. I always seem to wish the same things each New Year - happiness, health and peace. Three precious things that I believe should never be taken for granted. I'm not a great one for new year's resolutions, it's always an ongoing work in progress for me. I see each day is a new gift and a new chance to learn and grow. At this time of year there always seems to be lots of pressure to set goals and strive to be this, that or the other. When you think about it, really it all boils down to this.. We have all collectively completed another journey around the sun, together, on this bit of rock floating in space - the third rock from our nearest star. A beautiful, fascinating, awe inspiring rock, filled with stunning flora, fauna and oceans teeming with life yet to be explored. When viewed from space, there are no borders, we are seen as one on our one and only life supporting planet. What an amazing thing that truly is! Maybe that's worth pausing to contemplate and appreciate at the start of a New Year. I know I feel blessed to part of this whole phenomenon. The beauty of our natural world is where I will continue to find my greatest source of inspiration for my creative work and I look forward to spending the coming year drawing lots more flora and fauna...  Talking of flora and fauna, let's start the year off with a bit of nature inspired design. I'm happy to say, all be it a bit delayed, I have set up January's free desktop calendar wallpaper for everyone on my email list, which will be going out today so please check those inboxes, as this month's email will also have a little exclusive Etsy offer code for 15% off across my entire Etsy shop. This month's desktop wallpaper has been inspired by two things. Firstly, the Pantone colour of the year for 2019 'Living Coral'. This gorgeous, vivid coral reminds me of some of the hues that can be found in the stunning sunsets we get around Somerset at this time of year. So, I've set my sunset in a scene with a hare on the Somerset Levels looking across to Glastonbury Tor (which is not far from here). If you would like to get the FREE desktop wallpaper and the exclusive January offer code for my Etsy shop, then here's a link to where to join my mailing list: JOIN MY MAILING LIST HERE  Today's post is illustrated with images I created on the lead up to Christmas. Once again, I took part in an advent countdown challenge over on Instagram. These are the 24 images I shared throughout the challenge....  Most importantly, I want to say some big thank you's for 2018...
To everyone who purchased items from my online shops, or bought items with my designs on in bricks and mortar shops across the UK - a massive heartfelt THANK YOU! I can't do this without you, each purchase you make means everything to me! Also THANK YOU to those of you who left fantastic reviews on my Etsy and Folksy shops after your purchase. You have no idea how much those words mean to me, I am so grateful that you took the time and trouble. Each good review helps lift me up and carry me forward on the not so great days! To all my amazing clients (you all know who you are if you are reading this): THANK YOU so, so much! I am very lucky to get to work with such lovely people who bring me great projects to work on. I love how each project tests my skills and ability and helps me see things in different ways. With no two days the same, I love our collaborative work as it gives me my much needed human contact and gives my brain a good old work out! You are all so important to me and my little business, I'm looking forward to lots more team work this year! To everyone who has followed and supported my social media efforts this year: Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! The struggle is REAL with social media and me at the moment. Some days it takes so much effort for me to actually post something at all. Every single like and comment you have given me this year has been deeply appreciated. In a noisy online world, it feels harder and harder to cut through and be seen, so to find that someone has seen and liked something means so much more now! Lastly, Thank you to all everyone on my email list - especially during a year that saw GDPR thrown in the mix! Thank you so much for sticking with me. I hope you enjoy your free desktop wallpapers each month, I intend to continue to do these this year and look forward to sharing those with you. I wish you all a wonderful January, If the winter blues start to creep in, try and look for the signs of spring, they are never far away as our world keeps turning on our next journey around the sun together! Best wishes Angie |
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