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For Beth, with love. x

Hello My Little Ball of Wool

I am supposed to be doing coursework. So, in a long-standing tradition of procrastination, I thought I'd make some more cards instead!

I have this thing about preserving nice text messages in illustrations, and this one came to mind instantly when I got a message from Simon saying "hello my little ball of wool, how are you?" (I like to knit, we don't just have stupid cutesy pet names for each other for no reason ya know!)

So today, armed with my new pro markers, some card, a craft knife and what was left of my printer ink, I set about making my illustration into a set of cards. Et voila!

It's amazing what you can do with a Sunday afternoon, a little imagination and a pathological aversion to deadlines.

Love Birds

I know that the first day of spring was some while ago, but I've either been too wrapped up in my busy little world to notice, or it just hasn't felt like spring until today. So, I decided to make the most of the sun and get a little bit creative in my garden...

I've been wanting to do lino-cut printing for a while. It's slightly more sophisticated than potato printing and runs slightly less risk of me injuring myself than wood-cut printing. The design is based on a charm I have, and is printed in turquoise acrylic or yellow oilpaint. The latter was a bit of an accident, but it makes for an interesting texture. I am happy/pleasantly surprised with the results!

Staying on the springtime theme... being awoken by bird song every morning seems to have snuck its way from my subconscious into my jewellery designs as well recently.

All will no doubt be on my Folksy shop sometime soon, but for now I'm going to do like my cat and go lounge in the sun. Happy Easter!

Boredom + Adobe Illustrator =

Somehow, my job seems to have become one long data entry task, which I am - I regret - doing at home on a Friday night. I am a girly swot. The system takes about 30 seconds to think about everything I ask it to do, so in the downtime I have been illustrating song lyrics.

Daddy B Baracus

What's the point in having a cat if you can't dress it up us a member of the A-team every so often?
Yeah, he loves it...

Next week, 'Howling Mad' Murdock.

Genius

Best. Website. Ever.

I can't believe I've never seen this before.

Apologies if you have already.

How many things can you say about snow?

1. It's white

2. It's cold

3. It melts

4. You can make things (-balls, -men, etc...) with it

5. It's fun to throw at people

Simple, right? Yet it seems to have warranted endless media coverage on the matter. Snow falls in England. Wow, that's like... rain falling in Manchester!

The strangest thing I have read on the subject was that David Cameron and Carol Vorderman "enjoyed a playful snowball fight" outside the Houses of Parliament (I couldn't possibly say who I'd like to hit more). All in the name of maths, it turns out.

Well, I am glad that someone is out having a jolly good time frolicking in the snow. Where as I am just staring out of the window at it, hoping that I can find my way home... and that it snows sufficiently for me to work from there tomorrow!