Thursday, 21 November 2019

WHSmith

In 2015 I was commissioned to design a diary cover for WHSmith. Their brief was a simple floral 'Agapanthus' flower or other similar large-headed bloom which they wanted to use across their diary ranges for 2015-16 and license for two years to use again in 2017.




The completed diary is finished with silver foil stems which look lovely against the blue background and white Agapanthus illustration.

Wednesday, 20 November 2019

The English Home Magazine



I was delighted to feature in The English Home Magazine in an article about my illustrations and products for Highgrove.





Quarto USA

For Quarto US I was commissioned to illustrate a book 'Moon Power' for the Author Simone Butler.






I illustrated all of the star signs in monochrome pen and ink, with one block colour for each illustration. I really enjoyed this project, gladly I had very few amends to do, as the style and theme was right in my comfort zone.


Friday, 15 November 2019

Create and Craft TV


Create and Craft TV have now launched my 2nd and 3rd collections, 'A Taste of Winter' which was a sell out and 'Wandering With Wildlife' which launched at the end of October.




I have enjoyed working with Create & Craft enormously, and really look forward to heading down to Peterborough to appear on their live shows, when I can get there. If you've seen the shows, you'll see that I demonstrate how I design and I'm interviewed by the presenters which is a great way to introduce my brand to the audience in the UK and USA.


The National Trust

Supplying my greeting cards to The National Trust has been one of my favourite achievements. My cards were sold at several of their shops, including Chartwell where Winston Churchill lived.

I visited my local site Calke Abbey where I was thrilled to see my cards on display in the shop, as well as discovering that some of my 'Spirit of Nature' cards for Nigel Quiney were also on sale here too, that made 8 of my designs in total on the shelves. I was grinning ear to ear that day!