I totally hadn't realised it had been this long since I last used my lovely blog page! Sorry!
I stepped up a notch with my work over the summer and actually finally made it to the printers with some designs, so now I nearly feel like a proper designer!
Summer(09) was the beginning of my creative adventures, where I designed some new pretty designs, primarily focusing the themes around Cornwall - but with a few travel and nature inspired designs.
I discussed with the printers which style of card to go for, and after much deliberation I chose one square card with the detail of the image, and one A6 card with a scaled down version of the whole image.
Since printing the cards I have had a lot of interest in the shops that I have taken them to.
This is such a boost to my confidence, knowing that it is all worthwhile!
I have a list of lovely shops to sell my cards, athough I need more printed now as I have sold my original batch, which is very exciting! (I'm hoping I can grow a money tree in my back garden to help with the initial funding of this project - as I seemed to have come to a standstill without new cards printed....but I will not give up!)
I am in the process of creating some Christmas designs, hoping I don't get them completed too late for the season!
With my first set of designs I think I went a bit overboard with the amount of designs, as there is 12 different cards!
I ony have 5 Christmas designs - but they are very lovely, and I don't think I need more than that!
Next step - gift wrap, printing onto fabric, coasters, placemats etc. Watch this space!!The fantastic shops you must visit that sell my cards...(they have other really great things to buy in them too!)
- Sarah's Shop, Helford Passage, Cornwall
- Spice, Falmouth, Cornwall
- Just Delights, Penryn, Cornwall
- Babahogs, Falmouth, Cornwall
- Phoenix Cards, Truro, Cornwall
- MORE TO COME......
I also had two paintings selected for the 'Wild and Inspired' Exhibition at Cornwall Wildlife Trust. There is a wonderful selection of local talent in this exhibition, well worth visiting if you like art and wildlife....It's on until Jan and is 'touring' Cornwall at a few venues:
- Lobbs Farm Shop, Heligan. (until 16th Nov)
- Geevor Tin Mine, (until 31st Jan)
Go see!