So long since I last posted anything....My lovely Fran bought me that beautiful American photo booth book and it got me thinking about collaging faces ...love the way photo booths capture the head and shoulders and the snapshot of an expression...

painted russian dolls

ery scant on images to post lately so here are yet more russian dolls that I painted on thin MDF before Christmas....not very good photos but everything I do these days is done in a rush! Maybe when the men in white coats come to take me away, I can paint faces all day...its great therapy!

bonny scotland

apply New Year everyone, here's hoping that 2012 will be peaceful and happy!
Have just spent a week up in beautiful Scotland, and the magical Findhorn Bay where the sky is big and the light inspires! My delightful God daughter Lola helped us all remember why Christmas is so special.xxxx

russian dolls for Christmas

Have managed to bash out a few russian lavender (!) dolls using the spoonflower printed fabric. I have backed them with red ginghams, stuffed them with lavender and embellished them with the myriad of haberdashery that I have stashed away in various draws, I really enjoyed doing the faces...next project will be just faces ......hopefully they will get to the post office in time for christmas pressies......frantic times...

India...

ust had to post these 2 amazing images from my folks recent whirlwind trip to India.....I have gone past the jealous stage and am now writing to Father Christmas for a one way ticket to Delhi!

so many russian dolls I don't know what to do with them!

poonflower have now delivered me 2 sets of my russian doll fabric, I made a mistake on the dpi sizing when I uploaded the designs and now I have a huge version of the dolls.....seemed like such a good idea at the time, now I have 4 metres of the fabric, no ideas and no time to actually sew them up into anything vaguely interesting!! any ideas?

character illustrations

Feeling bad about neglecting my blog...so much work at the moment that I have nt had time to scratch my nose...even my pinterest addiction has taken a back seat...here are some illustrations that I have been working on for a future project! I drew the characters on paper , scanned them in and them collaged them together in Illustrator using scanned in bits of fabric and vintage textures of old paper...