Some photography

These are some photos I shot at the weekend, they started out as a 'what if...' idea for greetings cards. It was wonderful to get Grandad's dollhouse down from storage and marvel over all the little things I used to play with. And some of the more 'retro' pieces I used to discard, I now have a greater appreciation for. Anyway I ordered some from the printers, and put them on my other blog, and people seem to like them. They all have captions but I've just put the photos up here. A slight deviation from my normal illustration work, but oh well!

The hardest thing about them was the poor light you get in dollhouses (that and working with just a standard digital camera), and in fact the bathroom one is shot on my parent's windowsill.

Racing car- go go go girl!

Here is my latest Illustration- a racing car! This was such fun, and I think I might put it on a greetings card for when I launch my new range GhostGhoose- coming soon. Check out my other blog for stuff I make. This week I've also seen sales of my earrings go up- early christmas shopping spurt? Either way it's put a smile on my face- I make earrings for fun so I'd do it sales or no sales, but to know that other people like them is a real boost. Maybe it's my frame of mind to blame for the bright cheery colours in this weeks I.F. submission!

New birthday card

Here is a birthday card- the first of many I am producing, in the hope soon of starting a new shop on folksy. I thought about putting my card designs in my existing shop.

But in the end to make for a clearer selection I've decided to open a new shop, so watch this space. The existing shop SweetSuzy will continue to be solely for my handmade items. Do browse if you have a spare minute and you can see how I happily waste my saturdays, making plushies and hot dog earrings. The Giant Cuddly Ice cream Cone has created quite a stir on deviant art. :)

I was thinking of calling my greetings card/stationary shop Ghost Goose. I love alliteration, and the name was inspired by a line in the radio 4 comedy play Bleak Expectations- "My Geese! My lovely Ghost Geese!"

Lastly- thank you so much to people that have commented on my 'Spooky' I.F. entry- I'm relatively new to running a blog and I'm super pleased people are actually looking at it and I'm not rambling into an empty void! Thank you!

Spooky

Here is my Illustration Friday entry- the word this week being 'Spooky." Quite a toughie, in the end I decided to have fun with an interior- I love rooms, so much fun creating someone's little world in a box. This witch takes after myself- leaves mugs of almost-drunk tea lying around...

Headingham, Essex

This is an oil painting I completed recently for a friend. It is a street in the small town of Headingham in Essex.

Some silly fluff

Mmm, I love strawberries and cream, cream is my major weakness. This piece comes from a random daydream I had, perhaps influenced by watching Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland recently. Enjoy!

Veggie time and new website

Back after a huge absence. This is some new promotional material which also makes me feel very healthy just looking at it. I think peppers, as well as being delicious, are so beautiful, they always catch my eye in the supermarket and I love chopping them up raw and nibbling on them as they are. Yum...

Also I am pleased to announce I have a new website up and running, which you find by clicking the link on the right. Very excited...