Saturday, 10 September 2011

Home sweet home


Long time no blog! I haven't updated since I moved to London. So far so good. All settled in and loving it. I've had to leave my lovely massive desk with my mum in Essex, but I'm pretty happy with my new setup on a smaller scale:



The novelty of being in a place where there's interesting things to do on your doorstep is yet to wear off. Bizarrely, on my first weekend in London, the southbank was dedicated to Southend (there's no escaping Essex!). I popped down to see the guys from The White Bus and picked up a few postcards I'd designed for them. Went to the Summer Exhibition at the Royal Academy a few weeks back too, and last weekend we went to The Museum of Brands and The Museum of Childhood. Alas, this weekend I have a cold and I've stayed in this evening drawing ampersands, feeling sorry for myself (geekily enjoyable, though...).




Saturday, 30 July 2011

Fifty

It was my mum's 50th birthday on Wednesday. Things you need to know about my mum: she's an infant school teacher and she's a little obsessed with salsa dancing.

Do you know the children's poem We're Going On A Bear Hunt by Michael Rosen? Well, Mum loves doing that poem with her class. And her infinitely imaginative friend Helen decided to re-write the poem in honour of tonight's birthday party (which, needless to say, will involve a salsa band and lots of dancing...). Anyway, Helen asked if I'd mind turning it in to some sort of illustrated book. This is the result:













I also made a card...



Anyway, I best go get my dancing shoes at the ready. Should be a good night.