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Vintage Postcard Ladies

I've been so looking forward to sharing these with you! They were finally delivered this morning by our friendly postie.

As you have loved these images so much, I thought I'd make a proper effort and make them into authentic-looking vintagey postcards, by using an old design, scanning and rehashing it just a touch, then popping it on the reverse of my own Parisian lady images. The printers have done an excellent job of bringing them to life. YAYs all round for AwesomeMerchandise!!!

Who could resist scribbling here?

Not me...I couldn't help but imagine a little lady very similar to the ones depicted, using one of the postcards to write to her friend back in London Town:

I'm keeping a stash for myself, but there are some for you too! They're here, in the shop!

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Altogether now...

Update pics!

"Tess", "Shopping In Paris" and "Lady Sybil"

Dwellings, plus Lizzie and Darcy.

Rear Window's Grace Kelly in that amazing dress (want!), Lady Mary and teeny tiny Jane Austen lady (see below)

Two Jane Austen ladies and the perfectly groomed Parisian gorgeousness!

and I think that's it for today...I'll be popping them into the shop in a few minutes.

xxx

Penultimate update post!

More for tomorrow's shop update!

A few prints:

Downton Abbey's Lady Mary

Grace Kelly in Hitchcock's "Rear Window"

...and maybe some Dwellings!

...and who do you think this character could turn out be?

The update is planned for 1pm GMT. I'll be posting once more on here before then. Hope we see you there!

xxx

SALE!

YAY! It's sale time!

I'm making a few changes around the shop so we can make space for some new items.

Come Wednesday, just click on the image above to go straight to the shop and have a browse around ;)

xxx

Curiouser and curiouser...

Maybe it's the Alice influence of the last couple of weeks. Let me explain. I have recently been comissioned to create a little Alice's Adventures In Wonderland painting. Thinking about Alice had reminded me of Emily Martin's lovely work over at The Black Apple, hence, I purchased her White Rabbit print:

Isn't he gorgeous?! I originally purchased him for Amelia's room, but he has taken to presiding over our living room instead, somehow... Thank you Emily!

Anyway, since I have this comission, I thought I'd buy a copy of the book purely for arty purposes (we have a couple of older ones, but I can't bare to take the pages out!) and have been making up a few of these:

...on which I shall surely paint very soon!

I've also been listening to this Librivox audio of Alice's Adventures and just today this one, of Through The Looking Glass. Lo and behold, the day the book arrived, I received a second request for an Alice comission, having had none in the five years of being an artist full-time. What on Earth is going on?Whatever it is, though, I have to say I'm enjoying it! Curiouser and curiouser indeed...

Other than that, I was glad to see a pack of magenta ink had arrived today, so I got on with a LOT of printing, chopping and packaging and ordered lots more supplies for the forthcoming weeks. Also, i've decided to make a few changes around in the shop, slowly but surely.

"Paris, 1962 - Armfulls Of Books" 8 x 10 print

You'll see more 8" x 10" prints hanging around (agh! no pun intended!) - it's such a perfect size for popping straight into a frame. Oh and I'll be trimming white borders for you, too. I know that some of you prefer it for framing and do let me know if you'd like to keep them, but those sold 'as is' in the shop, will be without.

I've been wanting more underskirts and petticoats recently. I don't know why. I'm also loving the different textures going on around my knees today!

I love those tights! A tenner at H&M, which is more than I'd normally spend, but wow they do a good job!

Note underskirt peeking out there, and those boots which I snapped up in the Clarks sale last week. Excellent!

Oh and just yesterday, a lovely lady left me some feedback for one of the prints she recently bought from me and included a photo of it, framed beautifully!

I have to say I absolutely love the frame she chose! Thank you so much!

Well, hope you're having fun wherever you are!

xxx

 

An unexpected update!

Hello there!

Just a quick update for you while the dinner cooks (Quorn Family Roast) with lots of roast capsicums and potato waffles. Why not?

We ended up with a little shop update today - I didn't even realise that enough paintings had built up here to warrant one, but there you go and here are a few snaps of them:

Another vintage-style portrait "Wonderin and Wishin" 5x7 original acrylic on canvas. I wish I had a lace collar like that! I also wish I had the gumption to go out around town with a harido like that. Not brave enough today though!

Yay for fashionable fifties ladies! "A Bold Print For Springtime" original ACEO....and so it is!

I think that I'd like to wake up to this one morning too:

What a view! Plus your morning espresso and your feline familiar! "Paris, 1955 - Black Coffee, A Black Cat and a Sunny morning"

Can you tell I'm missing my kitty cat?

Nikita! As you can see, she's sitting in an old Spanish urn. I'm sure she's much happier in Spain than she would be here, plus, I would be constantly nervous about the busy main road not far from our back garden wall.

I also just had to paint one of the more enduring couples of British Literature:

"Mr and Mrs Bennett" Original painting on book page (8" x 5")

I love that couple!

Oh and, of course, I couldn't miss out these two:

"Lizzie and Mr Darcy" (8" x 5") original painting on book page.

...and I just finished a Downton Abbey comission!

It's Lady Mary!

Pheweeee! Oh and I should really be doing some more work on this too:

Ick!

Toodlepip, my fellow Castle On The Hill-dwellers!

xxx

 

...once in a while, this happens...

Yup - I'm on a vintage kick again. My head is simply filled to the brim with vintage decor and dresses - how very girly! Bleugh! Love it!

So, one way of satisfying the urge for wonderful oldey-timey things is to just paint them. Here's the first of a few ladies who will be hopping over to the shop. In fact, she's already there!

Original acrylic painting - The Green Wall (5" x 7")

I wonder if I can get a whole gaggle of these lovely ladies together. Talking of gaggles of lovely vintage ladies, check out these gals!

Toodlepip!

xxx

A sneaky peeky...

Just had to share a teeny snapshot of today's painting. More later!!

xxx

...and rest...or maybe not...

Hello!

"The Black Lodge Theatre" background scenery.

So, after a manic few days finishing the Twin Peaks Update, I'm having a day of getting my mind together and attempting to catch up with a few other tasks, which have been patiently (and not so patiently) waiting... Like this:

Chopping and packaging the Jane Austen bookmarks.

Using up all the recyclables I can - mainly for sturdy packaging, to keep your orders safe :) This used to be a GRAZE box. I love that company! YUMS!

On the way back from the Post Office, where I just happened to spot some bargain pink roses!

Brought them home, then messed about with my camera for a few minutes whilst tea was brewing.

What is that round thing behind there?

Oh - that old thing. It's one of these:

We think it's some kind of old mill wheel, adapted to be a hanger for um...hats? I imagine a nice trilby would look pretty good on there. Found in Falmouth, we haven't hung it anywhere yet - it's INSANELY heavy and needs a good, loving wall, where it can be hung, seen and rejoyced in! Yes.

Oh - maybe I should tidy some things - like those boxes which have been sitting in the bedroom, filled with...er...toiletries, clothing, toys. OK. Cup of tea and an hour or two before dinner-making time. I'm on it!

Toodlepip! Have a grrreat weekend!

xxx

Let's Play Dress-Up!

Just a quick hello.

Here's an update on the Twin Peaks dollies. I never knew it would take this much work to get them to work properly. I haven't made any before, so it has taken some time to sort out all the niggling little problems such as repositioning of tags and making sure the garments don't slip off. I've also realised I should probably include a little instruction leaflet with them. I've been getting so pernickity with them - they have to be perfect for those of you who have been awaiting their arrival - thank you for your support and patience :) I'm hoping to get them into the shop in about 10 days! Eeek! I had better get on with it!

Audrey Horne!

xxx