No cutting today

Today is not a good day. I've done my back in - emptying a sandpit (stupid I know). Plus Poppy's got chicken pox. So far only about 16 spots - but only day 1. Still just over a week till the Bar Mitzvah so hopefully she'll be over the worst by then. Terrible timing - so much to do next week!!!

I've made good progress today, but I feel that this piece is going so slowly, especially compared to the round one I did a few weeks ago. Must be something to do with the awkward leaf shapes and twisty tendrils (what WAS I thinking when I incorporated those into the design?!) Anyway, at least I've completed about two thirds now. I need to start thinking about the outer and inner borders too. Hmmmm...

New Moo Cards

I just received my new batch of business cards from Moo. These should keep me going for a while!

A Sale!

Yay! - I finally got a sale from putting up some of my work in a local boutique/tea room in Muswell Hill. I've posted it up before, but here it is again. Such a good feeling!!!

Another mug shot!

Here's another option for a mug. The problem with using companies like Zazzle or Cafe Press is that the shipping is so expensive and realistically no-one's going to want to pay £20 for a mug. What I really need to do is find a ceramics company who's willing to put my designs on their products. Any suggestions very welcome!

Papercuts on Mugs

I'm thinking about trying to get some of my designs printed on some more practical products. I've been playing around with a few things on Zazzle.

Bar Mitzvah Artwork

Jonah's Bar Mitzvah is only 3 weeks away now - yikes - when did I get old enough to have a son that age??? Anyway, this is the papercut that I made for him which I've also used as the artwork for the invitations. I was really interested to discover that papercutting is a traditional Jewish craft, so I've tried to use some of the traditional patterns in this papercut.