In the Blanket 2010 Calendar + Issue 19

I was delighted to wake this morning and find that Issue 19 (The Holiday Issue) of Blanket Magazine was up and ready for viewing. I was actually a little bit 'extra' excited because my submission for the calendar was successful. So, here is a little snippet of it - I'm January. Now I just need to move to Europe!  I miss winter, and snow.  So much.

Above: My piece "winter wonderland" for the calendar, and below a little write up in the Holiday Issue.

Can't thank Blanket enough for all the hard work, passion and commitment that goes into the magazine. They rock!  Like their magazine, the website, blog and shop are all beautiful to look at.

That's it from me for now...

four leaf + blanket magazine

Hmmmmm.... the week so far. Work, work, and well, not much else to speak of, except I did get a shock last night when I got an email from Bec at Blanket Magazine letting me know my submission for the 2010 calendar was successful. I really didn't think I'd gotten through, as the announcement date was last Friday I figured I missed this one.  

So here's a very big, (happiness in abundance) woo-hoo! :)  It's nice to have some cheer, it's been a hard month around here, so it's very nice news.

I will write more over the next few days, and I really do need to update my etsy shop with some new card designs, and goodies, which I haven't had a chance to put up. I'll be working into the late evenings I think!

Here's a design that is doing my head in. I'm struggling with it, but I love the simple liner aspect of this shape (brush work and gouache) and the repeat pattern. It started out as a four leaf clover - my version. I will still call it four leaf clover, but whether it ever sees the light of day as a finished piece is something I cannot say.

A work in progress.  Love you all, and looking forward to some more blog reading time too!