Nearly finished...

Just a quicky bloggers, leaving hubby behind for the weekend, so I can pop to Devon to see my folks...

The Hamish Twins are nearly ready!!

I've got lots of things on the go at the mo ...illustration projects, sewing projects... and laptop is coming away with me...

Have a great weekend everyone

Love Sam xx

Sorry bout the yellowy pic, I took it very late last night !! I will get myself a better camera one day!! xx

What is wrong with people?

Hey Bloggers...

As an animal lover, this made my blood boil..

sky news

Just saw this on the news website....

What was the point of that?

Animal cruelty is something I cannot bare xx

Grrr

Got that off my chest!

Samxx

PS sorry this is a quick one...got a lot of typing to do tonight!!

:0)

Silkie and The Hamish Twins

Hey Bloggers..
Here in the uk, its getting really rather Autumally...(Is that a word?) It was rainy and blustery today...and I loved it! Those Halloween movies will be coming out again real soon!!and I've been busy sewing 2 Hamish's at the same time


um Hamish and Hamish, please don't use Miss Sue as a cushion...



You wouldn't want to be dragged on the top of the wardrobe now...would you?




Happy Saturdayxx

S xx

What I'm up too..

Well as you probably know I work full time, but I love being busy in my own time too..I just can't bear sitting about, so I've been keeping myself very busy...working on lots more children's book samples, as I think shortly I will have to start working on my first real picture book project..so Big Dog is just another new idea for now...

I have been using my lovely new bag all the time..yes I'm a bag/madcat lady..

As you can see I carry LOTS of stuff..

I now call my box room home..and spend most of my time here...

Ah see what I mean ...more bags that I have been carrying about..

There has been more mohair dying..thanks Mr M, yes the husbands been helping..

as I am making 2 Hamish's at the same time..

Sewing whenever I can, even in poor light!

Phew...but I love being busy, really I do..I wouldn't have it any other way :0)

Happy Monday!

Love Sam xx

cats vs humans...

This is my new favourite blog...

Catsvshumans

no more homes and gardens blogs for me :0)

Happy Thursday!

Sam xx

PS thankyou for your lovely comments about my picture book! Watch this space! xx

A bit of good news..

If you stop by here you probably know I do a spot of 'colouring in' for my job. I work full time as a greeting card artist, and in my own time, I sew, and work on my own children's picture book ideas....and boy did I have a spot of good news yesterday that I'm still in shock about.

After my agent spotted one of my illustrations, she set me up with a writer, who turned my pictures into a proper children's story..... so I worked on more illustrations, and plotted out a full dummy book then I forgot all about it.

Until yesterday, when I received a call....to say that my book idea, is going to be published!!

So at the mo, I still can't believe it...I'm sat here now while Mr M is STILL working away..with Miss Sue on my lap...

AND my new bag came today!

there were many a gasp at work today when I had it on display...THANKYOU lovely Raquel...

Wow this lady can sew alright!!

So you can see I'm really busy, but to be honest with you I love illustrating cute pictures....

I never have days like these normally!

Oh I wasn't gonna have a glass of wine....oh GO ON then :0)

Nighty night bloggers, and thankyou for stopping by to read my wafflexx

Love Sam x

Wheres the week gone?

Hi Bloggers, just a little quicky but I'm back...I seem to have been rushing about this week, with no time to blog, or with anything of any interest to photograph!

Well last week wooshed by, I also felt as if I was getting the flu, my neck swelled up and I felt all shivery and shaky for a couple of days..but after drinking a truck load of orange juice I feel back to my normal self!

I have been busy working on more children's book samples, cutting out and preparing 2 new Hamish Beardogs, working full time, and in the middle of it all we had a burst waterpipe under our floor boards in the the living room!

Phew!

But I'm back, and hopefully I will have some more interesting things to show you!

Happy Monday bloggers!

Love Sam x

ooo lots to do...

First off...I hate the hairdressers, I love the relaxing feeling of having my hair brushed and washed but I'm always terrified of the cutting bit..and I was starting to feel like the Junk Lady from Labyrinth... warning SCAREY PIC COMING UP....

any way..I thought to myself, hey there must be a tutorial about how to trim long hair yourself..

and then I found this link...and took the plunge...

Feyes Hair Trimming

and it was blooming amazing and worked a treat!!

Then I discovered this gadget which is also amazing..

The creaclip

Yep I'm getting me one of those..

Oh and this is my dear Silkiesue...14 years old and still nimble enough to get on top of my wardrobe...

right bloggers I'm off , got to cut a couple of Hamish patterns!!

Nighty Night! xx

Alchemy...

I have just received the BEST service from a lady on ETSY via Alchemy.

I didn't know until recently that you can request a custom made item, and other Etsy members can email you with bids...

Now, you know if you follow my blog about my Paypal fiasco, when a bag I agreed to pay for never turned up... well 8 weeks later I DID get my money back (Phew) and I promised myself to still treat myself to something I love...a Bag...

Well I left a plea on etsy and emailed a few bag shops..one of which agreed to make something, and then suddenly stopped emailing me until out of the blue lovely Raquel sent me a message..

and after lots of emails, about the style and fabric, Raquel made me a bag!!



Look at the lovely lining!! oooooo!! and all the stitching is perfect!

Raquel went above and beyond, to make this bag for me, she emailed me in such detail about the size and all the other bits and pieces, examples of fabric and metal locks.

I will certainly be asking for another bag from her...she can sew what ever you like!

So if you are looking for a custom made Item please visit Raquels Etsy shop, she can make mens bags too and she is such a pleasure to work with!

Here is the link..

Raquel Gonzalez

Thankyou Raquel!!

Happy Saturday


Mmmmm now what bag do i want next!!

xx

Hamish...

If you have stopped by my little spot here in Blogland you may remember me mentioning that my husband also 'colours in' ...and writes a bit too...

Rob is rather good at painting and drawing, and has written and illustrated a children's book called Hamish...as yet to be published...

but that may be soon to change, as he received some rather promising news today...from a very well known publisher...so in a few weeks...fingers toes, everything crossed..after the Frankfurt Book Fair, Rob should hopefully hear that he can actually finish the story, and illustrations...

and hopefully...a series of Hamish books will be published next year, and I have been commissioned to make 2 more 'Hamish's' for promotion... as the Hamish above is currently in London with the publisher...

I hope he is behaving himself...

So the good little sewing machine will be coming out this weekend!

Happy Hump Day Bloggers!

PS...Keep your eyes peeled for a new 'Hamish' blog...will hopefully be appearing this weekend!

Nighty night!!

xx

Busy Monday Night...

Last night was a an unexpected busy one, as I had to get another picture sample finished, in time to submit to a publishers... so tonight I'm sat very quietly in my 'den' pootling on the internet..in the cool and quiet...

ooo I do love my own company....and I'm thinking about making a new bear...

Happy Tuesday!

Love Samxx

Sewing and painting...

Very early today to be exact...

6.30am early...I woke up...TOOOO hot..and just couldn't get back to sleep, Mr M had already moved downstairs with Silkie on the sofa, as its much cooler..

This is my lil bargin sewing machine, from a shop called Argos, of all places...I hunted high and low, and in the end I bought it from ebay for £30. You can still get this little machine, I think its about £60...its called a budget sewing machine....and its BRILLIANT. I made some loose covers for a chair today, the fabric was quite thick, and it sewed like a dream. Plus its smaller and than the usual machines...

Poor Miss Sue, being an older lady, really can't bear this heat...she keeps moving from spot to spot and doesn't seem to get comfy. I have to say though for a pussy cat who is 15 this year, she is really fit...we found her asleep on top of one of our new wardrobes on Friday night after climbing some ladders that we had left in the bedroom!

I have also been working on more samples....of a jungly nature...fingers crossed one day I might get to illustrate a children's book!

Now I'm for my T.. and a spot of Dallas!

Happy Sunday Bloggers!

Love Sam xx

The bears have started to appear sam...

ummm have they? I replied....this was yucky desk before...I kept it as Silkie had a little secret den in the corner...but enough was enough..

And yes some of the bears have made an appearence...Hi Big Sue...

I've now got our old dining table desk...which is lovely and long...I can spy on the neighbours comings and goings...:0)

Thats not a TV in the corner there...I was lucky that Mr M gave me another monitor to use when I'm working on my mega mac.. (Ok ok..between you an me it is rather handy to use as a sort of telly, when I want to watch an ep of Dallas or a spooky film...:0))

Now the above pic doesn't really do justice to how much nicer our bedroom is. Gone are the yucky woodchip walls, and hello to lovely flat farrow and ball painted walls..which I have to say is expensive... but its the BEST paint we have ever used....

The furniture is Oak too and smells lovely, everything matches, and I have a whole wardrobe to myself which is such a treat, and a dressing table...

So thankyou to Mr M, for building and treating us to our new bedroom furniture...

I'm glued to the sofa now watching old TV re runs...with Miss Suexxx

nighty night!

Love Sam xx

All done!

My hands are sore, Mr M is knackered, but we did it...well nearly.. we painted the porch the stairs, the hall, glossed, made EVERY where a complete mess, tidied the garden..sorted clothes out, striped the yuck woodchip from the bedroom, well the nice handy fellow did...

Poor Silkie moved in behind the telly, so we had to make a bed for her there..

Shes acting like a Kitton exploring everywhere...

Oh and if you can go to see INCEPTION...do! Its was blooming amazing...

New celebrity crush Mr Leo xx

Nighty night

Love Samx

Welling up whilst painting?....

Yes thanks Mr M...we have been listening to The War Horse...Goodness me..I couldn't listen to the whole story...can't stop blubbing about Joey the horse....

We are just about clocking off tonight, I have been a glossing machine all day, Mr M, demolished our bedroom furniture, and thanks to a huge rugby/plumber/handyhunk, Mr M has hired to help us, he completely stripped our bedroom with NO steamer today in a day...we would never have managed it otherwise as we are 2 lil hobbits...

Happy Wednesday!

Love Sam xx