new printable calendars for 2012

I'm always a little late off the mark with these things... I know I should have been thinking about this way back in October or something, but life always seems to get in the way and before I know it, the new year has kicked off without a calendar in sight. I've been busy over the past few days and so far I have produced two new 5x7" printable calendars which will find their way into the store very soon...

This first one is called 'Through the Forest' and features beautiful vintage etchings of flowers and fruits. The first five people to comment below with their email address will receive a free pdf of the calendar!

I will be showing you the other, quite different calendar in the next day or two so stay tuned!

a cherry on top

This is a new work I've recently done called 'Cherry Pie' and it's inspired by beautiful hand-lettered chalk boards. I've entered it into Minted's first Art Print competition. The first prize is $1000 and a trip to San Francisco, but there are plenty of runners-up prizes too. I would hugely appreciate it if you could vote for me. Just click here (you'll need to register with the site). Select one of the numbers from 1-5 next to the image and hey presto you've voted! I'll let you know how I get on!

out with the old, in with the new

THE OLD HEADER...

...AND THE NEW ONE!

Happy New Year everyone! 

I do hope you had a wonderful Christmas and have started on the right foot for 2012. I know for me this is always a time for refreshing and renewing, so have started dusting off the old nest. You'll notice up at the top there a new logo and header. I'm using a beautiful font called Verner for the main title. My little bird has been released from his old circle and is perched up on one of the 't's. I've widened the whole blog to give it some more breathing space and my link buttons at the side have been changed, using Verner's sister font Verna! Oh, and a rather nice new background using a tileable pattern from Tack-O-Rama, a wonderful site for retro clip art. I'm going to slowly be making more changes over the coming weeks...
I'll also be introducing this year more tutorials, freebies, useful tips and links so pleased stay tuned!  

I'll be back very soon for more on this...

EDIT: Please note that the font used throughout this blog is Rockwell. 

2012... here we come

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