How to make a Monster's Party

 1. If your smallest son is 6 years old and wants a Monster's Party..... let him design his costume!

 

2.  Make his costume with some poetic licence, following the plan as best as you can.  Apparently spray in red hair dye is necessary!

3. Games need creating. Try including a monster target game with a big piece of cardboard and some poster paint. Fill old socks with sand to throw at the target holes.....scoring is not compulsory!

 4. Take new clean paper potato sacks. Cut a face hole and two arm holes in each sack, then let the party guests draw and paint their own monster costumes.  Leave to dry in the green house if rain is threatening!

 5. Once dry small people can wear them and take them home as a 'party bag.'

6. And don't forget the party food. How about monster cupcakes?

Campervan Buttons?

I have just had a lovely surprise package arrive through my letter box from the Isle of Lewis in Scotland. This is a gorgeous ceramic button hand made by Skye from Button It. She got in touch a while ago and asked if she could use my little campervan toy design, (from my cut and sew fabric)on her buttons, and this is the result. So cute and so clever! You can buy them (or any of her other pretty buttons) from her facebook page.

I love the little coincidences that life throws at you. The project I am working on at present has many buttons as a theme all the way through!

Monster Party Invitations for you

It's that time of year when my smallest son is planning his birthday party. Can you guess what his chosen theme is this year?

So with monsters in mind I have created some monster party invitations for him and tweaked them for you to down load as a jpg and print, if you are so inclined!

Have a lovely party!

(Right click on the image and save to your computer, then you should be able to print it off)

Illustration Friday - Train

 

Train being the word for this weeks illustration friday I couldn't resist posting a little linocut of a toy train I did a while ago (the actual print only being 2 cm x 2 cm). I then created a repeat pattern and it's now a fabric, great for kids pyjamas.

In the Potting Shed

With Spring finally on the way and seeing as my lovely man is a farmer and gardener, I was inspired to create this pattern. It will soon be available as a fabric, but I wanted to give him fun covers to protect his ipad (and other technology). So now you can find these designs as covers for ipads, iphones and as cards here on Red Bubble for the shed dwelling gardener in your life.

Illustration Friday - Egg

Have a warm, calm and peaceful Easter

It's not snowing here!

Unlike the rest of the country it's not snowing here. We have had too much heavy rain and it's cold but spring is just about springing. So we have been out in the sodden garden in wellies and gloves building some structures.

I just about managed a willow bower that will hopefully root and create a shady place to sip a gin and tonic on a warm summer evening (I feel I am being rather optimistic!), although I think it will also be a great den for the smallest of my tribe.........and Ed has built some impressive post and wire supports ready to espalier pear and fruit trees down the side of the front garden which is a bit of a sun trap.