Pretty in Pink Gift Guide

This Gift Guide is for all those little girls that when asked what their favourite colour is, they answer pink!  My niece does this and watching many of the little girls in my family they always light up when they wear a pretty dress with matching shoes and always feel very proud when they have a bracelet on or a pretty Badge/Pinback Button.  I have designed some sweet "Best Outfits" Gift Sets that would be a real treat as presents for their little friends or popped in a stocking and at less than 3.50 euros they will not last long (I only have a limited stock of my Buttons & Magnets before Christmas).

"Best Outfits" Gift Sets - Rose Bunny or Primrose Bunny - A Pinback Button on chintz or polka dot display cards & set of 6 scalloped Stickers to put on Cards to friends or to decorate their Notebooks.

When I illustrated these Pinback Buttons I imagined them pinned to little outfits, so here is a selection of the sweetest designs I found on Etsy, all British Hand Made.  How about making up a gift of an outfit with a pretty Bumpkin Button?

From top left across each row:

Boo Pinafore Dress by Belle and Boo

Flower Cardigan by jayceeoriginals

Cupcake Handbag by Fanciful Alice

Linen Deer Dress by Treefall Design

Make their room a haven of happiness & full of the pretty colours & animals that will inspire their imagination (this counts for anyone that is still young at heart!)

From top left across each row:

Many available as Prints, Cards & Party delights!

Friends for Tea - Special set of 3

Sweet Dreams

The Butterfly Chase

New Dawn

Mother's Love

Hedgehog Love

Very British Bunnies

Dream Balloon

I hope you've enjoyed todays Gift Guide, in a few days will be a new one - what will it be?

Thanks for visiting.

Hugs, Catherine

Imagination Gift Guide

I remember as a child that I would look at the pictures on my walls and animals on my curtains and make up all sorts of adventures for them.  Each night before I would go to sleep I would make up a new story.  If you are on the look out for an original gift for a child this Christmas how about inspiring their imagination and bringing a magical world into their room through Art?

All my Prints come beautifully presented in a hard backed box envelope with cute stamped address section and a bakers twine bow, all ready to hop into a frame.  From now until December 5th each Print that is ordered from my shop will receive a free Christmas Card & Gift Tag making it even sweeter for gift giving. If you would like any gift orders sent directly to friends or family with your own message, I offer this service for free, just let me know the details when you check out.

Here is a selection of my Prints with tones of blue, many that can be personalised, I felt would inspire the imagination of any child, especially boys. Tomorrow I'll be sharing an Imagination Gift Guide for little girls that like pink!

From top left across each row:
My Winter Wonderland
Off We Go!
New Dawn
Mother's Love
Come Fly with Me
Snow circus
Wish Upon a Star
The Butterfly Chase
Favourite Moments - Summer

Last Postal Dates for Christmas (but the sooner they are sent out the better!)

5 December: Australia, New Zealand, Africa, Far East..

9 December Eastern Europe, USA & Canada

12 December Western Europe

See you tomorrow, Hugs, Catherine x

Over the Garden Gate

Do you love Gardening and picking fresh flowers as much as I do?  If you do then this very well mannered Bunny is a new friend for us both!   

As a child I remember peeking out of my curtains in the early morning and seeing the wild rabbits hopping across my Granny's garden, in England, in between the flower beds and veg patch!  

As we always picked fresh flowers for the house I could just imagine this rabbit doing just the same! Her emerald green garden trug is full of richly coloured foxgloves, poppies, bluebells & a carrot for a snack!   She has hopped into a whole range of delights, called Over the Garden Gate including:

* Art Print

* Garden Party Invitations
* "Thank you for coming to my Party" Gift Tags
* Oval Gift Tags
* Cupcake Toppers
* Mini Cake Bunting
* Food Labels 
* Sets of Postcards
* Stickers



You can find her sharing flowers in my ETSY shop right now!  

 The whole range together enjoying a Garden Tea Party (indoors due to the rain, 

Bunnies don't like getting wet ears!

Garden Party Invitations (can be personalised)

Hand illustrated Mini Cake Bunting (delivered as a PDF file)

 Art Print

 Sets of 6 Oval Gift Tags

Set of 3 Art Postcards

Adorable Cupcake Toppers 

If you are quick you too may see her Over the Garden Gate!

See you soon, Have a lovely weekend, Hugs, Catherine x

Time to get stitching again!

I'm so delighted with how much you have all enjoyed my Embroidery Patterns that I'm now working out which ones to create next and would love your help again.  After all I want to make what you would like :)  So here goes could you let me know in order which would be your top 3 (or more if you can't choose!) as an Embroidery Pattern PLUS do you prefer outline stitched embroidery or filled in designs (or both!)?  As a thank you for your help in 5 days time I will put all your names into a hat and will pick a winner to receive their choice of one of my Bumpkin Embroidery Patterns.  So let the fun begin!

1. Come fly with me

2. Time for an Adventure

3. Very British Bunnies

4. Bunnies love embroidery too

5. Favourite Moments set of 4

6. For the Love of Books

7. Hedgehog Love

8. Merry Band

9. Our Nest

10. Our Story

11. Flight of the Teacup

12. Keeping Cosy

13. Off we go (child's name could be embroidered in flag)

14. Dream Balloon (Initial or age could be embroidered in balloon)

15. Tea Time in the Snow

If you're still with me after all of those THANK YOU :)  Good luck with the Giveaway.  **** Thank you to everyone that joined in, the Giveaway is now closed and Janet of Felt on the Fly is the lucky winner of one of my Patterns. You are still all welcome to keep voting for your favourites. Big Hugs, Catherine x

Books at Teatime!

It's been busy days lately with custom orders for Teddy Bear's Picnic Party sets and I just made these new Bookmarks that are cute on their own or a lovely idea as Party favors for little ones.  So why don't you invite this little Teddy to hop off his Toadstool and into your favourite book?  There are other Bumpkin Bookmarks available, check out my Etsy shop. 

I've also just added a new Birthday Banner to my shop to match my other Friends for Tea items, oh how I love Tea Parties!  Also available as a custom name or Baby Shower Banner.

A set of Party Items I recently personalised for a customer's little girl.

I'm off on holiday to England in the middle of next week, so still time for orders before I head off. Rest assured I'll be taking lots and lots of photos to share with you all, gardens, cottages & landscapes here I come :) I hope you all have a fun weekend, I'll be doing lots of gardening here, some beautiful flowering plants are patiently waiting to be planted! What are your plans? Catherine x

Bluebell Picnics..

As a child I loved to escape into the magical world of Bluebell woods, enjoying picnics on fallen logs surrounded by a sea of blue & heavenly scent.  A little while back I visited these woods here in Belgium and it took me right back.  Inspired by these memories I have created a new illustration titled "Friendship is sharing cake!"  

You couldn't ask for a nicer spot for a Tea Party than nestled in amongst the Bluebells, Bear is trying hard to listen to Rabbit saying how beautiful the flowers are, but his attention is leaning towards the last piece of Cake! As much as he loves Cake, he knows Friendship Is Sharing Cake ♥

Available as an Archival Print & Set of Postcards 

in my Etsy Shop

Back soon with more promised photos from the Garden Fair. 

 Hugs, Catherine

The Very British Bunnies have arrived!

The style of the 1930's & 1940's inspired my new range, Very British Bunnies which I'm delighted to finally be able to share with you all.  Do many of you enjoy watching the BBC show, The Land Girls?  These Bunnies made their own Land Girls inspired outfits - Make Do & Mend!  This range is available as a whimsical Archival Print or sets of Art Postcards, perfect for sending a little note to a special friend in the post, all available from my Etsy Shop.

I do hope these Bunnies will bring a smile or three to your day :)

Catherine

x

Bunnies Love Embroidery too!

I have had this Bunny in my mind for a while so I'm happy to finally share her with you all. She wanted to tell everyone that Bunnies love embroidery too as she has stitched this lovely Home Sweet Home sign! It is available as an Archival Print or set of 3 Art Postcards in my Etsy shop.

I am also having a good look at my shop and working on some new creations. As always I want to create just what you all want so I would love your help with these questions -

1. Do you prefer Flat Notecards (Postcards) or folded Notecards?
2. Do you prefer coloured envelopes to match with images or white (or do you not mind either way)?
3. Do you prefer cards & gift tags with a texture or smooth?

Thanks ever so much, Catherine x