trove

 

My man and I are in the process of setting up an organic, homemade food company (as if we haven’t got enough to do), called Trove. Its going well so far and we have a few shops/cafe’s interested. We’ll be selling personalised hampers on etsy but we’ve not got round to organising those yet.   

 

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new work

I have been working on some new pieces for etsy and putting ideas together for my next wallpaper design. I want to do one with delicate line drawings of flowers interspersed with stitching. I have always loved line drawings of flowers and have done many studies of them. I am very excited about doing it but also [...]

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oh my god I’m on bloesem!!

Well I was going to write another post today but when I came to edit my blog it asked me to approve a comment which told me my work was on bloesem (thank you Tania!). Bloesem has been a source of inspiration for me for a few years now so imagine my sheer delight when I saw [...]

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blossom wallpaper next installment

Nearly there, just the embroidery to do now.

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wallpaper commission

I am currently working on a panel of wallpaper which I have been commissioned to make, its based upon japanese cherry blossom. The photo below is the first stage which is in pencil, but the piece will be painted and stitched onto also. Its very exciting for me as this is my first commission.

My favourite wall
This is my favourite wall [...]

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undiscovered treasure

Oooo I’m featured in an etsy treasury put together by ThePeachTree called ‘undiscovered treasure’, how exciting!!

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open for business

Yay my little shop is finally back open. I am so excited! Its full steam ahead for olive&brown.

I’m back!

Having spent sometime wondering what to do about olive&brown and where I’m going to take it I have mde the decision to work on it full time. From January 2011 thats what I’ll be doing. So from now its serious!!!
We have been working on a collection of little wooden books, based on my wallpaper, which I will [...]

Leeds exhibition

Here is the flyer to the leeds exhibit at the bowery.  I’m showing a few new pieces, one being a complete embroidery piece and the others are drawings with embroidery incorporated in them. They will also be displaying my new ’she will sail oceans’ wallpaper piece which will be cool.

new wallpaper design