I recently came across this online and it really amused me!
Jersey Jack Ice Cream
Jersey Jack is open! The Ice Cream Parlour that I have recently worked on the branding for in Malaysia is now up and running with some delicious looking ice cream and gelato being made!
How good do these look??!!
Cat Cafe Nottingham
A few months ago before we left Nottingham, they recently opened a Cat Cafe, which of course I had to see! There were lots of cats (and cute kittens!) wandering around for the visitors to play with - booking is essential though! It has been something that has existed in Japan for a while now, but definitely a new thing in the UK! The cats are even available for adoption for the right owners, though I may often be referred to as crazy cat lady I had to restrain! Even I have stopped at 2! This is the website here
New Laser Cuts
Here are some of the new laser cut cards that I have been working on...
New Ventures!
We have moved to...
Katherine and George
I have been working on some hand made heat embossed wedding invitations for Katherine and George. They wanted 135, so its taken a while but they are done! Here are some of the images, when I have finished photographing I will upload more images.
Home is where you park it
A little something I made for my grandparents, as they set off for the first time in their camper van in France!
Scratch Cards
As I mentioned the other day, I am really keen on making things with these scratch off stickers that I bought! So have been working on ideas for cards etc that would work well with them such as questions (Will you be my bridesmaid??) and also baby announcements. I had seen a very similar concept to the bridesmaid one that I made below, so I need to develop it more into my own style, and hopefully build up a range of these types of scratch cards
Cubanisto I Rum Flavoured Beer
Recently I have been working on some concept ideas for the beer brand - Cubanisto. They wanted an invite designing for a secret event for 'The House of Mask', the theme was to be quite dark, secret and not really reveal anything about the venue. Playing with the idea of keys, masks and of course their signature skull. I am still working on ideas but here are a few from where I started.
Jersey Jack Ice Cream
Recently I have been working on the branding for a new Ice Cream company in Malaysia, Jersey Jack. The business is starting out using traditional tricycles to sell their homemade old fashioned ice cream. The name came from the owners son (Jack) and the Jersey cows where the milk comes from (the cows have been imported into Malaysia - so everything is fresh and local). They wanted the branding to stay traditional yet modern and classy, so we stuck to something very clean and simple. Here are a few images so far, I will put more on once the project is finished!
A homemade Mothers Day
For Mothers Day this year I have been busy making some gifts, as well I will be cooking. I am making Pandan chicken, steamed seabass with ginger and spring onion and molten mint chocolate bombes!
I made some earrings for the first time - which were a lot easier than I thought!
I also made some fridge magnets with funny old photos and quotes on that I found.
Here is the card I made
I also painted a wooden plaque with a quote on it. Its rather glittery as I accidentaly sprayed it with more glitter as opposed to clear lacquer! Oh well you can never have too much glitter!
Chinese New Year 2015
This year for Chinese New Year I made little envelopes (Ang Pao) using vintage Chinese Adverts and filled them with Lucky things - A scratch card, a fortune, fortune fish and a description about Maneki Neko (which I also gave everyone). I got to use the scratch stickers again on the fortune cookie cards!
I ordered the little Maneki Neko (cats) from Japan and when they arrived they came with this lovely handwritten note and a origami crane - such a sweet personal touch!
A book of memories
Along with the invites I made for my Nanna's birthday I also made her a memory book. I collected memories and stories from all her family and friends and made a scrap book for her, I think there must have been about 50 pages in it - it became my life for about 2 weeks! Here are a few images of some of the spreads. We also made those chalk wine glasses for the party!
Valentines Scratch Cards
Fot Valentines day I made some scratch cards with a gift on each one, I made 12 so there is a gift for every month until the next Valentines day. A little while ago I discovered the scratch off stickers, since then I want to turn everything into a scratch card!!
A BIG Catch up!
Its been a while since I have updated the blog so here is a big catch up on the things that I have been doing over the last few months!
Most recently I have designed an invitation suite for my Nannas 70th. The design included RSVP, envelope liners, invitations and photos. I painted the flowers by hand and then scanned them in to be used across both the liners and invitations. I also hand lettered the addresses on the front of the envelopes
In the process of making them. The above invite was a test print.
A laser cut card made for my uncle who just got married, again with a hand lettered envelope.
Last night I invented a new cocktail based on about 3 other recipes, which was surprisingly nice!
My Thai
Ingredients:
Sugar syrup: 1 cup water, 1 cup sugar, 2 lemon grass
Drink: 50ml sugar syrup, 50ml vodka, juice of half a lime, 4 basil leaves, 2 cm ginger and ice
1. Boil the water with the lemongrass in to dissolve the sugar, once this has dissolved strain into a jar and keep in the fridge.
2. Shake up the sugar syrup, vodka, lime, basil and ginger in a cocktail shaker with ice and pour into a glass over ice. And the enjoy!
A personalised card I made for a friend who is leaving the country (complete with travel stickers on the suitcase! and all her pets!)
For Christmas I got a molecular gastronomy kit (which I have always wanted!), this was my first experiment making Balsamic vinegar pearls, which tasted rather nice! Now to try the Mojito spheres I posted about previously!
Some of the bits I have made over Christmas and New Year for the table. For New Year I made cocktail stirrers and sparkler holders and for Christmas I made personalised crackers. The strange blue bubbles are actually the prosecco fruit jelly before I had stirred it all in!
For Christmas my husband and I decided to make our own advent calendars for each other, this was mine! I think we shall definitely be doing this again it was really fun and we got a random gift everyday!
In November my mum and I did a craft fair and here are some of the things we made! I made most of the paper goods, and my mum made the amazing wands, hair clips and bracelet cards
Here are some of the business cards and sticker 'seals' made for House of Jade
In November we went to London to Hyper Japan in the Olympia, a fair of all things Japanese! It was really fun to see everything and we did get to try lots of good food and sake (the sparkling one is especially good!)
House of Jade - Bespoke Paper Goods
Before Christmas I spent some time working on some branding for House of Jade paper goods, below are the brand marks that I created, I will post some photos soon of it all in place!
One Mindful Yoga
A few weeks ago I finished the branding for One Mindful Yoga, here are some of the photos of the business cards, postcards and logo. The website images will be up soon
New Laser Cuts
A few weeks ago I got some more laser cut cards done, I am still in the process of making envelopes and photographing properly but here are a few pics!
Sherwood Art Week 2014
Just lately I have been busy preparing things for my application to Sherwood Art Week, the majority of things are cards and paper goods as well as a few small gifts, I had to restrain from going off on a tangent! But I'm sure over the next few months I will get lots more things made, one thing especially that I want to have a go at is making scarves (pom poms galore!)
Here are some of the things that I have been making:
I have done about 10 different designs in total of animals and faces all embellished with wearable hair clips, bows, bracelets and necklaces, so its a card and a small gift all in one!
I started a range of cards with cocktail recipes included on them, although most can be given on any occasion, some are themed such as this one which would be ideal for valentines, anniversaries etc
I have made a range of playing card size 'love notes' to leave little messages to show someone some love! I am also working on a range of lunch box ones at the moment.
There are also some magnet cards, I sprayed some kids alphabet magnets gold and fastened them to a card, they could say just about anything you like (providing it fits!)
Here are some recipe cards that I have been working on, I am thinking I might make some cocktail cards in a similar style
Inspired by an origami shot glass I have made these cards which go on the neck of a bottle and have a pop out shot glass, the drink needs to be drank quickly though!
A little tooth fairy jar and receipts...
I made some 'whiteboards' by framing images inside decorative frames. They can be drawn on with a dry erase marker and easily wiped off
And then of course I have all my laser cut cards (below), now to wait and see whether I get a place!
Chinese New Year 2014
Gong Xi Fa Cai!
As my husband is part Chinese, we celebrate Chinese new year. I like to make little favours/gifts for our guests, here are some that I made last year
This year I thought I would do something different, so I made tags for lucky bamboo and also some sparkler 'holders' using vintage Chinese adverts. I also attempted making jelly, it was a bit experimental but a success, as I made glittery lychee jelly, I think I will put glitter in every jelly I make from now on! (Its the inner magpie!)
