Christmas, yes, Christmas cards...

I know Christmas seems to start far too early nowadays, but seeing as it's less than a week until November I thought it wouldn't be too out the way to start getting a bit festive - so with that in mind, I've been surprisingly organised & produced a set of 6 Christmas cards.

I'll be selling these on my etsy shop as well as locally but you can also order them directly from me - just drop me an email at mellyhamilton@hotmail.com or a text (if you have my number!) or facebook me.

Cards are: 

Tree : Baubles : Snowflake 

Single - £1.50

4 pack  (4 x 1 design) - £4.50 

6 pack (1 of each design) - £6.50

12 pack (2 of each design) - £12.50

Postage is the usual Royal Mail charges & nothing on top (unless you live near me & I'll deliver them for free!)

Shopping & guinea fowls

I created some prints for the SurfGirl Beach Boutique shop - you can have a look & a buy here.

I also felt like drawing a guinea fowl. I'm not sure if he's too impressed with his new tribal-style feathers or not...

'Tribal Guinea Fowl'

A print of an original drawing, which I created with pen, ink & watercolour.

I love the black & white glossy, spotted feathers of the guinea fowl. This one gets a splash of sea-coloured tribal to go with its dots.

High quality print on thick, matte, archival paper.

This print will be approx. 8" x 7" with a white border for framing.

Cold worms

Summer is officially over - the airs cold, the seas cold, and I've got a cold. Boo. 
Last week (before the cold) Sunny & I went on a walk, which turned into a nature walk. She loves her creatures & we spotted slugs, spiders, snails, crows, hoverflies & a worm. Lovely.
It reminded me about when I was small & we lived in Kenya - our school backed onto a national park so on the way home we'd often go on a little animal spotting session. I had a little reminisce & here's part of a work in progress..

 I've also been busy getting some greetings card designs ready for a new project. These will be available soon (ish!) but contact me if you like them and would like a card/to see the rest/have a custom design...this can all be organised! 

happy fridays

Smile, it's Friday :)

Love circle - ink & paint

Cornish feet

The sun has been shining this week & I've been making the most of it. Here are my feet enjoying some Kernow sunshine.

 

 

 

 

And on the subject of feet, here's one of my latest prints, available for sale in my etsy shop.

 

 

 

 

 

Giclee print of an original pen & ink, watercolour & collage illustration. On thick, matte, archival paper.
7" x 7" with a white border for framing.

New prints...

And so the prints are rolling out...!

I'll be posting 'where to buy' details in a few days but here's a snippet for starters...

'Take me to the Ocean'

A print of an original drawing, which I created with pen & ink, watercolour & collage.

High quality giclee print on thick, matte, archival paper.

This print is approx. 7" x 4.5" with a white border for framing.

If you would like a smaller or larger size print, please contact me with your preferred dimensions.

Each print will be hand signed by me.

Let us drink tea

'Let us drink Tea'

A print of an original drawing, which I created with pen & ink, watercolour & collage. 

High quality print on thick, matte, archival paper.

This print measures 732mm x 711mm, not inclusive of white border for framing.

Home is where the heart is

A sneak preview of one of a set of 4 prints, which will be available to buy soon.

Surfing & cooking

I'm waiting patiently for the postman this week - he's due to drop me off a copy of the Surf Cafe Cookbook, which I'm very pleased to report I was asked to help out with some illustrations a little while ago. 

I can't wait to see a hard copy as it looks amazing and I've heard on good authority that there are some pretty unmissable recipes inside...that's all I need to know, yum.

Read more about Myles & Jane, the Surf Cafe Cookbook's creators, here

I'm getting a bit niftier with a camera lately so when I've tried out some recipes, I'll share some pictures... 

Yonderland, Yonderland, Yonderland

Yonderland?

Yes please.

Dreamt up by the lovely Ella & Steve, Yonderland Clothing is a brand new little company selling simple, stylish and ethically friendly things for us all to wear.

7 months ago I was sunning myself in Lanzarote when a little email from Steve arrived in my inbox. 'We're setting up a new company' were his words 'is this something you might be interested in?' were the next. 

I said 'yes please!' and lots of pens, paper, pencils, emails, tea and Ella's awesome chocolate cupcakes later, is...

Yonderland's Debut Summer Collection

I know Steve & Ella have worked incredibly hard to bring this all together, from sourcing the perfect tees to sorting the printers and a whole host of other stuff along the way. They put together a great little team of talented people (who you can read about here), and I've had a brilliant time helping them create   these super lovely garments. 

So for now, all that's left to be said is GO AND BUY ONE! or two...or three...