I'd love it if you'd vote for my design at Spoonflower

I haven't entered a competition over at Spoonflower for quite some time - it's not that I haven't wanted to but none of the recent competition subjects have intrigued me or been appropriate for my style. So I was glad when they announced a competition for "Farmers Market" because my "Created by Mother Nature" fabric was designed to celebrate the wondrous bounty of Mother Nature and the hard work of your local farmer, and by default the amazing Farmers Market that dot this land and supply us with all their wonderful fruit and veg.

Please click HERE to go to the voting page - you do have to go through the 19 pages, you can only vote once per computer and I can't tell you which page my design is on as they have a shuffle programme so it's different for each new person to the site.

MANY THANKS in advance for your vote, I really appreciate it!!

This design, which was originally created in watercolour on paper, is also available on many different items, including those seen below, in my CafePress shop HERE

Surely you'll need this apron when you are cooking all your local fresh veggies!

...and you'll need this tote to tote all your fruit and veg homewards!

...and you'll need this 't' whilst your shopping at the Farmers Market to declare to the farmers how much you appreciate their work

...and you'll need this iPad case for when you're looking up recipes for all the fruit and veg you've acquired

 Large art posters and other sundry, wondrous items adorned with this design are also available at my Society6 shop HERE

Thanks so much for voting and off to the Farmers Market with you - it is the weekend!!

Vote HERE please :)

Earth Day is coming...April 22nd 2010

...not just for Earth Day but all year round...maybe refill your non-disposable water bottle instead of buying new plastic ones?

Celebrate Mother Nature...she does a lot of good work, along with the help of our hardworking farmers. I am donating some of the profits from this design to Maine Farmland Trust whose HQ is on Main Street in Lovely Belfast, Maine

You can buy this organic 't' and the SIGG water bottle above from my print-on-demand (no inventory wastage there!!) online Cafe Press Store

Recycling my artwork!

I designed this illustration for a paper products company some few years ago and it was quite successful on paper plates, napkins and the like. Just recently I realized I could rework it with some nice hand lettering into a tribute to Mother Nature and our local farmers so here I am adding the lettering to the basic central design. All my artwork is done by hand, mostly with watercolour paints as here, I do type out the lettering on the computer first but then I trace it and put it onto the necessary curve by hand and that gives me the ability to let the lettering have a human touch in slight inconsistencies here and there in the quality of the line.

Here is little Eleanor helping me paint....she is very good at constructive criticisms!!

The final design with the lettering added...I have to say I am quite pleased with the result!!

Here is the design applied to a fitted women's t-shirt......this one is organic...

...and a cute little baby's bodysuit, this one isn't organic but I do have organic one's at my Cafe Press store along with tote bags, greetings cards, lots of different t's for men and women and children and other various and sundry gift items...please do me the honour of taking a look by clicking here. Thanks so much!!!!