paper cut commission for a brothers wedding...

hello lovely people...

oh my it's been a while hasn't it? sorry my fault, i reached my quota of photos on my blog, so i had to potter though some boring blog things blah blah blah, all so i could continue! 

anywho, back to the fun stuff, this was commissioned by a lovely gent who wanted to give his brother something special as a wedding gift. i was asked to include the couple, their treasured cats, paper cranes, butterflies, ferns and mushrooms! here's what i came up with...

Christmas Workshop at Ipswich Town Hall...

hello, what are you doing tomorrow?

if you are in Suffolk why not pop into Ipswich Town Hall and join me at the Suffolk Craft Society Christmas Workshop. along with the excellent artist Katie Walker, who will be showing you how to make felt christmas decorations, i will be making paper cut decorations! It is tomorrow, Saturday 17th, from 12 till 4. the workshop is aimed at the kiddies, so if you have a little person looking forward to christmas this is perfect, but adults are also very welcome! just come into Gallery 2 and you can pretend it's already December!

come make some festive jam jar tealight holders...

or try your hand at decorating a paper cut bauble...

paper cut commission for a romantic wedding gift...

this is a commission i cut recently for a lady to give as a gift to her good friend on her very stylish wedding day. i was told their lovely story, which i hope they don't mind if i share with you. The old flames re-met at Latitude and got back together. The next year they returned to Latitude as a very happy couple. Simon suggested they go for a walk, he took her to the lake stage where he had organised for Sara's favourite band Admiral Fallow to play her favourite song Four Bulbs, where he proposed...

Christmas Exhibition 2012 Ipswich...

hello there 

if you live in Suffolk, or thereabouts, i would like to draw your attention to a lovely christmas exhibition that has recently opened it's doors in Ipswich Town Hall. run by the lovely people at the Suffolk Craft Society, and stocked by many talented crafter/makers, it'll get you right in the mood for christmas, and should help you with your christmas shopping too. it has beautiful but practical items you can use, and lovely things you can display. which is especially useful for those awkward family members that have everything, you know the ones... so why not get them a one off locally handmade piece? and if all this knackers you out, you can take some time to relax in the up-and-coming Snobs coffee cafe, which is right next door to the exhibition, also in the Town Hall.

i was honoured to be asked to design the poster for the exhibition, so here is a closer look at the cut i made for it...

The Suffolk Craft Society Christmas Exhibition 2012 is open from the 3rd November to the 24th of December, Tuesday to Saturday, 10am - 4.45pm, at Gallery 2, Town Hall Galleries, Ipswich. you might as well go have a look...

my project with Homemaker magazine!

hello nice people! i hope you are enjoying the season change?

i can now finally tell you all about a project i have been working on with the beautiful new magazine Homemaker.

"Homemaker is a brand new print magazine full of creative ideas for your home. With projects, interiors, baking and more, there's something for everyone seeking a beautiful living space. Expert tips, top buys and up-and-coming designers will keep readers up to date with the latest trends, and there's plenty of gorgeous photography for creative inspiration, too"

Homemaker and CliQQ Photography visited me at my studio to take some photos, we spent a lovely morning drinking tea and looking through my old scrapbooks!

i worked with the magazine to create a christmas card project, giving you a step by step guide, along with templates, allowing you to make three paper cut christmas cards i designed. 

here are the christmas card designs you could make...

they also commissioned me to make them a Homemaker calendar, which gives you creative ideas of seasonal crafty things to do each month, from spring cleaning to making christmas stockings! 

you can buy this laser cut calendar from my etsy shop for just £15!

Homemaker is now available to buy, so why not try it out? 

The Homemaker magazine image and quote are from the Homemaker website.

All the professional looking photos were taken by the wonderful people at CliQQ Photography.

The last two close ups are my own photos.

helter skelter first wedding anniversary paper cut gift...

this was a piece i was commissioned to make by a husband of one year looking to give his new wife a special gift for their first wedding anniversary. he asked to set it in a garden with a fete scene, including sunflowers, roses, large chess pieces and the cartoon vulture that had been featured on their invites and was a bit of a private joke...

fun in Northumberland...

hello there.

apologies for being rather quiet on the blog front recently. i nipped off to Northumberland for a little autumn/rainy/walky/family/eat-good-food/drink-a-fair-bit-of-wine type holiday. i walked 18 miles in one day. i know.

anyway here is some photo evidence for you...

(in Northumberland it was generally always raining somewhere, you can see it falling on the horizon to the right)

(thankfully it was also sunny, you can see it thanks to the vapours from the sea) 

(this is me and my brother trying to jump for the photo in front of dunsborough castle) 

(on the way home there was a beautiful cat travelling on the train) 

as you can see i had lots of fun with instagram whilst i was away, if you would like to see more you can visit my tumblr page...

personalised heart shaped paper cut gift...

these are some gifts i made for my... step-sisters-in-law for their birthdays. they are little a5 heart cuts, personalised with names, which will hopefully remind them of a lovely summers evening well into the winter months...

non, je ne regrette rien... heart shaped paper cut.

hello, this is an a5 heart shaped paper cut i made especially for my stylish aunt for her birthday. i tried to include a few of her favourite things, i thought champagne, candles and coffee would cover it, along with a nice quote. making/buying gifts for people who have Pinterest is such a beautiful thing!

just in case you fancy a peek, here is a link to my Aunties Pinterest.

and if you are feeling really nosey here is a link to mine! 

special paper cut wedding commission...

hello everybody, happy autumn!

this is an a4 wedding gift i was recently commissioned to make. i was asked to include the couple, their names and the date of the wedding. their friend wanted to give them a special reminder of their day, so we also included the location of the service and the reception...

a lovely view of the disney castle... birthday gift for mum.

here is a commission i was asked to cut by a lovely lady who wanted to give her mum something special for her birthday. I was told she loved drinking tea, baking cakes, and talking on the telephone. I was asked to include the disney castle, a very special dog, a gnome, bunting, stars and of course her favourite flowers...

give your grandparents a paper cut for their 50th wedding anniversary!

i was contacted by a lovely lady who saw the piece i made for my grandparents anniversary and was inspired to do something special for hers. she sent me some lovely photos of her grandparents on their wedding day, and a sweet story of how in one photo the wind blew the brides veil up into the air which they still laugh about to this day!

here is what i came up with...

a thoughtful gift for new God Parents...

this was an a5 piece i was commissioned to cut as a gift to thank some newly appointed God parents from their brand new God son, which is very thoughtful of the little guy!

five year anniversary gift... the city of love

here is a commission i made for a beautiful lady who wanted to give her boyfriend a thoughtful gift for their five year anniversary. it relives their lovely trip to paris, and a favourite poem...

the poem is 'i carry your heart with me' by E.E Cummings.