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Too early for Christmas cards?

Christmas cards - stick figure family portrait

I’m one of those people who gets annoyed when the shops start stocking Christmas cards and decorations in September/October, but I’ve now joined their ranks. In my defense though, when you add items on Etsy they stick around for 4 months at a time. It seems a little pointless to add them in November and have them still there in February! I also sell a lot of custom drawn items, which obviously take a little longer to do, so I figure it can only help to offer them as early as possible to avoid it getting too frantic later on…
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Beer illustrations

Beer illustrations

It’s starting to look a bit like I’m obsessed with alcohol… (who me?!) These beer illustrations follow on from the cocktail illustrations I did last week. I’m not actually much of a fan of beer, though I don’t mind half a pint of Guinness now and then, or the very occasional lager on a particularly hot day.
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Cocktail illustrations

Cocktail Illustrations

These cocktail illustrations were inspired by a brilliant girly week away I had with some friends last week. I’m usually more of a wine girl, but it was so hot that the icy cocktails were really hitting the spot! We went to Lanzarote and, although it turns out it was just as hot in the UK, it was great to be able to enjoy the good weather with a pool, cocktails and no work to do 🙂 Continue reading Cocktail illustrations

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More Custom Portraits

Custom Portraits

Custom Portrait mother's day
Since I first started doing the custom portraits of stick figure couples for Valentine’s Day, I’ve expanded my range of personalised drawings a bit, so I thought I’d showcase some of the stuff I’ve done. I’ve now done a range of different combinations, from single figures to couples and up to five people. I’ve been doing them both as cards and as prints to be framed. Take a look below.
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Interesting Facts about Greeting Cards

Happy birthday greeting card

Some interesting facts about greeting cards… Did you know that in the UK we spend an estimated £1 billion on greeting cards annually? The average person apparently sends around 55 cards per year. I know quite a few people don’t send any, so some people out there must be sending huge numbers of cards to get that average up so high! In the US they buy around 6.5 billion greeting cards per year, amounting to about $7 billion.

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