telegraph mention for one bear!

goldilocks and just the one bear get a little mention in the telegraphs children's books for the summer
which is meltingly lovely.
thanks nosy crow for bringing it to my blurry sleep deprived attention!
so glad that this book is being well received... i think i shall have a little ice lolly to celebrate.

second magical mix up book- friends and fashion

ooh look what i recieved in the post... my advance copies of the next doodle-tastic magical mix up book- friends and fashion.
illustrated by me and written by marnie edwards. published by those lovely nosy crows

think it will be out in the shopperoonees in sept 2012.
but for those of you who can't wait (hello? are you out there?!) here are a few little peeks inside...

princess sapphire delves into the world of whizzing up a little number on the old  royal sewing machine

 witch emerald concocts a crazy potion to make spotty pet toad boris better

the girls are horrified at some of the outfits at the fashion show.

what more babies?

more little newbees have arrived

so i made some cards for them.

me being a lamo maximus haven't written in them or posted them yet. (one thing at a time hodgkinson)

so lets hope the new mummies are too busy cooing and dealing with meconiam to be looking on this blog.

magical mix-up badges

woohoo got a pocket full of mix-up badges through the post today from the lovely Nosy Crows!
the world would be a sadder place without badges
everyone loves a good badge or two.

Wonkybutton etsy shop progress

 i promise you i am not being idle... look, stampy stickers (bringing out my role playing retro librarian tendancies!)

 in these little stripy bags are squeakers and bells to put in the McBabbys as part of their snippysew craft kits that i will sell.

here are the celophaned up to the eyeballed McBabbies

and  here are the russian dilly dolllies.

even though they are packaged up- i still need to sort out their instruction postycards.

it has all been a little frustrating as i have been having lots of production hitches (that i am still in the process of resolving)... crikey all soooo time consuming. am trying to keep focused on the bigger picture but it is hard when you are juggling lots of balls and you don't even like jugglers.

LIbrarymice Mix-Up Book1 review

have a look at the lovely review that librarymice gave our first doodletastic mix-up story book here!

i am not really a pink loving girlie human person type thing- so imagine my surprise when i found myself illustrating a book all about princesses and fairies with only pink in my palette.... gulp. lucky there is a witch in it and it is quite fun also for sensible girls who don't just want to grow up to be fairy princesses.

i am in the middle of illustrating book 3 now- which is brimming with magic pets and all sorts... brace yourselves!

cupcakes for clara interview

i meant to mention this last week when it actually happened.... but like always i have been super busy, so didn't have time. but never late than never hey?!


uber mummy/crafty/bloggy/business lady laura clempson very kindly did a lovely interview feature of me and my work on her fabulous blog cupcakesforclara (her blog alone is worth looking at as it is bursting with creativity and warmth that makes you feel proud to be part of the human race (or maybe jealous that you can't be productive and make better use of your time... ahem!...)

to have a look at the tinterview, see here 


this image is grumpy clara (one of lauras creations).
we love to see a good illustrated grump. there are not enough of them about.
hail the grump!