BLOG HOP- Welcome

Well, Hello there....

WELCOME to my little slice of design heaven.

Note: if a link does not work and you get a little lost,please click here and check out the participation list to keep going.  

You are probably joining me from the fabulous blog of Mary Tanana, also known as Groovity Designs. I love Mary's designs, they are so bright, bold and vivid. What a fabulous collection she created. 

Before I talk a little bit about myself, I'd just like to thank Rosie of Believe Creative Studio for curating this fantastic event, and also to MajoBV for designing the fabulous Flyer. 

Okay, time for me to shine. 

My collection was inspired by the theme of 'flight', and influenced by Pantone's 2013 colour 'emerald'. I also needed to create a collection of Valentines designs to be sent to the printers in time for the big day (14th February in the UK). 

Lets kill 2 birds with one stone, I thought. 

(Pun Intended)

©JLW Illustration 2013

The Brief said 3 designs to create a mini collection. But I'll be honest, I struggled to reign myself in and stop. So here we have 4, one with several colour variations. 

Naughty me. 

©JLW Illustration 2013

©JLW Illustration 2013

©JLW Illustration 2013

©JLW Illustration 2013

So, What will I be doing with these designs? Seems a shame to just leave them sat in a file on my computer, don't you agree?

The colours are very on trend, and the theme is currently relevant, given its valentines day soon. 

But I also think they could be used for many 'female' occasions...

Mothers Day, Anniversaries, Birthdays, Well Wishes etc.

So this is what I came up with:

Blank Notebooks

 Click image to take you to my Etsy store, which now sells these items

 Cards and GiftTags:

  Click image to take you to my Etsy store, which now sells these items

 These are now available to buy in my Etsy store, and I shall be expanding the range to Keyrings, cushions, coasters, fridge magnets in the very near future. 

Anyway, I've shared enough eye candy with you for now. Time to pass you forward to the brilliant Cara Holland of Pattern Booth. 

Enjoy the rest of the Bloghop, and please please do follow right through until the end, it's really worth the time and effort. There's too much talent amongst this bunch to miss even one blog.

NOTE: This blog runs until Sunday Midnight. 

Sunday Blog - ETSY FINDS : Christmas card Special

Welcome back and thanks to all that had a peek at our Advent Doodle attempts so far....

THIS IS MY 100th BLOG POST!!!!!
happy dance

Anyway....

Today's Etsy Finds is a little special, as it is CHRISTMAS related. 

I love Christmas, its so fun, and merry and bright. 

A few weeks ago I put a shout out on Twitter for any creatives who wanted to take part in a Christmas Card swap. I had lots of interest and swapped some of my cards with 3 lovely ladies from various parts of the country. 

Here are their Etsy stores so you can see what beauties I have in my possession:

Worthy Designs 

Sarah Catherine Designs 

Sarah Fleming

Contact sarah via her FB page to purchase any cards, or have a peek at her work:

https://www.facebook.com/SarahFlemingDesigns

Now I just need to decide which lucky recipients will receive such LUSH cards. 

Lets KEEP GOING.......

Not one to be biased on just sharing Etsy Finds, here are some Fabulous Folky Finds from:

Kate Marsden

These are just Super cute, Super Simple and Super Festive. 

Thats all for now Folks. 

Until NEXT TIME. 

Monday Blog post: Etsy Finds

A day late...

I know, how terrible of me. 

Before I share this weeks Gorgeous Etsy Finds, I'd like to thank Rachael Taylor for featuring me on her lovely blog today. Its such an honour to be showcased by someone who I have admired for many years. 

Thank you.

View the blog post here. 

Moving on......

Worthy Designs

I had the pleasure of doing a Christmas Card swap with Gillian, of Worthy Designs, and I absolutely love these cards, and I'm unsure I could actually give them to people this year, I want to keep them. 

(Click image to see Etsy store)

Tree Hill Cloud

Here we have some gorgeous Christmas Cards by Natalie of Tree Hill Cloud.......

.....and some gorgeous Digital Prints:

Hello Dodo

I Follow Hello Dodo on Twitter and absolutely love their prints, I just had to feature them here today:

This is my favourite design:

Until Next Time. 

Sunday Blog Post - Etsy Finds

Apologies for the delay in creating todays blog post.....

I attended a Children's birthday party this afternoon....

Enough said?

I have some Gems for you today, have a peek.....

AnkePankeDesigns

I fell in LOVE with Anke's designs as soon as I found her Etsy store. There's too many Gorgeous designs to share, please visit her store to see for yourself. 

Sam Osborne

There are too many amazing products on Sam's Etsy store, I couldn't decide what to share. So I decided to share a variety of Products. Please Click an image to visit Sam Osborne's store. 

SMART Creative

(Sarah Martin)

I couldn't resist sharing these Lush Scrabble designs. 

I have worked with scrabble pieces myself in the past, and I think Sarah has created some fabulous designs. Please Click on the images to take you to Sarah's store. 

If you would like to be Featured on Etsy Finds, Please Leave a comment, or find me on twitter @jlwillustration and leave your Etsy link :-) 

Until Next Time. 

SUNDAY BLOG POST - Etsy Finds

Its Sunday....

It can only mean one thing.....

ETSY FINDS

but first...

I have added a new line of notebooks to my shop, find them here: 

(Click the images to take you to the product shown)

Take a peek at these fabulous Etsy Finds: 

Lauren Britchford

I Love a good nordic pattern, and Lauren has a set of Christmas cards that are just adorable! 

and these 'Loppy' Tree's are just too cute. 

Stephanie Ochoa

AKA: a Stitch of Handmade

I came across these by complete accident while browsing Etsy. I'm sure glad I did. Aren't these fabulous? 

Sarah Catherine Designs

I Found these cute cards via Twitter, and love the simplicity of the designs, they're so festive, and  I love the Typography used. 

All images, designs and products etc belong to the designers named, unless otherwise specified. 

UNTIL NEXT TIME

SUNDAY BLOG: Etsy Finds

Hello All and welcome to my very first 'Etsy Finds' Blog post. 

Every Sunday I will post pretty things I find on Etsy.

I have an Etsy Store....

Its here..... 

But 'Etsy Finds' isn't about my little shop of lovelies.

No, its about the other little Gems hiding and lurking amongst all the other lovelies on there.

Here's what I'm loving this Sunday.....

MEL SMITH DESIGNS:

(Click images to take you to item)

NEXT.....

ROSIE SIMONS 

AND THEN THERE WAS....

RACHEL BENNETT DESIGNS

Some Excellent Products.....

YES?

If you would like to be featured next week on my new regular Feature, please link me to your Etsy store, or add me to your Circle  and next week I shall pick 3 more stores to feature on my blog. 

Until Next Time.