Bella and the hound illustrations

Starting my own little business has been a dream, an unexpected dream, but a dream all the same. I create personalised prints and illustrations, pet portraits, digital artwork and more. And I love it with all my soul! I started drawing again in may 2020 when I was poorly with long COVID . I drew...

Bucket list Update: 318. Go on a bike ride for the day.

I’m not a natural bike lover: in fact I’ve pretty much refused to touch a bike in the last ten years. I tend to spend all my time crashing into things. But my husband loves cycling and it’s something I real wanted to do with him. I also really want to do a triathlon and...

Bucket list update: 274. Learn to cross stitch.

Just because there is a pandemic doesn’t mean you can’t cross things off your bucket list right?! (CROSS get it). Obviously I’ve been focusing on the small things while the world is in lockdown. Okay I’m not very good at cross stitching but I actually really enjoyed it! I’m a bit of a rusher so...

Bucket list update: 112. Read a book I would not have thought about reading.

I love reading. But I tend to love reading the same sort of books. Harry Potter, Disc world, the daemon trapper's daughter, Artemis Fowl and other "fantasy world" type books tend to be my go to when I want to snuggle up and read. These are the books I fell in love with in my...

Bucket list update: 103. Make a patch work blanket.

So I've barely ever touched a sewing machine, despite that I convinced myself that I NEEDED to make a patchwork blanket, so much that I popped it on the bucket list.  I love the idea of sewing. Making lovely things out of fabric and being able to create nice things out of pretty much nothing....

The New “Bucket list”

Recently I’ve been thinking about all the things I want to do. All the little and big things I would like to experience or achieve. Last year my wonderful husband took me away for a surprise holiday and in that week we did lots of things from my “bucket list”: Stroked a giraffe, went wine...