Today i am grateful for..

Such tiny writing, but the message reads 'Today i am grateful for..' I made these for a friend and i in a dull moment, when i realised we need to count our blessings just a touch more. The notebooks are from Muji and are around £2, so this is a great little gift to make.

Tilly and Friends Birthday card

I was asked to create two birthday cards using illustrations from the popular BBC children's programme Tilly and Friends. Using Illustrator and Photoshop i took the characters and placed them in a greeting card design, making sure i included small elements from the magazine which accompanies the show - complete with stars, small patterns and even music notes. The small detailing made a big difference to the design in the final product.

Examples i was given of Tilly and Friends to work with

and create a birthday card design:

A birthday card design i created for a 4 year old girl:

A birthday card design i created for a 3 year old boy:

Sugar Paper

Simple yet beautiful stationery by Sugar Paper. Chelsea and jamie created a wonderfully chic brand 'after falling in love with the simplicity and nostalgia of letterpress printing.' 

Love the happy holidays card with the leaf detail.

https://sugarpaper.com/

https://sugarpaper.com/blog/

Instagram

Little bit obsessed with Instagram at the moment..  find me! look for ameliaamandine

Freelance.

It's official, I have made my leap of faith and I'm now a freelance illustrator.

Last week i left my full time job to pursue my dream and actually be able to draw and create. To say thank you and show everyone in my shop how much they mean to me, i made individual cards with their own handwritten initial. Each card has a different background colour behind the white foliage pattern.

Available on Etsy. https://www.etsy.com/listing/105813050/personalised-initial-leaf-pattern

Wish me luck..!

Alison Hardcastle.

Saw some of these cards in Selfridges today. They are made by Alison Hardcastle and they are so simple and sweet! She uses handwritten typography and screen printing to make a selection of greeting cards and stationery products.

http://www.alisonhardcastle.com/

http://alisonhardcastle.blogspot.co.uk/

Happy Stationery Day

On the 24th April it was in fact National Stationery day, what better way to celebrate this but to attend a stationery fair! it was quite interesting and little overwhelming as there were a hell of a lot of pen salesmen but i saw the wonderful work of Silkie Lloyd, a bristol based surface pattern designer who created her company 'Rosehip' in 2005. 

Stopped by the V&A afterwards and made a few sketches of all the flowers in the south asia section, definitely my favourite place to get lost.