NEVER NOT CHASING A MILLION THINGS I WANT

The super lovely Bee & Luke from The Finer Things Club have featured my Daenerys print on their awesome blog, along with some other amazing tv show and movie related coolness by other illustrators, I especially like the Dwight print by Lyzi of Being Little and the Jesse from Breaking Bad print by BestPlayEver. I'm loving their blog, it's full of wonderful things, ideas, weekend inspiration and the good things in life.

NEVER NOT CHASING A MILLION THINGS I WANT

The super lovely Bee & Luke from The Finer Things Club have featured my Daenerys print on their awesome blog, along with some other amazing tv show and movie related coolness by other illustrators, I especially like the Dwight print by Lyzi of Being Little and the Jesse from Breaking Bad print by BestPlayEver. I'm loving their blog, it's full of wonderful things, ideas, weekend inspiration and the good things in life.

WE'VE NOT YET LOST ALL OUR GRACES

hey darlings, happy monday, hope you all had a gorgeous weekend <3 lots of lovely illustrating to do this weekend, pretty films to watch and tea to drink. What are your plans?

WE'VE NOT YET LOST ALL OUR GRACES

hey darlings, happy monday, hope you all had a gorgeous weekend <3 lots of lovely illustrating to do this weekend, pretty films to watch and tea to drink. What are your plans?

SHE'S LONG GONE

LANA DEL REY ILLUSTRATED PRINT

Happy Friday lovelies! What are your exciting plans for the weekend? I have no idea what we're going to do but if the weather is good then hopefully a country walk under a blanket of rainclouds (like Kate Winslet in Sense & Sensibility) I've been obsessively framing my illustrated prints, some frames are on order and I'm super excited about them! I just want to collect art and pretty illustrations and have frame walls in my house so this is my mission for this year. I'm working on some really awesome projects at the moment and I will share those when I can. There's still 20% off custom illustrated blog headers and custom illustrated portraits until the end of January. I'm taking commissions now but my diary is filling up so get in there if you'd like one! I'm also available to do couples portraits and I can create a custom listing for you on etsy if you'd like <3 Also, free shipping today because it's friday with coupon code TGIFTGIF so let's all put Katy Perry on and dance like it's Friday night  

SHE'S LONG GONE

LANA DEL REY ILLUSTRATED PRINT

Happy Friday lovelies! What are your exciting plans for the weekend? I have no idea what we're going to do but if the weather is good then hopefully a country walk under a blanket of rainclouds (like Kate Winslet in Sense & Sensibility) I've been obsessively framing my illustrated prints, some frames are on order and I'm super excited about them! I just want to collect art and pretty illustrations and have frame walls in my house so this is my mission for this year. I'm working on some really awesome projects at the moment and I will share those when I can. There's still 20% off custom illustrated blog headers and custom illustrated portraits until the end of January. I'm taking commissions now but my diary is filling up so get in there if you'd like one! I'm also available to do couples portraits and I can create a custom listing for you on etsy if you'd like <3 Also, free shipping today because it's friday with coupon code TGIFTGIF so let's all put Katy Perry on and dance like it's Friday night  

WE'RE NEVER DONE WITH KILLING TIME

Hello lovelies, how are you today? Any good plans for the weekend? I'm finding January half good and exciting, a fresh start and all that but then the other half is just this huge pending gloom, mountains of work and jobs that keep mounting up and just generally feeling a little glum. But it doesn't have to be that way, I'm finding taking little steps to help organise my day, taking on smaller tasks makes things found much less daunting. I've found myself having this constant collection of desk essentials which help me through the busy of days.

IPAD ♥ this amazing little device is the mini version which I kindly and very generously given to me for Christmas by my lovely fiancee Matt. His thoughts behind this were that it would help me with all my freelance work as well as being super handy or catching up with episodes of Sherlock on the bbc iplayer app, the power of technology! I've found it so helpful, it's like a bigger version of my phone but I'm able to do so much more without it being restrictive or miniscule. It's a great way of staying connected with social media too, it's like a diary, youtube viewer, blog updater, sketchbook, inspiration portal all in one! Well done, Apple.

BENETINT lip balm ♥ ooh this is totally brilliant, it's a hydrating companion (what?!) and if I find myself looking ghostly pale or in need of a quick injection of lip balm then this baby is always on hand.

MINI SCHEDULER ♥ I picked up this adorable little diary from Artbox many moons ago, yep I'm one of those stationery hoarders! I have shelves and shelves of pretty paper books and cards that I just can't bring myself to write in, it's like psyching yourself up to jump off something high or plunge into a cold pool (is that just me as well?) Anyway, these mini schedulers are blank, genius! So they never run out and you can be as precious or as messy as you like because you fill them in for the month/ year that's relevant to you. This one is exceptionally tiny, so it's probably not great for those of us who have big handwriting, you have to have handwriting the size of a baby bunny's paw. But they're still great, they come in loads of sizes too so there's one for everyone. Perfect for dropping in your bag and you've always got somewhere to write your notes/ ideas/ dates/ meetings etc!

There's also usually a scattering of mechanical pencils (which I love) on my desk, along with tea in a Disney cup of choice, stacks of the latest magazines, and lost nail varnishes (where do they come from?) 

I'd love to hear about items you find helpful, what gets you through the day whether it's busy or chilled? Share your desk essentials!