Commissioning an Avatar

I've commissioned a larger version of my bee avatar from Marilyn from Accentuate on Etsy. She is a fantastic graphic designer from Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA. I've completely fallen for her work. If I didn't go with the bee banner, there are many more of her graphics that I have on my favourites. I'm also getting a larger version of my banner for Facebook and my blog. When you purchase one of her packages, you are buying a one of a kind, aka OOAK, that only you can use. It took me ages to figure out what OOAK meant, d'oh. I'm thinking of printing the avatar on a t-shirt, it would look good on black.

I've just found out that one of my Etsy friends, Marta, who also does graphics, is selling banner packages on Etsy. Marta's shop can be found at LittleMars. Her work is brilliant and it's worth clicking the link and having a look. I really love her mini journals and typographic prints, I going to buy a mini journal soon, need to decide the on the quote. Actually, I've decided, I would like a "dreams" one please Marta :)

I went to IKEA today, to get a 3 drawer pedestal to put under my work desk. It was only £25, bargain. I need the storage and hubby is having a drawer for his study things. I'm going to spend Monday re-arranging and labelling boxes, I love boxes.

Talk soon

Love & hugs
Angela xxx

The Honey Bee

Why a honey bee in my banner?

I love bees, last year I kind of started looking for and trying to photograph bees in my local area for a survey on the Bumblebee Conservation Trust's BeeWatch website. These guys are mapping bumblebee species distributions. Well, I'm going to have the bee as my totem animal. Some characteristics of the bee are ones I would like to have where my new venture is concerned. They are always busy, focused, amazing architects (just think of the creation of those honeycombs), they gather the raw materials and create honey. They are amazing creatures, it's a disaster that their numbers are in decline. If you want to contribute to the survey in the UK, here is a link to the Bumblebee Conservation Trust website.

The banner I found on Etsy. It's designed by a graphic designer I found on Etsy called Accentuate from Colorado, her work is terrific. I intend getting  my business cards designed to match the banner too. Such a great idea, she sends her graphics to me by email and I will either print the cards off myself or send the graphics to a printer to do it for me.

Here is another book I made at the course in the bindery in Partick. I'll be putting this one on Etsy when my shop launches.

Talk soon

love & hugs
Angela