Wednesday 18 September 2013

Working with Vogue

So I still haven't managed to start little Samuel's canvas, bless him.  Lucky he's young enough not to care/notice! LOL.  However in the meantime something quite exciting has happened...

Vogue have approached little old me to work with them, now I am not going to pull the wool over anyone's eyes and make it more than it is, it is an advertorial, but the mere fact that they approached me is enough to make me smile!


It actually took a while for it to sink in, much time scouring the internet, linkedin etc. to check that it was real and not a hoax (who's that bothered...) but there's so much self doubt that I just couldn't help myself. Anyway the artwork and 'blurb' has been sent, it's just a waiting game now...



I asked them how they found me and it was through Stork Up, who I have to say I have neglected badly over the last few months, so am in the process of updating everything. So ladies it's a big, big, mahoosive thanks from me :-)

As you may have guessed it'll be featuring my hand-painted art nouveau / art deco style canvases which are just perfect for your little one, or for a truly unique gift this Christmas! However having finally sorted out my laptop / broadband issue I have managed to update the website to show all canvases that I offer. 



I really hope you like what I've done with the website now that I'm concentrating on the bespoke canvases, but please let me know if there is anything you'd like to see or you think I've missed.  Here's hoping I get the chance to get on with Samuel's canvas soon before Christmas orders start coming in... 

Lots of love and very excited whoops!

Fay x

P.S haven't even mentioned Ginja Ninja who is trying to re-type this blog as we speak...



Monday 9 September 2013

How Great Britain is!

Finally I've managed to finish middle sons Freddie's canvas!  It's taken me that long that I can't actually remember when I started it! Anywhere he we go hope you like...

Ever since the Olympics, Fred has been obsessed with Great Britain and especially the Union Jack, so after buying everything and anything with a Union Jack on for his bedroom, he asked if I'd do him his canvas the same...


Once marked out, it was time to start painting...

 
Fred chose the paints, so we had pillar box red, antique white and a metallic blue...


Couple of coats of each, the wooden letters also painted in the blue.  Then time to distress with sandpaper, I used several grades to give a more natural worn feel, using higher grade on corners and edges and a finer grade on the front and sides of the canvas



Finally attached all the letters to the canvas (after much discussion as to whether they should be straight, squint, skewhiff LOL) and voila!


Hope you like?! I think it'd also work really well with a decoupage Cath Kidston floral type theme, or some pastel patterns, vintage style.  Anyway on to the next one now, Samuel. He's coming up for two and has blue/white room in Peter Rabbit Fabric so will try to include the fabric in the canvas somehow...