Create for Cross

If you are in or about Norwich over the next week be sure to pop down to St Gregory's Church Gallery for a gander at some beautiful artworks.

I am amongst a bunch of artists exhibiting and auctioning off work all in aid of the Red Cross. There are some big names included in the show like the talented Rob Ryan and of course our favourite local man Mister Millerchip!

It is a secret auction so you can bid as little or as much as you want, buy a beautiful piece of art and help out a great cause all in the process...

For more information check out their blog here.

We love Keith Lemon

Last week I got a phone call from the studio where Celebrity Juice is recorded. The woman informed me that my crittercature got to Mr Lemon himself and that he absolutely loved it! Not only this, but he wanted to have it on his show that night!!

Unfortunately they record two hours worth of material and only 33 minutes gets aired, my critter was in the hour and 28 minutes which was cut :(

The silver lining to it all, was not only did I find out that he got it and loved it, but the face book fan page also put a link up to my site with the crittercature!! Over 60 "likes"!! Result.

Double Trouble

Spent the evening doodling some cat faces which I layered up on some pages from an old book of animals. Underneath I decided to pop some pictures of the troublesome two that are Pixi's.... Pixi the 1st & Pixi the 2nd.

Sadly the affection from the 2nd is not as strong as it was from my Pixi, but she is entertaining as hell...some might even say dumb!! A cat that is crap at climbing trees, jumps into glass shower doors and enjoys sitting in sinks of water!!

White cats with black spots definitely rock.x

Keith Lemon Crittercature

Last night we stood in a cue for over two hours to possible be in the audience of the first show in the new Celebrity Juice series. We were maybe only 20 or so in front of the cut off point, so there must have been well over 100 that were turned away. The show was awsum, everyone in the audience seemed to be fans, genuinely laughing at everything. The man is a genius, in character the whole time from the moment he came through. I managed to get my crittercature of him to a member of staff who later told me he got it to Mr Lemon himself, so fingers crossed.

The new series starts tonight on ITV2 at 10:00. Go have a giggle, it's a gooden!!

Critter Creations

In December I held a textile workshop with Digital Playdays on the Waterfront. One of the girls who signed up is a super talented illustrator herself. Amiee's work is absolutely beautiful and the critter she made perfectly represents her style in textile form. Her work is definitely worth a peak. Check out her site here

I managed to get a bit of time to start making a pair of critters for my niece & nephew too. They have both been pestering me to make them one like "Marvin" for ages. "Floss" & "Cosmo" went down a storm at Christmas. My sister text me the picture of Jack with Cosmo:

"Kids really love their critters, both carried them around all day & slept with them."

Walking on Clouds

Whilst rooting through my sock drawer this morning for my first day back at work after the Crimbo holidays, I decided to rock out my cloud socks....
On my return from work I had a nice little surprise in my inbox of another pet cloud being sold off my site. This time he is flying off to Glasgow to cheer up a human.

"I am so excited to give my pet cloud a nice new home!!
I came across you website in issue 3 (nov/dec) of Oh Comely mag. I fell in love with your cloud cups which were shown on page 17 (which I shall be purchasing next month after the dreaded 5 week wage wait!!) & went onto your site straight away for a wee browse!!
The cloud was too adorable to resist!!
All of your work is absolutely stunning & I will be visiting your site again & again."

Talking of pet clouds...

The start of the Xmas holidays gave me an amazing night with the three best girls and slightly more sophisticated, yet still traditional sleepover dinner party at the Bingle residence. The first of us on the property ladder and needless to say the rest of us left very green, all wanting to live in their spare room!! The return journey home made a stop off at Lis' for us to get dressed and ready for work at the theatre. Post shower, and drying my hair....I noticed a mini collection of PixiBones hanging from the corner of her mirror. This cheered me up all ready for the first double show of Peter Pan on Ice.x

Crimbo Delights

Christmas 2010 brought me some beautiful objects again including a knitted squirrel cardie, and a 5 foot card holder! Also supporting the creative industry with a bit of Jon Burgerman and my newly found love which is....Stitches & Glue. The creator of these wonderful plush monsters is Paul Vincett. His creatures are absolutely beautiful, I am already the proud owner of a lucky paw which now lives on MJ and I have my very own custom made monster in the process of being born!! Once he is delivered I shall pop a pic up...