Week 2 of 52

Marla:

It has been a grey and wet January so far.  This is Marla's 'bah, it's rubbish weather again' face as she stares out of her window.  

As a side note, this photo really shows up how grim and mucky our windows are.

Haydy:

This isn't your usual blog kind of image as pacifiers or dummies in my experience still seem to remain a bit of a controversial topic.  However, this is the truest representation of Haydy over this past week.  He has been suffering with the dreaded teething over the last few days and refuses to be separated from either his pacifier or Ewan the sheep for even a second.

Laura x

Week 1 of 52

Marla:

My little girl has quite a 'no messing' resting face.

Haydy:

This is a very particular slightly pouty face Haydy pulls when he is concentrating on a game......and yes, sadly I am responsible for that poorly executed fringe cut.

Laura x

Project 52

Hello,

Okay, so it's been a wee while since I last posted.  As anyone who has littluns or a busy working life knows, it's hard to find time for your own pursuits.

Anyway, excuses over, I have decided to participate in the Project 52 challenge this year and it is my new years resolution to take 1 decent photo of each of my children every week for the whole year.

So let me introduce you to Marla and Haydy. Neither will thank me for this photo but it makes me laugh:

They are both at quite awkward ages to photograph, Marla is nearly 3 and is now very aware of me pointing the camera at her and Haydy is nearly 18 months and likes to run at the camera and jibby jab the lens with his (usually mucky) little fingers.

I won't promise that each weeks offering will be a photographic masterpiece, just an image I think has merit for one reason or another.

Love
Laura x

It's Christmas- obviously time for animals in knitwear!

Afternoon,

Here is my Christmas card to send to friends and family this year:

Laura x

In case we forget her name or which room we put her in to sleep??!!

Hello again,

Marla's dad recently gave me a few hours peace whilst he looked after Marla.  I love her of course but this was bliss!  I haven't had a doodle in Adobe Illustrator for months now and I really miss it.  Always on my mind, I spent my time making a door sign for Marla's room.  It's pretty and garish............or pretty garish and she may object to it when she's older but in the meantime it's going up!.  Here it is:

Laura xXx

Clever Gran

Hi,

A lovely thing about having a little bear (baby) is that it seems to inspire folks to put on their creative hats.  I wish I could say this is my work but my Mother in law sewed this gorgeous quilt for Marla:

I'm a longtime lover of the great Charley Harper and a couple of years ago I introduced her to his work- I think this may have been just an ever so slight influence for this quilt :o)

Of course I know that if I actually use it as Marla's bedding it is going to end up covered in milk, puke and snot so I have decided to have it a wall hanging in her room instead.

I hope one day Marla may hand it down to another little bear........................maybe even her own.

Laura x

Still here?

Hello to anyone still around,

I have been absent for a while now.  As explained before, things got pretty busy!  This happened:

and then I blinked and this had happened:

Her name is Marla May and she is now 9 months old, her hobbies include, taking food out of kitchen cupboards when my back is turned, playing with make-up brushes and blowing raspberries at strangers who coo over her.

Anyway, life as a Mum is very fulfilling but it doesn't leave me much time to doodle, esp as the little lady has decided she is already an adult and that she doesn't need to nap during the day like a baby!

Anyway, as a result this blog may become a little more varied in it's subject matter, including baby and house stuff and not all posts will include new illustration work- just warning you!

We also moved house recently and took on a bit of a renovation project so I might include a bit of that too.

Lets see how it goes shall we?

Lots of love,

Laura x