My first blog, wish me luck!I guess I should start by introducing the namesakes of my blog, Belle and her little bunny Boo. Belle is loosely based on a much younger me and my all time favourite children's book character millymollymandy, who I think I looked alot like, except the stripey dresses!
Boo is an amalgamation of alot of bunnies out there. He is constantly changing colour and fluffiness, he is a new breed, a chamelibunny! They first arrived in my sketch book last Christmas in response to a greeting card brief, the cards are still pending but these two wont be held back. They are very excited to be appearing on BOTH sides of my new Tote bags, beautifully screen printed by the fabulous maryink.Now a little about me Mandy, I thought I'd share with you a photo of my temporary studio space.
I always find it fascinating seeing peoples creative spaces, more so sometimes than seeing the creatives themselves. I say 'temporary'as we (we being me and my lovely boyfriend Russ) are in the process of having this...
turned into this...
ahem! or something similar ie cheaper, smaller & a lot less Elle decoration! So until we get our lovely new studio space, it's a case of Russ working in the Kitchen and me in the lounge, I expect alot of you are in similar situations.
hiya i've found your blog Mandy so pleased to see you've started one sure it'll spread the word far and wide about your beautiful work. looking forward to seeing the bags will they be on your etsy later? the new studio sounds cool,i do that with elle decoration too,its good to get the inspiarion then get something slightly more, as you say affordable!
ReplyDeletehooray! hi mandy, was just checking your etsy shop and saw all the changes, love the name. the shop and blog look beautiful. so interested to see what you do to your shed. we have a large garage that we basically use as a junkyard and we're also thinking of converting it. would love one of those amazing retreat/bachkit/wee houses things that i drool over in elle deco every month!
ReplyDeleteanyway, welcome to the world of blogging, i will add you to my links.
I'll let you know how the conversion goes Francesca, our prospective builder has all ready cancelled on us once, which doesn't bode well!
ReplyDeletehi mandy - bored at work so found your new website - love the dolls and can think of many 'little madams'but will name no names!
ReplyDeleteWow...your first blog! I love reading people's first blog. They are full of sincere words and so humbled. YOu have come a long way for sure! Cheers to you belleandboo!
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