Mummy Treat pattern

Firstly I'd like to say a big thank you to all my new followers, it's lovely to know that you are all out there.

Here is a sneak peek of a pattern I have been working on for Mothers Day product. I have focussed on what most mummies love, Tea, Biscuits, Cake & Ice Cream, a girls dream.

Cute Designs

Over at Cute Designs on Folksy & Etsy you can find these little cuties. Also check out Donnas blog at www.cutedesigns.blogspot.com

I remember...

When I was little I used to have a trinket box with a blue butterfly on it, I have always loved butterflies and used to paint them when I was younger. Anyway, I recently came across this gorgeous brooch with a very similar image to the one that was on my trinket box, which bought back lovely memories. Life was so simple back then, what I wouldn't give to be back there for a few days.

You can find more of these lovely ceramics at the Folksy shop of Julia Smith. Take a look here

I also have a thing about bumble bees so this caught my eye too

Two-Twenty Corporate Identity design

Here is a sample of one of the projects I have been working on lately. Logo, Stationery & Leaflet design for a brand new high end business club opening in Cambridgeshire next month. I hope that you like it, I am pretty pleased with it and I got a lovely testimonial from my client which proves she is happy - which of course is the main thing :-)

Pants & Paper

Sam at Pants & Paper has very kindly agreed to me showing you some of her work. You can find her on Folksy here and below are a few examples of her gorgeous work.

Enjoy!

Tough Times

Hi Guys

I hope that you had a good weekend. I am still really busy and going through a pretty tough time in my personal life at the moment with my health & a few other issues, so please forgive my less frequent posts.

I came across this lovely website based in the U.S. today! Here is  snippet of what they do - go check out some of their gorgeous goodies!

Dark Colour

I hope you all had a lovely bank holiday? I was working most of it, but I did take a trip to St Albans with my boyfriend and splashed out on a couple of lovely things from White Stuff - I could have bought half the shop, they have so much lovely stuff in there this Autumn. It's weird, as even though most of my patterns are bright or pastel in colour, I actually mainly wear autumnal colours - browns, aubergines, mossy greens, etc.

Here is a snapshot of what I bought

Foxi leaflet

I'm pretty busy at the moment and so I may have to limit my posts for a few weeks, however I just thought I'd show what I have been working on today. It is a promotional postcard for a local taxi company. Unfortunately they already had the logo, as I'd have loved to have come up with a different fox image, but I still think this is cute.

Can you help me please

I hope that you all had a good weekend.

I have recently been asked to quote on a job for a new client and I'm having problems coming up with a price as it's in an industry I haven't worked in before. The client has told me that they love my work, but I'm not competitive enough, if anyone can help, please email me on amanda@amandalincoln.co.uk

Thanks in advance

A x

Anna Williams

Hi Guys

New York based Photographer Anna Williams has some amazing work. She has kindly agreed for me to feature some here for you to see. She has done a lot of work for Martha Stewart & Pottery Barn amongst many others. Here are some examples of what she can do.

Dotty Daisies

Just a quick one, as I have taken today and yesterday to spend some time with my lovely fella. He treated me to a spa day yesterday and today we are just chilling and off to see Toy Story 3 in 3D later.

I thought I'd just show you this gorgeous owl I found on Folksy. Isn't it cute!

Maimei Cheng

Today I came across these cute felt creations on ukhandmade.

Have a great weekend everyone, I am off to see Redbull X Fighters in Battersea.

Kate Fensom

Another lovely artist my buddy Kerry introduced me to is Kate Fensom. She works from both the U.K. and Cyprus and has a lovely story to tell on her website about how her artistic life started, take a look here.

Here are a few of Kates pieces. Enjoy!

My Studio

I'm one of those people who loves to see where other people work from. My studio isn't as perfect as some I have seen in books and on other blogs, but I consider myself lucky to have such a dedicated space to work from. My room is rammed full of materials, inspiration and my lovely mac. 

If you'd like to show me your creative space, I'd love to see where you work from! 

Pin Badges

I don't have much time today, so I thought I'd show you some badges I made for a range of cards I sold a few years ago.

The Magic of Lucy Loveheart

My good friend Kerry in Cyprus, recently sent me a link to an artists website whom she thought I'd like. She wasn't wrong, how magical and gorgeous are these illustrations!!! You can find more here

Thanks Lucy & Patrick for allowing me to feature your work!

Make up bag

I am in need of a new make up bag and so have been trawling the handmade sites 'Folksy' & 'Not on the High Street'. Here are a few lovelies I found. I haven't decided which one I love most as yet. If anyone wants to know where they can buy them, please comment & i'll let you know.

Have a good weekend everyone!

Farm Chicks

For those of you in the States, I came across this cool website where you can buy some lovely things, here are a few:

Lets splash!

Here is a little whale I worked on recently, I hope that you like him.

Karate Kid

I have been to see 'Karate Kid' this evening at the cinema and it really did me good. I have been having a few self confidence issues recently and some health issues and the continuing theme throughout the film was the following:

Athene Noctua

Today I wanted to show you some gorgeous creations by Rebecca at Athene Noctua on Folksy 

Embroidered Delight

How sweet is this! I came across this a few months back, very clever and cute.

Boys Sleepwear

Today I wanted to show you some boys sleepwear I worked on a few months back. I don't often work on boys, so it was fun to have a go. I loved drawing my robot and I am glad to say that he has gone down really well.

Angel Cat Sugar

Sorry I haven't been blogging much just lately, I haven't been feeling too good. I'm back now though. I promised that I would show you some of the work I have been doing recently. A few months back, I was asked to design stationery using a very limited 'Angel Cat Sugar' styleguide. I also had to come up with the look of the stationery and the the additional extras e.g. dangly bits and use of flitter. Here are a couple of visuals.