The final instalment of the little monthly round ups here on the Sunshine Blog and I still can’t get my head around where 2018 went, let alone all the things that have happened. What a year it’s been! From mini adventures and exciting work developments to two of the BIGGEST, most exciting days in my life (getting married and buying our very own Sunshine Van), 2018 has certainly delivered some blinders.
Read More12 months, 12 selected outfits and 12 memories captured in… you guessed it… 12 doodles! It’s so nice to be able to look back at snippets of the year through my monthly ‘What I Wore Today’ illustrations.
Read MoreThe Sunshine Towers gang are driving by to say thank you for all of your Sunshine love and support this year - what a year it’s been! I wouldn't be here, doing this Sunshine gig without you all!
Read MoreFrom day trips to the hills and insta-worthy lunches in London to all the Christmas fairs and some of the most exciting stockist news I’ve ever had, November has been a full on month.
Read MoreThe last day of @joannehawker’s Meet the Maker week is SHOP and today you can come and shop with me and LOADS of other amazing makers at the @brightonetsy fair 🎉
Read MoreWhat else do you make? Well, apart from a mess and a pretty mean fish finger sarnie, I design and maker laser cut jewellery and also sell enamel pins as well as draw for you lovely lot.
Read MoreToday’s prompt is ‘Detail or Variant’ so I thought I’d take a few moments to talk about the most recent (as of two years ago) addition to the Sunshine Portraits, and that’s the watercolour versions 🎨
Read MoreToday’s Meet the Maker prompt is all about the process, so from start to finish, here's what generally goes in to every digital Sunshine Portrait or commission…
Read MoreToday’s prompt is about what inspired your chosen product and where it all began. I can't tell you exactly where I was when I drew what would become my very first Sunshine but I can tell you I wasn't at home 🌍
Read MoreI always look forward to Joanne Hawker’s Meet the Maker challenges and I’ve been excited about joining in again this week, especially as the focus is more around our work this time. Today is the first day and all about introducing a product so I’m going to tell you about one of my most FAVOURITE things to work on as part of Hello Sunshine; Sunshine Portraits.
Read MoreEeep! Another month has flown by and before I let November come and go I thought I’d fill you in with what’s been going on around here. So feel free to pop the kettle on, make yourself a brew and read on if you fancy catching up…
Read MoreBack in August 2016, I officially introduced you all to a life long dream and plan to help make it reality. Project Van, as I affectionately called it, was my way of bringing the dream of owning my very own campervan to life. I thought it was about time to revisit that dream after something pretty epic happened this year…
Read MoreI know, I know, it’s not even Halloween yet and I’m dropping the C-bomb all over the place BUT if you’re calendar is anything like mine, you’ll be getting booked up quickly and I have some VERY important dates to share with you…
Read MoreIt’s half way through October so in my natural, late blogging style, I’m going to tell you about September. It was a jam-packed one with lots of trips (and work!) so grab a brew and feel free to read on if you fancy seeing what I got up to…
Read MoreLast year I started to play with a new acrylic (a very sparkly one!) and created these little Midnight Kitty studs as limited edition members of the Sunshine cat gang. They went down a treat so this year I decided it was time to make them some friends…
Read MoreSummer feels like it’s starting to leave us, with nights drawing in and back-to-school vibes in full force now that September has arrived. So I thought it was about time I caught up and shared August’s round up post, before Christmas arrives…
Read MoreI’m going to be 100% honest with you all. While I genuinely love painting portraits at events, this weekend was a bit of a wallop to my confidence. Anywho, I spent a little time wallowing and feeling a bit lost over the weekend but I remembered a blog post I wrote last year. It was to mark 10 years since I started drawing my signature style Sunshine Portraits…
Read MoreOK, so maybe this counts as wedding spam for some, but for me I'm firmly listing this under ADVENTURES! The Beard and I like to plan lots of mini trips to look forward to throughout the year from super budget camping adventures to those a bit further afield that we have to consider and save for a bit more. For our honeymoon…
Read MoreI’m SO EXCITED to be heading back to my hometown this weekend and back to one of my favourite doodling spots, at Handmade Nottingham. YAY! I’ll be painting portraits for the lovely folk of Nottingham as part of the 3 day Bank Holiday pop up event Rhea is running. I will be there 12 - 5pm on Saturday…
Read MoreI promised to answer any questions you lovely lot threw my way throughout the Mini Wedding series and here we are! If you left a question, hopefully you'll enjoy finding the answer in here and if you're just here for the photos and a bit more goss about our Big Day then I hope you enjoy these little nuggets too.
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