sunshine chronicles
stories about all things hello sunshine
hello JANUARY
Back once again with the ill behaviour… just kidding, but I am back and sticking to my promise of continuing these monthly updates. I know January often feels like the longest month of the year for most people…
The Adventures of Buddy 🚌
Pssst! have a little not-so-secret to share with you 🙊 Since picking up Buddy the Sunshine Van last Summer, I've been collecting snapshots which capture memories and adventures we have with him…
hello 2019
Before January slips away completely I wanted to pop by to say ‘hello’ and share some of my personal and work-based goals for the year ahead. I’ll try and keep this short, not only because I have a tendency to waffle…
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
A peek at the top nine, most liked posts from my @sunshine_jo Instragram - a pretty fun way to sum up the year!
hello DECEMBER
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.
What I wore in 2018
12 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.
Happy Christmas 🎄
The 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!
hello NOVEMBER
From 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.
Meet the Maker Week #6
The 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 🎉
Meet the Maker Week #5
What 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.
Meet the Maker Week #4
Today’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 🎨
MEET THE MAKER WEEK #3
Today’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…
Meet the Maker Week #2
Today’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 🌍
Meet the Maker Week #1
I 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.
hello OCTOBER
Eeep! 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…
PROJECT VAN
Back 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…
CHRISTMAS MARKET DATES
I 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…
hello SEPTEMBER
It’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…
GLITTERY KITTIES
Last 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…
hello AUGUST
Summer 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…