Creative Café #20 ★

so i hope you all had a nice weekend spent doing various weekend activities etc

most of mine was spent colouring in mermaids + running around the kitchen in a 'cape' playing superheroes with Sienna, my 5-year-old cousin, you know... just a regular weekend!

anyway, it's a new week so i figured it might be time for a lovely new Creative Café post!

go on then, you know what to do! go and get a nice cup of tea (or coffee, or juice...) grab some biscuits, maybe some sweeties too, and a slice of cake...

oh, don't forget to get comfy!

ready?! good!

so todays post is all about the very sweet and whimsical artwork of the truly super duper Emmeline Pidgen

Emmeline is a 23-year-old British illustrator currently based in the UK. she sums up her work ethos pretty fabulously in the little blurb she has on her blog "I draw and paint which makes me feel lovely. I like digital or physical coins to be given to me in exchange for little snippets of my imagination to help me buy such goods as cereal, yoghurts or a selection of peppers."

i just love her quirky style of drawing + the wonderful colours she picks for her characters and scenes, each one  tells a different story and is completely unique

she does all sort of fun stuff for various companies, businesses and publications...

...and her children's picture book illustration is just divine!!!

these images are from her Brand New Picture Book 'The Flyaway Blanket' (written by Allan Peterkin)

it looks absolutely gorgeous, chock full of delicious illustrations and bright colourful scenes! the book is actually released TOMORROW!!! 

Emmeline is currently running a little competition on her blog to give away a signed copy of the book to one lucky winner! you can enter here - Flywaway Blanket Competition

anyway, i think it's time for all of YOU to have a little look through some of Emmeline's lovely work in your own time, happy scrolling...

rather delightful stuff isn't it!? of course it is... it's all very super duper for sure!

ok links time now...

so see some more of Emmeline's work be sure to visit her pretty website here - Emmeline Pidgen

she also has a marvellous blog full of lovely things here - Emmeline's Blog

and if you fancy treating yourself (or someone else...) to a nice little print, postcard or some stickers, head on over to her online shop - Emmeline Illustration

you can also 'Like' her work on Facebook - Emmeline Draws

follow her on Twitter - @emmelinedraws

and also on Tumblr - emmelinedraws

all that's left for me to do is say a big ol' THANK YOU to the lovely Emmeline for saying yes and letting me run the feature :)

All images featured in this post belong to Emmeline Pidgen © do not claim, use, distribute, reproduce or trace ANY of her work without her express written consent. All Rights Reserved.

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so that's that! i'm not back at college until Wednesday so i've been busily working on some commission stuff at home! + i think i'll be able to show you one of the new tattoo designs i was commissioned to draw for a lovely local client!

so until next time, that's all folks... ◕‿◕ ★ xX

Magical Momiji ♥

so the other day i got an email telling me i'd won a blog giveaway...

now after i stopped feeling a tad guilty that i canceled my own blog giveaway (because NONE OF YOU ENTERED IT!!!!) i got a little bit excited to see what it was i'd won! 

(i knew what i'd won but for the sake of the blog... i'm not going to spoil the surprise! now let me get on with the post... thank you!)

anyway the parcel from Rhi-Mixx arrived today...

firstly... how freakin' ADORABLE is that wrapping paper?!?!

i've never received a parcel in the mail with paper as awesome as that, usually it's just boring brown or white packaging not totally super duper like this...

anyway after i'd stopped squealing about how cute the paper was i settled down and opened it (like a normal person)

the box was sealed with this really sweet pink tape covered in tiny little birds (this is by far the most adorable parcel i've ever been sent!)

so i opened up the box...

yay prizes!!!

ok so here's what i won...

soooo many cute things!!!!!

i got a roll of that cute pink birdy tape, dozens of momiji stickers, another roll of tape (with cupcakes on!!!), a packet of momiji printed tissues (which i will probably never use since they are far too cute to destroy with a sneeze), an adorable little momiji printed mini bag and loads more harajuku style stickers!!!

and last but not least a super cute hot pink touchy-feely (flocked) momiji tulip doll

cuteness overload!

i mean just look at the rest of the stickers i got as well...

i'll be honest though, i was more chuffed with the new momiji doll

Rhiannon aka Rhi-Mixx, who ran the giveaway, collects momiji's herself and i sort of do too, i have several kokeshi dolls (which are similar... but NOT the same) but i also already have 3 momiji's that i've received as gifts over the years so i'm glad to have another one to add to my little collection

here they all are together, welcoming the new addition...

one of the points of momiji dolls is that they are message dolls. each doll carries a message in her base that can be filled in by whoever gives or receives the doll

out of curiosity i checked the message in the base of the new doll and was delighted to find that Rhi-Mixx had already filled it in...

if you can't quite make it out it says 'to Jade, Congratulations from Rhi-Mixx'

they are just too cute! i love the story of how they began and what they're all about but i shan't bore you with it on here, you can find it out for yourself if you want to... it's all on their site.

to get hold of your very own momiji doll + find out more about them, you can visit this official momiji site which is chock full of momiji cuteness - momiji dolls

so big BIG thanks to Rhi-Mixx for holding the giveaway in the first place + for sending me such gorgeous prizes!!!

i suggest you visit her blog which is always full of all things adorable and cute, fashion bits, kawaii bobs, really super duper stuff... - the Mixxture

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in other news...

i didn't go to college today mainly because i woke up feeling so ill!

i've been doing a bit of sewing this morning but it's not going to well to be honest!

here's hoping i get a burst of creativity at some point this week!!!

until next time,

that's all folks... 

◕‿◕ ★ xX

Paldies un uz redzēšanos

(that's thank you and goodbye in Latvian, vienmēr laipni ♥)