Teacups and Teapots

Remember the tea cup illustration I did for Master & Miss dress?  Here is my very cute neice wearing it as top!   It was sooo nice to arrive at a family gathering recently and see her wearing it!!


By the way, thank you to some of the lovely sites that have featured some of Yashar and my crafty projects recently!

Among them was Las Manualidades in their post Cómo hacer tarjetas para el Día del padre of the sand cards Yashar and I made for Fathers Day - Yashar looks so little in that photo!!

And another sand related father's day card Yashar and I made a while back was featured on Parenting.com in their father's day crafts round up.  Thank you!

Distracted from the 'Photo Shoot'

I took Yashar down to Balmoral beach yesterday so that I could try to take some photos of our Turkish towels for Hamam-ist while he played...but of course I got distracted taking photos of him!   At the moment he likes to pull a funny face while I am taking photos of him so I was happy to catch a few shots of him with out the face pulling!

And I even managed to get a few shots of the towels!  I'm enjoying mixing all the different designs we have together at the moment. 

Have a great weekend!

Win a $50 Master & Miss Voucher & Scooter boy

Just wanted to quickly pop in to let you know about the chance to win a $50 Master and Miss voucher!  You might remember that I have done some illustration work for Master and Miss, that I posted about here, here and here.  ...You have to be quick to enter though - the winner is announced on May 31st.

To enter go here:  http://www.facebook.com/#!/masterandmiss

And here are a few action shots of my scooter boy, cruising around the neighbourhood.  He is loving it  :)

 

Feature on a Feature - House Themed Art

While living in Turkey, one of the most wonderful things Yashar and I did together was go to the art workshops at LOLA (lots of lovely art) with Alara.  You might remember that I wrote about LOLA here. Remember her amazing Children's Art Studio?  I don't know who misses it most - Yashar or me!

Recently The Crafty Crow (which is a wonderful resource for art and craft activities to do with kids) featured one of Alara's art activities - a fantastic post on house themed art.  For some reason I have a special place in my heart for creating artworks of architecture and homes -so this one got me inspired for lots of activities to do with Yashar.  Check out the LOLA blog for ridiculous amounts of inspiration.

Finally! New Prints!

I am so happy that I have finally got to finish some new prints!  You might remember back here and here that I mentioned the work I was doing for the Australian Organic childrenswear label Master & Miss. One of the things I worked on was a pattern featuring the Master & Miss bird to be screen printed onto organic cotton and then made into these and these blankets. (you will need to scroll down to see them on those pages)

  

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And now I have made some matching prints to go with them  :)  And, so, finally I have some new prints and am getting the Light Garden shop going again - yay!  Where did the time go???

Happy Easter!

I hope you have a wonderful Easter and a great break (for those that get one!)

This is a little Easter illustration I did for the wonderful Tirtil Kids Bookshop in Istinye Park, Istanbul.

The Sophie Tea Party Dress

Oh my goodness I am so excited about this!!  It definitely feels good when you work so hard to create something and then see it all come together so well  :)    Liane from Master & Miss contacted me a while ago about creating an illustration for a pattern after being inspired by watching her daughter play with tea cups.

I went pretty crazy with it and ended up doing quite a detailed design with lots of differently patterned teacups and pots.  Liane used it for this gorgeous Sophie dress made in pure organic cotton jersey - I love the dress she designed for it - so pretty and practical.    Sigh!  Big smiles around here at the moment  :)

New Work for Tirtil Kids Bookshop

Some more work for the wonderful Tirtil Kids Bookshop in Istanbul.

Yashar in his new retro racing car tee

Here are a few shots of Yashar on his new scooter in his Master & Miss Retro Racing Car T Shirt!   Scooters seem to be the thing at pre school at the moment and Yashar was so so excited to get one! 

 And he was so excited to learn how to use it too...definitely one of the best things about being his mum - seeing that face when he looks up and says 'I can do it!!'   I am also loving that he is so proud to be wearing the tee with my illustration on it.  Big smiles around here at the moment  :)

Yashar showing some scooter boy attitude! 

To get your Istanbul fix...

It's no secret...we are missing Istanbul - we loved living there - it's an amazing city, full of contrasts and with an exciting energy all it's own.   And if you are missing getting your fix of of Istanbul here now that we are in Australia, or if you just love truly beautiful writing and photos, then you need to head over here.   My Philosofia is a blog written by the very talented Innes Welbourne, whom you can read about more here and in the Elle Magazine Turkey profile of him here.   Innes captures the essence of Istanbul beautifully, exploring the hidden nooks and crannies of the city and visiting and photographing all the places and people you wish you had the guts to!

These are just some of my favourite photos taken by Innes that are on my philosofia.

A hidden glimpse through a half open gate.  Yenikoy.  From the post Churches: Glimpses into a different times.

SLANTED SHADOWS AND PLENTY OF LOCAL COLOR ENLIVEN AN ALLEYWAY OUTSIDE A MOSQUE from the post Karakoy: Long shadows, deep colour.

KARAKÖY QUAY, MID-MORNING from the post Volumes of Silence:  Part I

RUGS FROM ALL OVER ANATOLIA AWAITING A NEW LIFE from the post Dhoku:  Rugs Reborn

NEW CAFES AND SHOPS ARE APPEARING IN FORMERLY RUN DOWN BUILDINGS from the post  Karakoy: Long shadows, deep colour.

Commuters on the way to Eminonu from the post Vapur 1: Timeless travel

ESCAPING THE MIDDAY CRUSH. FROM THE BOSPHORUS TO THE SEA OF MARMARA from the post Volumes of Silence: Part II

PIANO PLAYER AND SINGER STEAL PHOTOGRAPHER’S HAT, LOSE THEMSELVES IN
THE MOMENT from the post Sefahathane: Thickening the Beyoglu Atmosphere

Inside one of Mimar Sinan's mosques from the post 24 Hours on the Golden Horn

I was lucky enough to become good friends with Innes and his wonderful wife Sevim and his gorgeous daughter, that the blog was named for - Sofia.  I did this illustration for Innes a while back - inspired by Alchemy - which Innes writes about here - and especially Thoth and Hermes Trismegistus.  It was definitely a departure from my usual illustrations - something  I really enjoyed getting in to.