In her own style.......

My children just LOVE drawing. Whilst having a bit of a drawing session the other day my daughter produced this........



Doesn't it resemble this? ..................



That just tickled me - she is only 5!

OM xx

I am smiling.....

..... because one of my wee illustrations made it to the front page of Etsy :-)



I am just tickled and totally delighted!!

OM xx

sewing birds and 3 lovely girlies.....

I did this at the end of last year, but I forgot to blog about this wonderful tutorial I found on Clutterpunk's blog. It is a step by step on how to free machine sew a bird. I just love it! Now, please remember that I have never free sketched with my sewing machine before, but I think that you will agree with me that it did turn out to actually look like a bird! - amazing!



Now, I know that it is not brilliant but as a first attempt, I am very happy with it.

Click here for the link to Clutterpunk's tutorial to see how the expert does it - it is just excellent, and her blog is a truly lovely read!

I also managed to frame the three different versions of my "girl" print.



Hope that your day is bright!!

OM xx

Some lovely reading for an evening with no plans...

I am so desperate to get back onto my sewing machine - I haven't touched it this year at all! I feel that I have lost my sewing confidence a bit so need to find the right project to get back in the swing of it. I am now about to relax in my "comfy's" with a cup of tea and thumb through these lovely reads.... Bliss!

OM xx

Busy busy in the Olive Mac studio

I love it when I am busy, and I have been this week. I have been trying to kick start the year with a few more illustrations and they have been added to my Etsy shop tonight.







I have come down with a stinky cold today so have had a lovely evening curled up on the sofa, cuddling my children - just bliss!

OM xx

New Colour Schemes.........

Two new colour versions of my "Girl" print......




I plan to put all three of these prints together in my hall. Framing them will be my project of the day!

Have a great day.

OM xx

First new illustrations of 2010

Well, it has taken me almost a month to post the first new Olive Mac illustrations of 2010.






I have set myself a few goals for 2010. 2009 was a pretty rubbish year for my family so I am more than determined that 2010 will be a fantastic year! Some of my goals are:-

1. Not to drink any alcohol during the month of January - detox
2. Eat more healthily - less chocolate!
3. Do do at least one new drawing for Olive Mac a week
4. Not to buy myself any new clothes - only to buy vintage/second hand
5. Be more creative in everything that I do
6. Spend only quality time on my laptop
7. Have lots of fun with my children!!!
8. Be more organised

These are just some of my New Year's resolutions and I am actually managing to stick to them so far! Amazing, I know....

I am loving the challenge of only buying vintage/second hand clothes for myself. I am having such great fun bidding for things on ebay and searching etsy for some lovely finds.......

OM xx