Illustration | Valentino Rockstuds

Since being home I have been working on some new prints to add to my Etsy store. I felt it was looking a little bit unloved. Whilst I was travelling I decided I needed to add a new variety of prints to my store so I have slowly been chipping away on my list of 'to-do's'.

First on my list was the Valentino Rockstud's in a variety of colours to suit all. I will be selling a print with all three colourways on. I am also on the lookout for a new printing company to sell my prints on, so if anyone knows of a decent company please let me know!! They don't seem to be an easy find in the UK.

So what colour would you go for? Black, nude or pink?

Win one of my 8x10 prints!

© Cathryn Nicholson 

I finally reached over 100 followers on my Facebook page. To say a little thank you to my readers, I wanted to give away one of my 8" x 10"prints from my etsy store. You can choose any design from  my Etsy Store, and I will print it for you in 8" x 10" format. If you could let me know in the comment box below which design you would like.

You can see all my prints by clicking here. You just have to be a follower of my blog and leave a comment below, and for extra points, tweet about my giveaway, and like my Facebook page! Its as easy as 1,2,3!  The giveaway is open for a week, so get clicking now!

The competition is open worldwide, and it does not include a frame! :)

Good luck!!!

Bonjour!

Photo courtesy of Piano Bench Designs

Bonjour! Happy Monday! Not many of you will know, but I have been taking one-to-one french lessons. Some people might think I am crazy for taking french lessons, whilst setting up my own business, planning a wedding (just over 2 months to go now!) organising a friends hen do, and many other things to get my head around. What can I say, I like to keep busy? I am not saying it is easy... I do have moments when everything gets on top of me and I break down, but then I have other moments when I am like 'look at me! I am doing great!' ha

I am learning, not only to be able to speak to my fiance's french family, but most importantly for myself. I am one of those people, that I don't really do anything for myself, especially by myself! I also never thought that these words would EVER come out of my mouth, but I am loving every minute of learning this complex language. I don't know whether its because I am not as bad at languages as I have always believed. Which in turn, I am feeling a big sense of achievement for the first time in a long time, which might sound silly to my friends and family! Yes I started my own business, but I don't count that as the same, as my business is not where I want it to be...just yet! 

I am not saying I am fluent, as I am no where near (ha!) however I am starting to actually understand the language, and put sentences together, which is a big first for me. My tutor has explained things in two lessons, that my fiance has never been able to explain to me in the past seven years... which in turn, turned to frustration!

I was scouring Etsy the other day, and came across Piano Bench Designs who creates the sweetest jewellery, and now I can't stop thinking about the 'bonjour' necklace!

A stylish way to say Hello!

Happy Saturday everyone!! I thought I would let you all know that I have added some blank note cards on to my Etsy store. I personally think they are the most stylish way to say Hello!

I love sending and receiving post in the old fashioned way....snail mail! You can not beat a nice little surprise sent in the post just to say hello to that special someone! The cards come in a set of 6, 2 of each design. I think these might soon become my favourite item in my shop!

Giveaway: Coco Mademoiselle Perfume Illustration Print

Photo's courtesy of Danielle at Breakfast at Toast

One thing I love about my etsy store, is that I get to speak to lovely people all over the world who either want to buy my prints, or send me little messages about their love for them. From this I also stumble across their blogs that I soon become a follower of!

One of my favourite customer's has to be Danielle from 'Breakfast at Toast'. If you are after a new lifestyle/design blog to read, I suggest looking at her blog! She fell in love with my Coco Mademoiselle print, when she found out she was going to have an article written about her apartment in 'Rue Magazine' an online interiors magazine.

I love seeing my prints in their new homes, especially when the home is as beautiful as Danielle's! It is so light and airy! You can view the rest of the photos of her beautiful apartment here! Its worth a look, trust me ;)

My blog has started to rapidly grow the past few months and to say thank you to my readers I feel like I should do a giveaway of the print above! This is the first giveaway I have ever done, so it is quite exciting! To enter all you have to do is:

The print I am giving away is one Coco Mademoiselle print of an original illustration I created. The print will fit proportionately on to an A4 piece of paper which measures 11.7 inches x 8.3 inches. I will of course ship this out to you free of charge to! 

1. Be a follower of my blog!

2. You can get extra entries if you follow my twitter and 'like' my facebook page, or follow my blog on bloglovin! 

3. Leave a comment in the box below, including your name and email address so I can contact you if you are the lucky winner, and also let me know if you have made any extra entries :)

This is open to everyone, from all over the world! I shall pick the winner randomly! The giveaway is open for 2 weeks until the 9th February. 

Good luck everyone!!!!!

Illustration: Chanel No 19 Perfume Bottle

I have finally got around to finishing this illustration. I want to try and build up my chanel bottle collection, so I will slowly but surely be adding more perfume bottles to my etsy shop. I am hoping to add a few more types of products to my shop in the New Year, so keep your eyes posted!

Also, if you are wanting larger prints of my illustrations, I have found an amazing printer! I had an order a few weeks back, and I was so SO happy with the way it turned out and so was my customer! The quality was absolutely amazing!

So head over to my shop, and check out my new illustrations :)

Illustration Top Up

Life has been a bit crazy, so much so that I didn't realise that my etsy store had run dry!!! So I had a spare 5 minutes to top it all back up again!

So if you fancy buying your self a treat for yourself or a friend, click here to see my shop.