Burst Magazine | Christmas Postcards.

My robin postcard design has been selected to be included as part of Burst Magazine's limited edition Christmas postcard set, which will be sold to raise money for the Cambridge Hearing Trust fund. 

                               
For just £5, you will receive 12 Christmas postcards featuring the designs of myself and 11 other awesome artists, 2 stickers and a mini fold-out magazine! So what are you waiting for? Pop over and order your pack now!

Giveaway | And the winner is....

Yesterday evening was the deadline for my giveaway, and overall I had an ace 98 entries, so a big thank you to everyone who entered! Now for the fun part - time for me to announce who is the winner of all these lovely prizes;

The winner has been chosen using a random number generator, so you all had an equal chance of winning.

Aaaaaand the winner is......Lisa Beever! (aka @LeeLee_Loves) - A super big congratulations to you sweet. If you email me your postal address, then I'll pop all your goodies in the post as soon as possible! :]

Giveaway!

Okay, so I've just reached 500 followers on Twitter and, as promised, I've organised a little giveaway. It's a chance to say a super big thank you to all the lovely people who have supported me and my work over the past few months, and have always been there to

make me smile. :]

So here's what's up for grabs;

The goodies include two signed prints, a cute greetings card, an illustrated pocket mirror and a selection of postcards. There are also some sweeties included in the prize; a couple of lollies, and some yummy candy jewellery - necklaces, a ring and a snazzy candy watch! Yay! I'll also throw in a 10% discount code for my shop, which you can use yourself, give away to a friend, trade for cake etc etc. Aces.

So, to enter the giveaway, simply follow my blog, and leave a comment below this post, or follow me on facebook, and leave a comment on the post about this giveaway. A tweet will count as an extra entry, so tweet the following for an extra chance to win;

'check out @madiillustrates giveaway for a chance to win prints, postcards, a pocket mirror, sweets and more! http://tinyurl.com/3ryb65p'

The giveaway will run until midnight on Saturday 18th June, and the winner will be drawn using a random number generator on Sunday 19th.

Good luck! :]

Mini mirrors and Mother's Day memories.

First of all, I just wanted to give you all a little peek at the latest edition to my Etsy shop - super cute pocket mirrors! Yayyy!

Each mirror measures approx 58mm across, which makes it the perfect size to pop into even the tiniest of handbags! There are three different designs to choose from, and each mirror will be delivered to you inside a pretty organza drawstring bag, to protect the mirrored side from scratches. Have a peek at the mirrors here, and while you're there, feel free to have a browse at the picture books, prints and postcards which are also available. :]

Okay, so as everyone in the UK knows, today is Mother's Day. Hopefully you've all had a lovely sunny day and spoilt your mum rotten. I wish I could have spent the day with my mum; I wish I could go back to when I was tiny - a handmade card, hand-picked daffodils and breakfast in bed. Instead, my day has been full of monsters and scissors and glue. I'm not sure how many of you know this, because it's something I find almost impossible to talk about, but my mummy died a few years ago when I was 19. I was planning to draw a picture of her for the lovely Fritha Strickland's I Saw You project, but since I can hardly bare to look at photographs of her, it proved to be an illustration I'm just not yet ready to create. Instead, I decided to share this painting I did of my mama back when I was about 12 - it was an entry in a Mother's Day competition, and it won first prize.

Finally, I just wanted to give a little mention to the lovely Julia Young, who featured me in her Doodler's Corner yesterday - check out the full interview here. Also, the lovely Fritha mentioned my work in a fashion illustration post on her blog, and check out this little feature about my work on the Not In website

Happy Mother's Day mummy. I love you. ♥

Madi Illustration now on Etsy!

Super exciting Sunday news; it's been a long time coming, but my Etsy shop is now officially OPEN! Yayyy! :]

You are all very welcome to visit and have a little look at lots of illustrated loveliness; postcards, prints and more, including the postcards featured here.

Check out my shop, and treat yourself to something pretty. ♥

Hello Creatures!

These little illustrations will soon be available as a set of three cute postcards in my Etsy shop. Perfect for sending cute messages, or just to make somebody smile.

A couple of these illustrations were also included as part of a Valentine's feature on Creature Mag yesterday.

Postcards...

A range of postcards displaying a selection of the images from 'I'm a little bit scared of...' They were available at the private view of our summer show at the Arts Institute at Bournemouth earlier this week.