Owl Tastic GIVE AWAY !!!

I am so excited to announce a wonderful GIVE AWAY to celebrate my 100th Blog post, and to celebrate all the lovely people that stop by here.

The Winner will win a unique felty owlet !! and you can choose what colour owl you want, so not only will you win but you can have it personalised to your favourite colours Twiitttt Twoooo !!

I will also be offering a runners up prize, so you have two chances to win !!
Runner's  up prize will be this original watercolour painting of  lovely Gwen the  owlet.

To enter this luvleeee give away all you need to do is ...

1. Be a follower of this blog

2. leave a comment on saying why you would like to Win a Little Nore Owlet

3. Tweet or share a link on Facebook about this Give away or a Link to my Etsy Shop
http://www.etsy.com/people/LittleNore

That's all you have to do. This GIVE AWAY is open to everyone around the world. So come along and enter and you could  a winner !!!

This competition will run for one month and the winner's will be drawn at random.

Good Luck !

Hugs

Heidi  xxx

Standing Next to Frida

Frida Kahlo has long been a great source of inspiration. I find everything about her fascinating, especially her paintings and sketches . I first heard of her when i was 18, having just started on my path to art school, i have never lost the fascination.
So you can imagine it was with great excitement that i headed off to Chichester to The Pallant House Gallery
http://www.pallant.org.uk/ where they are holding the only Exhibition in England of
Frida Kahlo & Diego Rivera Masterpieces from The Gelman Collection.

hhI was surprised to find i really liked Diego Rivera's work but as i stood  looking at his paintings i could see the star of the show, from the corner of my eye i could see a framed sketch book page of Frida Kahlo's, it made me feel so overwhelmed, here at last i was in front of something she had created.Great exhibition, and inspiring  My mum treated me to some Frida goodies for my birthday, it was just the best day.

( sorry the blog has gone a bit weird and wont let me up cap this section, am not shouting )

I have been drawing Frida for a while, she is one of my most favourite characters to draw, i hope through the way i interperated her brings a smile.

My very first range of Frida Kahlo Greeting cards

http://www.etsy.com/listing/80384995/frida-kahlo-greeting-cards-set-of-3?ref=pr_shop

i had them printed up and am so excited to have illustration in print

This Frida in Red dress ( i would wear this if it where real ! ) and skull necklace. I wanted her to have a pondering look on her face

Frida dancing in the moonlight

frida in Pink with owl.

So there is my very first printed range of Frida Inspired cards 

Sending out love light and all things Frida shaped

Heidi xxx

Owl Animation

Can you believe it !! I got a email from a wonderful Creative Friend Tanya and she sent me this....

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Y25NtFRejSY/TlLTUZCwhrI/AAAAAAAACe8/qRYinxjUNHI/s1600/Heidi-etsy-owl.gif

She animated the Owl !!! how awesome, I was so delighted , please take a look it will really make you smile

You can see more of Tanya here and her amazing work and animations

http://trickytanya.blogspot.com/

http://www.facebook.com/trickytanya

By Tricky Tanya 

We are also hoping to do a joint project together where she animates some of my characters  !! i am tooo excited by this :D

Owlish Behaviour

Hello !! It has been twittt twooo  long. ( sorry ;D )  I had mean't to update my blog regularly but so much has been going on ! I hope to fill you all in on some exciting news in the next few weeks*, but lets just say  one of my creative dreams may be coming true ( with fingers crossed and wishing on stars )

Currently available here http://www.etsy.com/people/LittleNore

So i have been busy in Little Nore studios making owls, the idea just came to me as i was struggling and feeling frustrated and so i took a step back for a day, out of nowhere i started to draw owls. Here are some of the badges i have made. They are not you usual owls they had to have some happy colours so perhaps you may not have seen a orange and yellow Owl in  a tree...or if you have do let me know :D

They make me smile, i would love to be able to animate them

 As well as creating owls i thought i needed to become more creative with my pictures for Etsy , i thought what are my strengths ? drawing ? so why not draw a scene for these birds.

I drew the trees and leaves, and am quite pleased with the outcome, i hope to experiment more with drawing scenes for my various projects and creations for Etsy.

This Owlish behaviour did not end there, i had a pile of felt in some gorgeous colours, i thought lets have a try at making some felty huggy owls and here are the first of what i hope will be a collections of Felt Owls

  

You can't really get a size for them in these photos' they measure 12 x 12 cm

I like the colours i have used to far, i think they have a retro feel possible 70's..what do you think ?

You know i love to hear from you, do let me know how you are :D

Sending Felty Hugs

Heidi xxx

Artist Spotlight Introducing "Kitty Pink Stars"

Introducing the rainbow of talent that is  Kitty Pink Stars, 

Tell us about Kitty Pink Stars and your cartoon life in a real world ?

I daydream all the time…I live in my own world…I never feel that I fit in…But I like it that way…I am a cartoon character…I created myself that way…And this…well this is the real world!

I came from another planet…One day I will go home…BUT until then…my memories...my daydreams and my imagination will help me to create things that will make people smile!

I'm a contradiction…I'm sunshine AND thunder clouds…I make rainbows…I dream BIG!

Life is an adventure…Wanna come with me?

A contradiction…a candyfloss girl with a passion for cute…kawaii…toys…pink…kittens…a hamster named Ethel…candy…crafting…writing…doodling…the change of seasons…unicorns…rainbows…taking photographs…buttons and pom poms! But… It's not all cute and fluffy…because other big influences are my love of monsters under the bed…scary movies…wrestling…zombies…dinosaurs…sharks and adventures… My crazy imagination and vivid daydreams help me create all these things that come from the magical land inside my head…

Kittypinkstars' HAPPY ethos…Always believe in magic in the little everyday things around you..Think positive..The smile you give out comes back to you..Shoot for the stars..Create! 

What where your first creative experiences ?

I grew up in creativity…My Nan was, without a doubt, the greatest creative influence in my life. I feel as though she is still with me. She inspired my love of colours, gardening, baking and most of all, my desire to make toys…She was a truly amazing woman in so many ways. Nan would make me and my brother a toy each for birthdays and christmas, one year she made me Norman, a knitted green fox in green dungarees and scarf. He was always my favourite, and still is, he sleeps by my pillow every night!

How did you grow in your creativity ?

I have always loved to make stuff, from a very early age! I also loved to doodle, but when I had my son Noah in 2011 it awakened that creative side to me that had been left unused for several years. I remembered how it felt to have a handmade toy from my Nan, and started to make them for my Noah! I started with my own breed of sock creatures after receiving the John Murphy stupid sock creatures book for Christmas in 2006. I then moves into a range of tiny art dolls inspired my my love of kawaii cartoons, with Kitty's lil girls and luchas. Before starting a range of giant pvc zombies in rainbow colours inspired by Care Bears. But in the last year I have moved on to my little line of plush Kitty's little puffs, rainbow coloured balls of fluff, inspired by my love of nature, colour, magic and Pokemon.

Any advice to fellow creatives out there ?

Just go for it.. Believe in yourself, find something that is YOU..Something that reflects your personality, something you can be completely passionate about and just run with it! A few months ago I would never have believed I would be selling my drawings. Now I get lots of custom doodle requests regularly! So never think you can't do it or that people won't be interested. Stick at it!

What are your future plans for KittyPinkstars ?

I want to make 'zines, cards and paper dolls in the near future and I will be doing a large plush piece for Plush You, and I will keep moving forward with my puffs. I have so many ideas for new creations, it's just so difficult finding the time!

You can see More of Kitty Pink Stars at...

http://kittypinkstars-kitty-kittypinkstars.blogspot.com/

Blog 

http://www.etsy.com/people/kittypinkstars

Etsy

Dotty over you...

Hello, it's been a while. How are you ? I have been away in Scotland for a little holiday, It was just lovely being out in the wonderful countryside and looking out on the Clyde. My cousin had a wedding and all the men where in Kilts !!!

I had some lovely packages waiting for me on my return...Postcards where in one parcel ! I had these made up with Vista Print and am really pleased with them. I though they would be good to pop in parcels and to send to lovely people. Do you like them ?

Back View

Front View

I also had a stamp made up for me 

How cute is this ! i just love it

it was made by ......

http://www.etsy.com/people/lovesprouts

So straight back into LittleNore studios and it's all about dotty, i love polka dots, so have painted a range of boxes. I though i would share with you a few sketches leading up to the finished piece.

draw in pencil and then go over the lines with a drawing pen

then add watercolor

These boxes would be perfect to  Store you secrets, cherish your love letters, tuck away your sweeties or fill with buttons and pearls. 

available here 

http://www.etsy.com/people/LittleNore

Hoping that your day is filled with sunshine.

Best wishes always

Heidi M