Inspirational quotes

Never a week goes by without feeling inspired by something I see online or in the street or through my friends actions. This quote is from a fashion campaign that is currently running in Hong Kong. I changed the font and colour. It reflects how I feel just now about someone that I am collaborating with - she is dedicating her life to fundraising and raising the awareness of the desperate plight of women and girls in crisis across Asia. More to follow about this project. Meantime, here is the quote.

What's your favourite inspirational quote?

Sunshine award!

I am delighted to accept my SUNSHINE BLOG AWARD from Jennie at A Little Vintage! What a lovely surprise! Thank you Jennie for this award. You must take a look at her site, Jennie makes gorgeous little dolls made from vintage clothing. She also does a lot of charity work and has recently sent some of her dolls to little girls in Haiti. She is also famous in her local press!

I am going to pass this on to the following people for their inspiring words and beautiful creations!

An open sketchbook
Wagonised
Celia Murgel
Floating Lemons
Kali Art
Petal Pop

Seventy Seventy One
Dollface La La
My Illustrated Life
Handmade Love
Danita Art
A diary of lovely
Mondo Cherry (I couldn't help but add one more!)

When you receive this award, you need to:

1. Send a thank you to who gave it to you.

2. Copy the logo and place it on your blog.

3. Link to the person who nominated you.

4. Pass it along to 12 other people who brighten your day!

(some of these people have already received the award before, but thats okay!)

Inspiration - Samantha Hahn

I haven't had the chance to look through many blogs recently, which is frustrating. But last Saturday I managed to squeeze in a couple of hours to browse through the amazing work that is on the internet. And Samantha Hahn is just one of the great illustrators that I found. Her work is colourful, delicate and feminine. Samantha's style is very much her own. Her blog contains mostly fashion illustrations but she recently posted some fab sketches of the Eiffel tower. She updates her blog regularly and it's a good read as well as being beautifully presented.

Inspiration and fulfilled dreams

I started this blog at the beginning of 2010. Even though I have spent most of my adult life promoting other people, I found putting myself out there a terrifying experience. But I was encouraged by all the wonderful blogs out there. One blog in particular, an open sketchbook, by Suzanne Cabrera grabbed my attention. On 4 January of this year, Suzanne wrote an entry which contained the quote below. I was so inspired by this post that I made my first comment in blog world. And I wrote:

"If I knew I could not fail then I would have the balls to promote my new blog; I would draw every day; and I would launch my own PR company. I have been procrastinating about all of this for months! Although blog is up! ;-):"



I am pleased to announce that I have not only maintained this blog but I have also just this week launched my own PR business.

Suzanne kindly okayed me to pass on this great quote, and I would love to know what you would do if you knew you could not fail? Hopefully, you will be inspired as I was to follow your dream.

J'adore Garance Dore! - a new weekly post

Hi there! I am inspired by everything I see. And from now on, every week, I will share with you some of the most beautiful work from the internet.

My favourite artist at the moment is French fashion illustrator and photographer - Garance Dore! Her work is breathtakingly beautiful. If I could draw half as good as she does then I would be a very happy woman! I love the image below as it has so much energy in it. And I love the colours.