Slumbermonkey Designs

For the last few weeks I have been preparing for the Dorset Etsy Team Spring Fair. It's happening this Saturday so I am trying to be as organised as possible. There are some truly wonderful makers involved and it's a privilege to be involved. I haven't actually done many fairs so each one I use as a learning curve. One the the most important things I find, to do is to mock-up my stall so I know everything fits. This time I have invested in some props and display items to hopefully make my items stand out. Here you can see that I have opted for quite a natural colour to compliment the theme of my jewellery. I also sell greetings cards so have a clear display for those to make selection more efficient. Here's a tryout I did yesterday! Fingers crossed that offer gets lots of takers. Before Saturday I'm going to make sure that everything I have fits into my space so will measure out everything to make doubly sure. I also decided to spray my wooden ...

One of my other passions is designing patterns and I can fulfil this via my Spoonflower shop! My background is in textile design so I've never wanted to leave it behind. I think I have a very quirky and individual style, whenever someone buys a design I jump for joy. A lot of my stationery ideas start out as patterns, such as my llama range. Here it is as Land of the Llamas One of my best selling patterns features cacti and succulents. This trend shows no signs of growing tired and I love drawing the shapes and details. Here's my  Sun Room Succulents , what do you think? Finally here's a design I've created quite recently. One thing I like to do is show my ideas as mock-ups to show how they can work in "real life". This piece is based on organic vegetables. So many amazing shapes to draw! If you want to take a closer link at my store follow this link!  Slumbermonkey Designs.

After the success of March Meet The Maker I decided to try another monthly campaign. Quite luckily I found and signed up to #smallandmightystories straight away. This time it focusses on Instagram and using "your stories" to engage an audience. So far so good! However, a lot of the content is generated by me talking to camera. Now this is a scary concept if you hate having your photo taken but, in order to gain more confidence, I went for it. My first post can be viewed above! This also serves as a bit of an introduction for you too. Although I am now only six days in it has been fun trying to come up with ideas related to the prompts provided by @socialmouthsam ( https://www.socialmouth.co.uk ). Here's one that shows you where I work, my studio in my garden! If you want to take a look at my Instagram check it out here  Slumbermonkey Designs  and take a look at my stories, they only last 24 hours!