PonyChops meets Cheryl Cobb

I've been meaning to share this picture with you for a while now. I got the most amazing present from one of my fav human beings, Wensdi, for Christmas. Wensdi is an illustrator with a mischievous imagination, you might remember her work from this post.

Recently Wensdi created a character called Cheryl Cobb, a creepy but well meaning little boy who just wants some friends to play with! For my present, Wensdi gave me a framed illustration of me meeting Cheryl and his dead cat friend - Mr Soot. Don't worry, I won't be taking any shoe design advice from Cheryl - I think he took "cat shoes" a little too literally.

This is one of my fav presents I've ever received. Wensdi even drew tiny bears on my shoes (like the first ever set of shoes I painted!).

You can follow Cheryl's adventures on his blog or on his facebook page

Wentle, Andrew & Hypno Elephant

I'm finally getting around to posting a portrait I made for my two of my fav people Wensdi & her fiance Andrew. I had fun using textures in this illustration, not to mention drawing their cute but evil companion, hypno elephant.

Check out Wensdi's awesome illustrations of a confused little boy here.

A craft fair & a catch up

Hi guys! I realise I haven't actually written a proper catch up post in a while. I've spent the last few weeks crazily preparing for my first craft fair and trying to keep up with Christmas orders. I can't wait until my last order is done and I can breathe and relax, and of course cook!!

Don't forget to check out my Vegan Gift Guide over at Midwest Muse.

Tofu has been settling in well, he's now the king of the house and likes to boss the dogs around. Effy is still being very sweet with him and wants desperately to be his friend. He still hisses at her lots!

Last weekend, it was my first craft fair. I had a stall at the Christmas hand made market in Lancaster where there was a great selection of hand crafters, around 40 stalls all together! It was a great but exhausting day.

I managed to give out about 75 business cards and got lots of interest for custom orders which was fantastic! I loved speaking to people in person about their orders, I ended up meeting some other great crafters too! Unfortunately, all of the Russian Dolls I had spent countless hours painting in preparation for the fair came home. I sold quite a lot of jewellery, so I'm very glad I'd decided to make some last minute rings, earrings and brooches. Next year I think I'll bring just jewellery and Christmas cards, as it wasn't worth all the trouble bringing the Russian Dolls.

Here's some pictures of my stall:

My two besties Wensdimade & Chopstitch shared a stall at the fair too! Here's some pictures of their stall :)

Wednesday Art Feature: Wensdi Dougherty

I'd like to introduce you all to my friend Wensdi Dougherty and her amazing illustration work. I've known Wensdi since college, where we both studied art. Since then I have seen her artwork and style mature so much. I love her artwork and I'm very proud to have such a talented friend.

Anyway, enough of the gushy stuff! Wensdi is a freelance illustrator based in the North West of England. She has a very unique style that borders on fashion illustration. Wensdi spends hours adding pattern and flowers to her illustrations, creating complicated and beautiful wigs.

Wensdi also has a Deviantart, a Facebook page and an Etsy shop.