Watercolour!

I've been looking into eventually finally joining SOFA (the Society of Feline Artists). First I need to create a larger cat portfolio using traditional media. Water colour is my weapon of choice, so here we are. It's a start!

OrCATstra

Some work for the sketchbook part of my website, and also some commissions that I'm undertaking. I created the top illustration of Gwendoline, my mother's cat for my sister's Christmas present. I am also making  commission slots available here.

My aim is to create a series of them. Originally the thought behind this was 'what if cats could busk?'

I have been busy!

I haven't been posting much recently- but I have been busy! I've been making new things, AND I've been busy finding myself some part time work to tide me over. I am also going to try approaching the cat gallery in York soon to see if they will take some of my cat things! Fingers crossed!

My new fabric arrived!

And I think I'm quite pleased with it- Viscera, hedgehogs, and ragdoll cats.  I'm going to donate a portion of my profit from the stuff I make with the ragdoll fabric to the  British Ragdoll Cat Club's rehoming program.

So I updated my shop

Just a little. You can see it here. Fortunately the old URL still links back to the same shop, which is very handy (I handed out a fair few coupons in Stirling), although I can't change the name of it again. I also have some digital prints available, such as the one below. I've got another stall this week, on the Sunday at Granny Would Be Proud, Hillhead book club on the West End of Glasgow- here's hoping I do better than Stirling!

So my cards arrived

I got them all cellophane wrapped and ready to go! I'm just waiting on my other stock at the moment, which I am super excited for! In the mean time, you can purchase my greetings card from either my Etsy or my Folksy stores. 

Kittea greetings card

So I decided to revisit this idea, and make it more stylised like the greetings cards in my "Cheesy Biscuit" collection. My design catalogue is a good half way to completion now. Hopefully I'll get my grant, and be all set up for my first fair in August. The remaining stock I will add to my Etsy shop

Card Designs

So, I've just got back from my trip back to York (hence the lack of blogginess). I went around some shops, and Give The Dog a Bone (one of my old favourites) said that they'd probably stock my cards, so I'm rebooting with some new designs. Of course, I want to be eclectic, but most of these ones will go in a family with my Felines for You  card, to create more of a complete catalogue.

I am also reworking some of my old ideas to fit in with this style. But right now, I have plenty to do, so I'll get back to work! https://www.etsy.com/shop/KitchenCrawlies?ref=hdr_shop_menu

UPDATES

I haven't updated much here for a while- this is actually because I have been super busy writing a business plan... well... getting there... ish... and more importantly designing some more stuff! I want to expand my Etsy stock (which is basically what my business proposal is about, I want to try and secure some funding so that I can effectively buy more stock and make my shop a bit more successful than it is at the moment...) Over the past while, I've been designing a cat themed, and a thistle and heather themed pattern for fabric and mugs, which I will post on here once completed. I have also been creating designs for pocket mirrors, which are more affordable to me at the moment. Here's an example, but I have plenty more to come!