My Debenhams Spring/Summer collection is all about bringing the outside inside.
Bright botanical prints are a modern take on a vintage inspired floral. The range is full of bold, cheerful colours and quirky, humorous words which add little touches to make you smile.
This season large scale florals replace ditsy patterns and bold, bright colours replace twee palettes. Mix and match patterns add quirky element of fun & playfulness to you home.

The collection has now started to appear online at Debenhams.com
To shop online click here
N.B this collection is exclusive to Debenhams and cannot be brought anywhere else.

Last month I had some photos of inside my studio from Photographer Ben Bonswell.
I thought I'd share some of these as it's a nice insight into the process behind my designs.
All my designs start as a drawing or painting. Everything, even patterns start as a little doddle and are all hand drawn. This photo is a snapshot of one of my desks, I have 2! One for creative mess (above) and one for formatting, designing on the computer. Above is my inspiration wall, I collection all sorts of things everywhere I go, from postcards to paint swatches.



Here's me doodling away, working on a peony illustration. Nothing ever came from this drawing by the way, only a small percentage of designs actually make it to a final product.
Which is all part of being a designer, sometimes ideas are rejected and it's back to the drawing board, or desk!


Above is a close up of some water colour flower heads.
These did make it onto a product, my new age cards which you can see in my online shop.
Sometimes the quick paintings are the best as they are more expressive and are not over worked.


Hope you like this unique sneak peek into my world. Stay tuned for Part 2 coming soon!

My new Spring collection for Debenhams has started to appear online. One of my favourite products is this ceramic shaker. Everyone needs a vintage style shaker right?! It will add a fun touch to your kitchen counter, with bright stripes and a humorous saying to make you smile. Only available at Debenhams. Get yours online via the link below.


Exclusive to Debenhams £8

This week's product feature is my floral hen egg cup. She's a ceramic hen with hand-painted beak, head comb and wattles. And features my hand-drawn flowers inspired by vintage 70's florals.
She'll add a cute and quirky touch to your breakfast table, or why not treat someone special with a surprise breakfast in bed. Oh heavenly!

Exclusively available at Debenhams for a limited time only.
Floral hen egg cup, Debenhams £4.50

So things have been a little hectic in our household lately! In December we brought home a little miniature dachshund, Bertie. Puppy ownership hit me like a ton of bricks. Bertie is a bundle of both joy and trouble. I'd looked forward to the day we could bring him home for weeks and weeks, and the reality of having a 8 week old puppy was so much harder than I ever imagined. They call it the puppy blues and apparently alot of people go through a stage of feeling hopeless, like you'll never get any sleep again, and like you're world has been turned upside down and now I'm finally coming through it. It's been a roller coaster ride of early starts, 3am screaming, chasing him around telling him not to chew that or don't wee there and stop barking at the cat. He's getting better everyday now and so am I at being a pack leader. I've realised that owning a dog is an on going journey of training them to live in our homes peacefully, to be polite pooches, attentive and well behaved.
Hats off to everyone who had brought up a puppy, it's so much harder than it looks!
These are the things you do not hear about on social media and I thought I'd share some of my experience with you all.