tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-70218371125310103162024-03-13T01:19:49.521+00:00 Love Lucy IllustrationLove Lucy Illustrationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11915074266632278506noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7021837112531010316.post-25691720726303858482014-12-29T20:44:00.001+00:002014-12-30T17:33:15.821+00:00A good year for Love Lucy IllustrationI'd like to thank you for supporting Love Lucy Illustration this year, with your orders, repeat orders, feedback, Facebook likes and comments... everything - it's all much appreciated. I wish you a very Happy New Year, full of good things.<br />
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As with most greeting card designers/creators Christmas was busy, busy, busy in my online <a href="http://lovelucyillustration.bigcartel.com/category/shop-all-items">shop</a>! <br />
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Personalised Valentine's Day Keepsake Cards kickstarted the year- I had sooo many commissions for these and enjoyed each and every one. I EVEN had men ordering them! Been hinting, have we, ladies?!<br />
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I had some really fantastic feedback so I'm planning on doing them again this year, but with a slightly different design, so do keep your eyes peeled!<br />
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I finally got round to planning something I've wanted to do for a long time - fabric! Still working on and completing a small range... lots of you have expressed excitement at the idea... coming soon in the New Year, I promise!</div>
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I've enjoyed painting families from all over the world - UK, USA, France, Australia, New Zealand, Denmark, Hong Kong! Each one is a pleasure to paint and by the end of it I almost feel like I know the family personally. </div>
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I'm delighted to say that the fabulous <a href="https://www.phoenix-trading.co.uk/web/corp/area/shop-online/category/lucy-smith/?bid=d613e6b064085535afddc6984af5b4eb97c444a8&search=false&sortorder=1&itemsperpage=12">Phoenix Trading</a> published four designs of mine in 2014... here they are</div>
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On a personal level, 2014 was extra special... our super dooper little son turned one, and then on Midsummer's Day I became a Mrs! What a lucky lady.</div>
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Please stick around - I have so many new designs planned for my online <a href="http://lovelucyillustration.bigcartel.com/category/shop-all-items">shop</a> this year... I'm bursting to tell you but just need to dot a few i's and cross a few t's and all shall be ready to be revealed!</div>
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<br />Love Lucy Illustrationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11915074266632278506noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7021837112531010316.post-64334076266911091102014-07-16T07:30:00.000+01:002014-07-15T23:32:43.016+01:00Shirley Hughes, 87 today: happy birthday!Shirley Hughes is 87 today. I'd like to wish one of my all-time favourite illustrators a happy birthday.<br />
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I've admired the children's illustrations of Shirley Hughes for as long as I can remember. As a child I've lovely memories of being read to by my mother. As an illustrator I find her work really inspiring. And now, as a mother I'm reading the Alfie series to my son Remy, who is showing all the signs of becoming a fan, too.<br />
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Shirley Hughes has written over fifty books and illustrated over two hundred. I thought I'd read most of them but it appears I was fooling myself. So I've more to discover, which is an exciting prospect.</div>
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I adore the way Shirley captures the postures, shapes and characters of little ones. She spent many years taking life drawing classes at Liverpool Art School and then Ruskin School of Art, University of Oxford - it shows. </div>
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Shirley Hughes has a daughter, Clara Vulliamy, who is herself a children's book illustrator. You can visit her website <a href="http://claras.me/">here</a>. </div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If you're interested in finding out more about Shirley's life and work, I'd highly recommend her autobiography 'Shirley Hughes, A Life Drawing' published by Random House - a must-have for all fans like myself!</span><br />
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<br />Love Lucy Illustrationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11915074266632278506noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7021837112531010316.post-39842393976139685562014-03-31T22:09:00.000+01:002014-03-31T23:05:41.191+01:00A few favourites for National Stationery WeekThis week is National Stationery Week, I don't think I actually need a special week to celebrate stationery - I've celebrated it everyday since I can remember, with my love of paper products and art materials.<br />
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I'll start with notebooks. You really can never have enough notebooks. I have different ones for different topics. I love lists, and have found myself occasionally making a list of lists I have to make! Typical Virgo, moi?!<br />
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or (this will no doubt sound a little odd) a Barclays Bank pen - a surpisingly lovely writer!</div>
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I keep all my pens and pencils in this wonderful desk tidy by All Things Brighton Beautiful via <a href="http://www.notonthehighstreet.com/">notonthehighstreet.com</a></div>
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I couldn't really talk about stationery without popping in a couple of my own designs for <a href="https://www.phoenix-trading.co.uk/web/corp/area/shop-online/category/lucy-smith/?bid=b28b5a789e50a405a49100a3cb1d5d9ac4fd7649">Phoenix Trading</a>, surely?!</div>
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<br />Love Lucy Illustrationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11915074266632278506noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7021837112531010316.post-14859722249108941862013-04-15T11:07:00.000+01:002013-04-15T17:44:26.641+01:00Bits and bobs for baby...Time's whizzing by, and I can't quite believe I'm already seven months pregnant! Suddenly my bump feels huuuge, the reality of it all's kicked in, and I'm feeling the need to get organised now.<br />
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I've had lots of fun in recent weeks starting my collection of bits and bobs for baby.<br />
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Finally I have an excuse to buy Sophie La Girafe - I've wanted one for such a long time!<br />
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I was most impressed when I realised this lovely giraffe serves a purpose as well as being a little beauty to look at... William Morris would've approved! Might have to buy another, though, once little one gets his/her milk teeth into it...<br />
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Thought this rabbit nightlight would be nice and calming in those sleepless nights that await us...</div>
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A little library is growing nicely... a kind cousin gave us a lovely hardback version of this classic to start it off...</div>
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And then there's all my old picture books Mammy-dearest patiently kept, boxed up in the garage, for years and years...</div>
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I'm hoping to put them all in this wonderful bookshop-style bookcase by The Great Little Trading Co.</div>
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or maybe this one, if little'n turns out to be a girl...</div>
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I haven't purchased anything from Moulin Roty <i>yet</i>, but I find their little world very enchanting indeed...</div>
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Frenchie and I are both very lucky in having kind and thoughtful families. Lovely sister-in-law sent us over boxes full of gorgeous clothes and a Moses basket that's been passed down in his family for years and years.</div>
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And I hadn't realised I had such creative aunties until now... we've been inundated with beautiful handmade knitted cardigans, blankets, booties and even a little beret for le petit bebe! </div>
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There's something very special about a little baby wearing clothes that were made with love. They'll be very treasured, just like him/her.</div>
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<br />Love Lucy Illustrationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11915074266632278506noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7021837112531010316.post-31168744629380540212013-03-04T21:53:00.000+00:002013-03-04T19:06:15.536+00:00My Phoenix favourites: part one<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I've been working with Phoenix Trading for a couple of years now and I really love freelancing for such a smashing company. One of the best things is the way they keep their catalogue fresh by introducing new designs every couple of months. </div>
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While browsing the new March catalogue I found myself compiling a list of my favourite Phoenix artists. Here are a few of them; I'll be featuring more in a future blog.</div>
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<a href="https://www.facebook.com/sarahsummersillustration?fref=ts">Sarah Summers</a>: Sarah has such a lovely delicate, feminine style and paints birds beautifully... just look at this delightful blue tit!</div>
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<a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Louise-Rawlings-Art/239263599432162?fref=ts">Louise Rawlings</a>: I love Louise's use of colour, and she always sets a scene so perfectly.</div>
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<a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Claire-Henley-Art/220290541363683?fref=ts">Claire Henley</a>: As well as being a Phoenix artist, Claire's also a very talented children's book illustrator, and I've been a fan of hers since discovering the wonderful <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Zippity-Zebra-Windy-Claire-Henley/dp/140710666X">Zippity Zebra and the Windy Day</a>.</div>
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Kate Gunn - I love Kate's bright colours and adorable characters, just such fun! I can see her style working wonderfully in children's books... </div>
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<br />Love Lucy Illustrationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11915074266632278506noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7021837112531010316.post-48882846483376603142013-01-07T16:04:00.000+00:002013-01-08T08:12:08.355+00:00Wonderful workspacesWell, it's back to work we go this week, after the Christmas break. I'm on the lookout for ways to make my Love Lucy Illustration workspace more inspiring and lovely in 2013, and while browsing the web I came across these beauties...<br />
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The best workspace I've ever used was this cute and quirky caravan, in my mother-in-law's garden, which I used for several weeks last summer .</div>
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<br />Love Lucy Illustrationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11915074266632278506noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7021837112531010316.post-51172772070757928592012-11-03T14:13:00.003+00:002012-11-06T19:05:49.987+00:00I know it's still a little early, but...... I've put together some of my Christmas offerings from my <a href="http://lovelucyillustration.bigcartel.com/category/shop-free-uk-delivery">online shop</a>.<br />
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These papier mache angel decorations stand up alone and are ideal for mantelpieces and bedside tables, and of course they're not just for Christmas! They come in three colours - pink, red and blue. And you can find them <a href="http://lovelucyillustration.bigcartel.com/product/angel-decoration">here</a>.<br />
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Personalised <a href="http://lovelucyillustration.bigcartel.com/product/personalised-first-christmas-card">Christmas cards</a>! But hurry, there really aren't very many left... They're selling quickly and limited time won't allow another print run before Christmas.</div>
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Love Lucy Illustrationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11915074266632278506noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7021837112531010316.post-34004950746586392952012-10-07T12:27:00.001+01:002012-10-07T13:33:54.490+01:00A few Facebook favourites...Here are a few Facebook pages of fellow creatives whose work I adore and whose updates often brighten my day...<br />
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First off there's <a href="https://www.facebook.com/cupcakesforclara?fref=ts">Cupcakes for Clara</a>, an incredibly cool and quirky character created by the lovely Laura Clempson, who recently interviewed me on her <a href="http://cupcakesforclara.typepad.com/">blog</a>. This little lady is going places...<br />
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Then there's <a href="https://www.facebook.com/DastardlyDaphne?fref=ts">Dastardly Daphne</a>, a super dooper talented artist whose work reminds me a little of one of my favourite artists, Alphonse Mucha. I've just ordered a brooch from Dastardly Daphne's Folksy shop, very excited...</div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Speaking of miniatures, </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/g.c.handmadewithlove?fref=ts" style="font-family: inherit;">Gretel Creations</a><span style="font-family: inherit;"> are super cute...I'm just waiting for someone </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">close</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> to me to have a baby girl so I can buy one of these absolutely delightful little fairies...</span></div>
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What a busy few weeks for Love Lucy, both work- and play-wise... we've had my best friend's wedding... as you can see, the bride was a beauty. AND we saw a shooting star over the sea as we left the wedding party. Magical!</div>
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Workwise, it's been good too. The holidays are most certainly over and it seems people are already on the lookout for Christmas (eeeek!) gifts. These personalised mirrors were my best sellers last week...you can find them here in my <a href="http://lovelucyillustration.bigcartel.com/category/shop-free-uk-delivery">shop</a>...</div>
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<br class="Apple-interchange-newline" />Love Lucy Illustrationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11915074266632278506noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7021837112531010316.post-28683111779031899012012-08-29T14:19:00.000+01:002012-08-30T10:37:24.400+01:00A seaside weddingI'm returning to my hometown at the seaside next week for my best friend's wedding.<br />
I've known Louise since I was three years old. Here's a picture I painted of us a long time ago...that's Louise on the right.<br />
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Louise is a twin. As children, we were often referred to as 'the triplets'. We were pretty much inseparable... </div>
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These days, however, many many miles separate us (549! I've counted).</div>
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We're lucky if we get to see each other once a year, but when we do it's as if nothing's changed...the best kind of friendship, I think...</div>
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Louise kindly asked me to design some of her wedding stationery. Here's to the bride and groom! May you enjoy many years of love and friendship of your own x</div>
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<br />Love Lucy Illustrationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11915074266632278506noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7021837112531010316.post-69592276487363310742012-08-23T19:49:00.000+01:002012-08-24T00:59:36.433+01:00Children's illustrators - a few of my favouritesGood children's illustrations stick in our minds way beyond childhood.<br />
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For me, as a young reader, the illustrations were often more important than the text. I spent hours just poring over the pictures and often took the same books out of the library week after week just to look at the pictures again.<br />
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I adore Shirley Hughes' rich detail and the scenes she sets...<br />
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I feel like a bit of a child all over again since moving to France and seeing everything with fresh eyes. I can very often be found in the children's departments of libraries and bookshops discovering great French illustrators who I missed out on as a child, like Alain Gree, for one...</div>
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And Agnes Rosenstiehl with her adorable character 'Mimi Cracra'</div>
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With the holiday season in full swing I thought I'd share with you some photos from a super dooper stay in Brittany last week. If you're reading this while on yours, hope you're having a good one!</div>
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While I picked flowers and herbs, Frenchie went fishing and caught our dinner. Yumyum or miam miam as the French say.</div>
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We had some great days out; Dinan, Rennes, St.Malo - where we saw this lovely street display (particularly fitting for Frenchie and me - we met under an umbrella!)</div>
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I also did a little bit of work on Love Lucy Illustration while I was away. In here!! My summer studio...</div>
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In France 'la rentree' is deeply fixed in the culture, meaning to go back to normal life after the holidays. For some this brings with it a sense of dread. Not for Love Lucy Illustration! </div>
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Our little holiday in Brittany filled me with inspiration and now I'm ready to get BUSY!! </div>
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Love Lucy Illustrationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11915074266632278506noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7021837112531010316.post-18187311364748121942012-08-14T09:00:00.000+01:002012-08-14T10:56:09.861+01:00A big hello from a first-time blogger!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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<span style="color: #444444; text-align: center;">Well, here goes...m</span><span style="color: #444444; text-align: center;">y first blog! I'm Lucy Smith and I'm a freelance illustrator, specialising in greeting card design and personalised children's paintings.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; text-align: center;">Love Lucy Illustration began when people who liked my Phoenix Trading cards started asking me if I could paint personalised pictures for their children. Of course I jumped at the chance and now here I am! </span></div>
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