All the Kings Horses

Here it is! I know I posted a quick photograph of this a little while back, but I finally got it scanned and here is properly: 'All the Kings Horses' painted with gouache onto wood:

It has a herd of horses being ridden by a ghostly Cavalry...
The dimensions of this piece are a bit unusual i.e would be difficult to find a frame to fit...but I am thinking of making it into a print. What do you think?

Also, there are new cards in the shop! See them in the newly re-organised Cards and Prints section of the shop. I have more on the way too...

29 Project: Days 103 - 107

Here's an update of the last week!

Days 103 - 107:

Day 103: Thursday 2nd September - Thai again! I went for dinner with the ladies and we chose to sit upstairs, not just for the novelty of sitting on the floor pads, but also because downstairs there was the rather odd entertainment choice of a guy playing schmaltzy ballads on an electric piano...!


Day 104: Friday 3rd September - Uh oh, I think Autumn is a coming...


Day 105: Saturday 4th September - Horse Trials. I always like heading over to Ladock horse trials...I used to compete here when I was younger and it's fun to go and watch. Plus they do a good Pimms!


Day 106: Sunday 5th September - Berry Picking. I really wanted to make a blackberry and apple crumble so Mark and I went to pick some berries! There were so many we ended up picking enough for not only us, but some for my folks too and enough to freeze a big batch for mid-winter crumbles. Yum. There are a few more berry pics on my Flickr page...)


Day 107: Monday 6th September - Lichen. I walk past these everyday and love their colours and shapes. So pretty.

For ever and ever...

What a day...rush, rush, rush! I'm afraid I didn't have a chance to get the cards I so wanted to show you today photographed, but instead I just wanted to share this little painting I made as a wedding present for the dear friends that got married last weekend...

It is painted with gouache onto paper and framed in a white painted wood frame with a mount...(if you want to see it bigger, you can do over at my Flickr photostream)


Anyway...I have added those little birds from yesterdays blog post to the shop today. Hurrah! They are available as prints (HERE!) and I also have the colourful framed originals for sale too, HERE!

I hope to have the cards up for your perusal very soon!

New things are a coming...

As I mentioned earlier I have lots of new bits and pieces which will be added to the shop very soon including new jewels, prints, and some original drawings too...As well as these, I have some new cards as that I will show you tomorrow!

First up, there is a selection of framed colourful birds winging their way to the shop...they will be available as prints soon too:

Bird drawings: Gouache on Paper. 21 x 14.5 cm. Framed in painted wood frames.




Another original: Black Beauty - Gouache on paper. 21 x 14.5. Framed in a painted wood frame with mount.


I also have some more of these cute as pie lockets and vintage blossom stud earrings ready to be re-stocked...yay!

Part two...29 project: Days 96 - 102

So here are the rest of this last couple of weeks in 29 project form...later today I will be posting some pics of new work and jewels that will be gracing the shop over the next few days!

29 project: Days 96 - 102

Day 96: Thursday 26th August - Haywards Heath. Last Thursday Mark and I were heading Brighton-wards for the bank holiday weekend to catch up with good friends and see a best friend get married. It was a long train journey. Seven and a half hours and three changes! that's what living in Cornwall in the back of beyond does for you...


Day 97: Friday 27th August - Dustin and the Balloons. Mark and I took a big bag of bunting over to our friends wedding reception venue and helped them get it looking all pretty. There are a couple more different pics for today over at my Flickr photostream, but I chose this one for all of the colours...and the gorgeous, ginormous beast of a dog named Dustin.


Day 98: Saturday 28th August - Mr and Mrs Mellett! It's a bit blurry but here are the beautiful pair cutting their wedding cake under twinkling disco lights...Incidentally, the groom made the cake which was a very girly pink and purple butterfly affair with 3 layers, all of which were flavoured differently...Good work Chris!


Day 99: Sunday 29th August - Sundown in Brighton after a good day of park walks, book shopping and Sunday roast at the Yeoman...


Day 100: Monday 30th August - Bank holiday Monday and day 100 of this project...I thought I might have something a little more exciting and 'ta daa' to commemorate this day, but I was on another epic train journey back to Cornwall...at least the light was beautiful:


Day 101: Tuesday 31st August - After two weeks of posting nothing on this here blog I spent the evening sifting through all of the photos and getting them ready for these last two updates!


Day 102: Wednesday 1st September - Printing lots...and re-stocking the shop!

I'm back!

I'm back and back into work...This last couple of weeks has been so busy not just with all things Bonbi, but there has been lots going on with family and friends too. It's been a bit of a whirlwind!

I have lots to show you and I am going to start with one half of a large 29 project update. Tomorrow I will post the second half, and also some new bits and pieces I have been working on and that will be due in the shop shortly.

Ready? Set? GO!

29 project: Days 87 - 95...

Day 87: Tuesday 17th August - Barn Bunting. We went to a wedding reception where the barn setting was decorated beautifully with colourful balloons and flowers and strings of bunting we lent for the rafters...at this moment we are in the midst of playing a russian party game. It involved lots of running...!


Day 88: Wednesday 18th August - Tagging and packing in preparation for the Cornwall Design Fair the coming weekend...I had 6 metres of wall space and a huge table to display all of the Bonbi wares. There was lots to do!


Day 89: Thursday 19th August - I spent the morning printing a new range of cards featuring my paintings for the fair...they came out really well and were very popular. they'll be in the shop soon!


Day 90: Friday 20th August - The Stand. What a day! Mark (who is my trusty helper at these kind of do's) and I spent all afternoon setting up the stand in time for the private view that evening. I wasn't entirely happy with it, but it went down very well with the customers indeed!!


Day 91: Saturday 21st August - Babies! Back at Trereife House for Day 2 of the Design Fair and these babies were in the field by the marquee...so sweet!


Day 92: Sunday 22nd August - The big take down. It took a 5th of the time to take the stand down and pack everything up properly that it took to set it all up!


Day 93: Monday 23rd August - Tim came home! Our friend Tim (who was also a photographer at our wedding) came home from his epic cycle trip from John O Groats to Lands End via Ireland and Wales. He completed it on his own with no back up team. A big bunch of us went to Lands End to meet him and in true Timba style he rolled in wearing orange sunglasses and had a smoke on...Good work Tim, we are so proud!!


Day 94: Tuesday 24th August - Dressage Lessons. My 5th (and thankfully final for this week) trip down west was with my mama and our horses Pia and Lauder for our monthly dressage lessons with our trainer Robert Pickles who is brilliant...


Day 95: Wednesday 25th August - Wanker. I DIDN'T WRITE THIS!! I was paying in the moneys from the design fair and the note machine repeatedly wouldn't take this one note. I turned it over and found this...how delightful! I have since passed it on...


More tomorrow peeps!

Marcel the Shell

Hello everyone... apologies for the lack of posting and project updates the last couple of weeks, they have so utterly busy!

I am currently on a bank holiday break in Brighton and will be posting lots of 29 project pics and recent work upon my return...In the meantime I leave you with this sweet video of Marcel the Shell with Shoes:

Oh yes: Grab yourself some free ship shopping using the oh so imaginative code FREESHIP at checkout (valid until midnight on Monday!)

29 Project: Days 83 - 86

A weekend update!

29 project: Days 83 - 86...

Day 83: Friday 13th August - Thankfully nothing Friday the 13th-like happened today for me! We had a Friday night in and I got on with a new painting...here's a part way peek:


Day 84: Saturday 14th August - A quiet Saturday night home alone! After exercising three horses during the day, I found myself so tired by the evening I poured myself a beer, flopped out on the sofa, and watched a missed episode of Mistresses on IPlayer...Rawk n roll, eh?


Day 85: Sunday 15th August - Dressage with Pia...We had a better outing than last time (no rodeoing, hurray!) and despite a bit of spooking at the judges box we came away with a decent score and a red rosette! (Mark took this picture for me...)


Day 86: Today - Monday 16th August - Big courgette. In fact, HUGE courgette. Home grown and given to us by our landlords. I made a nice dhal with it. Yum.

xXx

29 Project: Days 80-82...

The blog seems to be filling up with mainly 29 project based posts these days...I hope no one minds...imagine how empty it would be here without them? Ha!

This update sees some more work in progress and my most recent finished painting. I'd love to know what you think...

29 project: Days 80-82...

Day 80: Tuesday 10th August - Practice printing on a new, soft, soft cotton. I have been practice printing on the fabric for my new scarves and I am very excited about it, I can tell you! Do you recognise this print? It's from my 'All the Kings Horses' print design. Sometimes when pattern printing and experimenting I like to use my existing screens in different ways than they were originally intended, and the results are often really interesting...There's another pic on my Flickr if you want to see. (I am hoping to have the new scarves ready to debut at the Cornwall Design Fair which I am exhibiting at next weekend! There's lots to do...)


Day 81: Wednesday 11th August - All The Kings Horses. Talking of All The Kings Horses, here is my latest painting. I can't remember which came first, the print design idea or the painting idea and a flick through my sketchbook leaves me none the wiser...I shall post a proper picture of this one as soon as I have it scanned.


Day 82: Thursday 12th August - today - Birds. It's a little known fact that birds used to be my 'thing' and I used to paint them allll the time, especially during my degree. The above painting has a little bird at the bottom right (see him? Hiya!). I'd forgotten how much I enjoy painting them so decided to do a few more...these guys and others will be available as prints soon! (the birdy reference book in the background here is AMAZING. I found it in a charity shop years ago and it has so many birds to look at. Brilliant)


Don't forget: The Summertime sale Time 20% off ends on Sunday!!! Use the code SUMMERYAY at checkout for your discount...

29 Project: Days 77 - 79

Here's a little update of the weekend's shenanigans for you...it was a busy but very fun one for me, I hope everyone else had a good 'un!

Days 77 - 79:

Day 77: Saturday 7th August - Monster Cake! I am going to show you two pictures for today...the first is Saturday's actual picture, a just finished monster of a cake which I spent most of Saturday afternoon making for my friend's birthday bash that evening. I don't bake often, hence the practice needed earlier in the week, but this one came out gooood. Please ignore the absolute mess I made in the cake baking process. Sprinkles EVERYWHERE!


...and here are it's innards the morning after we gobbled half of it! I had wanted to make a rainbow cake for ages and this was the perfect occasion. It made for brilliant birthday fodder being all rainbow-like and so ginormous and I am so pleased I actually managed to bake a cake that was not only edible but enjoyably so. Ha!


Day 78: Sunday 8th August - Little Pony. An afternoon trip to Tregony Heavy Horse show was the perfect way to spend the day after the birthday celebrations...creatures galore, ice cream, carvery, beer and sunshine! (There are more pics featuring an actual heavy horse and a huge dog over at my Flickr too...)


Day 79: Monday 9th August - New Shoes! I couldn't resist these half price bargains and they arrived today. Nice!


That's all for now, apart from a little heads up to let you know that prints of my Herd painting (see here!) are now available for purchase in the shop...nab one HERE!

Don't forget the 20% off Summertime Sale Time either! Use code SUMMERYAY at checkout on all orders over £10 until Sunday....

29 Project: Days 74 - 76

I have completed a new painting that will soon be available in the shop! It will also be available as an archival print...

'Herd' Gouache on Wood:


I also have an update of the 29 project for you, days 74 - 76:

Day 74: Wednesday 4th August - Fashion Mate. This sewing machine is kind if on permanent loan to me from Mark's mum and it's ace. It was sold by Singer in the 1960's apparently and this particular one is still going strong...it's easy enough for me to use anyway! Lauder horse managed to break his rug so I set to work patching it up. I hope my rudimentary sewing skills last!

Day 75: Thursday 5th August - Cake Practice. Yes, that is bright pink sponge mix you can see, yummers! I am not very good at baking and require a practice before I make something new for an occasion...I will be posting pics of the "actual, for realz" cake soon...

Day 76: Friday 6th August - Butterfly Remote. There are so many butterflies around at the moment. Loves them!

More soon folks, have a great weekend!

29 Project: Days 68 - 73

Before I crack on with what is quite a long 29 project update I just wanted to give a heads up that I have a Summertime sale time discount going for ya: Enter SUMMERYAY at checkout to receive 20% off any order over £10 until August 15th...Hurrah!

So, 29 Project: Days 68 - 73...

Day 68: Thursday 29th July - Cats and Books...I found these strange critters while having a look around the amazing house that my friends Gemma and Ben were getting married in that very same day. I found them very intriguing. We had a wonderful time and congrats Gemma and Ben!!!Day 69: Friday 30th July - Pennies. For Mark's mama's birthday dinner we went to the Bolingey Inn which is a very lovely little pub near Perranporth in North Cornwall. Mark took this pic for me as he found this curious display of coins on the windowsill in the gents...Day 70: Saturday 31st July - Beth. At a lovely barbecue with buddies I met Beth...Day 71: Sunday 1st August - Oh hello August, nice and grey. So grey in fact you have no horizon.Day 72: Monday 2nd August - Clowning! FIRES! Pyrotechnics! Poster at the local shop.Day 73: Tuesday 3rd August - Today - Carrianne. This little pony used to be mine! She is the same age as me, 29, and she is still as bouncy and naughty as she ever was. Everyone loves her to bits!