Pretty Nostalgic is a bi-monthly home and lifestyle magazine focusing on everything that is British. Issue 3 has a whole host of things inside such as articles on soap making, jelly moulds, upcycling and vintage sewing machines.

See more here.

I was inspired by the history of Rowntree’s confectioners who were founded in the city in 1862, as well as the beautiful stained glass rose windows to be found at the York Minster.

See a few more photos here.

Earlier this year I met with Alex Claridge of The Warehouse Cafe to discuss ideas for the cover design of a new magazine he was behind, Edible Brum, which celebrates the food related happenings in Birmingham.

Sharing a mutual love for archival botanical illustrations, I set to work on drawing out and creating a pattern of various produce that would tie in with the Spring launch.

Design and layout is by the talented Rebecca Emery of One Sugar Please.

A limited number of the first issue of Edible Brum will be distributed around Birmingham – or you can view it online here.

Thank you to Celia Stuart-Mentieth for including our Dahlia Fox (Sky) cushion in March’s Emporium pages.

Towards the end of last year I collaborated with New York based design studio Hoffman Creative to illustrate their 2011 Holiday Card.

Having first worked with the team on a Johnson & Johnson project in 2009, I received their beautiful holiday cards for the next 2 Christmases – which were always a collaboration with a designer or illustrator.

I was thrilled when it was decided to partner up together on their 2011 card. The brief was to utilise their letterpress header paper and create an unexpected, not strictly Christmas themed illustration that would pop out on the viewer. The end result was a bouquet of winter flora, with the focal being a Pink Perpétue rose, surrounded by sprigs of the star-like Fatsia Japonica.

I’m happy to announce we will be exhibiting at the exciting new homewares and interiors show, Home. Running alongside Top Drawer at Earls Court it’s sure to be a busy few days, so we’ll be making the trip down with wallpapers, fabrics, cushions and accessories aplenty.

15th-17th January 2012

Stand D47

Find more info here http://www.home-london.net/

There are still a few of last years letterpress Christmas cards available – as singles or in packs of 3. See more about them here.

Visit the shop to browse the cards and lots of other Christmas gift ideas.

Thank you to Laura Molteni for featuring my work in her recent feature on UK wallpapers in Italian interiors magazine Decor Living Glam.

I thought I’d share with you some of the imaginative and contrasting ways wallpaper can be used.

Thank you to all of my customers who supplied the images below.

(Top to bottom: Friti cushion, Polka Polka wallpaper, Mauve Lily wallpaper, Polka Polka wallpaper, Mr Chrysanth wallpaper, Polka Polka wallpaper)