Saturday, 18 October 2008

tag team


Melanie of colouring outside the lines tagged me in this cyber version of catch/tag/it, so here I go... (excuse my diversion from the usual content- but it feels a little like a chain letter and i'm worried that if i don't pass it on i might die/ the person i fancy will never fancy me back/ i will grow hair all over my feet)

So here are the rules:

• Link to the person who tagged you. (done)
• Mention the rules. (uh, yes, done)
• Tell six quirky yet boring, unspectacular details about yourself.
• Tag six other bloggers by linking to them. (sorry in advance!)
• Go to each person's blog and leave a comment that lets them know they've been tagged.

So here are my "QUIRKY YET BORING, unspectacular details"...

1. I know pretty much all of the lyrics to Les Miserables (the musical, not the book- THAT would be spectacular!)

2. when i was a child, i was terrified of the red dragon character from the puddle lane books and had recurring nightmares in which he lured me into a dark tool shed and then ate me. i was equally scared of charn, the baddie from the bbc schools programme through the dragon's eye.

3. my friend rachel and i wrote a musical at school about a gang of cats known as the "petits pois" and their great cat leader, juaƱata. it was animated and everything.

4. i am the only gemma correll in the world. (i think)

5. me and my friend rachel also made a website about a pair of salt and pepper shakers that we sold in debenhams, where we both worked in the home department. they were called "vip" and "bob"- those were the names we gave them anyway.

6. when i was at primary school, i was interviewed by a local church person about "what i want to do when i grow up". i said that i wanted to write an illustrate prayer books "and be a missionary" because i thought it would sound better than just plain old "write and illustrate books".

So, there are my six things.
Here are the 6 unfortunates that I have chosen to tag: Heidi, Denise, Flora, amy, zara and kate. sorry guys... 

Friday, 17 October 2008

anke weckmann


you've probably seen anke weckmann (also known as miss linotte)'s work before but i wanted to post about her anyway because i think she is ACE. how cute are ^ those birds!
she has a fantastic website too, which you should go and have a look at.

Monday, 13 October 2008

kate beckett


my lovely friend kate beckett has just got herself a website, and about time too... to celebrate, she's giving you the chance to win a limited edition card set with every purchase from her shop. bargain! go have a looksee...


Sunday, 5 October 2008

carolyn alexander

carolyn alexander is giving up smoking. On her flickr page, it says: "To help stop smoking I have been drawing whatever is in front of me when I would normally smoke". Thus we have an array of lovely drawings from cats to shoes to, um, wheelbarrows...
www.carolynalexander.co.uk

Wednesday, 1 October 2008

emmi jormalainen


i saw emmi's beautiful 'i will take a nap' illustration on pikaland and googled her name in the hope of finding more awesomeness... and happily for me, i found her blog, which is full of amaaazing work. i especially love her pencil drawings.