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An exciting start to the week! My charity envelope is now on ebay and is available to bid on! It's a great chance to own a one off piece of art by me or by many other artists and celebrities. You can view my envelope here:http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=280841176067Remember that it's for a great charity and raises money to support the National Literacy Trust. A cause I

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Oh take a look in my Etsy shop now! My first ever brooch is now available. It's a rascally raccoon brooch and is part of my 'Wanted' brooch series. I am very excited to add him to my shop and hope you like him too!

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I also treated myself to some business cards by Moo. I will be sending a card in every purchase from my Etsy shop!

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Well it's been a rather exciting week as I have finally opened my Etsy shop! You can now buy my art at www.etsy.com/shop/laurahambletonCurrently for sale are a few of my Peg Dollies, Tweeter Birds, Frog Prince and pendants. Currently working on brooches and prints so hope that I do sell a few items in the shop! Above is one of my little pendants. Hope you like my shop!

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I haven't posted for a while as I have been working on various book projects and illustration samples for my agent. Here is one of the samples created for a picture book about chickens :)

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Thought I would share with you my new picture book idea. I have had this idea in my head for a while and as soon as I had a day off from work I wanted to visualize it! I have nearly completed the story, although I am sure it will change and develop as time goes on. I often feel inspired by the animal character first and then love to create him/her to inspire the writing side. I have a few other

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Well last week was Secret Santa time at work. Every year I try to create a handmade item. My gift this year was for a workmate learning to drive. Like me, she is hoping to pass her driving test next year. She is learning in a Mini, so I decided to make a Mini Mouse for her car, once she passes. I stuffed Mini Mouse with a handful of dried lavender too!

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Well I'm very happy to announce that my website (that has been in progress for a couple of years now) has gone live today!! You can click on this link to view it:http://www.laurahambleton.co.uk/

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Once again I am very excited to be asked to create another envelope for the great charity campaign called Pushing the Envelope. The charity help to raise money for The National Literacy Trust. They have invited me, along with many famous faces to create an envelope for the theme of 'Inspiration'. I decided to illustrated the quote: Reach for the moon. Even if you miss you will land among the

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Thought I would create some of my illustrations on pendants :)

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A Halloween themed peg doll towish you all a spooky Halloween!

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My work mate is a huge Spongebob fan and I couldn't resist making a one off one (out of a real sponge of course) for her 50th. Hehehe!

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A little illustration for Sunday 'Friendship'.

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Fourth in the series of prints. Today it's 'Joy' :)

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I had a lovely morning reading from a couple of my stories and then creating a craft session for the under 5's today at St Michaels church for the Chiswick Book Fair:http://www.chiswickbookfestival.org/programme/index.phpThe organisers had even brought a special author armchair to sit at whilst reading the story to the children! They had also decorated the room with balloons and banners so it

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I am very pleased with my four lovely little books from Collins. They arrived today and look as colourful and bold as I had hoped! I hope you like them too? If you would like to buy them then Collins sell these: www.collinsbigcat.com or amazon and very good book stores should have them too. :)

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Another idea for a print along with my previous posts of 'Memories' and 'Hugs'

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A toucan crossing is a type of pedestrian crossing found in the UK that also allows bicycles to be ridden across. Since two-can, both pedestrians and cyclists, cross together, the name toucan was chosen.

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Yippee! The day has arrived for my set of four Collins Big Cat books to be out in the shops! You can buy them here: http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref= pd_lpo_k2_dp_sr_sq_top?ie=UTF8&keywords=collins%20big%20cat%20laura%20 www.amazon.co.uk They are especially for children learning phonics as read alone books (so 5+). However they are simple stories so can also be read to younger children too.

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Another little card idea. This time a big Bear Hug!

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A little pic for bank holiday Monday. It's Top Dog!

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I have been invited to read from one of my books and hold a small art session at The Chiswick Book Festival. The event is taking place on September 17th at 10.30am (for an hour) in St Michael's Church, Chiswick. It's a non-profit making event raising money for literacy charities. Please see this link if you would like to pop along: http://www.chiswickbookfestival.org/

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A little Love Bug card to go with my Love Birds card

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Red Riding Hood in the woods with wolf.

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An animal parade art piece!

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I have started to develop a little shop online. You can buy limited products at: htpp://laurahambleton.bigcartel.com I am starting off with just a few products to see how things go and hope to enlarge the shop if all goes well! All products are lovingly handmade by me. :)

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Another transfer print character design. This time a lime green spotted crocodile!

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Here's a batch of peg dolls I have made. Ready to sell!

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Here is an elephant and a lion from my transfer print range.

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I tried out my little stamp on the peg dolly bases and think it works quite well. What do you think?

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These are my first attempts at fabric badges.

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Here is kangaroo and peacock as transfer characters.

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Thought I would show you how the character pieces look before sewing them together. I quite like them flat on the material!

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Just got a little stamp made for when I post out any craft parcels or for little paper bags :)

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Here's my design's for two more transfer print characters (and Mr Fox too of course).

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A canvas version of Mr Fox. All he needs is his bike!Today I experimented with printing on canvas and quite like how bright the colour prints on the fabric.

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Here is my one of my dog card designs in painted form.

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Many of my peg dolls have been female ones and so I thought it would be a good idea to create some male ones too. Here's the first one. A wooden soldier.

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I have been working hard on more new peg dolls. Here are some of them. Hope you like them!

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Thought I would try some little designs that advertise my peg dollies. They could even be used as little identity cards that can be housed within their doll boxes!

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Another couple of card idea. Fox on an old fashioned bike and a sheep in a plane.

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Cards featuring dogs

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Am very excited to see that my next four books (written and illustrated by me) are soon to be published! They are called; Best Bird, Bad Bat, Goat's Coat and Panda's Band are you can see them by clicking on the books and seeing the links.

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Still playing around with card ideas. These ones are Halloween and 'male' based cards. Will keep experimenting with ideas and see where it takes me!

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Some fruit based card experiments.

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In the process of making a few frogs to sell as Frog Prince's. A couple of different frog varieties (dark and mid green ones). Now off to create crowns for them all!

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As it's the royal wedding at the weekend I thought I would get into the mood and create a few card ideas for the theme!

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Here's my postcard displayed at The Secret Art Sale charity event.I think you can guess which one mine is!

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Recently I have been working on a very special peg doll for a possible children's book. Top secret at the moment but if it does go ahead then you will be the first to know!In the meantime, here's another bespoke peg doll for a little girl. I have had lovely feedback and been told that the little girl who owns this doll loves to say good night to her every night. Very sweet!

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http://mohsecretartsale.wordpress.comI have submitted a postcard for this charity event. But as it's secret then I'll let you guess which one is mine! The Mini Secret Art Sale is an event to raise money for the Many Ogilvy Hands charity which is a long term project set up to help build a secondary school in Uganda.

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I found this little shelf in Ikea and thought it was perfect for my peg dolls to sit on. I lined the back board with different papers before putting the shelving together and think the colour works really well with them!

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I have been very busy working on my next books to be published in September by Collins Big Cat. They are; Bad Bat, Best Bird, Goat's Coat and Panda's Band. Still lot's of work to do until then but I was excited to see them listed here on amazon!:http://www.amazon.co.uk/Collins-Big-Cat-Goats-Coat/dp/0007421990/ref=sr_1_6?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1299527964&sr=1-6Once the books are printed I will be

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Will this little frog turn into a Prince? hehehe!

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I have been very lucky and for Christmas and my birthday both my lovely parents and brother have bought me lots of wonderful fabrics. Thought I would share them with you! Can't wait to turn them into a modern softie or peg doll outfits. I am feeling very inspired!

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I have just come across a very inspiring crafter called Lou Lou & Oscar:http://blog.loulouandoscar.com/Lovely work!

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Just made a cheeky little rat!

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Another little order for my Kitty Cat fulfilled. This is the first one I have made with little stripes. I was asked to make a more ginger looking cat and this is how the little cat turned out.

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Here's a couple more of my softies; a Tweeter Bird and a Deep Sewn Fish.I am hoping to sell these in individual packets. If multiples or special buys are purchased of these softies then they will come in their own bird box or fish box (as previous posts show), otherwise I think these little packets could work!

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Here's a little felt Frog Prince with his own little crown.

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I recently had a go at creating some of my softie designs, sewn on to embroidery hoops.Here's two of them that I have given to friends as Christmas presents.

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I have been wanting to create little house boxes for some fairytale peg dolls. This is my first attempt at creating one. Still got to decorate the outside and finish it all off, but it's a start!I am wanting to create Goldilocks in the three bears house, the chronicles of Narnia wardrobe and Little red riding hood visiting the wolf at her grandmas house. Hoping to get on and create those this

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A recent peg doll order for a little girl's bedroom.

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This is a handmade softie version I have sewn, of one of my book characters, to be publishednext year by Collins. It's a little goat, wearing a red coat!

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I like to make my Secret Santa presents and this year I created a cat –for a work mate who loves cats!

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Bidding ended at £82. Thanks to everyone that bid!http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Laura-Hambleton-Stars-Canvas-charity-art-/180592246915

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Had a lovely time at the Catto Gallery in London today.It was the private view for the 'Stars on Canvas' exhibition. I was invited to create a canvas for auction for The Willow Foundation charity. A great cause. With the money they raise, they offer seriously ill 16-40 year olds special days out or experiences.It was great to see my canvas on the wall along with lots of other fab artists and also

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Bidding for my canvas ends on Sunday. Click here to get bidding! http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=180592246915&ssPageName=STRK%3AMESC%3AIT Themoney will go to The Willow Foundation. This charity creates specialdays out and experiences for seriously ill 16-40 year olds.

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Just finished my first robot order in time for xmas. These are personalized ones for two boys.Must start the next ones now!

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The first day of the canvas auction. I am currently on one bid at 0.99p and hoping to get a bit more than that by 5th December... Feel free to bid!http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=180592246915&ssPageName=STRK:MESC:IT

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Here's the link to The Willow Foundation's 'Stars on Canvas' site. Its a great cause and lots of famous stars have created fab canvas's for auction online. Details on their site!Stars on Canvas

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http://willowfoundation.org.uk/FundRaising/Events/WillowEvents

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Really inspired by this French artists work:http://tibout.canalblog.com/

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Here's my peg dolly in the full box

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Here's a couple of my peg dollies in their own unique doll boxes.

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Had fun watching Toy Story 3 in 3D today.I especially laughed at the 'Three peas in a pod'.http://www.yourmoviestuff.com/movie-news/new-toy-story-3-characters-peas-in-a-pod/ They reminded me of my 'Two peas in a pod' Hehee!

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This is one of the Deep Sewn Fish. He comes in his own porthole box. I have currently made an orange and a blue fish and looking forward to adding to my collection with a variety of colours!

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Another variety of bird from my Tweeter Birds collection.These particular birds are love birds and were given to friends as an engagement present!

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This is one of a variety of my Tweeter Birds. Another of my modern softies to buy soon!These little felt birds come in their own bird houses.The birds are great as decoration in the home and especially good as Christmas tree decorations.

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Here is my collection so far of my soft robots.

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This is a sample illustration I have been working on for my agent.It would be lovely to be commissioned to create a nursery rhyme book for children in the future!

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Here are some more greeting cards, in a 'girly' range.

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I am currently making these Peg Dollies and hope to sell them soon. Some of the Peg Dollies are inspired by well know children's stories such as; Alice in Wonderland and Little Red Riding Hood. They are decorative dolls and ideal for children's rooms. I also plan to create bespoke Peg Dollies for weddings etc. They would be especially good as cake toppers. I will be creating little house boxes

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I have been designing and illustrating a range of greetings cards, which I hope my agent will be able to sell in the future. Here are a few samples from my collection of Christmas cards. Let me know what you think!

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