A few commissions

It's been a busy month, with lots of orders from shops getting ready for Christmas along with the summer holidays and preparations for both daughters being at university. But I've just been tidying up some of the folders on the desktop, and came across a couple of commissions I did a while back.
I thought I'd share a couple of them today.
This first is a recent commission for a clock, which is going to my home county of Worcestershire:

And here a just a few others that I've enjoyed doing:

An order with a surprise

Just a short post - I did something very silly the other day. I received an order in the form of a spreadsheet, and printed it off and sent off the invoice, only to be advised by the customer that I'd not spotted the tabs on the spreadsheet - there were 3 pages to this order, not one! These are some of the products I wouldn't have sent:

9 clocks on test

A pile of 43 pictures

100 tiny sheep gift bags drying

It's a good size order, so I've been working all weekend, and the rest, to get all the work done. Just some more gift bags to finish, and then it's ready for packing up.

Some recent commissions

I had a lovely commission recently, and such a good surprise. Some years ago I did some wedding invitation cards using my fluffy sheep as the theme (well, she was marrying a Yorkshire man!).

I was then asked to continue the theme through for the birth of their first child, and then for the birth of their second child. That was back in 2005.


And now they have moved to Canada and are expecting their 3rd child and I've just sent them their birth announcement cards! Baby Celia, due fairly soon.

The new canvas paintings

Just an update on the canvas paintings I did to attract buyers to my stand at the Home and Gift Fair in Harrogate.
On the evening before leaving Norfolk I quickly did a 3rd canvas - I still had a long thin area of white wall on my stand, so I decided on a canvas 1 metre long by 30 cms high. I quickly rustled up a landscape (I really don't think you can "rustle up" such a thing) in between loading the van and cooking a meal.
Well, the canvasses were quite the talking point - so much so, that I've been asked to work out trade prices for them. I now need to think about this new development - can I reach a good trade price? Is this something I'd like to add to what I do for a while? What other paintings can I do?
All very flattering, and I'm looking forward to exploring the possibilities.

2 of the canvasses at the Home and Gift Fair