New Prints

I have been playing around with some new designs over the last few weeks and finally have a new range just delivered from the printer.  Since I am living in the beautiful Queenstown I thought I would embrace some Kiwiana and create some prints more aimed at the vast tourist market that this town caters for.

New Zealanders are very proud of there beautiful country so I decided to design this new range with that in mind.

Maori artwork and symbols have a huge influence in New Zealand so I decided to incorporate this into my designs.

I took inspiration from the symbolism and colours.

My new New Zealand inspired prints are all available to buy from my Felt online shop.  My other prints are still available to purchase from my website mouseillustration.com

Hope you like my new designs.  Let me know what you think :-)

Mouse x

Mouse Illustration is Now on Felt!

If you love handmade and haven't heard of Felt.co.nz then you should have!  It's a great site for New Zealand artists to showcase and sell their artwork.  And the best part is...... Mouse Illustration is now on it!

I only have one of each item available on Felt unlike my own Website Shop.  This means I will be able to list one-off designs from Mouse Illustration and sell them via Felt.  So keep popping back to see what is available as you might just grab yourself a Unique piece of jewellery.

I will soon have some arts prints to sell which I am just a little big bit excited about.  I will announce when they are available from my Facebook Page so make sure to 'like' Mouse Illustration to receive all the latest updates.

x

Nature Walk

I have been a busy little bumble bee (or mouse) over the last few weeks trying to catch up on things.  The Wine Shop has a new order of Wine Charms and the Design Gallery will have a new range of Jewellery next week. 

Since today was such a beautiful day here in Queenstown we decided to go for a hike through what the tourists would like to call Lords of the Rings territory.  I have to say since I am probably about the same height as Frodo I would probably fit in quite well :-)

We walked along a trail that took us up through the forest, down across a river and back up through the forest again before hitting civilisation on the other side.  It was pretty breathtaking and just what I needed.

I forget sometimes how great it is for your soul to get amongst nature and really take the time to switch off from your busy life.  I have to say that I did not think about work the entire time which for me is pretty good going!  I feel refreshed and ready to get started on what the week ahead will bring.



For those of you who aren't Mouse Illustration followers on Facebook (firstly why not? :-) secondly you can now shop for Mouse Illustration Jewellery directly from my Facebook page.  It will be worth your while checking it out and liking my page for updates as soon all my Facebook friends will be receiving special offers and discounts on my Jewellery!  Check out the New Shop Here.

I hope you have all had a wonderful weekend!

The Mouse x

Im back.....

I am back creating my jewellery again, all be it very slowly, after my tendon issues with my hand.  I have to say I am very happy, but will be happier when I can run at full speed again. Apologies for the lack of posts over the last few weeks but I have been making sure not to re-damage it by working.

I had a re-order of my Kiwiana range of wine charms for a Wine Tasting shop in Queenstown over the weekend and I just completed the order today.  It did take me a little longer than usual but that's OK since I had a lot of fun ;-)

I also need to get some more jewellery into the gallery so I have to get creating some new designs to hand over this week.  I am very pleased to tell you that I have been absolutely slammed at my markets over the last few weeks so I have an awful lot of catching up to do getting my stock levels back up.  If anyone out there would like to donate a left hand to me then it would be gratefully received! :-)

All the treats I have to catch up on

Also for those of you on Pinterest come connect with the Mouse Illustration boards........ and share with me what you have been pinning :-)

http://pinterest.com/mouseillustrate/

The Mouse x

Easter Weekend

I have a full schedule of Markets over the Easter Weekend.  Today was a great day in Queenstown NZ at the Arts and Crafts Market selling lots of goodies, including one of my Over the Rainbow Necklaces which is featured in my latest Giveaway.  Charm bracelets were the favourite of the day so a big thank you to all my wonderful customers and I hope you enjoy your new jewellery.

The sun was shining and there were lots of new stall holders selling all their handmade goodies.  I love it when I get a chance to browse new market stalls and meet other creative people. 

Handmade Crafts Stalls in Queenstown

Mouse Illustration Stall

New Wire Bracelets from Mouse Illustration

The Earnslaw Steam Boat on Lake Wakatipu

Well I am off to bed as I have another early rise for Market number 2.......

I hope you all have a wonderful Easter Weekend and remember it's a great excuse to eat lots of Chocolate!!!! :-) x

Gratitude

Thank you :-)

What's New This Week.....

I hope you all had a great week and celebrated St Patricks Day on Saturday with a nice pint of Guinness!

I just wanted to show you a couple of new designs I have made this week.

I am going to do a tutorial next time I make the above Kiwi Fruit beads and share my tips on how to create them.  If there are any other tutorials you would like me to feature then just drop me a line below :-)

Just a Reminder to Enter the Rainbow Necklace Giveaway.......winner being drawn on the 31st March :-)

The Mouse x

Logo Design

I am thinking about making a few changes to my catalogue and I was wondering if I could get some advice on colours from you all. 

I have designed a logo with a new font and was thinking about replacing the one I already have.  I would appreciate your thoughts on the new design......... and also which colour scheme you prefer from the four choices :-)

Original Design

This is my new concept

Which one do you prefer? :-)