MERMAID

An illustrated I did of the lovely Freyia Lillian of Flimsymoon as a mermaid. It's always so much fun to draw someone as a mermaid, I'd love more commissions like this.

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HAPPY SEPTEMBER

cake

pancakes

paper straws

Hello lovelies hope you're all well and looking forward to the autumn as much as I am. It's already the second of September which means cake this month and an excuse to drink pink lemonade and pastel milkshake through pretty paper straws, eat pancakes for breakfast and sprinkle confetti everywhere. 

FEARNE COTTON WEDDING ILLUSTRATION

I've been working on this wedding illustration of the darling Fearne Cotton and her new husband Jesse Wood. I'm accepting commissions for custom wedding illustrations, which can be found here. It's something I'd love to get into doing more of as I'm loving all things bridal, as a bride to be myself! 

FAVOURITE BLOGGERS | BECCA ROSE

One of my favourite bloggers, Becca Rose. I adore her blog and her YouTube videos are always brilliant, I especially loved the Disneyland vlogs with her lovely sister. My sister Lauren and I always want to go in adventures after watching her vlogs. Becca has such amazing style and her beauty picks are always so beautiful. Her website is super pretty, http://beccarose.org 

MERMAIDS, MARIE ANTOINETTE & CLUELESS

You guys, I has to share this commission with you that I illustrated for the super lovely Lily from miaou or never. I absolutely adore this because I love Lily's vision and ideas and so when she kindly commissioned me to create a pastel background for her shiny new iMac, I was super excited to start drawing all those amazing elements I know Lily likes. Macarons, Meadham Kirchoff, Kirsten Dunst as a mermaid, Cher from Clueless, tamagotchis, shells, '90's shoes, shells and neon hair.

I'd love to work on more illustrations like this, a massive thank you to Lily for the opportunity to create this amazing one! More work is on velvetwolves.co.uk

CALIFORNIA GIRLS

One of my latest illustrations of the amazing Katy Perry, this print is available as a small print and hopefully will be available as a large a4 print.

I DO #1

So I've been super busy planning our wedding and thought I'd share some ideas for bridesmaids because who doesn't love a pretty dress with pastel nail polish and candy pink lipstick? Unfortunately this dress just sold out but there are so many pretty ones to choose from and I adore mismatched bridesmaid dresses, they're so individual like disney princesses. 

Peach & nude dresses are darling and they will suit a spring wedding, pretty lace and florals with neon pink cheeks and glitter nails. 

I can't wait to go cupcake testing with copious amounts of tea & giggles. There's so many fun things to do when you're planning a wedding, it doesn't all have to be super stressful. 

If you'd like me to share more wedding related inspiration and posts just leave a comment below and I'd love to do a wedding series. #ido

GET IN LOSER, WE'RE GOING SHOPPING

I really love these white ornate frames for my pastel illustrations and they seemed to work really well with the sugary pink hand drawn typography of my Mean Girls inspired prints. There's going to be more pop culture related quotes and prints available soon, so keep an eye out. Hope you had a super sweet Easter lovelies!

Mean Girls prints can be found at Velvet Wolves on etsy.

HAIR CRUSH: PASTELS

MERMAID | oh yeah, love a bit of mermaid green-blue hair, I can't pull it off, I've tried- lavender is more my colour.

RASPBERRY ICE CREAM | gorgeous pink toned tresses are a welcome sight for summer and I can't get enough of all the raspberry shades

BLUEBERRY | lilac toned locks are darling, super pretty with gold flecked nails and pink milk shade tops and sun dresses

YOU CAN'T ASK WHY ABOUT LOVE

Happy Wednesday lovelies, hope you're all well. I thought I'd update you with new stock that is available in the shop. I've been working on these pastel Anna Karenina inspired prints. I remember going to see this last year on my birthday and it was so beautiful! Super clever how it was filmed and the luxuriously epic aesthetic was amazing. Totally want all of Keira Knightley's amazing dresses <3 a="" href="https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/182524027/anna-karenina-small-print">Anna Karenina it's as if i'd shot myself in the heart print

and the Count Vronsky / you can't ask why about love and they're now in my little shop.

CELLARDOOR MAGAZINE : THE TRAVEL ISSUE

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Hello lovelies! Hope you all had a super lovely weekend, ours was a little upsetting but also happy and we visited family and had a sunday walk in a gorgeous country park before coming home and settling down to homemade burgers and Gravity.

I wanted to share one of my pastel illustrations with you that I was commissioned by the darling Cellardoor magazine to do. I've contributed to their wonderful magazine as an illustrator a few times previously and it's always refreshing and super cool to work with them. Their latest travel issue features some amazing destinations, the most gorgeous hair and makeup looks, wonderful interviews, yummy food, super cute illustrations and rad music to name a few. Have a sit down with a cup of your favourite tea or strawberry milk and get lost in its beautiful pages.

JUST PEACHY

PEACH

Happy Wednesday lovelies, hope you're all well and had a super lovely weekend! This week, well month actually I've been admiring the colour peach, it seems my drinks and cheeks have all been stained this pastel-orange hue and it's made me want summer to hurry along!

I wish I was brave & beautiful enough to wear this shade of orange in my hair, like the super gorgeous Rachel McAdams. I totally fell in love with this shade as soon as she wore it, making a bubblegum pink lip pop and pretty eyes glitter

This darling Topshop blush in Do It Again is a pretty powder that would be just perfect for summer walks down flower scattered country lanes in a sun dress. 

Georgia cheek colour by Benefit is also super fresh, I love the pretty box it comes in and the tiny brush applicator to sweep along cheekbones or dot on the apples of cheeks. 

Homemade peach pie, this reminds me of America and of Pushing Daisies, if only I could bake in happiness like Charlotte Charles with her little droplets of euphoria and giggles. 

The rare peach, or rare at least in our house, I never eat them because I forget how lovely they are and so forget to buy them, maybe next time I'll scribble them at the top of my little shopping list. 

Smucker's peach preserve, or peach jam is something I've never tried but I bet it would be super tasty, especially in the sunshine or in miniature tarts. 

Snapple drinks look delicious, I've seen them on American tv shows like Friends and felt a twinge of jealousy at them being in their fridge and super hard to track down here. I love the glass bottle and design. 

Peached & Cream nail colour by Topshop is just so sweet, I love the pastel shade, it's not yet in my nail polish collection but it's definitely on my wishlist. 

Bobbi Brown limited edition high shimmer lip gloss in the sweetest shade Bear Peach would make a charming edition to any makeup bag. Nude lips with a subtle shimmer are always fail safe and super pretty!

Oh Lola, now I know this isn't technically peach but it reminds me of summer time and so do peaches, so that's the logic I had?! Anyway, it's a  really cute size, perfect for slipping into your bag and handy to keep your summer scent topped up all day.

Peach & glitter flags, what's not to love? They would look super cute on any slice of cake or amongst the decadent delights of an afternoon tea. You can find these little beauties from Pelemele on etsy. 

ON WEDNESDAYS WE WEAR PINK

Grace Kelly illustration is now available as a print in my little shop. Hope you lovelies are having a darling day!

LANA DEL REY / MINI ZINE

Lana Del Rey illustrated mini zine is now in stock in my little etsy shop. Super cute to send to your best friends, pin up on notice boards, collect and covet. There's other new mini zines that have been added also, so have a look at those if you'd like. Thanks for supporting my little business.

FELICITY JONES / MINI ZINE

I adore Felicity Jones, she's adorable and such a talented actress in some of my favourite films Chalet Girl and Cemetery Junction as well as crushing on Wednesday Addams, Clueless & the Drive soundtrack. So I've made a mini zine based on her gorgeous style, brunette locks, doe eyes and pretty pout. In pastel colours and six pages of Felicity prettiness, a little treat for yourself, a new edition to your zine collection, super sweet to send to you BFF. Order yours here.

YOU CAN CALL ME QUEEN BEE

So she's the queen of everything, she's got the most amazing style and voice, I've been a fan since her Destiny's Child days (who remembers the bootylicious dip dye of 2001) it's Queen Bey! I had to draw her amazingness when she appeared in a gorgeous lace dress at the Grammys this year. I'm addicted to her new album, have you lovelies listened yet? Hope you all have a gorgeous weekend!

YOU ARE GOOD AND FINE

An illustration inspired by the super gorgeous Lena Dunham and her amazing yellow dress at the Golden Globes this January. I'm such a huge fan of Girls, have you guys seen it yet? I'm desperate for the whole box set of awesomeness. I adore Lena and her style and couldn't resist making some artwork based on her look. Hope you lovelies like it.

p.s. you can get am illustrated print Lena from my little shop, she looks awesome in any office or bedroom wall or to brighten up dark halls.

KELSEY GENNA 2014 PREVIEW

Hello lovelies, I wanted to share some of the work I was commissioned to do by the lovely Kelsey Genna. I adore her bridal designs, each dress is so darling and unique. Her latest collection is absolutely stunning and as a bride to be myself I've been cooing over the petalled dresses and delicate lace detailing on her newest gowns. Perfect.

There are some amazing features on her collection on the WHITE MAGAZINE, and Kelsey's interview with White Magazine,  PAPER AND LACE  and of course her beautiful website and blog.

For amazing wedding inspiration follow Kelsey's tumblr, it's so pretty.

MIAOU OR NEVER

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Darling Lily has been super kind as she always is and featured my illustrations on her beautiful blog, it's so dreamy it's like being inside a pastel cake on the dressing table of Marie Antoinette. 

WE'VE NOT YET LOST ALL OUR GRACES

hey darlings, happy monday, hope you all had a gorgeous weekend <3 lots of lovely illustrating to do this weekend, pretty films to watch and tea to drink. What are your plans?