Christmas Posting Dates

Oh dear, I've been neglecting the blog again haven't I?

I've got quite a lot of work on at the moment, and after coming up with some ideas for new colouring books I've given myself even more to do in getting them ready in time for my December craft fairs! So I haven't had much time to share anything on here, but I just wanted to stop by with some information on the final postage dates from my Etsy shop in time for Christmas!

3rd Dec - Africa, Middle East

5th Dec - Asia, Cyprus, Far East, Japan, Eastern Europe (Ex. Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia)

7th Dec - Caribbean, Central & South America

9th Dec - Greece, Australia, New Zealand

12th Dec - Czech Republic, Germany, Italy, Poland

14th Dec - Canada, Finland, Sweden, USA

15th Dec - Austria, Iceland, Ireland, Portugal, Spain

16th Dec - France

17th Dec - Belgium, Denmark, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Slovakia, Switzerland

19th Dec - UK

Please note that these dates are not guaranteed. Please place your order as early as possible to be in with the best chance of receiving your items in time for Christmas.

The final posting date before Christmas will be Monday 19th December. Any orders placed after this date will be posted on Monday 4th January as I am going away over Christmas and New Year.

If you're after one of my Christmas Countdown Colouring Books, make sure you order by Thursday 27th November in order to receive it in time for  the start of advent! (UK only, international orders can no longer be guaranteed to arrive in time, but orders placed in the next few days stand a good chance!)

Snap snap: 23/10/15

Its been well over a month since I last shared a Snap Snap post, so I have lots of catching up to do!

- First of all, it wouldn't be a Snap Snap post without featuring Beabea.

- I treated myself to some lovely things from one of my new favourite online shops, Sticker Stack.

- Florals are always a big feature in my sketchbooks.

- I've been making lots of these Positive Thoughts Colouring books as they've been pretty popular in the shop.

- I've also made some new products! These are the A6 notebooks part way through production.

- With Christmas approaching my sketchbook pages have started to look a bit festive.

- Trying to make a habit of drawing something every day, even if its just a quick doodle.

- Organising stock for Crafty Fox Markets.

- I designed this Totally Awesome To Do List with Lisa from Make Me Pretty Shop. You can read more about it here and buy it as a PDF download here (£1 from each sale goes straight to the mental health charity Mind)

- Packaging up lots of stock for craft fairs.

- My stall at Crafty Fox Market in Brixton a few weeks ago.

- I got the exciting news that I'll be selling at Renegade Craft Fair on 7th and 8th November (Just over 2 weeks to go!). Expect to see lots of snaps of my preparations for this over on Instagram.

- Another new product, A4 prints. I also gave my wholesale catalogue an update, let me know if you're interested in stocking my work and I'll send you the link!

- A big deliver from the printers consisted of some new Christmas cards as well as re-stocking some older designs.

- The A6 notebooks that aren't quite good enough to make it in to the shop automatically become my doodle books. I've already finished one and got half way through another! They're the perfect size for quick doodles at lunch time.

- A little section of my stall at Crafty Fox Market in Peckham.

- Packing up an order for my newest stockists, The Fox and Spindle in Margate.

- More festive drawings in the sketchbook, I've been working on some more Christmas products to debut at Renegade Craft Fair.

- A recent doodle obsession: gems.

- My newest product: Christmas Countdown Colouring Book.

As always, you can keep up to date with all of this over on Instagram @EmmaMargaretIllustration (but I'll try not to leave it so long between posts next time!)

Christmas Shop

That time of year is fast approaching again!  And as a result I've been adding a new range of Christmas products to my Etsy shop.

There are 6 Christmas card designs to choose from:

And my newest product, a Christmas Countdown Colouring Book!

"Colour your way through the countdown to Christmas, with one illustration for each day of advent. Celebrate the festive season with candy canes, mince pies, ice skating, teddy bears and more!"

The Christmas range is available to purchase here.

I'll be adding a few more Christmas themed products in the next few weeks (and they'll all be on sale at Renegade Craft Fair on November 7th & 8th!)

Snap snap: 17/09/14

The last week in photos.

- Preparing everything for the shop update. There are now lot of new items available to buy from my Etsy Shop or Website.

- Pretty flowers from Mum and Dad.

- With Downton Abbey starting up again this Sunday, it seemed liked a good to time to list this Downton themed mini print in my shop!

- Drawing cakes for some new pattern designs.

Now that the shop is up and running again, and I'm settling into my new routine in our new home and new jobs, I'm finally getting the time to get back to drawing again. I'll be sharing some snippets from my sketchbook later this week, and I also have plans for some new illustrated features here on the blog:

- Illustrated Eats: Fun food recipes using my illustrations as diagrams

- Wise Words: Similar to my old "Say it right" feature, but this time I'll be illustrating the quotes rather than using computer fonts.

- Over & Over: A series of pattern designs, I'm hoping to create a new one each week using drawings I create whilst I'm at my day job!

Shop: We are Open!

Hi everyone!

So, I have FINALLY gotten around to sorting out the products and re-opening my shop!

The virtual shelves are now filled with lots of fun and colourful products including paper doll kits and downloadable colouring sheets!

You can purchase all the new item from my Etsy store as always, but thats not all.

I've also just launched my new shop on my website, so you can buy directly from there using Paypal without having to sign up to Etsy!

Go ahead and have a little browse through either of the shops. Orders over £8 receive a little free gift!

I hope you like all of the new products!