In Years When He Grows Catkins Under His Ear Frills, Sweetpea Can Sometimes End Up With Acorns There

In years when he grows catkins under his ear frills, Sweetpea can sometimes end up with acorns there too! They get pretty uncomfortable at full size, but he’s too proud of them to care. He’ll spend the whole of Autumn showing them off to anyone who will look and admiring them in puddles, then plant them out with great care.

Do you remember the Pocket Witches? Introducing Pocket Witch Vox! Before she took shape Vox encountered a little girl who loved to sing, she had no ear for music at all and was horribly out of tune, but she was too little to know it and loved to listen to the radio and belt out songs at the top of her voice, pretending to be a pop star. It made her so happy that Vox was able to take form from her happiness, and took the shape of a song! Unlike the little girl, Vox is an excellent singer who can mimic any voice and change her outfit to match the song she sings. She likes to hang around humans who love music and sing along to whatever they’re playing, she doesn’t care if you’re any good, only that it makes you happy. Karaoke bars are her favourite place in the world.

Inktober 2018 : Day 5 - cartridge pen

Lena’s prophetic trances are involuntary, and come on without warning. Her friends have seen it before, but it doesn’t stop being frightening.

It’s been a while since I used my dip pen, I’m always afraid I’ll forget how to use it! I’m happy with how this turned out though. This is the Shaggy Ink-Cap, an edible mushroom native the UK (pick the baby ones if you want to eat them though). They sometimes dye your food black, and you can make ink out of them if you want to. We used to have a patch of these in our driveway but there were never enough to eat, which is a shame because they’re delicious.

Now that the weather is colder, how about some Winter weather spirits? The originals of these were my Christmas/Holiday cards for family and friends last year, and I’ve printed six of them to make a little set. The cards are blank inside and come with blue colour-splash envelopes to match the Winter theme and six snowflake stickers for sealing or decoration. If you’d like to send tiny Winter spirits to your pals this year, they are now up in my shop! https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/635966163/winter-weather-greeting-cards-set-of-6

Inktober 2018 : Day 3 - fineliners and grey pens I drew Sweetpea this way last year, so here is his best friend; Coriander! She belongs to a holly tree that grows right next to his oak, so they see each other every day. As an evergreen, her ear frills don't fall off like his do, but she does sometimes grow berries under them.