Jo's 30th birthday present

Ages ago my brother's girlfriend saw some of my paintings and said she'd like one. Hadn't had much time to get anything done, but as it's soon her 3oth birthday I thought I'd try to do her one. The only thing she'd said to me before was that she'd quite like a pink one.

So here you go:

I'm quite pleased with it....although I still look at bits of it that I think are totally wrong!

Hoping to try something different next time, although another friend has asked for a set of daisies for her daughter's bedroom!

And as I had some paint left over, I did this:

And now another friend has asked for a couple of those for her bathroom! I will paint something for myself one day!!

A difficult brief!

My friend asked me to do a birthday card for her husband. Sure, I said. She text me a few days later. It's his 30th - fine I said. Can you make it Aston Villa colours she asked - No problem I said. I'd like it to reflect his life so far, so can it include a hockey stick, a football, something like a whistle to reflect the fact he's a PE teacher, our wedding and honeymoon to India, and the fact we have a baby due soon. Er.......

It was a tall order lol, and I had to use clip-art pictures which I don't like doing, but I just couldn't find all the other bits, but I think it's ok and I think she liked it!

Not a very interesting one...

...but I might as well log it. These are the thank you cards I sent out to people thanking them for all the lovely 10th wedding anniversary presents they gave us :O) (in the background are some beautiful flowers that one of my bridesmaids gave us!).