Black hole of "busy"ness!

Just lately I have fallen into a black hole of "busy"ness is which stopping me from spending time with my favourite pastime of surface pattern design. I have an in-house freelance graphic post at the moment which has totally mucked up all my short term plans. I hope to be free again at the end of March so in the meantime you will find this blog a bit short on exciting content until then. Unfortunately I can't turn off the old grey matter so loads of ideas are piling up on my desk and filling my to do lists!
Luckily I continue to do lots of doodling on envelopes of an evening so at least I can leave you a little bit of Efuto loveliness to keep you happy for now. I hope to post soon until then don't give up on me please? 

A morning on the slopes!

This morning I was lucky enough to have a few hours skiing before going back to Turin to get ready for the busy week ahead. It had snowed in the night and was extremely humid and frosty, about -10 degrees. Perfect for a quick ski and a hot coffee at the bar. I also managed to capture a bit of pattern inspiration too!

P.S The results of my little draw for the Efuto envelopes are as follows, Miranda, Majo and Flowerlady, please send me an e-mail with your address so that I can send them off as soon as possible. Thanks to all of you to who left a comment. If you were'nt lucky this time round don't worry, I intend to make and send lots of Efutos so there will be other chances in the near future.

 

 

 

 

 

Would you like me to send you an Efuto envelope?

As you can see I am becoming a bit obsessed with Efuto envelopes. The thing is I find them just the right size to have a doodle on of an evening, even when I am watching a film or just relaxing. Someone says (with a smile on his face!) that it's an excuse for me to work all the time but it's not really work I say. It is quite delightful to think about posting them off to different people knowing that when the postman calls they bring a bit of joy and a smile to the recipient.
So here are some of my latest envelopes and I am going to send them to three people who leave a comment after this post. I ask only that you state which of the three you like the best, A, B or C, it's a simple as that.  

The winners will be chosen in a random way and not related at all to the comment you leave so feel free to say what you like! The draw will take place on Sunday so you have a couple of days to think about it. Here's hoping that I get more than three comments! Enjoy.

 

Designs for Valentines

To celebrate Valentine's Day you can see a whole bunch of Valentines designs on the Tigerprint blog homepage carousel here. If you wait a while my design comes round too. Wait a while longer and it comes round again, and wait a while... and wait a while, it's quite hypnotic. Thank you Tigerprint. 

Oh, and by the way have a lovely Valentine's Day!