Christmas cards

This year we have added a few more Christmas card designs to our range and they include a new "Ay up duck", two little puffins, a very cute labrador puppy, a very "Mootiful" cow , animals having fun in the snow and a gorgeous  greyhound and robin.  These new designs all sit happily together and we think really enhance our range.

The Little Shed's Valentine's range

As it's the month of love and here in the Shed we have added two new Valentine card designs to our range.  Our first new card is this little red squirrel, happily eating his nuts ideal for that special person in your life. 

After designing this card another card popped into my head and that was the card that you might send when Valentine's cards are no longer an option and is headed "you drive me nuts"!!! I have filed that one for another day!

The Second of our new cards is "Ay up duck" peck peck!! these two "loved up" ducks are having a quick  kiss and unknowingly forming the shape of a heart with their necks and beaks!!! quack quack.

Happy New Year

Happy New Year

Little Shed Designs would like to wish everybody a Happy, Healthy, and Prosperous 2014. 

In 2013 the Little Shed was busy and along with the Little Shed's new and very first website www.littlesheddesigns.co.uk we branched out into other products.  Along with our new greeting card designs we used the little shed images for a range of quirky coasters and cheery button badges.

Little Shed's Coasters

Little Shed's button badges

Looking forward to 2014 we hope to build on our success and continue to broaden our product ranges, using as always our hand illustrated designs.  Also our number one News Year resolution is to keep blogging!!! (where did Nov-Dec go).  We must confess that Santa brought the Little Shed a new camera for Christmas ,so we hope to see some great photo's (although as the instruction manual is in Cantonese that may be a bit troublesome). 

I would just like to spread quite a bit of exciting news to the sound of a trumpet blowing, Little Shed Designs now has it's very own website!!!www.littlesheddesigns.co.uk  I will be cracking open the gin later!!! as it has been a long time coming and has felt a bit like War and Peace at times but obviously not as cold or as dramatic and nobody lost their lives.

My cut out duck seems very interested

This means that now you will be able to see all of our designs under one shed roof and any shed updates along the way.

New duck coasters

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Introducing the Little Shed Designs "Ay up"coasters,  we have started with this cheery duck and will be adding to them in the  future with our other designs.  Each quality coaster is made in the UK,  has a cork back and can easily be cleaned  with a damp cloth. 

We think they will make everyone smile whilst having a brew!! and will be great little prezzies to pop in an 

envelope or as a stocking filler at that special time of year!!                    

New Little Shed Designs postcards

We have been branching out this June with our all new postcard packs.  Continuing on from our greeting card designs these colourful postcards are really useful to have, whether it's to send a little note , to say Thank you or just to say Hello!!!!!!

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Father's Day cards

The next big occasion in the greetings card calander is Father's Day.  Here in the "Little Shed"  we have put together seven different designs, a collection of cheery colourful characters that we are sure every dad will enjoy receiving.
 http://littlesheddesign.blogspot.co.uk/p/father.html  To see all of the cards individually just click on the link above or click the Father's Day button .

Father's Day collection

Website photo's

At the moment Little Shed Designs is in the throws of building a website!! and we have been outside today as the sun has finally shone  to take some photographs to put on to it.

We have just got to do the "Everyday Royalty" range and they will all be ready for the website.

Norfolk at Easter

Horsey Mere wind pump

I have just spent a week in and around the  Norfolk Broads, somewhere that i haven't been since a child.  It made a real change from the rolling hills of Staffordshire, and enjoyed those  big skies, windmills and  large expanses of water.  Norwich Cathedral was interesting and we got to spy the resident Peregrines that have nested on a shelf high on its spire.

Norwich Cathedral


There were hundreds of grey seals to be seen on the beach  which took us an hour to walk to but was well worth it , I felt a little like David Attenborough!!!!  

Grey Seals


As it was Easter we visited the church in the village of Belaugh near Wroxham

This simple cross was propped against the wall, and these quirky Kneelers I thought were great, each one depicting a scene from in and around the Norfolk Broads.  I  Love a bit of stitch work and  found them fun and a little bit different .

 We even made two new friends that came to be fed everyday in the river at the bottom of the garden.  But all good things  must come to an end and back to sunny Staffordshire we came fully inspired with new ideas for new illustrations.

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Spring into Easter

With  Easter just around the corner i thought  a new design is needed for my Easter range. As i enjoy watching the wild rabbits in the field out of "the shed" and also enjoy eating chocolate!!!, i came up with the perfect combination a rabbit and an egg!!! (don't ask me which came first!!?).  The  rabbit that i designed is quite young and scruffy and is hugging his egg with a look on his face as if to say "it's all mine".  Anyway he was soon turned into an Easter card and joined by a chicken and her chicks, and so we all went on an Easter shoot!!!!!

It was a lovely spring day down by the coop, and my own chickens seemed keen to get involved!!!