All Wrapped Up

Just in time for Christmas wrapping paper has just grown wider

Christmas wrapping paper has been super sized on zazzle. Wrapping paper products have changed size from 24 inches to 30 inches wide. Zazzle now have added even more paper type options, choose from Matte, Glossy, Linen and the new Tyvek® (a super strong paper, ideal for heavy and awkward gifts).

High quality, custom designed wrapping paper puts a unique, finishing touch on any gift.

I have extended my selection of gift wraps in my little eden, zazzle store to include even more bright, fun and creative designs.

Some of my most popular wrapping paper designs can be personalized with your own photos and are available in numerous color ways, to match your Christmas holiday color theme.

I have selected some of my favorite designs for the holiday season. Many have customization templates that allow you to easily incorporate your own photos and messages directly to the wrapping paper, making a really special and very personalized gift by itself.

Available in a choice of colors this star patterned Christmas paper is ideal to add two or three of your favorite photos and your family name.

Poinsettia Star red photo gift wrapping paper
by my little eden
Star pattern green Christmas photo wrap
by my little eden
Santa star pattern blue Christmas photo wrap
by my little eden

Wrap your Christmas gifts in baubles of joyous sediments and add three of your family photos or business images to give your gift a special custom touch to family, friends or clients. Seasonal words include Joy, cheer, holiday, bright and merry.

Red green white photo Christmas wrap
by my little eden
Blue orange yellow photo Christmas wrap
by my little eden
Red green yellow photo Christmas wrap
by my little eden

This unique Christmas wrap not only has your photos framed with partridges and mistletoe, but you can also customize your paper with 5 of your favorite photos, ideal for those with 5 children or larger families.

Mistletoe partridge green Christmas photo wrap
by my little eden
Mistletoe partridge blue Christmas photo wrap
by my little eden
Mistletoe partridge green Christmas photo wrap
by my little eden

Finally if you don't want a photo on your wrapping paper this Christmas you will also find a selection of wraps featuring my unique artwork, with many allowing for message or name customization. You can find more Christmas wrapping paper designs here.

Santa with gifts art  wrapping paper
by my little eden
Christmas kitten in a shoe holiday gift  paper
by my little eden
Rabbit in the snow Christmas wrap
by my little eden

Christmas reindeer holiday wrap
by my little eden
Fox cub winter art Christmas paper
by my little eden
Christmas red white Santa beard  wrap
by my little eden

Dollying up dolly

Original  first draft sketch

Just finished my latest artwork of a cute rag doll loosely based on my daughters cherished rag doll, Kate.

I even remembered my blog and finally got out my camera to record several stages during the drawing and painting process for you to see the progression of this piece and how I as a artist work.

I needed to buy a new pink watercolor tube for this painting. Pink is one of those colors in watercolor that is best used strong to keep it vibrant. I am delighted with my new opera rose Winsor & Newton tube. Opera rose proved to be well worth the investment giving the painting a lovely vibrancy to the pink and purple tones.

The biggest challenge I found on creating this artwork was the woolen hair, one the changes I made from the original doll. I guess that is why I left it until last to do? As always my completed dolly art prints are available from my stores on a variety of products, ideal for any little girl who like my daughter loves dolls.

Second draft in my sketch book

Redrawn on watercolor paper with paints used

Working on drawing in and painting up the hair

Kate with her caricature

If you like this doll art you can get your own personalized copy on various items sold by Zazzle is my doll collection

Horsin’ around on a whimsical rocking horse

I have been busy horsin' around in pan watercolors to create my latest rocking horse artwork. This cute whimsical artwork was produced for my daughters bedroom initially. However I decided to scan this little rocker and create various products for other little girls whom love toy rocking horses to enjoy too.

Picture shows my artwork at the finishing stage and the paint pallet and brushes I used. Here are just a few of the products and color variations I produced from this cute watercolor painting.

Rocking horse kids nursery poster
by my little eden
Purple rocking horse name wallet
by my little eden
Rocking horse nursery name clock
by my little eden

Pink rocking horse baby blanket
by my little eden
Aqua personalised birthday gift wrap
by my little eden
Wishes for baby postcard
by my little eden

Slogan Maternity t-shirts

Having a baby?

So your periods have stopped, your breasts are swollen like watermelons, you are tired all the time, frequently urinating and just getting over bouts of severe nausea. Congratulations and welcome to parenthood!

If you are struggling to get into your normal clothes, don't worry the baby is growing and that is good sign, but now is a good time to embrace your new blooming shape during your pregnancy with a tee. A simple t-shirt teamed up with stretch pants, maternity jeans, or soft cotton trousers is a great way to mix and match your look and keep you and baby comfortable.

It can be difficult at times to see the lighter side of pregnancy, so my designs are mainly light hearted to help lighten the mood and warn others of your increasing bump. These maternity t-shirts are designed with your new shape in mind and are longer than normal t-shirts and so they don't ride up at the bump. Here is a selection of the designs I have available in my little eden zazzle store.

It started with a kiss
by my little eden
Blessed! elephant hug
by my little eden
Worth waiting
by my little eden

Hot Mama baking
by my little eden
New Baby delivery
by my little eden
Practice makes pregnant
by my little eden

Love my baby bump
by my little eden
Name and E.T.A.
by my little eden
It ain't over until
by my little eden

Know what sex you are having? 

So you have decided to make life easier or you just couldn't wait to find out the sex of your child. Why not then tell the world with one if this expecting a boy or girl maternity t-shirts. Some can be personalized with due date or names.

Ladybug little lady
by my little eden
Little princess
by my little eden
Koala it a girl
by my little eden

It's a boy elephants
by my little eden
Baby boy stamp
by my little eden
As if my magic
by my little eden

Patriotic slogan maternity tees 

Show the world how proud you are of where your little one was conceived, with these made in slogan maternity country t-shirts, customizable with your estimated time of arrival or due date if required or this text can be deleted if you prefer.

Made in the USA
by my little eden
Made in Australia
by my little eden
Made in Canada
by my little eden

Warning maternity tees. 

Warn those around you to keep you and your baby safe and away from harm or stop unwanted belly touching, with these fun selection of warning maternity t-shirts.

Don't Touch
by my little eden
Beware of bump
by my little eden
Mind the bump
by my little eden

All about time

The 'my little eden' learn to tell the time clock is available in various designs from my zazzle store and can be personalized with your child’s name. So popular now is this design it has even been chosen by zazzle to be sold directly through Amazon, much to my delight.

My uniquely designed clock was initially made for my son as a paper clock guide, enabling him to draw in the hands or to use with paper hands. Drawing on my previous experience working on educational products, I developed my clock to fit my needs in teaching my son the time. The clock particularly helped him to understand the 'past the hour' and 'to the hour' part of telling time as this was color coded.

However since zazzle introduced fully working clocks this artwork is now available to you as a fully functional working clock for your child's bedroom or play room, perfect for helping your child too also understand how to tell the time.

Teaching anyone to tell time can be a difficult prospect without a clear clock guide, so my clock design is clear with easy to read numbers and a color coded guide to assist with learning to read the clock face. 

Here is a small selection of my learn to tell the time clocks. More color combinations to co-ordinate with your child's bedroom or play room can be found in my little eden store on zazzle.

Early learning learn to tell time wall clock
by my little eden
Girls learn to tell time pink purple kids clock
by my little eden
Boys learn to tell time blue green wall clock
by my little eden

Kids learn time blue green aqua name clock
by my little eden
Girls learn time pink butterfly name clock
by my little eden
Boys learn to tell time blue red space clock
by my little eden