moving

I'm no longer posting at Cheeky Beaks. You see my 'cheeky beaks' are two small boys that are growing every day. One, I'm sure, to will be taller than me soon (we almost have the same shoe size). But not too soon. And while they have grown I think my creative business has outgrown this name as well. So over to Kristen Doran Design I go...

merry

Merry Christmas! Thanks for hanging around and reading my ramblings this year.

Christmas garland a gift from the lovely Mel of Paperklip.

last minute sewing

Purchase Matryoshka doll embroidery kit here.

new

School is over for the year, most of my fabric orders are sent, freelance jobs done and the house has been cleaned (mostly). This finally leaves me some time to work on designs I've been thinking about for months. First on the agenda is a boys yardage print. My little guys are now 6 and 9 years old. Their teddy bear and puppy dog curtains just don't cut it anymore. So with this in mind I decided to tackle a print for their age group. VERY tricky. Most of the stuff they are into is licensed products. So they were no help when asked for suggestions. We did a quick trip down the south coast yesterday and as I was driving back the street lights, wires and overhead bridges seemed like a recurring theme. I suggested these things as an idea to Harry, but he was in a bad mood and gave me no joy. I'm pressing on ahead regardless. Here's about an hours worth of designing... maybe about 3 or 4 more hours playing around with proportions and different elements and I should be done.

another

Again, click on the image and print out for colouring in fun.

colour me

Feel like a bit of festive colouring in? Here you go, click on the pic and then print.

thanks for the comments

And finally the announcement for the 500th post giveaway...

Random Integer Generator

Here are your random numbers:

3 

Timestamp: 2009-12-06 00:30:41 UTC

Comment number 3!!! That's you Belinda. A long time supporter of my designs, and a gorgeous Mum of two kiddlets. Thanks to everyone who left a comment, reads my blog and keeps me going.

finders keepers

All packed and ready for the best market ever. Starts tonight 6pm - 10pm and then again on Sat 10am - 8pm.

heart

I was just wandering through blogland and came across a favourite fabric blog of mine. I love Anna Maria's bold use of colours and the detail in her sewing. It got me thinking about a present I needed to make for a gorgeous little 2 year old tomorrow. From my scrap box I pulled out all these left over hearts. I have never known what to do with them, but couldn't throw them out. 

This is what evolved from some hearts, spotted bias tape and a red on cream canvas Christmas tree panel.

500

500 hundred posts. How on earth did I get here? 

It started with stumbling across the very first blog I had ever set eyes upon. Karen Cheng's 'Snippets of life'. From there a whole new world opened up. Fiona of 'Hop Skip Jump' was enormous help as I tried to find my feet in blogland. Fast forward almost 4 years later and here I am in a creative life totally different from the start. 

To celebrate I'd like to giveaway some of my new products. Christmas tags and postcard set, an advent calendar kit and a Christmas tea towel (so new I haven't picked it up from the printer yet).

Thanks for reading, encouraging, supporting and coming back to hear me constantly babble on about my designs. Please leave a comment and I will choose a winner next week.