ARK Designs by Anna

Tuesday, 22 March 2011

Snippet of latest design

Morning folks, I've been working on a lovely brief, taken a while to get it right and there's still time for it to change again. Sadly I can't show you the designs, but I wanted to show you a sneak peek of a liitle bit so you can get the idea of what i've been up to. here it is.

Wednesday, 16 March 2011

Pretty cake collages

I had a couple of thank you gifts to make for a customer. A wedding cake and a cupcake were in order. They were pretty little things to create. Lovely fabrics and beads, a little lace topped off with buttons, ribbon roses and bows. There's still a few more things to make for her. Watch this space...

Frosty spring sunrise and pretty purple plumage

Lovely spring is here everything is growing, starting to bud and bloom. Though there's still crisp frosty mornings which are nice as you get lovely sunrises. The crocuses are out see the pretty purple ones below. This rather lovely hydrangea I brought last week for my mums anniversary. Isn't it beautiful?! Hopefully it will grow nicely, its supposed to be an indoor one.

Thursday, 3 March 2011

Bright fun spring patterns.

Here's a couple of quick, bright, funky patterns I've made recently. I did the last two for the 'design a sock' competition....closing date is tomorrow. I shall post up what they look like in the sock shape, see what you think. There was a limited palatte on that too.

Converted in to jpegs they don't look great they seem to have lost their sharp edges and the colour looks slightly dodgy but you get the idea :)

Dotty geometrics

Close up of the below

Floral

Close up of the below

Ellies

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Happy birthday bunting

Tina very kindly sent me some photos of the bunting and the parcel sack I recently made for her two gorgeous little twins. Alyssa-Rose and Charlie.

Here's the lovely Happy 1st Birthday bunting up for the twins party. I also made a double sided parcel sack for them. Here the gorgeous pair are diving into it.

Wednesday, 16 February 2011

Job vacancy going...

Please see the below advert for a fab job. Better get in quick deadline is 3rd of March.

link to their facebook page

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Monday, 14 February 2011

Happy birthday bunting

My newest bunting. A mix of colours for a joint boy/girl party. It was rather long so I struggled to get a good photo, it kept blowing around in the sunshine this morning.

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Saturday, 12 February 2011

Happy birthday

It was G's birthday on Tuesday. Happy birthday!! Just wanted to share the lovely cake his mum made. We had a lovely day, lunch out at The Cricketers in Clavering, Essex. The pub/restaurant Jamie Oliver's parents run. Beautiful food wish we had had dessert but we were off out for a big meal in the evening. We'll definately be going back.

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Springtime has made an apperance

The daffs are sprouting and trees budding the snowdrops are out and the ladybirds are starting to come out of hibernation. I just love the springtime when everything is coming alive.

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Rainbow

We've just been doing some roadside hedgecutting and then the rain came. The bonus is you get a beautiful rainbow. I couldn't fit the whole thing in but it was a complete one. They still amaze me.

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Location:Cambridge

Thursday, 3 February 2011

Elephant fabric from Japan

Here's my latest little buy which I wanted to share with you. You will find the link to the shop here called This and that from Japan on Etsy.

My little package turned up from Japan this week a very speedy delivery too. Don't you just love little packages full of nice things and even more so when they come from far away places. I wasn't expecting it til next week. I can now stat on the next lot of special bunting for who elephants were specially requested. Watch this space for the finished product.