Things I love about Spring

Earlier this week the weather was so lovely and warm, I took the opportunity to get outside and take some photos.  The weather is so changeable though - today it feels much more like winter again!
Spring is my favourite time of year, I thought I would share some of my recent photos and the reasons why I love Spring...

More daylight - the days are now longer than the nights and each evening the sun is setting later and later.  I always think my mood is lifted so much by blue sky and sunshine, but just having more daylight, even on a rainy day, makes me feel better.

Warmer weather - the sun has more warmth in it now and it's nice to start going outside without thick coats and scarves.  Spring warmth is just right, before it gets too hot in summer!

Spring bulbs - I love seeing everything starting to grow and gardens becoming more colourful with all the Spring bulbs.  There are still daffodils about and the tulips and bluebells have just started appearing.

Blossom - a tree full of blossom is so beautiful!  It doesn't seem to last long, but it's nice seeing the different types of trees blossoming at different times.  The pear blossom in my garden is just starting the appear and I'm hoping that my cherry tree will have more than last year (about 4 flowers!).


Gardening - now the weather is improving and things are growing, it inspires me to get out in my garden more.  I love watching things grow, caring for the plants and learning how to grow new things. It's time to sow all the seeds for summer flowers and crops too.

Birds - another sign of Spring is hearing the birds singing and watching them build nests in the garden.

My birthday - having a birthday in April is also a reason why I like Spring! This is the cute cake my Mum and sister made for me...

What do you like about Spring?  Is it your favourite season too?

Spring Time - Garden Flowers and New Easter Designs

Spring is here!  I took a few minutes away from my desk last week to photograph some flowers and enjoy the colour in my garden.  I love seeing everything starting to grow at this time of year and a bit of sunshine always makes me feel better! :)

I’ve also been designing some new things for spring.  It’s less than a week until Mother’s Day (30th March) so not long for anything to be posted, but this colour-in card I designed is also available as a printable – great for last minute buys as it’s emailed as a digital file!  I’ve been adding to my collection of Easter designs too with this egg and bunny themed printable invitation…

These printable tent cards and water bottle labels are new too…

March 2014 Free Printable Calendar

Sorry I’m a bit late with the calendar this month – better late than never?!  I seem to have been falling behind with some of my plans again.  With lots of non-work stuff going on it's been hard to do much more than just the basics of keeping up with emails and orders. Although I have been doing some new paintings and designs, they are for projects I can't share with you yet!  The last deadline is this week though, so I should be able to spend more time working on my shops and finally get going with some of the new things I have been planning and researching!

It has started to feel like Spring here, the daffodils are popping up in my garden and it’s lovely to see the Spring flowers everywhere – so this month’s calendar features a daffodil pattern…

You can download the PDF here and you can view and print the calendar with Adobe Acrobat Reader.

The calendar is A4 in size, but you can scale it to fit different sized paper if you prefer.  You can print onto any type of paper you like, for best results I recommend using your printer's highest quality setting and a good quality paper.

Please note this calendar is for personal use only!  You can print it as many times as you like for your own use but you may not redistribute it in any form (digitally or printed).  You may not modify the calendar or claim it as your own.  If you would like to share the calendar on your blog, Pinterest, facebook etc please include a link back to this page (not the download link).  Thank you!  I hope you enjoy using it :)

P.S. if you like the daffodil pattern on this calendar you might like some of my other Spring / Easter themed designs in my shop - see them here

Folksy Friday – Happy Easter!

I almost made this Folksy Friday for last week but time ran away from me, so here it is for the Easter weekend.

Hope you enjoy this selection of lovely Spring items from Folksy sellers :)

Loopy La-La / Abstract Cat Crafts

Audrey’s Art / Mia Design

Butterfly & Things / Daisy Beth

Sunny Spring

What a difference a few hours make!  When I got up yesterday it was so foggy that I could hardly see across the road!  A few hours later there wasn't a cloud in the sky - lovely weather for photographing the flowers in my garden...

I think my guinea pig Basil enjoyed being outside too :)



Spring Flowers

The last few days have been sunny and warm - it makes me want to spend time outside in the garden and not at my desk. So it's not good for productivity but does make me happy! I thought I'd share a few photos of spring flowers in the sunshine... :)