At the end of June, I had the pleasure of taking part in My PaperCut Forest’s 3D paper cutting workshop. Under the guidance of expert paper artist Silvina De Vita, we cut, glued and chatted our way through 9 hours of papercutting, held over two Saturday’s. My interest in 3D papercutting is to enable me to create more complex designs …
Instagram Masterclass for Business with Social Brighton
People say: “You’ve found commissions and clients through Instagram? You’re so lucky.” Lucky… me? No, I’m not a lucky person. Finding clients and commissions via Instagram for my small and creative business wasn’t luck. It has been a lot of hard work and dedication which has brought me amazing opportunities (like this Sassy Du Fleur commission or this stop frame …
Illustration Life #31: the Instagram Yo-Yo
Summertime and the livin’ is easy, according to Ella Fitzgerald. Well, I’m working up to some easy living in a couple of weeks time, when the kids, hubby and I go away on our summer holiday to Sandy Balls in the New Forest (love that name!). In the meantime, I’m riding the summer wave which is still most definitely up …
Instagram Success: Overcoming Fears
This week has been fantastic. I’ve overcome 2 fears: rollercoasters and public speaking. Two things I never thought I could do because I was too fearful but hey, I did it! Instagram Success On Tuesday, I was part of a Q&A panel for the Brighton Etsy talk ‘How to Grow Your Instagram Q&A’. Myself, Toby aka @TobyILikeCats and Viktorija aka @andsmilestudio along with …
Brighton Etsy Talk: Growing Your Instagram Audience
Growing Your Instagram Audience The next Brighton Etsy Talk is about Growing Your Instagram Audience. I’m excited (and slightly terrified) to announce that I’ll be speaking! I (aka @georgiestclair) will be joining Toby aka @TobyILikeCats and Viktorija aka @andsmilestudio along with host Cheska aka @Mooshpie. Toby, Viktorija and I will give you the opportunity to learn how we have grown our Instagram audiences. We will share our tricks …
Back to Artful Blogging
I honestly don’t know where to begin. It’s been months since I’ve been able to return to this place in cyberspace to chat and share about recent goings on. There’s been a lot of soul searching, that’s for sure. I’ve recently resigned from my social media and digital marketing job at new visitor attraction, British Airways i360 in Brighton, to return to freelance …
A Very Brighton Etsy Craft Party
Hello, how’s your week been? It’s been a sunny one in Brighton this week. Weather wise and due to my continued high after the Brighton Etsy Craft Party last Friday. The 2015 theme for this global event was ‘Kaleidoscope: Paper Taking Shape’, Held at the Brighthelm Centre, the venue became a crafty creative hub for 3 hours. Cutting, sticking, printing, drinking, …
JOIN ME! Floral Collage Design Workshop for the Etsy Craft Party
I’m really excited to tell you that I will be hosting a Floral Collage Design Workshop at this years Brighton Etsy Craft Party 2015! Get involved and learn to make floral collage fashion designs, among other imagery, which I’ll be using to create a bigger collage print, after the event. In case you didn’t know, the Craft Party is a global …
Painting with Ink & Alcohol, A Workshop with Carne Griffiths
I feel like a bit of a groupie writing this post! Ink’d Gallery, in Brighton’s North Laine, hosted a workshop with one of my favourite artists, Carne Griffiths, a couple of weeks ago. I’ve been a fan of Carne’s for a couple of years now, since I first browsed through Ink’d Gallery’s beautiful collection of prints and coming across some …
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