She Walks in Beauty

Commissioned illustration of Lord Byron's 1814 poem 'She Walks in Beauty' 

Original painting in watercolour and gouache, lettering hand rendered in black ink.

The client's daughter had recently purchased one of my watercolour burlesque drawings and was interested in owning more Marmalade artwork for her home. As a birthday surprise her mother commissioned me to illustrate her favourite poem.

The first day of Christmas at Cockington

Hanging treats for Christmas stockings

Lovely ceramics by Thea Henderson

Salt Water Beads 

 Who wouldn't want one of these?

Tomorrow they'll be street performers, music, wholesome grub, mulled wine and even more stallholders selling everything your Christmas stocking desires! It's sure to be a festive Sunday afternoon to enjoy and finish off that Christmas shopping - See you there :)

Marmalade at B-Bar, Plymouth

If you didn't get a chance to see our work in Totnes this summer our work is up in B-Bar, The Barbican, Plymouth. Come by for some tasty noodles, good music and see our artwork! It's only going to be there for a little while longer so head down soon! Framed and unframed work so sale :)

New work for sale...

We have FINALLY updated our online shop! Go and have a little looky to cheer you up this chilly October x

 Click here - http://www.etsy.com/shop/marmaladeonline

Miss Ivy comes to Plymouth! 29th September

 

Hurrah! We are finally doing an event in sunny Plymouth! This promises to be a day of jam packed vintage fun with creative stalls, fashion shows, cupcakes and retro clothing. With our new goodies created from our La Belle Menagerie exhibition artwork we are really looking forward to getting our glad rags on and selling our wares, hope to see you there!

All Things Vintage and Lovely Fair

29th September

Guildhall, Plymouth

xxx

Handmade Arcade - 7th April, McCoys Arcade, Exeter

Handmade Arcade organised by the wonderful folk over at No Guts No Glory (Nathan Blaker and Hayley Merchant) is sure to be a wonderful day! This time round I'll have signed prints, rings, badge sets, greetings cards, postcards and even more Marmalade Collective treasure; I'll be selling for the last time until the Christmas fair boom later on in the year so come down and say Hi... 

The event blog is looking awesome so check it out for a peak at what will be happening next Saturday (click here)! There's so many great creative people coming out of the South West at the moment I'll be trying very not not to spend all my pocket money x

P.S - If you can't make it never fear you can find us on ETSY (click here)

It's that Crikey time again - TOMORROW

 Leopard Lady, available unframed - £7            The Pearl pocket mirror, back in stock - £3

This is my happy face at the PCA Christmas Fair, photogrphy by Olivia Lorne

If you haven't picked up anything to show your Ma how wonderful she is yet come down to The Thistle Hotel, Exeter tomorrow for the Crikey Mother it's Vintage Fair. 

We have new stock, yipee, including new greetings cards (we're now stocking all our fabulous blank artists cards as well as Mother's Day, Birthdays and more); some great new BurlyQ themed postcards from Diane Foster's new print collection and we also have favourites such as The Pearl mirror back in stock. 

Can't wait for another great event we're looking forward to dusting off the vintage gladrags. Come and have a chat with us! x

Greetings card ideas...

Experimenting with using typography on designs for greetings cards x

Competititon...

Head over to the Marmalade Collective blog (click here) to find out how to win one of these new pocket mirrors x

Have a Merry Merry Christmas!

 Totnes Christmas Market

Wolverhampton Art Gallery Festive Fair

Floretta

Drawing more Vaudeville inspired ladies for a project coming soon.

Queenie

 

BurlyQ doodlings x

CRIKEY! Good Morning Miss Ivy

 

We will be selling our wares at CRIKEY IT'S VINTAGE hosted by Vintage Vixen Events on 19th November at the Thistle Hotel in Exeter, and the All Things Vintage and Lovely Fair hosted by the Miss Ivy ladies on 27th November at the Imperial Hotel in Torquay, come down, see us and support the Help for Heroes good cause! x

Mulled wine anyone?

Okay so I know it's only October but today I've been working on new card designs inspired by glamourous ladies for this year's Christmas designer maker fairs so I thought I'd share  x

Prints for sale...

I have finally got around to listing some of my prints on our MarmaladeOnline Etsy shop, have a little look at what's for sale :) I can also do personal commissions and custom requests... 

Contact me via abigailpamela@hotmail.co.uk      x

Inside my sketchbook...

Thought it might be nice to share a little from my sketchbook x

P.S. I wish I could get away with 1920s eyebrows

Sunday afternoon doodlings

 

 

Inspired by re-touched vintage postcards and 1920s vaudeville stars x

Josephine Baker

My summertime resolutions are to draw more, learn to play guitar and to be able to do the splits :)

For sale with Marmalade...

I have a few affordable treats for sale over at Marmalade Collective's new online shop! Be sure to check it out here... x