Laura Mallaghan Illustration

Hi all! The heatwave is still here in the U.K., although I got back from Cyprus few days ago, with my family and my brother's friend. I had an incredible holiday there, very enjoyable time, the beach, the lounger and pool that hotel we all stayed in have, were splendid. The temperature was hot, that we weren't used to it but doesn't really bothering us, because that's the point of going on holiday, just to bask in before going home. Anyway, I did the illustration of flower, I use the watercolour as I did with my pansies illustration, it's in Spring Bank Holiday blog. I've done this just a little over a month ago, I was inspired to illustrate it because they caught my eyes in my garden, how small and stand out they are in the garden, especially in this particular weather. This flower is called the California Poppy. Although the weather wasn't that much of sunshine, yet it was warm. Even I have to edited these photos to brighten up. Here's the...

I have a blog post of Handmade Gift For My Bestest Friend , a snowy owl painted onto the glass frame. Now there's one onto black card, looks more contrast altogether. You can have whichever size you want of the frame, either same size as this illustration print or slightly bigger to create border. Link :  https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/254638018/illustration-print-snowy-owl

This is a special handmade gift i made for someone important, my best friend of 15 years, even i haven't seen her for nearly a year.  I spent my christmas break making her this handmade gift, I asked her what's her favourite bird, she likes owls, because they're very sassy. I had that concept quite a long time of having acrylic paint on glass, i suddenly thought i could try the double glass photo frame, as there are some double glass frame kind now, and will makes it hugely different in craft community. Now that i have finished this handmade frame, i have took some photos here. It's all wrapped up in Christmas wrap paper, i really hope to see her this Christmas because i really missed her.  Merry Christmas!