Laura Mallaghan Illustration

 Helloooo! What I’ve done this month? Well, I have been painting a card for the long-standing loveable couple, who celebrated their 20th wedding anniversary. Guess what, this couple is my aunt and uncle! I remembered their summery June wedding in 2003, and I was their bridesmaid. I was 10, I remembered the colour of the dress I wore, the bridesmaid bouquets, my aunt’s tropical bouquet and her creamy satin dress, the lovely weather on their special day! The meanings of the swan, flowers and colour I’ve painted on this wedding anniversary, with the mute swan they represents together forever, strong bond and family. As well as they’re very elegant bird, especially they can makes a heart shaped with the long neck. There are two flowers surrounded the swans, the little purple flower is aster, the reason to use this flower is because in modern day for a bouquet, also became the traditional bouquet, a gift for someone’s 20th wedding anniversary. Even though there a variety of colours aste...

  Hello! Something happened few days ago, on 15th… I turned 30! For my big milestone birthday, all of my products in Etsy are on sale! 30% off!!!! This sale last until end of March, so have a look at my shop if you fancy some!

  As I mentioned from the last blog, that I was planning to sell this artwork in digital. Guess what, it’s in my Etsy shop! With this, you can print at home, and even send this via email. Perfect for last minute! Mallard Duck Mother’s Day Digital Print.

  Hellooo. I’ve added this new greeting card in my Etsy shop, for Mother’s Day! A sweet greeting card of Mallard duck, a mother and her duckling, with a flower of pink carnation. I thought duck and duckling would make it more cute for Mother’s Day card, how little ducklings following their mother with their waddling little legs. And the mothers, when one or few of her ducklings get lost or stuck, she stay close and finds them, communicating with quacks so she can navigate them by hearing their calls. As this mother duck would say, no ducklings left behind! Did you know, the pink carnation flowers traditionally gifted for Mother’s Day and pink symbolises gratitude and love. This cute card are for mum, mum-to-be, step-mum, grandmother, and even for the one who step up to be your mums! Even the duckling is a baby, it doesn’t matter for all of the older children and adults, because mums sees you as her baby, even my mum say the same to me and both of my siblings!  Get this card fr...

Look how affectionate these two are on Valentine’s Day, so sweet.   This card will restock again next year! Have a lovely day.

Hello gals (and lovely guys). Happy Galentine’s Day! Have you messaged your best friends/gals that you love them and thinking about them. It’s the thought that counts, right? Since it’s today, this card will come back on listing again next year, for next Galentine’s Day! Have a nice day!

 Hello lovelies. I have two new listings in my Etsy shop! I have produced greeting cards for the upcoming celebrations, one is Valentines and one is Galentines, as Valentines is certainly more popular than Galentine but I’m thinking about all the single ladies, they do deserve some loves from their best gals. These little birds on Galentine card, the blue tits and female house sparrows, I imagined them as they’re hanging out together and twitting some gossips. I thought it’s cute! And the valentine card, two wood pigeons, although they’re the dopiest birds, they’re also affectionate to each other. With these two nuzzling to groom each other’s feathers, I thought its looks lovable! Before I ended it here, Galentine’s and Valentine’s Day are nearly 2 weeks, so I put down the links if you get them! Galentine cards:  https://www.etsy.com/uk/LauraMNatureArt/listing/1385205208/birds-gal-hangout-galentine-greeting Valentine cards:  https://www.etsy.com/uk/LauraMNatureArt/listing...

It’s Cyber week, that means my items are on sale, 20% off! Perfect to shop for Christmas, buy my Christmas Bird collection greeting cards or other stuffs I also sell such as wall art and tote bag. Go and have a look! 🛍 Link to my shop:  https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/LauraMNatureArt Have a nice shopping! 🎄💜

  I’ve got an announcement to make… I’ve reopened my Etsy shop! I have been planning this for a couple of years, lots of ideas and researching, and some encouragement and optimism from my friends and family , now’s the time and I’m ready for it. I’m quite exciting but at the same time nervous, I had some hope that it’ll be quite successful, more than I had 7 years ago. So what’s in my shop. At the moments I’m selling some Christmas greeting cards, which is perfect right now because it’ll be Christmas soon! Also, I did a makeover with my shop! They’re more fitting to my art style than it was before, as well as more nicely. Now planning on working on my story (with photos and video, ooooh), possibly at the start of next year as at the moment it’ll be quite busy, for this time of the year. These bird artworks from above are my Christmas birds collection that I’m selling as greeting cards in my shop at the moment. Very festive to send your family and friends for this Christmas! To shop...

What’s behind this flowers? Hints; a greeting card, a big bird in the nest and the foreign wildflowers. What could it be. It’s a White Stork with her chick, with Lithuanian wildflowers. This greeting card is a new baby/new arrival to the family, hence the obvious portrayal of white stork. This card is for my work friend, who’s expecting a baby next month!  However, this isn’t just the new baby greeting card, also my work friend is from Lithuania. So this is a personal card for her, and her partner who’s also Lithuanian, it’s a very meaningful illustration that would makes her think of her home country. Let’s say I was inspired to paint this by her. Heheh 🤭  To make it understandable about the meaning of this bird and the wildflowers. White Stork; is the national bird of Lithuania, this bird is very common as there’s about 13,000 of pairs, as well as they breeds there in summer. Lithuanian believe they’re the symbol of birth, family and wealth. Yellow flower is the Rue “Ruta” ...

Happy Saturday, and guess what, yesterday (17th June) was the hottest day of the year, also it was my aunt’s birthday! I imagined she had a really good birthday that she has been outside sunbathing with a glass of cold wine with her family. What a blissful day to spend. Speaking of birthdays, I have been painting a personal birthday card, for my aunt, of course, using the birds and wild plants with their meaning. Let’s start with the bird, this is the Lesser Redpoll, a finches type of bird and small, slightly bigger than blue tit to compare the size. It has streaky marks and is brown with red spot on its forehead and sometimes a patch on the breast. They’re commonly in Scotland, northern and eastern England, they’re seen in woodland, also visit in the garden. They like to hang upside down on the small twigs from the tree, an easy way to spot them, especially in the season when leaves fall from the trees. A reason I chose this bird is that my aunt lives in Yorkshire, which is in the nor...