Merry Christmas to all of our Readers!

Nicholas and myself would like to wish our readers a very Merry Christmas! We would also like to take this opportunity to thank all of our customers who commissioned portraits from us in 2017. We wouldn’t be here if it wasn’t for you all. Thank you so much for supporting our blog and signing up to our newsletter.

This year we have received some beautiful and heartfelt emails from our readers, letting us know they look forward to reading our newsletter each week. How fabulous is that!! We are so thrilled to hear from everyone and we love reading everyones comments that are left here too.

As you can see the image above shows one of my hand made Christmas cards. I have only just recently ventured into the world of stamping and decided that my first foray into having a go at the craft would be to make a few hand made cards for friends and family this year. I am quite hooked and hope to have more time next year to experiment further. The range of coloured inks and wooden stamps available are amazing. I’d love to have a go at making my own stamps in the future.

It’s been quite a while since I sat in my lovely little studio and tapped away on my keyboard. I have been unwell this week with a sinus infection. It actually started three weeks ago, however I wasn’t absolutely certain what it was and of course I worked through as I wanted to make sure all of our clients received their portraits in good time for Christmas.

However symptoms worsened and I’m on a second week of antibiotics and medications which hopefully are working now. I have felt completely under the weather and quite dizzy. Enough to stop me from working! It is pretty unusual for me to not be working…..or even thinking about work! So huge apologies to our clients who have been having very delayed emails lately.

Just prior to being unwell however, we did head out and buy our Christmas Tree and decorate it. It is really lovely and has quite taken over the cottage! The Christmas fairy only just about fits between the tree and our ceiling and beams! We have been having fun with the Philips Hue lighting and have given everything a warm glow. Im sure we will venturing into reds and greens for Christmas day! Scroll for more photos and more about Lily…

Lily is very good, she never touches the tree…..although I have had to move a present for her under the tree that a friend has given her. She thinks it smells just toooo good! We did go to our dog club Christmas meal however I wasn’t well enough to attend the last day of training. The day where they have fun and games in the field followed by food and mulled wine.

Lily received her end of year present from them though bought round by a very good friend. Lily was thrilled and although I didn’t let her have all of the treats at once. She was allowed a few…and the bag! The bag smelled so lovely, she decided to make sure that she had actually eaten everything inside. She just had to pop her head right in to make sure. I managed to get a couple of photos of her whilst laying on the sofa, which I have added below.

Both Nicholas and myself are taking bookings for our oil and pencil portraits into April / May of next year. With a holiday in April planned too, we know that the start of 2018 will fly by. We will of course be adding lots more blog posts. If there is anything you would like us to specifically blog about or feature here, please do let us know.

We wish everyone a very Merry Christmas and A Blessed New Year!

Melanie, Nicholas and Lily xxxx

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