A Doodle A Day...

Just because I like to give myself a challenge, and even more stuff to do, I thought I'd start A Doodle A Day #doodleaday

The doodles have to be a theme of the day, so the very first one I've done is the theme of "Cold" (because it's 0 degrees today!) and what more do you need on a cold day other than a lovely warm mug of coffee...

It would be great if you all wanted to join in on Twitter, I'm just going to be doing the hashtag #doodleaday

I'm not doing full on amazing drawings - just doodles.

The definition of Doodle:
1. To scribble or draw aimlessly.
2. A figure, design or scribble drawn or written absent-mindedly.

Doodles away :)

Present List

It's freebie list time!!!

I thought, as it's nearly Christmas - eek!! I'd do a Christmas prezzie list. Although, judging by some people's tweets, quite a lot of you have already got your presents sorted!!

Anyway, for those not as organised, like me, this is a list I use when I've got lots of prezzies to buy. Christmas being one time of the year and the month of May being another!! It just gives me a bit of creative license to think about what to get for someone if money was no object, then from that it creates all sorts of ideas of alternative presents...

CHOOSE & WIN

In the run up to Christmas a big mug of hot chocolate is what's required (that and a cheeky rioja!!) - but what to drink it in...

Well, we've come up with a couple of designs that will be manufactured onto lovely "hug-mugs" - mugs you can wrap your hands around and keep you warm (unless you've finished the bottle of rioja and are quite warm from the alcohol!)

However, there's just one more step to choose the design...

YOU get to make the choice and once the design has been chosen, a winner will be picked at random from the social media hat and receive one of the mugs in time for Christmas...

What could be better (except for that bottle of rioja!!)

These are the choices...

All you have to do is like the Pikadoodles page on Facebook here and let us know which you prefer... simples!!

Or leave your comments below...

Competition finishes on Monday 4th November :)

Change is good..

This month's freebie download is all about changing things.

The seasons are changing and the time is changing (don't forget to put your clocks back on Saturday night/Sunday morning)!

I've been reading a book about time management and changing things in your life to manage time a lot better. It gave me the idea for this list.

I love a good list!!

It's looking at the things that you REALLY want, and what you have to change to get it. So if I REALLY want to have all my products ready in time for the various Christmas markets I need to make the change of sitting watching Luther or Blue Bloods back-to-back!! As great a series as they are, it's not helping me manage my time!!!

There is a bigger version on the website here

Freebie Weekly Planner

Ok, so it's been a ridiculously long time since I last blogged, but I have been busy - not just making cake and drinking tea - honest!!

I finally set up the website... www.pikadoodles.com

I've been doodling, cutting, pasting and printing - all of which will accumulate into some products for the various Christmas Fairs that I'll be doing in November and December.

One doodle that I've done is this Weekly Planner...

It's a pretty big file size, so feel free to download and use it :)

I'm working on next months freebie download already :)

Enjoy x

Lino-Prints...

It takes quite a bit of patience to cut out lino, but I absolutely love it, and can easily lose an entire day cutting away.

The bit that I don't like is getting the print right. That bit takes nearly as long as the cutting.

How much ink to apply, how much pressure to apply...

That, I'm still working on, here's a couple of prints that are nearly right...

A cut above...

A new venture I've embarked upon (or should I say rediscovered) is lino-cutting, here's one of the lino-cuts I've been doing this month...

Based on a design I did for a friend who was moving house..


I have also been re-discovering doodling (lots of re-discovery going on here!!) and made these note books, which I might start using myself - as an obsessive notebook purchaser!!

Also, I have finally done something with my Lighthouse Keeper pattern that I did aaaaaages ago - I've turned it into a toiletries bin and a toiletries bag, and even though it's white it's still pristine...