Wallpaper Giveaway - Slow Down

Hey guys! It's time for a new wallpaper giveaway, full of good vibes, cosiness, and soothing pink and purple hues :)

It's almost December (say what?!) and when I realised that, I thought it was time for me to relax a bit more and slow down. I'm not talking about work really, because to be honest, this time of year is always a bit busy with clients wanting to get things done before Christmas (and it's great!), but I'm talking about everyday life. I love the fact that my days are buzzing with new projects to work on, but I also enjoy taking it slow in the evenings and weekends to recharge the batteries.

Although in the Summer I always feel like doing something, going outside and exploring, when Winter comes, I tend to be less eager to do all that and prefer to stay cosy in the house. I think this is mostly because passed 5.30pm it's completely dark outside ;)

This year has been a bit crazy again and I think I'm ready to relax for the last month of 2018. When thinking about the new wallpaper I wanted to create, I couldn't help but want to add a nice cup of hot chocolate with some Christmassy inspired pattern as I felt it was a good representation of December!

You'll notice that I used the same style for the steam as I did with the smoke on my Folktale illustrations. Well, what can I say, I thoroughly enjoyed creating the Folktale Week illustrations and it taught me quite a lot in the end! This challenge really helped me figure out a lot of things with my way of illustrating and I came from it feeling more confident about my work and my skills :)

Anyway! If like me, you're ready to slow down a bit, feel free to download these new wallpapers!

These wallpapers are free as usual but I would just like to remind people that they're only for personal use, thank you :)

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Wallpaper Giveaway - Cosy Autumn

It's been a while! Earlier this week, I decided I would create a nice autumnal wallpaper giveaway, but this time I thought I would ditch my usual habit of working digitally and took my paint and brushes out of the cupboard! I was a bit apprehensive, because to be honest, it's been such a long time since I'd illustrated something by hand from start to finish, mixing real paints to get the right colour I wanted, etc. But I kind of liked it and thought it wasn't so bad after all!

Instead of scanning my artwork, I thought it would be best to take photos so that I wasn't losing any details and it wouldn't look so 'flat'. It turned out so much better this way and I think I'm definitely going to carry on with photos instead of scans for this type of artwork!

What do you think? Would you like to see more of this type of painted illustration in my giveaways? Let me know!

These wallpapers are free as usual but I would just like to remind people that they're only for personal use, thank you :)

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Wallpaper Giveaway - You got this

Ok, we're well into August now and I've just realised that I haven't done a wallpaper giveaway since May (insert shocked emoji face)! I wanted to carry on with inspirational words that can give you the motivation you need with whatever is going on in your life and I thought about this quote that comes up quite regularly online: You got this.

In times when I feel overwhelmed and focus too much on negative thoughts, I always try to take a step back and look at it all in another way. I've mentioned it before in this blog, but it's been quite a few years now that I'm really working on focusing on the positive in my life. Sometimes I tell myself that everything will be alright in the end (see previous wallpaper giveaway here) but sometimes I feel that I just need my confidence back. No more doubts, no more "Am I ever going to manage?", just that determined feeling of being in control of what you're doing and undertaking.

So there you go, my way of seeing it all is to concentrate on the cool things around you and things that you love. A cat, some nice weather and cake are three of my favourite things so I had to include them in the artwork! Not to mention pastelly colours and cutesy little stars :)

I hope this one will inspire you too!

These wallpapers are free as usual but I would just like to remind people that they're only for personal use, thank you :)

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Wallpaper Giveaway - Everything will be Alright

It's been a while, I know! But I've been busy, and life happens, and so I didn't really take the time to do anything just for me until now.

I chose this quote because it actually reflects quite well how we've been feeling, and thinking, lately. France so far has been such a good experience, except for the paperwork (like I've previously said, it's hell), and after more than a year living in Bretagne, we finally feel that things are getting sorted. Jason finally has health insurance, we're sorting out our taxes, wedding plans are almost done, and the paperwork for Jason's car is underway. And that's just the most important stuff! As you can imagine, there are loads of other little things that needed to be done too (#adulting).

So since we came back from our holiday, I keep thinking "Everything will be alright in the end". And that's true. We're not the kind of people that give up on something. Even if things are hard, we carry on and do whatever we can to make it better and sort it out. So I think that's a good reminder: when things feel rubbish and you can't see the end of the tunnel, remember that eventually, if you keep working at it, it will all be fine in the end.

It's such a happy and feel good quote that I wanted to have loads of cute and colourful elements around it, so that it brings a smile on your face every time you look at your screens!

These wallpapers are free as usual but I would just like to remind people that they're only for personal use, thank you :)

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WHOLE SET // PHONE 1 // PHONE 2

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Wallpaper Giveaway - Spring (finally!)

I've been meaning to do a new wallpaper giveaway for ages now but never got around to doing it... until today! I'm a little bit late to the game but still wanted to celebrate the fact that we're officially in Spring now, after a Winter that seemed to have lasted forever. I have to say though, the heating is still on in the house because we still have bloody cold temperatures most days and I honestly hope that by April, this whole cold and gloomy weather will be over! At least I don't have snow so I can't complain too much ;)

I hope you like this new lettering I created especially for you! It was quite nice and relaxing to do something just for fun actually.

These wallpapers are free as usual but I would just like to remind people that they're only for personal use, thank you :)

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WHOLE SET // PHONE 1 // PHONE 2

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Wallpaper Giveaway - Run With It

First wallpaper giveaway of the year! I wanted this one to be quite special but had no idea what to do. I was back from my holiday slump and had no inspiration at all. Until one day when I was falling asleep, I thought about having warm cream and pink tints in wavy shapes with a dark blue circle and loads of breathing space around. And the idea was born!

I didn't do any sketches this time and went straight on Photoshop. I was basically going with the flow and it felt really good. Hence the title of the wallpaper set! I had an idea and I just ran with it to see where it would take me. The result is very different from what I usually do but I think this is why I like it so much. Hope you do too!

These wallpapers are free as usual but I would just like to remind people that they're only for personal use, thank you :)

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WHOLE SET // PHONE 1 // PHONE 2

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Wallpaper Giveaway - Winter is Here

That's it guys, it's the last day of November and we can't avoid the fact that Winter is well and truly here! It gets dark at around 5pm, there's frost on the grass when we wake up, and sometimes, you can see the cold on your breath when you're outside.

It's been a little while that I didn't do a wallpaper giveaway and I felt quite inspired to do more of an illustrative one rather than a typographic artwork like I often do. I went with a cold emerald green and decided to draw some elegant and fragile flower and leaves, along with some snow to be totally in the theme.

I secretly hope there will be some snow where we live in the thick of Winter as the whole village would look kind of magical. Plus, it doesn't matter if we can't use our car as we're working at home so as long as our internet connection is still operational (and we have enough food obviously), I'll be a happy girl!

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Wallpaper Giveaway - Create Things & Pay Bills

When Jason and I went freelance last year in the space of two months (yes, we're crazy like that), we knew everything about the challenges it involved and one of them was definitely money. Money might not make you happy, but it pays for your home, bills, food, fuel, and a bunch of useful stuff (thank god we already had our own computers before making this big move).

But because we put enough money aside to prepare for it and that our lifestyle and choices mean that we're the kind of people that don't need much, we definitely didn't want to just concentrate on money.

We're both passionate about our work and really, all we want to do since then is to create things, have happy clients, and essentially, pay our bills. We don't want to be rich, or famous, or have expensive stuff (our home is 50% pre-owned / 50% homemade), we just want to have a life that we enjoy and to put enough money aside to be able to travel from time and time and one day (very far away), buy a house.

I'm sure we're not the only designers out there who think like that so I thought I would make a set of wallpapers to represent this simple, humble thought! I started off with a simple sketch but felt that it was missing something. So when I created it digitally, I went with the flow and had fun adding little elements on the lettering and around it. Hope you like it!

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Wallpaper Giveaway - I Got You Babe

It's time for a giveaway! I've been pretty busy lately, but I really want to get back into doing more personal projects and 'working' just for fun. With everything that's happening in this mad world at the moment, I feel that we need to concentrate on the positive as much as we can.

The one thing I'm always so grateful for is that feeling of having somebody that cares about me. Knowing that there's at least one person in this world, be it a parent, a best friend, a partner, etc. that is ready to share everything with you is just amazing. I'm lucky enough to have a big loving family, really good friends I can count on, and of course, a man that means the world to me. I've realised how much he always takes care of me, no matter what I'm doing and how crazy/over-excited/loud/hysterical I can be. I keep telling him that most men would have left me after a year! Haha. Anybody else in the same situation as me?

Anyway, I wanted to celebrate that feeling and heard that old song by Sonny & Cher the other day and thought it was perfect. Plus, I thought it would be quite nice to share a gif of my process with you for once! I still do my sketches by hand before starting all my projects (professional or personal) and I'm not sure I'll ever stop!

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Wallpaper Giveaway - Summer Love

Hey guys! Were you looking forward to the next wallpaper giveaway?!

July is my birthday month, so I had to create a summer related artwork, representing my love for this sunny and warm month, filled with celebrations and long days at the beach. I always have fond memories of this particular month and even though I'm not super happy to be a year older by the 19th, any excuse to eat more cake and say that I'm wiser is good to me!

I'm going to be 28 years old guys. Now, if you've been following this blog for a while, you must know by now that to me, age is just a number and that what matters is how you feel in your head and your body. But still, this year I've felt a little bit different about my age. I think I'm realising that people see me and Jason as proper adults now... And we don't want to be!! Haha. It's funny how when I was much younger, I always felt that people around 30 years old were totally in control of their life, that they were proper adults. But now that I'm around that age, I don't see myself like that at all! In my head, I'm still 22. To be honest, I don't think it's a bad thing ;)

Anyway, I'm not going to carry on forever with this! There are obviously some highs and lows in our life but right now, I'm just feeling so lucky to be living with my favourite person in the world, doing what I love professionally, and be healthy. Here's to another year!

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