New Week, New Artist

Hey Little Lemon Lovers, thanks for coming back for another Monday feature: New Week, New Artist (or New Artist, New Week - say it however you want to!). If you missed last week's feature, you can see it here.


We are now on our fourth week (already!), and today I am introducing you to Helen, who runs two wonderful etsy shops, HMSDesign and FFFlowers. Both shops are wonderful, but I'm going to focus on what made me find Helen in the first place, her amazing funky fabric flowers. I just love the creativity and fun that goes into each of Helen's fabric flowers, and I love the buttons in the center, they are delightful.


Without further introduction, here's Helen!

Hello, my name is Helen and I love to create! I have tried many things in my time; dressmaking, knitting, crochet, quilting, embroidery, if its textile related I have probably had a go at it.

I live on the Wirral peninsula in NW England – I’m very lucky, it’s a great place to live with beautiful sea views and sunsets. If you are a golf fan we had the British Open here in 2006 - we had unusually hot and dry weather for it!

I first discovered etsy nearly 2 years ago through reading craft blogs. I was at home having given up work (in IT) to spend more time with my 2 sons, and looking for something to do with myself. After 6 months or so I plucked up the courage to open my first shop HMSDesign where I sell seashore inspired mixed media art, cards and handmade journals.

I soon realised that the photographing/listing took up a crazy amount of time and to have a shop that was in any way sustainable I would have to make some repeatable products. So I just carried on experimenting until I came up with my flowers. It took a fair bit of trying to get them just right and also to decide on the yarns to use; some which look as if they will be good just don’t work at all. And at the beginning of this year I opened FFFlowers and so far, so good!

For the future , I think there will be more and bigger flowers, and who knows what else? I don’t, yet…

Thank you so much, Helen, for being part of lemon drop studio's New Week, New Artist! Please go pay Helen's shops a visit, and then you can thank me later!


My lovely lemons, thank you so much for coming back again! I hope you guys are enjoying all the wonderful features. They have been so much fun to do, and make Mondays a little more exciting! You know, something to look forward too! I'll see you all again soon! Thanks for reading!

New Week, New Artist

Hey Little Lemon Lovers, thanks for coming back for another Monday feature: New Artist, New Week. If you missed last week's feature, you can see it here. We are now on our third week (hooray!), and today I am introducing you to Tanya and her business The Dirty Housewife. How can you not be intrigued by such a fun name, right?!


I met Tanya and The Dirty Housewife Etsy Shop a little while ago when Tanya ordered some of my scallops from lemon drop studio's shop to use with her packaging of the neatest soaps ever. I was hooked - she's too much fun not to feature, and her soaps are so beautiful and the scents - they have something for everyone! Enough of me, and more of Tanya of The Dirty Housewife...

I am a mother of a bitchy almost teenager (whom I truly adore), an ambitiously creative "stay at home mom" and a Dirty House Wife. My background is in the Beauty Industry, Herbology, and Photography + Arts.

I live with my husband, our daughter, 2 cats and 2 birds on the coast of New Hampshire. I am often sarcastic, I laugh A LOT, and would be lost as a human without animals. I think Fun is super Fun, my hands are always clean. I confess, I am a soap junkie, I cannot get enough. Ever. I think one of the best things in life to share are soaps, they just make people happy!

Thank you so much for coming back again! I hope you guys are enjoying all the wonderful features. They have been so much fun to do, and make Mondays a little more exciting! You know, something to look forward too! I'll see you all again soon! Thanks for reading! Don't forget to go visit The Dirty Housewife's shop, you'll be glad you did!

New Artist, New Week

Hey Lemon Heads, thanks for coming back for another Monday feature: New Artist, New Week. If you missed last week's feature, you can see it here. We are now on our second week, and today I am introducing you to the lovely Bridgett and her business Perideau Designs.

I am a huge fan of Perideau Designs, and have been immensely pleased by the quality of stationery and by Bridgett's warmth, friendliness and creativity. Let's stop with my babble and introduce Bridgett of Perideau Designs and her amazing work.

Hi there! I'm Bridgett, owner of Perideau Designs, a small stationery business run from my home studio in central Connecticut. I create stationery, favor tags, and prints that are simple + uncluttered yet fun + light-hearted. I am inspired by modern interior design, architecture, and random things. A note book is always with me to jot down any ideas I come up with when away from my computer.

When I'm not wearing the hat of entrepreneur, I am a wife, mother, daughter, and sister (not necessarily in that order) who loves vanilla bean ice cream with caramel and rainbow sprinkles, Steve Urkel, and shopping (who doesn't?). I love sleeping, although I don't get enough with a 17-month old running around, eating, and working out.

If you'd like more Perideau Designs information and fun, please check out the Perideau Designs Blog for more amazing eye candy and paper treats!

New Week, New Artist

I have decided that this blog needs to showcase some of the wonderful Etsy shops that I come across and in contact with. I will feature a different Etsy shop each Monday, with a post called 'New Week, New Artist', showing you guys a few fun goodies from their shop and a little ditty about the shop owner. What a perfect way to start a Monday, right?!

This Monday we're starting off with one of my favorites... SparklePaw. I have purchased the cutest cards from Leslie of SparklePaw and not only did I love the cards, but Leslie was really fun to work with. Her shop is full of fun greeting cards and recipe cards designed by herself and fun pocket mirrors to give as gifts or to throw in your purse, gym bag, car and more. All her designs are adorable and FUN! And if you want one of her card designs printed as a print to hang, contact her... they are wonderful, and I have a few I want done as prints to add to my studio. This is a personal fave right here.

So, without further introduction, here's Leslie from SparklePaw:

I am a mostly self-taught graphic designer living in San Diego, CA and SparklePaw is a new adventure for me. The illustrated greeting cards, pocket mirrors and recipe cards are inspired by my love of bright colors, sweet animals and cute things, as well as my time spent in Japan as a girl - where everything is adorable! SparklePaw is a happy land filled with whimsical, light-hearted and oh-so-sweet animals and creatures. Couldn't we all use a little bit of that right now?