Who can resist a Jellybean? Another lovely commission...

I am now officially allowed to 'blog' about my latest commission, as it is safely in the hands of the recipient!

I was recently asked to make a picture to be given as a gift at a baby shower, for a special mummy-to-be (and baby-to-be).  The order came all the way from South Africa, from a very caring sister, and soon to be Auntie!! I was given the brief "something bright and fun, and it needs to include the name "Jellybean", as this is the given name  at the moment for the baby-to-be.

So, here it is...
I wanted to make something that would 'grow' with the baby, and thought it would be a nice touch to have a bit of 'Englishness' in to it by including the toadstalls. I purposefully kept it light and fresh, so it will go with any colour scheme, picking out little elements of colour throughout.

By now, if you read this blog regularly, you'll know I have a bit of an obsession with bugs, and I know most children do too. So, I included a bumble bee, and used him (or her) to help me spell out the name 'Jellybean' - I think he did well, don't you?

I would like to send Mummy & Daddy-to-be and Jellybean my very best wishes, I hope you have many, many years of love and laughter together!

 

This is how it looked when it was carefully packaged up into a bubblewrap envelope (it has another layer of bubblewrap underneath the tissue paper).

Have a great day!