Bringing things a bit more up to date…

A few weeks ago it was my sister’s fiancé’s birthday. I settled upon the idea of a zombie party for his card. I am not accustomed to drawing humans, let alone living dead ones. But there you go:

For Easter, I set myself a new project. I had bought a silicon chocolate mould with the intention of making fancy chocolates, but after a failed attempt I had to consider ways to utilise it so that the money wouldn’t go to waste. Cake. I baked little heart-shaped cakes in the mould, in various flavours, coated them in chocolate, decorated them and boxed them up for my family. Firstly, we have the chocolates themselves:

Then, there were the boxes. I was distinctly lacking in the appropriate craft materials, but I made the best with what I did have. Each person was given a selection card so they could pick their own. The box was inspired by vintage and retro packaging:

A closer look at the cover:

BAD DAUGHTER

… and bad blogger. I am not particularly good at updating, just as I am not an especially prolific artist-type. Although, my mind seems to be a busy, buzzy hive of ideas at the moment, which end up jotted on scraps of paper on my bed side table. Maybe someday they will come to fruition. At the moment I am gearing up for Easter, which is quite time-consuming (going to be doing some making and baking).

Anyway, back to my main point… This is one of my most recent pictures - a Mother’s Day card. I was a bit of a bad daughter and she didn’t get the card until the day after. Oops! I think she appreciated it though, as it remains on the mantelpiece even now.

(I still have a fondness for stripes)

I come forth soliciting your advice. Lots of you, whom I admire, have considerably more experience in this field than I do, and I hope that you might indulge me by offering a little feedback. My relatives have been suggesting that I begin printing and selling my card designs for years now, and I have seemingly relented. As I have mentioned, I am a relatively unsure sort of individual, and so I am questioning this enterprise on various accounts:

• Firstly, the name - Quaint Fancies? Good? Bad?
• Banner - any good?
• But, most importantly, do you think that anyone would even buy my artwork (in card format)? How can I improve and amend them? Samples:

(All my designs are coming out exceedingly twee recently)

I would be incredibly grateful for any kind of advice that you could give to me.

Thank you xxx