Went to stay with some friends in LA at the weekend and spent an afternoon in their lovely back yard.
Summer the dog, an adorable labradoodle, helped me with my watercolour sketch...
Long live the sunshine!
LA
Huntington Library teapot
I designed a lovely garden toile for the Huntington Library and Gardens in Pasadena a while ago, and it's been used on a gorgeous parasol (see my previous post) but now it's also available on a teaset.
The printing is beautiful and the fine bone china is delightfully delicate on both the teapot and the two teacups that come with it. 
The design is based on their famous Japanese garden, the rose walk, and the fantastic California succulent and cactii gardens. If you haven't been there, I really recommend it! You can buy the teaset on their online store here.
Marc's wedding
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We attended our friends Marc & Liz's wedding at the weekend, which was a beautiful, sparkly, glamourous event in downtown Los Angeles.
I sat to one side, and had a wonderful view of all the pretty bridesmaids, and loved the way they all had the same dress, and yet managed to look individual.
My favourite sketch of the evening is this one of the bride and groom cutting the cake, it really makes me happy!
We sat at a table full of wonderful people, surrounded by glittering glass and soft lights in the trees.
Congratulations Marc & Liz! Happy days to follow...
Huntington Library
The Huntington Library, near LA, is a beautiful botanical gardens and art gallery/museum. I recently designed an exclusive toile pattern for them, to use on a variety of products to sell in their new museum store, which has just opened. This lovely paper parasol, with wooden handle, is available now!
When I was commissioned for this project, I visited the gardens, took photographs and did sketches...
and then designed this repeat toile featuring many of the elements I saw there. I especially loved the Japanese bridge, the rose gardens and the cactus gardens.
The parasol has been featured in Romantic Homes magazine.
It's available to buy in the museum store or online here. Look out for more products with this pattern, coming soon!