Springtime & Books...

...and more colouring.

I love books!

I was brought up to enjoy and look after my books and I have an amazing collection of hardback, paperback, fiction and non-fiction books. I also love art and although I have never been one able to sit down with a blank page and create something totally out of my head; art was one of my best subjects at school and I wasn't bad at sketching.

In 1977, I had been at work for about two years when the media were full of the fact that a book was being released containing a reproduction of Edith Holden's nature diary - The Country Diary of an Edwardian Lady...

...as you can see from this snap of my book shelves, it wasn't to be the only book published containing this lady's wonderful artwork.
The Country Diary of an Edwardian Lady was one of my first 'grown-up' book purchases...

...and despite it being well read, it looks almost as it did when I first brought it home.

Books are treasures and should be treated as such.

Ignacio (Nicecrane Designs) has recently released a lot of Springtime image sheets, amongst them have been some Edith Holden images which are all wonderful but...

...when he asked me to work with this sheet, I couldn't say no. The images are in the same style...

...just look at these cute little bunnies and what about this one...

 ...this image is adorable and I just had to make a start.

If you would like to grab this design sheet, it can be found here. (**link to be added**)

My little 'Hedgie' still needs to be coloured but I already have an idea how I'm going to use the image once finished. Do pop back to see what I come up with.

If you would like some more Spring/Easter inspiration, hop on over to the Nicecrane blog to see what the DT have been creating........................................................................