Wednesday 28 December 2016

Berlin

A short but sweet visual diary of our three day stay in Berlin visiting Christmas markets and some tourist areas. 

Weihnachts Zauber
Christmas Market
Reichstag
Brandenburg Gate
Monkey Bar, top floor.
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Thursday 10 November 2016

Christmas Card Creations

Just a quick post with an update of some of this Christmas cards I've been creating.
I've decided to sell them for £2 each or a pack of mix and match cards for £10.
For any enquiries about these cards please feel free to email me at - eviewarddesigns@outlook.com
I'm also doing personalised christmas cards,

Please feel free to leave any comments!
Evie
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Wednesday 26 October 2016

Competition time - win a FREE print

For your chance to win one of these prints all you have to do is click on the link below, share it on Facebook and Like my design page - Evie Ward Designs.

https://www.facebook.com/eviewarddesigns/

The winner will be announced on the 1st December, just in time for Christmas!

The link you need to share ...

https://www.facebook.com/eviewarddesigns/photos/pcb.310241702692583/310241282692625/?type=3&theater

Competition closes: 30th November
Winner announced: 1st December
Prize: signed print

Good luck everyone!

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Evie
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Thursday 20 October 2016

Personalised Puppy Portraits

Recently I have been taking a few commissions for some Puppy Portraits which I have really loved doing because anyone that knows me knows how much I love dogs. For now I have only been asked to do dog portraits but I would love to do portraits of pets of any kinds. I would also love to experiment with different media too not just pencil.
Please let me know in the comments if you would be interesting in purchasing a personalised pet portrait or you can email me with any enquiries about commissions or prices at - eviewarddesigns@outlook.com

Some of the recent personalised puppy portraits -

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Evie
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Sunday 16 October 2016

Liverpool

Here are some photos from a recent trip to Liverpool, we stayed there for two nights and I'm really glad we did because it gave us the opportunity to go on the Magical Mystery Tour on one of the days. The Magical Mystery Tour is a Beatles tour around Liverpool and I can't recommend it enough. It really gives you the opportunity to see a lot of Liverpool in a short amount of time with a guided tour of Beatles highlights around Liverpool. You also get the chance to get off the coach around four or five times within the two hour trip to see some particular Beatles highlights if you choose to. Some of the highlights of the tour for me were definitely visiting Penny Lane, Strawberry Fields, John Lennon's home and Paul McCartney's home, which I have included photos of below.

The link to book on the Magical Mystery Tour Liverpool - http://www.cavernclub.org/the-magical-mystery-tour/


Strawberry Fields
The Cavern
Almost Famous Restaurant 
John Lennons home
Paul McCartney 
The street George Harrison grew up on and also the false name he would often use at hotels - Arnold Grove.
Penny Lane
If you have any questions about this post or the places we visited on this trip please feel free to leave any comments!
Evie
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Monday 26 September 2016

London

Just a quick post with some photos from a recent trip to London, we went for two days and fit quite a lot in considering. Some of the places we visited - Harrods, Liberty London, Covent Garden, V & A Museum,  Sketch Bar, Madison Rooftop Bar and Portobello Road in Notting Hill.
My favourite place we visited was definitely Sketch Bar which I can't recommend enough. I've been a couple of times now and it never fails to amaze me, I definitely would recommend ringing them and booking before hand rather than just walking in as it can get so busy and you might not get a table.
Another favourite was definitely Madison Rooftop Bar which we happened to find by chance, such an amazing view and the prices are really reasonable. Let me know in the comments if you've been to any of these places and what you thought of them!

Harrods
Covent Garden
Liberty London
V & A Museum
Be At One Covent Garden
Sketch Bar
Five Guys Covent Garden
Madison Rooftop Bar
Portobello Road, Notting Hill
All photos are my own so please don't use them without permission from me first.
If you have any questions about any of the places I visited please feel free to email me at -
eviewarddesigns@outlook.com
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Tuesday 6 September 2016

Bedroom Transformation

My bedroom is such an important place for me as I spend a lot of my free time in it - sleeping or relaxing - and its always been so important to me to make it as nice as I could possibly afford to. But recently over the past few months of finishing university, travelling around the west coast of America and starting a new job, I really let my bedroom become a bit of a mess. One of the biggest problems with how my bedroom looked before I decorated was the smoke damage left from lighting candles in my room. Because my room is so small and three out of four of the walls were white there was a lot of black smoke damage across the ceiling and around the window frame where the smoke from my candles had drifted up which was really noticeable. I have never really considered myself to light a lot of candles or a lot but this was the only realistic explanation I could think of for the dark marks (see in photos below). I'm now in a more of a comfortable routine with my new job and have a bit more spare time so I decided to take action with my dad and decorate my bedroom. Before I do anything in life I create a Pinterest board, this is so important to do for me, because I feel I tend to dive into things head first without really thinking too much about how it will all look together - some of my past bedroom wallpaper/paint choices have been extremely questionable. Some of my Pinterest inspiration...




Image sources from left to right:

Photos by Brooke Holm for Arro Home, styling by Marsha Golemacwww.welltravelledwife.com
Photos by Brooke Holm for Arro Home, styling by Marsha Golemac

The 'before' images of my bedroom -

As you can see in the images theres a lot of dark smoke damage around the side of the window on the white window wall. The fourth wall that isn't visible in the pictures is just my built in mirrored wardrobe which I forgot to take photos of because it won't be changing during this process, but I will take photos of that in my after photos so that you can see the room as a whole. 


The 'after' images of my bedroom -



The fourth wall of my room is a double mirrored wardrobe and is pretty much the entire length of this wall!


Little details of my room from left to right:

  • Candle holder - New Look
  • Soap wrapped in lemon paper - www.erbariotoscano.it
  • Vase and flowers - B and M
  • Small plant - New Look
  • Black box - gift

More details from my room -

  • Candle - gift
  • Pineapple candle holder - gift
  • Light box - New Look
  • Lamp - Wilkos
  • Love heart box - B and M

The prints in my room - 
From left to right:
  • www.etsy.com (I just searched 'gold foil eat well, travel often print')
  • The orange flower framed is my own illustration which I sell as a print, for commissions like this or something a bit different, email me at eviewarddesigns@outlook.com
  • www.etsy.com (I searched 'the world is your oyster print')
I don't think my room will ever be completed fully because I'm always going to be buying more things and changing it up every few weeks, but for now I am so so happy with this current colour scheme and the white walls allowing me to change it up when ever I feel like it. I love how fresh and clean it feels and I can't believe how bad I let it get before now!

If you've recently done a post about decorating a bedroom let me know in the comments because I would love to read about it and see some before and after photos!
Please feel free to leave any comments,
Evie 
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