You Sexy Mother in the Community

Well, I have been a bit out of it for the last couple of months with regards to my blog. We had a terrible month with our little girl having to go into hospital with a nasty ankle joint infection, but are now finally getting back on track, and I have lots of new ideas to share!

First of all I would like to share some work I have been doing for You Sexy Mother in the Community, a not-for-profit organisation which aims to provide a community for new mums in particular, through events inspired by the You Sexy Mother books by Jodie Hedley-Ward. The first event will be on the Sunshine Coast on Saturday 26th March 2011. Anyway, I was asked to design some graphics for their Facebook page which should be uploaded any day soon, but here's a sneak peek at what it will look like... all very exciting!

A perfect Sunday treat

Having lived in the heart of the UK for most of my life, a trip to the seaside was always considered a big treat to us as children. However, since moving to the Coast and starting our family here in Australia, a trip to the city has sort of become my new treat. So, yesterday we excitedly packed up our car in anticipation of a day in Brisbane. It was one of those perfect Queensland Winter days, sunny and warm but not blistering, spent drinking lattes, eating ice creams and browsing the craft markets at South Bank (ok, that last one my partner decided to sit out). Which is where I picked up this gorgeous vintagey fabric from a stall called Voodoo Rabbit. I have no idea what to use it for but I loved it for the illustrations which reminded me of favourite dolly dress up books from my childhood. It will probably go into my inspiration box for now, as I can't bear to cut it up. If anyone has any ideas, let me know!

A sneak peek at Mollycoddled™...

For the last few weeks I have been working on a project for a new baby product with Marlies from Mollycoddled™. It is so exciting to be involved in the design at the beginning stages of a new business! Here is a sneak peek at the new website. I won't give away anything else at this stage, but watch this space for the launch - I am sure you will be hearing a lot more from Mollycoddled™ in the future!

You Sexy Mother goes live!

Hi there! Ok, I opened this blog a week ago, and ever since then I have been trying to decide what to post as my first ever blog. It was going to be something witty, yet inspirational, full of moments over the last week that have inspired me in my quest for great and beautiful design. Something that someone somewhere would want to read! I have now thought about it far too much and have too many possible perfect first blogs flying around my head to mention!

However, today I have some very exciting first blog worthy news to share! The new You Sexy Mother website designed by Mookoo Design has gone live today. Any mums out there who are already familiar with the You Sexy Mother books by Jodie Hedley-Ward will know that she is revolutionising today's busy mums with her life-changing approach to motherhood (and on top of all that she is a pretty cool mum herself too!).

Anyway, this website has kind of been my baby (no.3!) for the last couple of months and while I haven't actually had to change its nappy or soothe teething pains, it has certainly kept me up at night. By that I mean that my ideas always seem to come to me late at night when everyone else in the house is sleeping peacefully and the silence is music to my fingertips! This has become my special time to design and create and put down on paper (or computer) all those ideas that are flying around my head the rest of the time!

Check out the new You Sexy Mother website at www.yousexymother.com.au - I would love to hear what you think! (And check out the Follow Your Bliss blog for an article about Mookoo Design!) Thanks to Jodie for the opportunity to work with you on such an amazing project!