Its's a jungle in here!

Background Illustration for my Twitter page I wanted to take the time to thank all my followers of this blog, my Facebook page and on my Twitter page . I recently revived my Facebook page and am now putting up posts on what I am doing during my day. If anyone wants to follow me on Facebook or Twitter it would be much appreciated. At least I won't feel I am writing posts to myself! It is always nice to know there are a few people out there interested in what I have to say. I am also interested in what you have to say so please feel free to write on my wall, or post a message on my Twitter page. It is a lonely old world as an artist, so, please let me know what you are doing on your Blog, Facebook or Twitter.

I woke this morning to a lovely email from a gentleman in Peru, Ricardo. Ricardo entered my competition for a zebra print and won one for his niece, Micaela. Here is Ricardo and his niece with my zebra print, isn't it nice that they took the time to take a photo and send to me? I hope Micaela enjoys her print!

Boat Trip Birth announcement print When I started to create my prints to sell I didn't realise I would develop such a large online shop. At the time I was torn between selling wholesale into shops or selling directly to my customers online. My online presence developed organically and felt a very natural way to sell my products but when I started I did approach a few retailers and online shops. One lady who ran a very nice shop called SimplyBaby.ie really loved my work, at this stage I only had a few prints on offer and we set up a meeting to look at them. She turned me on to the idea of personalising my art. I knew that this was popular in America but didn't think of it for the Irish market, which at the time was the market I was focusing on. I now sell my art worldwide, how things change! Jungle Fun Birth Announcement Print This was the beginning of my birth announcement prints, they are a lovely gift for a newborn. You can add baby's name, date of birth, weight, mum...

Home It is always nice to return home after a holiday though I feel like I have been treading water for the past week. I went straight into getting my orders out that had mounted up over my holidays and renovating our new house at the same time! We plan to move in August, so I have been working on my online shop and house renovation. Our house project is particularly exciting for me as I will have a new art studio in it. At the moment I work from two places, an art studio where I paint and a packing studio where I pack my orders do admin and computer work etc, etc. I feel my working life is a bit fragmented and can't wait to have everything in one place. I will post some photos when my studio is finished. I am having a good sale on both my sites at the moment CarlaDaly.com and CarlaDaly.co.uk I hope you time to have a look.