Alice in Wonderland

These are the fabulous new pictures released today from Tim Burton's new rendition of one of my favourite films Alice in Wonderland. A stella cast including Johnny Depp as the Mad Hatter and Helena Bonham Carter as a very freaky looking Red Queen.The story is a sequel to the original with Alice, 17, attending a party at a Victorian estate only to find she is about to be proposed to in front of hundreds of people. So off she runs, following a white rabbit into a hole and ending up in Wonderland, a place she visited 10 years before but doesn't remember.It's out in 2010 and I can't wait! To see more pictures and the full story go to USA Today.

Tissue envy

Kleenex is about to launch a seriously cute range of tissues with packaging designed by Buddy Creative. The three designs - lip prints, lip sticks and flip flops - were designed to appeal to three different age groups of women. They identified Peaches Geldolf as the inspiration behind the 16-24 year olds, Nigella Lawson as the 25-44 year olds and Judi Dench as the over 45 year old group. Perfect for clutching in your hands for tearful airport greetings!

Geek Chic

The postman delivered me a fab dose of 'Geek Chic' today in the form of The IT Girl's Guide to Blogging with Moxie! Written by Joelle Reeder and Katherine Scoleri (The Moxie Girls at Moxie Design Studios) it is a gorgeous guide to the sometimes bemusing 'back end' world of blogging - much more than just the pretty stuff!! Having said that my favourite chapter title so far is Blog Frosting: Make your Blog Sparkle with a Little Bling. I am just off to make myself a Cosmolito (created by Lena of Cheeky Lotus and featured in the book) and get down and geeky... http://moxiedesignstudios.com/

How amazing are Dita Von Teese's shoes?

Bulwick Village Dog Poster

I have finally finished the dog poster for our local village Dog Show and I'm quite pleased with it! I've also done a blog for them at http://www.bulwickdogshow.blogspot.com/ if you want to take a look!

Another girl at play

I have just come across this fantastic blog (via Keri Smith's book Living Out Loud) and wanted to share it. It's full of inspiring, creative and very talented women and tells each of their stories along their creative journey. Worth a look if you're feeling a bit jaded or stuck...

http://www.anothergirlatplay.com/

Blog Banner

I have just finished my new blog banner - I'm really pleased with it although I think I will add some more 'sparkle' to it tomorrow!

Creative Review - London Life in CR June

Creative Review - London Life in CR June

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"It was the magazine of Swinging London, put together by a 'dream team' of the top editorial talent of the day. Burt Bacharach even wrote a song in its honour. Why then did London Life die so young? By Patrick Burgoyne

Alice in Wonderland quote

Alice laughed. "There's no use trying," she said: "one can't believe impossible things." "I daresay you haven't had much practice," said the Queen. "When I was your age, I always did it for half-an-hour a day. Why, sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast." (Through the Looking Glass, Chapter 5)

Try and spend half an hour every day thinking the impossible - it's great fun once you've thought of something suddenly it doesn't seem quite so improbable...

Living life creatively

In between jobs and meetings today I have been taking some time out to do some of the fabulous excercises in Keri Smith's book "Living Out Loud - Activities to Fuel a Creative Life". I have been a fan of Keri's for a long time and a friend gave me this book for my birthday - truly the perfect gift!

Take a look at her blog http://www.kerismith.com/blog/index.html for some fantastic ideas for fuelling your own natural creative ability.

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Contact

If you would like to talk to me about doing some design work then please email me at wonderland@thescarletpawprint.com. Or you can visit my Etsy Shop.

daisy loves...

I am also one half of daisy loves... a collaberation between me and my partner in crime Lesley-Anne who is a professional photographer. We created daisy loves... to indulge our love of all things unique and beautiful - either handmade by us or created by our friends. We live in the same picture postcard village in England and have a combined total of seven dogs! We are currently in the process of setting up daisy loves... and our blog follows our journey from conception to first collection and beyond.We hope you'll join us for our journey!

Etsy Store

The Scarlet Wonderland Etsy Store is coming soon http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=7547429

About

The Scarlet Wonderland was set up Nicola, a designer and ex-PR, in May 2009. After working in PR for some of the UK's biggest brand names for over 15 years, Nicola started her own design business The Scarlet Paw Print in 2007.

The Scarlet Paw Print has numerous clients ranging from PR agencies to small entrepeneurs and local businesses. Work includes creative idea generation, presentation design and website design.

The Scarlet Wonderland was conceived in May 2009 to focus primarily on work for individuals and those running their own blogs as well as craft, fashion or jewellry shops and businesses. Services include banner design, avatar and button design, blog and website design and desktop wallpaper design showing your logo and products. Nicola can also design logos, business cards and other stationary.

Based in a thatched cottage studio in the English countryside, all work is done remotely online either via email or telephone. Requests can be made directly through the Contact page or you can see our ready-made items in our Etsy Shop.