There’s something that always makes me sad about knackered old vehicles up on bricks, and I usually have the uncontrollable urge to want to rescue them. At the top of my most wanted list sits an ice cream van, a vehicle that consistently puts smiles on faces as it pumps out happy tunes and tasty treats. I’d quite like one in the front room, maybe as an office, but Twinkle said no.

My dad was an ice cream man once – I blame him for all this.

From top to bottom: Just In Case, Snailville, Traveller and Multistorey Snailpark. A homage to the wonder of our favourite molluscs.

Twinkle has been busy with a range of super-long-legged characters, this being the first to see the light of day. My theory about her obsession with such tall characters is because she herself so vertically challenged). Once we have our amazing new Gocco up and running, we’ll probably print a whole shed load of these off and try to get them in the shops. Failing that, we’ll use them whenever friends go ‘pop’.

Another crazy collection – this time cakes! We quite often go to the little French cake shop in the Rocks, and spend ages picking one to enjoy with a pot of tea. This collection of cakes is clearly inspired by going there!

We’ve just uploaded The Butchers Daughter to Threadless! Vote for her here!! Also, whilst we’re on the subject of The Butchers Daughter, we can report that whilst eating amazingly good vegetarian food today for lunch, that we came up with plans for another 3 similarly themed illustrations…. watch this space!

We thought we’d re-launch Corabella… we first re-discovered Corabella back in 2005, and since then, she’s sat quietly, waiting for some action. This year, we’ve promised ourselves we’ll do more with Corabella and Mash the dog, so look out for her soon! Click the image above, or the ad at the top of the page to see more of Corabella.