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So as I'm working on getting all the orders from the Blenheim and Wisley Christmas Shows out, I thought about how lovely it is that the Xmas purchases were tailored perfectly for the recipient. Many of my customers who know my products well, came to buy Dragons for a friend who loves Fantasy Novels and Game of Thrones, including prints, cushions, mugs, coasters and greetings cards. I also have them as Table Mats.Of course there are other wildlife options......like Lions and Tigers and Bears! Or They chose Table Mats for a sister who commented on how lovely the set was...

Time to be posting those 'Other Side of the Country' and 'International' Christmas Gifts? Want something that will fit in an envelope with a Christmas Card? Also want it to be beautiful and useful? Tired of gimmicky tat? ME TOO! As usual I produced a range of Small Gift Items because I wanted and needed items small enough to post abroad to friends and family in a jiffy envelope. I like all my products to be both useful and beautiful....things I would like to receive myself. So to start with I have my range of Glasses Cases and Phone Covers,...

So the Leaves are beginning to take on their amazing golden hue. For those of you who have bought my Autumn Leaves Paintings will know that I have in the past almost crashed my car staring in wonderment as the sun lights up the changing leaves of Autumn. Maybe that is why I like painting bespoke pieces so much, for if certain colours evoke memories, feelings or I just feel good around them... then there must be colours that do the same for others. For my customers it is often the second painting they purchase that will be a bespoke...

Andrew and Tracey Thatcher live in Surrey. Andrew is self-employed and creates Exhibition stands and Tracey is an exams coordinator. Both love greyhounds and after just losing one they are waiting for the right time for another greyhound to join their family.     Meikie Designs was interested in finding out the reasons behind their many purchases and asked Annie Dixon from Writing and Blogging to discover more about the original paintings they have bought and which have now taken up residence in their home in Guildford.    How did you hear about Meikie Designs?     We first met Meikie and...

I Love my Garden. Not because I'm a great gardener, I'm not, but just knowing I have a lovely private place to sit and enjoy nature is important to me. The thrill every year when there is a Throbbing Buzz in the air..... and what must be thousands of Bees have taken over the Laburnum Tree when it Flowers. Letting my Buddliea get enormous just because it will be covered in butterflies. The simplest things the Sounds,  Birdsong of course but the best of all... the wind rustling the leaves on the trees. So I think it was inevitable that...