... Life has changed a bit since I last used to upload little illustrations to this blog (The Design Hive as it was once known ... and, I must say, a big thank you to those readers who have stayed with me during what has been, to say the least, a lean period in terms of posting to this blog). But now, as well as continuing to work as an illustrator, I'm also part owner of a coffee shop. A crazy, adventurous leap into the world of coffee beans, latte art and hot sandwiches-to-go ...
... My other half had had enough of 'corporate life', of crazy deadlines, impossible policies and bosses with more alpha testosterone than alligators, so we decided to make the move and make a change, to take a leap into the unknown and try something new, something to make our own ... So here we are, running our own little coffee shop in a very old town by a railway station in the middle of England ... it comes with it's fair share of challenges (what doesn't) but so far so good ...
... So with that change comes a change in what I would now like to now share with you, my readers. I'd like this place to be somewhere to share snippets of this new coffee shop life, of the journey we're on, of illustration projects on-the-go, of finished products and of creative, practical how-to's ... and to begin this journey I'm posting a little video of the very beginning, of where we were & how things looked inside the shop just a few weeks ago ... I hope you'll watch this blog-space, stay tuned and join me as we embark on this next adventure ... xx
