Santa in the Shadows, memories of Christmas

I’ve been drawing book themed stickers that somehow took on a whole life of their own and turned into a whole front room – currently, it’s Christmas and Santa is here. Can you spot him though? I spent hours on this today and my kid hates it, lol. I like I though. It stays.

I ran out a copy of this for myself and I think it might be one of my favourite things ever. I don’t know, it just kind of brings me right back to the 1970s, I was a kid, my parents were invincible, Christmas trees were artificial tinsel contraptions, although my mum always had a real one as well, and everything was good. It’s just the very sort of escapism that I need more and more these days. When the world feels fragile, and you don’t have all the answers, it’s nice to have good memories.

I am working up a series of images – the first batch are already on my Etsy store – they feature cozy reading spots, aka sofas. The second batch are in production, as are the stickers…still – they will probably end up being the last thing..