A n z u

It is quite a few years now since I bought this dress on ebay. The seller was called the greetingcardlady, so I mentioned that I did cards t...

It has been a long pause from blogging indeed thanks to a truly vicious cold, but hopefully everything is back on track and I have lots t...

With the danger of overwhelming you with yet more blossoms, there are a lot of beautiful window displays in London at the moment that are si...

I can hardly believe that five days has gone by without adding to the blog, but it has been pretty hectic as I have been finishing the off...

As mentioned before on my blog, I have recently done work for Wellicious including them using my shop shelves image for a Fashion tea that t...

Why not use one of these noticeboards to display cards in your shop?  I have used this one in trade shows for years and it always draws at...

Here are a couple of photographs of the new anzu office, which I can hardly believe is nearly done after four days intensive work on it. I e...

We have just updated the anzu website www.anzu.co.uk with all the new stuff! Please pay us a visit!

Having to work on getting the new office together, I am finding myself drawn to the whole idea of the Victorian artist's studio at the ...

Above is a little picture of the new office, which we have literally just moved into. It's got good light, is a reasonable size and ha...

Around this time, the birds around my flat get incredibly noisy, which I find amazing considering I live in central London. I don't ...

Hooray!! One hour less sleep last night, but the start of British summer time (if that's not a contradiction in itself). Here's ho...

I just realised that I hadn't mentioned on my blog about my lovely trip to Seville over Easter. It was totally wonderful from the Semana...

We've been busy trying to think of display ideas at anzu, so to continue with our blogs on this theme, why not use a desk, or jeweller...

As you may know I love Chinoiserie, and I always think of anzu illustrations as being essentially English but influenced by Asian design be ...

I love Easter, finally winter feels like it is at an end, I really like all the spring colours of mauve and sunny yellow, and shops like Fo...

To continue with our display idea posts, why not use teddy bears to hold our teddy bears' picnic card, or to display children's card...

I have been eagerly waiting for Atonement to come out on dvd, not because I especially liked the film, but because I love the interiors and ...

Looking through my books for inspiration this weekend, I pulled out my book of Hans Andersen stories, which had also been my Dad's when...

We thought for all buyers out there, it would be fun to come up with some different ways to display cards in your shop. Doing trade shows my...

Just putting my work in a folder to go to the scanners, and thought I'd post a little selection of some of the paintings I did in Cor...

I have been on a little working holiday in Cornwall the past few days. I totally love Cornwall, whether it's the rugged almost beautifu...

I might not have actually found my new office yet, but that hasn't stopped me decorating it (in my head anyway). My home is neutral and...

To celebrate the March paperback release of Bringing up Baby by Daisy Goodwin with anzu drawings and lettering on the cover, and packed full...

I would like to say Happy Mother's Day to my Mum, whom some of you may have met at some of the trade shows and who is also my agent in t...

I always keep notebooks (really visual diaries) full of images I like, written ideas and descriptions, and little sketches. I find them in...

I love books published by PIE. Unfortunately, they are expensive but they have so many great, inspiring graphic and packaging designs in the...

I popped down the road to lunch with my friend Julia today and we couldn't help but stop by at the Hummingbird bakery on Portobello road...

For those of you who have been asking, anzu means apricot in Japanese. I love apricots, apricot blossoms (which are pink or white) and I lo...