Anna Rae

Hello everyone! I wanted to share a little update on what I’ve been working on so far this year, along with a few new pieces I’ve just added to the shop. I can’t believe it’s May already and I am only just getting around to posting this; I really am terrible. Anyway, let’s get on with the update before I blink and it’s July! Let’s go! So what have I been working on, you ask? So far this year I have been working on a few things at once but my main focus has been my Caravan Ma

Hello everyone! Ok, so I know this update is VERY VERY late, but I thought better late than never, right? I was uploading a video I recorded from February this year (yes, I know it's May!), and I found another video from October of last year, and I thought I'd upload that too, why not! Anyway, let’s get on with the update before I forget to finish this blog or get distracted by a new Sims expansion pack. Not that that has ever happened. So what was this update about? Well, I

Hello everyone! In my latest YouTube video, I gave you all a HUGE planner sticker shop update and I wanted to follow it up here on the blog for those of you who prefer reading (or who like a bit more detail alongside the video!). Let’s jump right in... At the start of the year, I decided it was finally time to finish two sticker kits that had been sitting in my brain (and in my sketchbook!) for almost two years. They just needed to get done and out there and I’m so excited to

Hello! It’s officially the end of summer, kids are back at school and the weather has turned. Every year I tell myself I am going to make a start on Halloween and Christmas products earlier, I’ll spend the summer getting ready and be super organised, it never happens. Having said that, I have definitely been more on the ball this year and managed to get all my existing Halloween and Christmas stickers updated to match the new branding. Wendee Witch is sticker kit! So, on to t

Hello! If you follow me on Instagram, you might have already seen that I recently threw a Robot-themed birthday party for my son, I can’t believe he’s 6 now. My daughter turns 10 next year as well, it’s gone so fast. Anyway, back to the party, I did originally have a look around for robot party decorations etc, but it doesn’t appear to be a popular theme and I can never pass up a creative project. To be honest I was just relieved that my son had chosen a different theme as hi

Hello! This blog is a bit different to what you might be expecting but designing for education has actually been a little dream of mine since I was a kid. I used to love playing schools with my younger brother and sister, designing worksheets and lesson plans for them. This year I went for it and designed my own small range of educational workbooks for children. I also opened another etsy store specifically for printable items as they didn’t quite fit in my stationery store.

Hello! Over the past few weeks I’ve been trying to put together a list of things I have learned from running a business for the last 4 years and being self-employed for the last 8 years. Just so you know these tips are instructions on how to start a business or how to open an Etsy shop etc, this is more of a list of things I did wrong that I am hoping you can now avoid doing or things I have had to think about differently to keep myself sane. So let’s get started! My office

Hello! Let's talk about camping! For as long as I can remember I have found something magical about the idea of exploring and sleeping outside or at the very least having to function outside in a small space with minimal amenities. There’s something so simple about it, getting away from technology having to figure out how to make food on a little flame and not having access to all the things that make our lives easier at home. I find it strangely comforting having to focus on

Hello! So by the time you read this it will probably be September but I figure that’s how this will work anyway. I’ll create a blog post at the end of every month with a collection of all the new designs I did that month all in one place if I can, if there’s too many, like there is this month, it will just be my favourites. August is a strange month because technically it’s Summer and you’d assume that I’d be designing bright sunshiny products but it’s actually the opposite.