About Mary's House Designs

I'm Angela, the artist behind Mary's House Designs. I create sweet and colourful illustrated designs and inspiration is drawn from nature and daydreaming across the collections of cards and prints. You will see repeated natural elements, the written word and imaginative, playful elements too. I work from my attic studio in Sheffield, UK close to the green parks in the city and the rolling hills of the Peak district. I create all of my illustrations using traditional paint and print media, you can see the pen and paint marks if you look closely! As a print-maker, I am a natural mark-maker and I use a black pen to draw, ink and watercolour to paint, and combine these with collage to create the work; each design begins its life as an individual hand drawn and artwork which can then be applied across products including art prints for the home, stationery and homeware. In the work I express my love of nature, imagination, pattern and colour to create each piece. I have always drawn and painted, and searched for an avenue for self expression. This has gone hand in hand with my love of nature, and I would spend hours as a little girl collecting wild flowers, making little posies, pressing them, drawing them and turning them into pictures and cards. So Mary’s House Designs seems like a natural progression! Sending a card is the most lovely way to show you care and I love that the illustrations I make get sent and treasured, so others can share in my love of nature and creating. Read their story