I might have gone a little bit crazy updating my Zazzle store, but there’s just so many cool things to add my designs to. Like pillows, in all my favourite patterns. You may spot some new patterns too, coming soon to Spoonflower.

Or iPad cases, which are great fun for trying out different edging and lining colours. I kind of really want an iPad now. Luckily, they also do laptop covers so I might get on that next.

And plates! Plastic plates, but still awesome for your summer picnics! And yes, there is one of Monsieur Le Bun with ‘bon appetit!’ on it.

You can see all this and more at my Zazzle store. US prices but they ship worldwide. Sign up for their emails to get some great discounts.

Now I’m back I’ve started designing and ordering some new products. You’ll have to wait a wee while to see the new stuff but in the meantime, I have updated the shop a little. My letter sets have proved surprisingly popular and people often order 2 or 3 sets so I thought a variety pack would be a good idea. For just £4 you can get 12 sheets in 3 designs plus matching envelopes.

I’ve also added notepads in the Hello Cakeify design so if you’re a fan of that writing paper you can get yourself a whole pad of 50 sheets. More letter sets to come soon!

Don’t forget to fill out my survey if you’d like to suggest any product ideas and have a chance to win something from my Zazzle store. You’ll be pleased to hear that most of the suggestions so far are already in the works!

I wasn’t very happy with the quality of the Zazzle iPhone cases so I’ve been moving my designs over to Society6. I have the Cakeify case and it’s pretty much perfect – a hard plastic case that doesn’t make the phone bulky and is so difficult to attach that it will never fall off!

I’ll be adding more designs soon but in the meantime, Society6 have free worldwide shipping until the end of the weekend so it’s a good time to buy. Any designs you’d like me to add?

So, it seems Winter has finally arrived. We didn’t get any snow, but instead we got freezing fog which is almost as much fun. I wandered home from town via the new supermarket and Glasgow Green and I was amazing how unfamiliar everything looked. It was also a good test for my new furry jacket, which held up brilliantly – it’s so warm. I’m glad I don’t have to draw it though.

Other than that, I have mostly been waiting for things to arrive. I have a whole bunch of new products in the post so hopefully my postman will bring them soon and I can show you. There’s still time to pick up some cards and gifts for Valentine’s Day though – I gave Mr Pancake a little upgrade so he now comes with a pretty yellow envelope! Perfect for Pancake Day too :)

I had my first order from Russia this week, which inspired me to make a visited countries map for my parcels. As you can see, I am slowly taking over the world!

Having a single order to both Russia and China really helps fill things in but I’m even more proud of my multiple orders to places like Luxembourg and Greece. If I could be bothered pulling all the data out of 5 years of orders, I would love a colour coded one by number of sales. However, I can safely say my top three countries for orders are the UK, Germany and the US. Thanks to all of you who have placed an order, especially those of you in far flung countries and with interesting addresses – it really makes order packing days more fun!

You can also have a browse of my Google map, which has all the towns and cities from the last year – they only let you view a page of placemarks at a time though, so I can’t see everything at once. Boo.

Needless to say, my actual visited countries map would be less impressive – just the UK, Holland, France, Japan and Thailand.

My end of year sale finishes on the 31st so make sure you don’t miss out! Once it’s over, all the Christmas things will be going away until the Autumn and the rest will be going back to their usual prices, so if you want to get super-organised for Christmas 2012 at knockdown prices or pick up some cheap gift wrap or the last few pairs of rainboots, you best get to it. There’s free calendar postcards with all orders too.