Comments on: A House Built of Cards

By: lyn lewis

lyn lewis — Sat, 23 Jun 2012 22:17:35 +0000

I bought that book because I loved the illustrations and the story……..to read to my grandchild that I hadnt got – then – but do now lol so have the fun of reading it to him as well as myself!!
fabulous artworks and a cute house too!

By: Brenda

Brenda — Tue, 19 Jun 2012 16:09:29 +0000

Jackie,
I love your exquisite cards, they truly would be a treasure to send and receive.
This was a wonderful story, and your house is beautiful.
Beautiful art provides grace and hope to our world, I believe.
Brenda

By: Veronica Roth

Veronica Roth — Tue, 19 Jun 2012 12:57:44 +0000

What a pleasure it is to think of all the happiness and comfort your cards brought to people. I’ve made some, (just for promotion of my photography, you know), but am proud of them and love sending them out. So much hard work goes inot your art…I love reading about your dedication. I also love reading success stories; gives me so much hope. Thank you for sharing.

By: June Pearson

June Pearson — Tue, 19 Jun 2012 12:41:54 +0000

Lovely post Jackie….we are (once again) in class reading ‘Can you see a little bear’. Such a favourite, the children have remembered everything you told them about the details in the pictures. They think Little Bear needs to go on another journey!
and also reading again…..’Starlight Sailor……’ and looked at the wishing boats we made, lovely memories.
June…

By: Jackie

Jackie — Tue, 19 Jun 2012 09:07:53 +0000

You can ask your question here Carrie if you want.

By: Jackie

Jackie — Tue, 19 Jun 2012 09:07:27 +0000

Cheers Gemma. I think it was very important for me to do the other work too. Meant that I got out and met people. For the last 22 years I have grown a family and paid the mortgage through the use of coloured water on paper and pencil lines as well as manipulation of the alphabet. I think of it as being something like a lucky alchemy. Best advice: take every opportunity that is given but never sell yourself short.

By: Carrie

Carrie — Tue, 19 Jun 2012 08:56:03 +0000

They are a story in themselves, especially all shown together… I’m so glad you and James made ‘Can you see a little bear’, that book set my feet on a new and winding path through sun dappled woods… sometimes the path gets overgrown, or little more than the fleeting animal tracks of a story just beyond sight, but there are myriad pathways through those woods and many whisperings beneath the leaves…
This was a good post for me to read this morning… I have a small question, but I think I’ll email you if that ok

By: gemma

gemma — Tue, 19 Jun 2012 08:13:01 +0000

Hi Jackie,
I am a big fan of your work and your blog, this post was super inspiring, being a fledgling illustrator myself i love to pop by and see how a “professional” does things, and to know that your drawings paid for your house is amazing! Things are starting to pick up for me at the moment on the illustration front and im keeping my fingers crossed it continues and one day i too can buy a house through my doodles.

Happy Tuesday
xxxx

By: Mo Crow

Mo Crow — Mon, 18 Jun 2012 19:18:08 +0000

what a beautiful house you have built out of your cards with huge heart and loads of talent!

By: Charlotte Hills

Charlotte Hills — Mon, 18 Jun 2012 18:15:35 +0000

I love the year on year story in those cards. Isn’t it amazing to think each of those little stories is somewhere, perhaps pinned to a frame, a mirror; telling it’s own story. Makes me quite humble just to think of the silver spider web of travel they have woven.