Image Credits

Personal Branding Photoshoot credits

Photographer: Nicole Howe Photography | Planner: Victoria Sykes Events | Venue: Pynes House, Devon | Hair: Natalie Nichols | Make-up: Kimberley Dewar MUA | Floristry: Loulabel Floral Design

With thanks to Changing Faces

Website photography credits

Nicole Howe Photography / Donna Ford Photography / Stephen Walker Photography / Georgia de Lotz / Enrique Manzano Images / Ed Peers

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T E A R S S H E D.⁠ ⁠ "Tears shed" is the sho

T E A R S S H E D.⁠
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"Tears shed" is the short but sweet feedback I received from this illustration. It's a bouquet created not for a wedding, but from about 15 individual photos of the recipients' garden. ⁠
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So the bouquet is an entirely creative composition from my mind, rather than the work of a florist. And the blackbirds? The couple's spirit animals, who visit their beloved garden everyday at morning coffee time. ⁠
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Garden Bouquet Illustration Service by botanical artist Charlotte Argyrou, £390. This new service is not yet available via my website (that's an October goal) so please DM with enquiries. ⁠
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Just for fun, let's play a game of who is your spirit animal? xx⁠
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#floraldesign⁠
#florist⁠
#greenery⁠
#naturelover⁠
#naturelovers⁠
#underthefloralspell⁠
#flowerdrawing⁠
#botanicalart⁠
#gardenlover⁠
#floristlife⁠
#plantsplantsplants⁠
#gardenlovers⁠
#botanicalillustrator⁠
#botanicalillustration⁠
#floraldreams⁠
#botanicaldaydreams⁠
#excessivelydivertedbyflowers⁠
#nestandthrive

Back in March - deep in that unruly choas of early

Back in March - deep in that unruly choas of early lockdown - I wrote this poem as a kneejerk reaction to a wedding industry client postponing our entire season's collaborative work. ⁠
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I never felt fear for my own work or her work, because I had this cosy faith that everything would be ok in that respect. A casual, familiar faith, like how Tuesday follows Monday. ⁠
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But my heart broke for our couples (I call them OUR couples because I tend to go all in with an emotional committment any business strategist would heartily advise against.) I emphasise with their disappointment and frustration with an achy heart. ⁠
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I've always found it amusing that you receive a certificate upon the act of marriage, as if the task is complate. Signed, sealed, delivered, done. But ask anyone a year or ten years in, and they'll tell you marriage is an organic evolution, ever-changing, whatever the weather. ⁠
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So to engaged couples, perhaps those in their second round of postponements, here are my thoughts again. You may not have the certificate, but your marriage has already begun. ⁠
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A bouquet that made me happy dance when it arrived

A bouquet that made me happy dance when it arrived in my inbox...

This is probably 2/3rds complete, building towards the stage where I start adding more depth and definition.

I'll go to sleep thinking about it, and wake up buzzing to get going again.

I was drawing today whilst bingeing on old Adam Buxton podcast episodes. I love eavesdropping into his rambling chit-chats. I've had to ditch listening to the Ramseys now I'm sharing my studio with my husband, as I chuckle too loud and my cackling laughter is inappropriate. I need new podcast recommendations though...what do you love (not or business or digital marketing ones, ideally)?

A candid selfie, for a week that unravelled. I'm

A candid selfie, for a week that unravelled.

I'm now unexpectedly going into a working weekend, following two bonus days of family time. It's a treat though, and you'll see why when I share the bouquets I'm booked to illustrate.

For now though, it's dinner, the second half of Mary Poppins and a bowl of Rioja. My big girl says I look like a glass of lemonade tonight. I'm taking it as a compliment because I don't know what that means.

Wishing you a fizzy weekend. X

A note on working with brands...⁠ ⁠ The collab

A note on working with brands...⁠
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The collaboration process is like soul food for a slightly extraverted maximalist who works alone from home. It really fills up my cup to share creative magic (to borrow a phase from my client, above) and serve brands I feel aligned with. ⁠
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If it's floral, feathered or foliagey and only the the organic oozy sumptiousness of hand-drawn illustration will do, I'm in. ⁠
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Charlotte⁠
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#illustration #botanicalillustrator #londonillustrator #handdrawn #pencilartist

They say paths cross in perfect time. ⁠ ⁠ Ther

They say paths cross in perfect time. ⁠
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There was a point in early Spring when I really wanted some fresh photography for my website and social media, but given that you could barely scrap together a basketful of fresh fruit and veg from the supermarket at the time...it seemed like a wish too far to be imagining lavish studio shoots. ⁠
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But I didn't lose faith, and two commissions from fabulous florists friends yielded beautiful imagery, remotely. And then photographer Ria Mishaal and I connected via artisan community @nurtureandbloom as part of a course she is creating for people just like me. Creative business owners, very often flying solo, who want to take better product imagery on their phones of their art/craft/wedding wares. The course is coming in autumn (ping Ria a message for more info @riamishaal) but in the meantime, here's one of Ria's phone photos of my illustrations in context. ⁠
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Limited edition prints, no longer on my website, but you can always DM me for a virtual rummage through my studio stock (prints from £45). ⁠
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PS. For those here for the life goss... I have two kiddies happily in full time school today, for the first time. No tears, medium excitement levels, maximum outfit chat. ⁠
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Charlotte ⁠
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