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Inspired by colour + nature
Watercolour sky is something I often say to myself while looking up at the ever-changing Northern Irish skies above me. Subtle, beautiful colours blend into one another all year round.
I’m endlessly inspired by colours and details everywhere; wildflowers by a wall, autumn leaves, moody clouds before the rain, a winter sky, a tiny wren in a tree, berries in the garden, a vintage postcard. All these weave their way into my sketchbook and onto my stationery.
I create all my stationery in my cosy Belfast studio full of beautiful papers, art supplies, plants & music, wrapping & shipping orders worldwide. You can find me on Saturdays at St George’s Market in Belfast where I’ve been selling my stationery and meeting customers from all over the world since 2010.
Watercolour Sky grew out of ‘arbee stationery & design’ – after 12 years of creating wedding stationery for hundreds of couples worldwide, in 2020 I rediscovered my love of illustration during the pandemic. I’ve drawn and painted my way through the past few years, getting requests to draw portraits, houses, special places people missed.
In Summer 2022, after the busy, wonderful years of arbee, it felt like the perfect time to start afresh with ‘Watercolour Sky’, creating illustrated cards, stationery, prints and commissions, inspired by colour and nature.
Watercolour Sky is an environmentally responsible business, working with local & UK suppliers, using only sustainable source and recycled papers, non toxic inks and is plastic-free; stationery that doesn’t cost the earth.
Rachel
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‘Have nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful’
– William Morris
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Our Save the Dates have arrived, they look even better in person, thank you so so much! Can't wait to send them out for all of our guests to see too!
N & J
Lovely personalised cards, arrived quickly and are of great quality. Prompt response from Rachel for my query. Will definitely buy again!
Karen
Beautiful, uniquely designed personalised card - Rachel is so easy to deal with and nothing is too much trouble - thanks again!
Angela
Thank you so much for the prompt delivery & beautiful presentation of my change of address cards. In what has been a stressful time moving house, your products brought a smile to my heart.
Bridget
...there has been happy tears all around. They are everything I imagined & more... Absolutely out of this world.
E & R
I'm getting an influx of lovely comments on how beautiful the invitations are. Thanks again, they really are perfect.
M & P
Seriously cute card, and the paper feels really nice, really good quality. Plus the customer service was lovely
Florence
You've done a fantastic job of capturing what we wanted onto paper - thank you!
C & P
Perfect ! Lovely quality card and the personalisation made it really special.
Dawn
These are gorgeous quality. So nice I am going to order a second batch. Thank you.
Hannah
Cute beautiful first Christmas card, definitely a keepsake card.
Rozalyn
My personalised cards look amazing and arrived so quickly! Thank you!
Christina