Hand Lettering and art – elisabeth pike

Typewriter Poem Collection

by Little Bird Editions The typewriter poem collection is now up on Etsy! This is one of the designs – click the link below to find the others..All of these are available in A6, A5, A4 or A3 printed on Hahnemuhle German etching 310gsm paper with non fade pigment based inks 🙂 I will beContinueContinue reading “Typewriter Poem Collection”

Laundry, a poem for World Poetry Day

Thought I’d share a poem for #worldpoetryday. This is one that I wrote a few years ago about the way that we sometimes find ourselves living in close proximity to neighbours that we hardly know. This was when we lived down south in a tiny terrace with our two children. I had formed a collectionContinueContinue reading “Laundry, a poem for World Poetry Day”

Writing about Type 1

I am a writer and I have written, pondered and grieved Type 1 a lot over the years. I write to process my emotions, I write around a subject when I don’t quite know what it is that I want to say. But the truth is that type 1 invaded our lives so thoroughly whenContinueContinue reading “Writing about Type 1”

Putting Your Work Out There: There You Are, 34 poems about Motherhood

Who are these crazy dreamers who plug away at something, for hour after hour on their own, believing that one day it will come to something? I am one of them, and although sometimes I feel deluded (!), I know that there is a quiet faith that my writing will see the light of dayContinueContinue reading “Putting Your Work Out There: There You Are, 34 poems about Motherhood”

There You Are – its here!

ITS HERE! My book of poems about motherhood that has been one year in the making has arrived! Order NOW and it will get to you in time for Christmas! Or order for a friend and I’ll ship it straight to them! I’ll also be selling these beauties at Condover craft fair on Saturday too.ContinueContinue reading “There You Are – its here!”

Type One

A poem about my daughter’s diagnosis with type one diabetes. This poem is in my book There You Are, a collection of 34 hand lettered and illustrated poems about motherhood. You can find it here.

For When We Don’t Know What is Coming: an unexpected diagnosis

We had just moved to the wilds of Shropshire, with a two-week old baby and two pre-schoolers, and everything was new. My husband was beginning to concentrate on his music full-time, and the two eldest children had just started in a new preschool. There was time for the dust to settle. But I still hadContinueContinue reading “For When We Don’t Know What is Coming: an unexpected diagnosis”

Shine Like Stars

So much of my life as a writer has been about waiting. It’s frustrating as a creative outlet in that for a lot of the time, your work has to be validated by someone else for it to appear in print. Even now, there are a few pieces of my work that have been published,ContinueContinue reading “Shine Like Stars”

Commissions by Little Bird Editions

Really pleased with this commission for a friend. Her own words and a gorgeous icy blue for the print. Commission your own print- you can request commissions from the shop here. Happy days #livecreatively

Afterwards, a work in progress…

And breathe… first day back to school for the kids which means I finally have some time! Here is the latest work in progress. To be included in a book of poems that should be ready by Autumn 🤞 🙏xx #handlettering #poems #instapoetry #livecreatively #parenting EDIT: You can find the finished poem in There YouContinueContinue reading “Afterwards, a work in progress…”

Love Poem: Poetry prints by Little Bird Editions

My children exhaust me and bring me to the end of myself but they make me who I am and they were the ones who taught me to love. I have recently launched a collection of prints which are my own hand-letterings of some of my poems about the early years, when everything is aContinueContinue reading “Love Poem: Poetry prints by Little Bird Editions”