Mimi and Itchygritt Page 1, 3 and 4

One hot, sweaty summer’s night Mimi couldn’t sleep.

(Pg 2: 
She snuck out of her bedroom and crept quietly down stairs. She didn’t want anyone to hear her so she tiptoed into the kitchen and very carefully opened the back door.)

 Luckily the stars lit up the pathway as she ran to her most favourite place on Earth. 

She gazed at the moon.  

It was like she had never seen it before, all big and yellow.

Suddenly she heard rustling of leaves. 

There was definitely something there.

What was it?

Pg 3 and 4 as a double spread.

(The gaps in the pictures are where the text will go)

Mimi and Itchygritt.

 It has been a while..... So I have been backwards and forwards on an idea of a couple of picture books of Mimi in Itchycoo where she meets a troll called Itchygritt.  It has been something that has been changed many times in the past 4 years but has been left on the shelf ready to go for at least three months. So I thought - It is now or never! It's all there, it's just the getting on to start that is the hard bit. Now I have it doesn't feel too overwhelming. Above is the start of the beginning pages where Mimi and the Troll are in colour while everything else is black and white. When they find themselves in Itchycoo the pages are in full colour. 

 It's trying to snow here.

At the bottom of our garden you can just make out Daisy and Iris's wooden house - 
You can also just see something similar in the drawing where Mimi runs to her favourite place on earth!

 So I've got the sketches and I've cut the text and glued it on.

Now I'm trying to put it all together -

 This is slightly different - 

More like a wordless picture book where children can make the own stories encouraging creative thinking and writing. There will be a glossary and a list of questions to help the creative juices flow!

The Hill's are off to Norway Tomorrow! Looking for Trolls and Inspiration.

Here is an old friend from last year.

Looking forward to go back here: Frogner also known as Vigeland's Park.

I also hope to put the start of Mimi's story together of how she finds herself in the Land of Itchycoo. It will start at Nobelsgate 13, (My Momo and Mofa's - grandparents - old house) At the end of this road is this sculpture park. Certain aspects of the park will then become mirrored, in thought, myth, history, situation or emotion that will become the structure of Itchycoo.  

Troll Mail from Norway

It's an exciting morning as Daisy and Iris have received Troll mail from Norway. Not very often, when they least expect it.. there it is. 

It reads:   Dear Daisy and Iris, We hope you are enjoying your summer holidays. We are having great family fun trekking through the forests and squelching through waterfalls. Only yesterday we found ourselves a beautiful Hulder that had turned into a mermaid. 

Kjaere Troll venner folk fra Norge. XX

Here are some other postcards sent in the past by the Trolls of Norway

Daisy and Iris's Thank you to the Trolls, ice cold and frosty, chocolate cup cakes! Yum, guess they will be sent at bedtime...

Another happy start to the day, at last our sunflowers have a flower!