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FROM THE ARCHIVE 27th March 2011
On the right is one of my latest designs, There are No Small Parts, which features a couple of characters taken from an original programme for the D’Oyly Carte Opera Company production of Gil…

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Birds of the Jungle © Sarah Vernon

Pouches from Redbubble

The Cuckoo’s Note © Sarah Vernon

#photorehabcovermakeover Week 17 On Golden Pond

Nijinsky dans La Peri – Ballets Russes Tote Bag from Fine Art America © Sarah Vernon

Rachel Strong by Léon Bakst 1924 © First Night Vintage

Swan & Edgar’s Fashionable Furs #A © Sarah Vernon

A Private Place in the Mediterranean © Sarah Vernon

Venetian Harbour, Chania © Sarah Vernon

Whirring Pheasant Springs © Sarah Vernon

Romance in Stone by Sarah Vernon ©

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Garlic is for Heroes

Buy a framed print of The New Look © Sarah Vernon at Fine Art England

The Swan Also Rises © First Night Design

Seagull Sonata © First Night Design

Parrot Fashion © Sarah Vernon – Buy from Crated

The Albatross Did Follow © First Night Design

Vesta Tilley (1864-1952)

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Walk Two Moons © First Night Design

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Decaying Light © Sarah Vernon

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The Crane © Sarah Vernon

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#photorehabcovermakeover Week 3 Moon © Sarah Vernon

#photorehabcovermakeover Week 8 This Desert Life © Sarah Vernon

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Finches Looking © Sarah Vernon

Today’s Special © Sarah Vernon

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Clowns of the Sea © Sarah Vernon at Crated

Georgian Stripe Duck Egg © Sarah Vernon at Fine Art America

Tangle Mountain

Yacht: https://www.flickr.com/photos/zakhark/572331622/in/faves-83665426@N05/ Texture: https://www.flickr.com/photos/kerstinfrank-design/19581317079/in/faves-83665426@N05/ Original & vintage art © First Night Design [www.firstnightdesign.wordpress.com]

Buy Turning Windmill Tile © Sarah Vernon at Zazzle

The Fruit Look © Sarah Vernon at Crated

A Bird in the Hand © Sarah Vernon

The Boat House Tote Bag © Sarah Vernon [Fine Art England]

The Clara Bow Tattoo © First Night Design

Draw Back the Curtain Duvet Covers at Redbubble © Sarah Vernon

Original & vintage art © First Night Design [www.firstnightdesign.wordpress.com] Green-painted fence https://unsplash.com/photos/FxeeNx_yMpw Lake Annecy by Mindy Sommers Celestial Eruption by eberhard grossgasteiger on Unsplash https://unsplash.com/photos/NvesrDbsrL4

The Greta Garbo Tattoo © First Night Design

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Extreme Vogue © Sarah Vernon

The Lady Ponders © Sarah Vernon

Parrot with Plums

Buy The Cows Came Home Framed Print © Sarah Vernon at Crated

Nous sommes arrivés © Sarah Vernon

A Bountiful Thanksgiving © Sarah Vernon

Anyone for Tea?

Pier into the Depths © Sarah Vernon

#photorehabcovermakeover Week 6 What Dreams May Come Original & vintage art © First Night Design [www.firstnightdesign.wordpress.com]

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Bound for Santiago © Sarah Vernon

Spring Passion Drawstring Bag © Sarah Vernon

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Buy framed print of Green Leaf © Sarah Vernon at Fine Art America

The Haunting © Sarah Vernon

Diomedea © Sarah Vernon

Looking for Fossils © Sarah Vernon

Margate Translated © Sarah Vernon

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Pre-Raphaelite Beauty Mugs © Sarah Vernon

And Don’t Forget the Garlic! © Sarah Vernon

Day at the Exhibition

Remember the Fallen © Sarah Vernon at Redbubble

Waiting to Travel © Sarah Vernon

The Cynical Halloween Raven © Sarah Vernon

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Valley Rose Serving Tray © Sarah Vernon

Parrot with Plums

Petite Rose Confection Laptop Sleeve © Sarah Vernon

Emerald Arches © Sarah Vernon

Day at the Exhibition Serving Trays © Sarah Vernon

Halloween Skeleton & Cherub © Sarah Vernon

Give Thanks

Striking a Theatrical Attitude © Sarah Vernon

Architectural Oddity © First Night Design

Viola Translated © Sarah Vernon

Homecoming Pirate Laptop Skin from Redbubble © Sarah Vernon

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Original & vintage art © First Night Design [www.firstnightdesign.wordpress.com]

Swallow with Flowers

Sailing into Harbour © First Night Design

Be Afraid, Be Very Afraid! © Sarah Vernon

#covermakeover Week 1 STORM BOY by Colin Thiele

Gravestone Hell © Sarah Vernon

The Gloria Swanson Tattoo

Vampire Dancing © Sarah Vernon

Buy Searching the Sands © Sarah Vernon at Crated

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Female nude draped in a blue veil, autochrome by Robert Demachy

To see a fine lady upon a white horse Â© First Night Design

Cosmic Collision © Sarah Vernon @ Crated

Glass Ceiling © First Night Design

Goose and Frog’s Easter Journey © Sarah Vernon

Fagin’s Den © Sarah Vernon – Buy prints, cards & home decor

Made for Walking Framed Prints © Sarah Vernon at Fine Art America

Walking the Dogs © Sarah Vernon

Angel Love © Sarah Vernon – Greeting Card Universe

Tallulah Bankhead 1902–1968 © First Night Vintage

The Lady Ponders

Sea Breeze

Pink Chiffon Tote Bag at Fine Art America © Sarah Vernon

When Worlds Collide

Dark Angels © Sarah Vernon

Une Valentine parisienne © Sarah Vernon Framed Print at Crated

‘Like a Lapwing’ © Sarah Vernon

Christmas Still Life by Eloise Harriet Stannard

Photo Unsplash Texture – 2LO Haunting 14 & 2LO Haunting 23 – “2 Lil’ Owls”:http://2lilowls.com. Original & vintage art © First Night Design [www.firstnightdesign.wordpress.com]

Patchwork © Sarah Vernon

Save the Elephant © First Night Design

Mallards And Swan Collage Framed Print at Fine Art America © Sarah Vernon

Framed print from Fine Art America

Original & vintage art © First Night Design [www.firstnightdesign.wordpress.com]

Vins Spiritueux, Nectar of the Gods Cushion © Sarah Vernon

Mademoiselle Couture

Remembrance of Times Past © Sarah Vernon

#photorehabcovermakeover Week 13 Golden Valley Silver Flowers

’Such Serviceable Flowers’ © Sarah Vernon

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Buy Clown in the Mirror © First Night Design on prints & posters

Butterflies from China, Japan, and Corea: “Biodiversity Library”:http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45490916 Texture: “Kerstin Frank”:https://www.flickr.com/photos/kerstinfrank-design/9181048645/in/photostream/ Flowers: “Rijksmuseum”:https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/my/collections/150967–sarah-vernon/mijn-eerste-verzameling/objecten#/SK-A-3899,0 Original & vintage art © First Night Design [www.firstnightdesign.wordpress.com]

A Côté de la Mer © Sarah Vernon

Waiting for the Dawn framed prints © Sarah Vernon at Redbubble

Casanova’s Waterway © Sarah Vernon

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Bird on the Beam © Sarah Vernon [Crated]

Pink Salmon © Sarah Vernon [Crated]

Constantinople

Homecoming Pirate Framed Print from Fine Art America © Sarah Vernon

The Lady in the Big Hat

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Original & vintage art © First Night Design [www.firstnightdesign.wordpress.com] Photograph by “Nicolai Bernsten”:DJ;KGH; at “Unsplash”:http://unsplash.com Textures “2LO Confetti 17 and 2LO Distressed 12 from”:http://2lilowls.com

Bound for Santiago Tote Bag © Sarah Vernon

Buy Greeting Cards

The Gloria Swanson Tattoo

Taking Tea with Clara Butt

Beached Dinghy @ Sarah Vernon

Love Letters © First Night Design

Once Upon a Time © Sarah Vernon

Two Delicate Screens © Sarah Vernon

Syncopated Lady © Sarah Vernon

Bon Voyage © Sarah Vernon

Castle Flowers © First Night Design

Déjeuner de Luxe © Sarah Vernon – Crated

Under Full Sail II © First Night Design

Blue Bird of Happiness © First Night Design

Silhouette Sunset © Sarah Vernon

Christmas Emporium © Sarah Vernon

Spring Passion Mug © Sarah Vernon

You’re the Cream in My Coffee

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Butterfly Cascade © Sarah Vernon [Crated]

Abandoned Hideaway © Sarah Vernon at Fine Art America

The Windmill © Sarah Vernon

Travelling with the Buzzard

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The Lynx Has Landed © Sarah Vernon

Romance in Stone [framed] © Sarah Vernon

Venetian Rose Water © Sarah Vernon [Crated]

Artful Pumpkins © Sarah Vernon [Redbubble]

The Magic Lighthouse © Sarah Vernon

Solitude Framed Print © Sarah Vernon – Fine Art America

La Poire #1

Birdcage Blossom Postcards © Sarah Vernon

Original & vintage art © First Night Design [www.firstnightdesign.wordpress.com] Advert from The Graphics Fairy

Windows to the Soul © Sarah Vernon - Buy at Crated

Saint Étienne Re-imagined © Sarah Vernon

Femme Fatale in Sepia Serving Trays © Sarah Vernon

The Green, Green Grass of Home © Sarah Vernon

The Dancer and the Pierrot © Sarah Vernon

The Glass Cloche @ First Night Design

Remembrance of Times Past © First Night Design

Shadow Deer © Sarah Vernon Greeting Cards

Venice Observed G Sarah Vernon at Crated

Original & vintage art © First Night Design [www.firstnightdesign.wordpress.com] Vintage Henry Irving and Ellen Terry as Beatrice and Benedick in Much Ado About Nothing from The Library of Congress: http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/97514042/ The background is a blend of the interior of The Great Exhibition at Crystal Palace in 1851 from an old encyclopaedia — the venue was originally built in Hyde Park and the exhibition was organised by Prince Albert and Henry Cole — and textures from “2 Lil’ Owls”:http://2lilowls.com. http://www.vam.ac.uk/page/g/great-exhibition/

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At the Water's Edge Framed Print at Fine Art America © Sarah Vernon

Bringing in the Harvest © Sarah Vernon - Buy a print at Crated!

The Louise Brooks Tattoo © First Night Design

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Garlic is for Heroes

Made for Waling © Sarah Vernon Scarves @ Redbubble

Capricorn Abstract

David Garrick as Benedict in Much Ado About Nothing 1770 © Sarah Vernon

#covermakeover Week 1 STORM BOY by Colin Thiele

A Stroll Along the Seafront © Sarah Vernon at Crated

Roses of Yesteryear © Sarah Vernon at Redbubble

Petite Rose Confection © Sarah Vernon at Crated

To see a fine lady upon a white horse © First Night Design

Garlic is for Heroes © First Night Design

Photograph from the ex-Mrs FND Photograph from Unsplash Texture 2LO Ancient times 2 Clock created for Behind Time Original & vintage art © First Night Design [www.firstnightdesign.wordpress.com]