Meet Claire…

I’m an ex-primary school teacher who has finally decided life is too short to live an ordinary life.

After 20 years of teaching, grief and burnout hit me hard - enough to say goodbye to the classroom. But what I realised was that my identity was so tightly wrapped up in my title as ‘Mrs Ward, the teacher.’

I felt so lost.

So I picked up my pencil and drew what I was feeling. Slowly, I began to draw things that inspired me. Through this process, I found myself again and rediscovered my love of illustrating. And guess what, the more I drew, the more I smiled. (yay!)

So now I spend my hours with a pencil in my hand, drawing magical moments and turning them into precious, illustrated keepsakes.

Let me illustrate your magic moments so they can be enjoyed forever.