When I was planning the invitations for my friend Pip’s ice-cream baby-shower last weekend, I asked her for some ideas as to what she would like me to use as a theme. One of the thoughts she had was something to do with elephants. Trying to mix elephants with ice-cream wasn’t what I’d call a natural visual pairing, but I am nothing if not ambitious. In the end, I decided to paint a cute circus elephant balancing on a big, round scoop of ice-cream.

A couple of people have asked me if they could use this picture, which is super flattering as I don’t imagine there is a LOT of demand for blue-and-purple circus elephants balancing on top of blue ice-cream. But yes of course I’m happy for the picture to be used!

If this is you, you can download the invitation here, or download just the picture here. I hope your party is super fun!