Reviews
“Melanie did an amazing job on our little girl’s room. She understood perfectly just what we wanted and transformed the room into a child’s dream of pandas and elephants.”
Claire, Manchester
“Working with Melanie was an absolutely fabulous experience. From the moment we contacted her about Benji’s dinosaur mural, she was great. She worked with us to create exactly what we wanted, and was always more than happy to change and develop her design. She responded very quickly to all messages too :-). Having her in our home for the week was also great fun. The kids and our cats loved her! She was professional, fun and just genuinely lovely. The finished mural is exactly what we wanted. It’s beautiful. We loved her work so much that I am hoping to work with her again on another project. Highly recommend her ❤️❤️❤️”
Justine, Oldham
“Just wanted to pass on the really positive response to the new Music Makers monster created by Melanie – it was a real hit! We’ve had some banners made up with it on, and kids were having their photos taken with it, and one toddler had to be dragged away screaming “I JUST WANT TO SEE THE MONSTER AGAIN!”, which I think speaks volumes haha! Thanks again, the monster really is terrific.”
Andrew Nesbitt, The Bridgewater Hall
“Eye-catchingly quirky and superbly original.”
The Observer on 'The Great Nursery Rhyme Disaster'
“Melanie did a superb job transforming our little girl’s bedroom with her safari mural complete with elephant, monkey & height-chart giraffe. Everyone comments on how amazing it looks. Our baby girl now has the best room in the house!”
Amy, Manchester
“Melanie was a delight to work with on all of her picture books. A great talent and a true professional.”
Emma Layfield, Hodder Children’s Books
“Melanie painted a Canadian wilderness mural for our nursery. From conception to completion it was a brilliant experience. Mels wasn't phased when we asked for 'some sort of Africa/Canada outdoors scene, definitely with a marmot'. Having come up with a gorgeous design she was a pleasure to have round the house during the painting. We are absolutely thrilled with the finished mural. Our daughter, Edith, can often be found chatting away to, and patting, the animals on her wall. We love the mountains; through the many sleepless nights sitting in Edith's nursery it's been lovely to dream of the outdoors. Thanks so much Mels!”
Alice and Tim, Oldham
“Melanie painted a safari scene in our little boy’s nursery. She was great and really helpful, incorporating all of our ideas into the design and adding more of her own, and really listening to what we wanted. The mural is absolutely beautiful. My little boy loves it and says ‘night-night’ to his animals every bedtime!”
Sarah, Manchester
“Melanie is an absolute pleasure to work with. I commissioned her for several illustration projects at Barefoot Books and she was always a consummate professional, meeting deadlines, adapting ideas and doing her level best to deliver top-quality work. I warmly recommend her.”
Tessa Strickland, Barefoot Books
“We are over the moon with our son’s Bolivian-themed nursery mural. The beautiful llama always makes him smile and he adores all the colours too. Mels is a great artist and so easy to talk to... she was able to capture our ideas straight away. We recommend her 100%”
Esthela, Manchester
“Melanie is a fantastic illustrator. She brings huge amounts of humour to each project and so much life to the characters. I love her Mini Monsters!”
Zanna Davidson, author of Billy and the Mini Monsters
“Melanie created the perfect nursery mural for our baby. We had ideas of what we wanted and she worked with us to put this into reality. We shared a Pinterest board to collate our ideas which we could feedback on, and then she sent us sketches to visualise it completely. Melanie was really patient and accommodating with our numerous colour changes to make it absolutely perfect. Once we were happy with the final sketch, she spent the next week painting away! We were more than comfortable leaving her in the house when we were at work / not around. It was so exciting to see the changes every day and we could not be happier with our finished beautiful mural. We’ve had so many comments on how incredible it looks, which is just testament to how talented Melanie is.”
Stephanie, Manchester