Hello!

Let me introduce myself, I'm Brooke, the creator, printer, packerer and post dropperofferer at Brooke Marie. Oh and let's not forget the worlds laziest bookeeper. I’m also a farmers wife, a mum, and a very unorganised-rather forgetful-Nutella scoffing-tea and coffee addict who is terrible at parallel parking. But... When I'm not being all of the above, I like to escape through my pen and paintbrush and into nature. My illustrations go where my mood and the seasons will take them, and I’m hoping maybe you’d like to come along too?

With love

Brooke Marie

My Story So Far

You’re maybe wondering how I ended up here on this website rambling away and selling stuff to you amazing people? I’m certainly not qualified to, I could always draw at school but that’s as far as it ever went. I was fed up in a job I didn’t love, I also had a very poor relationship with food but I’ll not lead you down that dark hole now, lets just say I was fighting for control and never, ever getting it. I’m not 100% over this but I’m so much better than I was. I was utterly miserable. Anyway, one day I decided enough was enough, I climbed back out my dark hole, walked the dog, smelt the flowers, threw out loads of junk, I let go of everyone else’s expectations. Ditched all the diets and found myself here painting, baking, hiking, growing veg and keeping myself busy by living simply, It’s taken time, it’s taken a previous failed blog, an up-cycling adventure that I never saw through, but finally I’ve developed enough self confidence to put myself here, unapologetically and I’m so excited. The painting part of the story really is the ending, the main achievement was finding the courage and self belief to give something new a go.

When Did All The Painting Start?

I have no degree, zero industry experience but I have a willingness to give things ago and put myself out there, which is really all we need right? Watercolour found me in April 2019 when I decided I really needed a creative outlet and something I could do that made me proud and gave me a little pocket of self worth. Since then I’ve not put a brush down. After a few months a friend asked me to paint some doggies, I tried, it didn’t look too bad so I painted a few more. And then my Instagram went MENTAL so I charged £20 each. And now here I am, painting and creating cards for you lovely people all day long.

Dreams are ours to chase, and I’m certainly going for mine. I want to live with less, live simply and find the joy in the little things. I dream of feeding my chickens, of walking my dogs, of collecting blackberries with my boys and getting really really muddy. I dream of picnics, and birdsong and dunking biscuits in tea and of being creatively free to do as I please; and I hope one day I rest in peace knowing I prioritised happiness over success. Oh I also dream of mastering the pottery wheel, but maybe that’s for another time.