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appreciation goes a long way

The best thing about doing what I do is the appreciation people have when they like something of mine. Sometimes it is in words and sometimes it is in photos. This morning I received an email from a customer who purchased an ABCme poster earlier this year.  Rachel lives in the US and sent me some photos of her little boy's nursery where the poster hangs proudly on her wall. Isn't it the most amazing room?

I've been working on some more commissions of late. These three are finished and I have another still to do. I really enjoy making these.

And last but not least I will be joining a group of local ladies in Brisbane for a Christmas Twilight market this coming Friday the 27th from 6pm. If you are in Brisbane and would like to come along, please email me and I can tell you the details. I will have a few new prints and originals there, including new Kokeshi dolls which are also in my etsy shop.

what a week

this week isn't even over and it has been full of highs and lows. I won't go into the lows right now, but rather concentrate on the highs because it seems to be the only thing getting me through my hot and tired self.

Mathilda's market was great. I met so many new people and finally got to meet so many online friends face to face. I can't spend long posting at the moment, but I just wanted to thank all of those who bought some of my work and to those who just said lovely things. I received this via email from 'kiki' who paid me a visit all the way from the Sunshine Coast with her daughter. Asha drew a picture of me and her on this plate. How special is that? It was the icing on the cake and I will treasure the plate, minus a slice forever. A big thanks to my friend Katrina who helped me on the day and also to my friend Kylie for all the bits and pieces and I can't forget Sarah for the coffee. I'm busy with lots of work and life and dramas, but....

I'm taking a break until next week. Going to the coast with friends from Melbourne.

new and free

well, I have new greeting cards in my Etsy shop.

A new little birdy painting in the Bigcartel shop.

Amanda from Swish and Swanky is having a giveaway on her blog. Pop on over and have a look and you could win yourself my print of  'Nigel the Robot'.

In the meantime I have lots of orders so fill and finish. I'm so glad to be busy, it must be Spring!

wednesday

liking
needing
making

ABCme personalised art for kids 20% off

Now, until the end of August, you can receive a personalised ABCme on paper at 20% off the recommended retail price.

Paper or mounted with matboard only. Sorry, this does not include framed images, or canvas prints.

IF you would like to order, please make sure that you mention this promotion in your email. See the site for all the image and colour choices and details on how to order.

loving the birds

just thought I would update some new ABCme photos. It seems easier to do here than on my website. I have been forgetting to take photos before sending them away, and have just realised that I have no current images of new works to show. Plus it was about to time to freshen up the blog banner. Just like moving furniture around in the house, I like to keep things changing.

And the birds? Well aren't they just amazing? The colours of the Peacock and the Golden Pheasant are so incredible.....makes me want to paint them right now.

a b c l m n o p

We've been away to South Australia.
It was so wonderful to see a true Autumn. The colours of the leaves were just so spectacular and I really miss living in a place where the seasons change in a significant visual way.
I sold some more works to One Small Room. So if you are visiting Adelaide, I can really recommend dropping into the shop at Croydon. There are some great things there at the moment. And I also met the very lovely Fiona from Hop Skip and Jump. She is as adorable as her beautiful handmade toys.

Sickness prevails in this household and sadly my grandfather passed away the other day. So I am only popping in briefly. Miss M has a quite a bad ear infection and I am nursing her back to health. But I really wanted to show and tell my little spot in the latest issue of 'lmnop' which is themed around the alphabet. My ABCme alphaposter is amongst some amazing products and designs. It really is worth the look. Thank you 'lmnop'. You must look at Geninne's watercoloured birds in this too. She is so talented!

the man bag

All dressed up and no where to go!
Well we got as far as the city, when Mr A started to say he felt sick...and was. We were on our way to a Christening and birthday party.
Mr N drove me and Mr A back. The mad rush to get ready, the mad rush to get the presents wrapped. Oh well. At least my slippers stayed clean.

Yesterday I made Mr A a satchel so he can start carrying his own toys and pencils around when we go somewhere. I used scraps of fabric, including some denim for the front and some ici et la remnants for the turtle applique. He loves turtles.

The doll is from a book called Una-na. I bought it last year and have been wanting to make her for so long. Hopefully the little girl it is going to will love her dearly.


And for Oliver, an ABCme.

animal alphabet poster

People keep on asking me what will I do now that I have my kids at school. Well I have been making this very long list since, oh about 2002.

At long last I feel like I can truly begin to start crossing some things off that list!
The first item to be slashed off is making an alphabet animal poster for my ABCme range. If you are wondering what the animals are I have left the comments section open for any questions.
 I've gone with just one colour scheme, a little bit more on the boy side but there is just so much out there for girls. If I get enough response I will make one suited to girls too.

The poster is a limited edition giclee print onto fine art paper. 29.7 x 40cm available at Etsy or Bigcartel.
I'm hoping to get better photos of it soon. It has been quite cloudy here this past week and catching the light has been tricky!

 

My Tuesday

started at 4.50am to Mr A's croup attack and a little voice saying "dad, I did a wee in my bed".
This isn't a regular occurrence in our house, I think I can count the times my kids have wet their beds on just one hand. So it totally threw us.
I snuggled Mr A and let him splutter and wheeze all over me for some time, before falling back to sleep until 7.20 am to "mummy, I'm hungry".

I stood in the morning sun with a cup of tea to get me going. Since then it has been all kindy break ups, playing mobilo, washing linen, making beds, sending away files, and slowly very slowly putting more Christmas decorations up and around the house. I'm Miss 'Ba-Humbug' this year. I realised a few days ago, that I missed Advent. Totally forgot! I made some pockets a couple of years ago, and we always have so much fun. After a few moments of considering catching up with the days I had forgotten, I decided against it. The kids haven't remembered and they won't be here for the entire time of Advent. See...no Christmas get up and go in me this year. I just want to sleep.