1. 025, 2. Vintage Find: The Happy Owls by Celestino Piatti, 3. Zora Wee Pirouette, the Acrobat, 4. brown swirl beard, 5. no more fish, 6. Paris, 7. Untitled, 8. antonia, 9. Untitled, 10. my place, 11. you and me, 12. Untitled, 13. Untitled, 14. Untitled, 15. rest, 16. Untitled
My mum lost her wedding ring a few days ago, she was very upset and searched everywhere for it, she contacted the police, put a notice in our local paper and asked every shop she has been in lately if anyone had handed it in. But no luck :) She said to us if anyone found it she would give them $100...
My 4 year old daughter found it in the vege garden!
So she has $100 and you know what she wants....a slinky! I said 'darling you could buy 100 slinkys with your money'. So she thought some more and then said she would like a big bag of lollies.
I think maybe a savings account would be a good idea!
OK time for another my place and yours meme from meet me at mikes. (I have a feeling Pip doesn't sleep!) This weeks theme is 'where ever I lay my hat' chosen by Myrtle and Eunice. She asks,
What are the treasures in your house that signify ‘home’?
I actually have a list of items that I would take with me if I had to leave in a hurry, (the reason I have this list is because I live in a high bush fire risk area.)
So I suppose these are the things that obviously mean the most to me and therefore make my home my home!
So here are a few items from that list:
I made this quilt a couple of years ago. I have never made anything of the sort before so for my first attempt I thought I would start with a king sized quilt! As you do.
This a drawing of my dog Henry who died 2 years ago today. He was 17.
I bought this light shade in a beautiful shop in Paris. Had to buy a new suitcase to bring it home in.
I made these ceramic lovelies in my early years at high school. Every time I move house a tiny piece breaks off. I thought I was very clever and talented when I made these and gosh darn it I was!
The drawing on the wall is one of my first paintings, it is called Judge Terry's wife. It was going to be Judge Terry but I thought his wig looked more like a lady's hair do so I added a bow and Judge Terry's wife was born. (Cannot remember who Judge Terry was, obviously someone very important to my younger self if I wanted to immortalize him in a painting.)
The womble I got when I was five and he is wearing my Grandpa Georges akubra, who died when I was 6. He wore this hat everyday.
This is a wooden jewelry box that my Grandpa Vern made. The number 11 is from the house that I grew up in. (And yes I know I should have dusted but that wouldn't really be revealing the real me now would it!)
These are the first drawings my daughters ever did for me.
I have just been informed while over at Amy's lovely blog sweet sweet life that Eric Carle has a blog. Not just a web site but a BLOG. Wow, I am really excited to have found this out, (thanks Amy.)
It is really lovely to read simple everyday posts about himself and his work such as this one. I feel really quite privileged to read about how he works and what he thinks. Brilliant!
Funny thing is, I have been working on a collage this weekend and I was thinking it was a bit Eric Carle like....
All these images are taken from his web page. 
Just realized all my postage prices on etsy are wrong! I priced them up instead of down, arhhhhhh. It took me so long to change each and everyone after my sales and now....well here I go again.
So,
I would like to announce that all postage prices in my etsy store will be drastically reduced. If you thought my postage prices were already low well now you are going to be over the moon!
Just give me a little time.
UPDATE: Batch shipping!! Hurrah, all done.
The Madeit newsletter arrived in my email box today and I was surprised and happy that they are giving away one of my prints called 'Echo'. Yippee!
Also they are advertising a print that I love and soon will have 'Some trees' by inaluxe
and also fellow Udessi seller edward and lily with their Sausage Dog Brooch.
So how did you go over the sale weekend? Well I didn't sell anything in my etsy store where I had free postage but I made some sales in my madeit store where I didn't have the sale!! People just want to give me money, excellent!
This is a picture I did over the weekend, it is about the owl and the pussycat. You know the poem, they went to sea and got married, danced and lived happily ever after....well not in my picture. It reads:
The owl & the
pussycat went
to sea & got
stranded on
a desert island.
The owl flew home
leaving the cat
cursing the day she ever
met the owl....
No matter what is going on in my life good or bad, this song is just so fantastic that I have to smile :)
Hi everyone, thank you all for stopping by and entering the comp. I used www.random.org to choose the winner, who is.....
Melissa Kaye. Yeahhh, my lovely owl poster is off to Austin Texas! For the rest of you crazy kids that didn't win....well you're all winners! If you would like to email me your addresses I will gladly send you an owl postcard, slightly smaller than the poster but very cute :)
No matter what is going on in my life good or bad, this song is just so fantastic that I have to smile :)
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