JULY 2019 It seemed logical for me to combine my love of Bullet Journalling, my love of Hand Lettering and my love of mixed media to create a monthly spread that I would use to both keep me on track and to inspire me to create and play. I have had this on my to-do […]
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half-done adjective 1. unfinished or only partly completed. “the job is now half-done” THE POTS A few years ago now, I was in Kmart looking for some teacher gifts for the girls teachers and I found these super cute terracotta pots. No taller than 6 or 7 centimetres, I thought the girls could decorate them
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LILLIBEAN’S MYSTERY BOX OF WHIMSY When I first made my Pockets of Whimsy (a little lucky dip that I have) and sold them at the markets, people were so excited to open their lucky dips that they would do it straight away. And apart from the anxiety that produced, I began to think about creating a
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“the pressure in my chest is like a storm building in a silent scream” Late last year there was a moment when I thought the pressure inside of me was going to just explode in an ugly and violent storm that would spew all over me and everyone I held near. I hindsight I
half-done adjective 1. unfinished or only partly completed. “the job is now half-done” THE ARROWS So last month I shared with you about the overwhelming amount of half-done projects I have in my life, and my determination to make 2019 the year of ticking off some of my half-done projects. This month I decided to
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Around the time that I finished Llama’s Kiss I found a long ago stashed poster that I had bought that was a study of butterflies and moths. I had bought this specifically to be used in my mixed media work, but in the studio move I had placed it somewhere ‘safe’ only to be found
I want to share with you today one of my favourite paintings from 2018 and one that is so popular that the prints from this painting sell out at almost every market! This is a painting that I wasn’t sure that I would actually sell. At the end of August last year, I was accepted
I am surrounded by half finished projects. Projects that I, (and Mac + I) have begun but not quite finished. Everywhere I look I am reminded by my ‘half-done’ status. And some of these projects are years in the making… Our home is still a half done project. The renovations we began all the
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I believe 100% that original art should be affordable for everyone, young and old, and that was the motivation behind creating a range of small paintings, that are affordable and could easily be put on a shelf, or hung on a notice board, or next to your computer at work. In their original form they
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