ON THE SECOND DAY OF CHRISTMAS - THE MAC'S MADE THE MOST AMAZING CHRISTMAS TREAT! Ok, well maybe not the most amazing, but it is my absolute favourite Christmas treat. We only make it at Christmas because I single handedly eat 95% of these and if I had them all the time I would have to buy a whole new wardrobe of clothes.... on second thought I wouldn't mind some new … Continue reading On the second day of CHRISTMAS…..
The 12 days of Christmas is a collection of stories and traditions and fun things that we do in Casa da Mac in the lead up to Christmas. ON THE FIRST DAY OF CHRISTMAS - THE MAC'S MANAGED TO PUT UP THEIR TREE.... When we lived in Scotland putting up the tree was a big deal. On the first of December we had to sneak out of the village where we lived … Continue reading On the First Day of Christmas….(Day One)
So last week I was writing you about the Twelve days of Christmas - a twelve day series of emails about how we at Casa De Mac honour our traditions and have fun during the festy season. And this year when I was thinking of the traditions I wanted to keep, the ones I wanted to throw out and the new ones I wanted to create, I decided that I wanted to make a few … Continue reading INVITE SOME WHIMSY INTO YOUR CHRISTMAS
Today I have some new LilliBean Mini's to share with you! If you are new to the LilliBean Studio, Mini's are a limited collection of paintings that are small (and medium) in size and price. I believe that art should be accessible to everyone, from the kid saving their pocket money to the brand new collector with a small apartment and no space. This year, I have split the collection in half. The first half … Continue reading NEW LILLIBEAN MINIS
The other month, I had a client ask me what original paintings I had available for sale and where she could find them. And I couldn't give her an easy answer. And as I explained to her where she could find the, it felt too cumbersome to ask her to trawl through my shopify site, or through facebook and blog posts to find original paintings that were available. So after that conversation, I kept thinking … Continue reading Original LilliBean Artworks
half-done adjective 1. unfinished or only partly completed. "the job is now half-done" THE DREAMCATCHER For as long as I can remember I have been a vivid dreamer. For me this means I am immersed into intense dreams that are full colour and steeped in story almost every night. Some nights I feel I have lived another whole day in my dreams, I am so exhausted and have what I call a dream hang over. … Continue reading Half-Done Projects [the dreamcatcher]
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 monthly box of mystery and whimsy and how excited some one might be to receive that in the mail. It … Continue reading Introducing the LilliBean Mystery Box of Whimsy!
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 way back in 2017 is still in the state of “not finished yet”. Our mud pit backyard is thankfully no … Continue reading A Year of Half Done Projects…
It has been forever since I managed to pop onto here and share some art with you. In fact I hadn't even shared the last Queen from last year, so I thought I would spend the next couple of weeks catching you up with the art that has been happening in the LilliBean Designs Studio in the last six months! The Queens, to refresh your memory, were a series of four paintings that I painted … Continue reading THE QUEENS: CELESTE
I have been working on finding a self care practise that is energising and inspiring and not painting my nails or having my hair cut FFS! 'Cause "New nail polish makes everything all better right??" ~said no one ever! So part of exploring this concept has been to make time in my week to play in my art journal and create and smoosh paint and play. It isn't a set day every week, it is … Continue reading Art in Motion (Time lapse video!)
