ard to think that I painted these girlies in the scorching heat of the spanish sun...thinking how organised I was going to be for Christmas and my annual production of painted angels.... these rather shabby specimens have no wings yet and don't even look holy...what was I thinking? I think I shall put them back on the shelf and just cut another load out and start again......
rifting aimlessly through other bloggers' links I came across this wonderful illustrator Ana Ventura who has used the cracks and texture of old painted walls to create these great images...I wish I had thought of that idea! I love them....
my ...check out this beautiful collage, hand stitched illustrations from Elaine Hughes 'ohgollygosh' who I saw at the Made 10 craft Fair down in Brighton this weekend. truly inspirational use of found ephemera, and different papers all chopped up and rearranged into delightful designs!
resents for ones birthday are always great but when they come flying over from Santa Fe, thy are a delight.....and look what I received a couple of days ago...the most gorgeous velvet beads in sumptuous colours and the star of the parcel was this amazing little stamp that I completely love....Jone is a stamper extraordinaire and has just opened her shop on etsy, look it up for some beautiful hand carved and stamped stationery.....really lovely and useful!
henever its my birthday, my lovely mum always does me a handmade card and this year she excelled herself! Look at this beautiful watercolour of some yellow roses, is n't she brill?
h how wonderful are these paintings by the amazing Kaffee Fassett. I saw an exhibition of his huge canvases in Liberty's many moons ago, and fell in love with the way he paints the patterns and not really the forms so that the whole thing could then be very easily translated into a tapestry or patchwork...the colours are so gorgeous and inspirational....
sually this time of year is the start of the glittery season so I thought to make some sparkly evening bits and pieces for the etsy shop...after all the pale pink and silver, I think that will make a midnight coal velvety affair.....cannot resist making the acorns at the moment...
ast week for my birthday I received the most beautiful present through the post from Di my soldering chum....she knows how much I love Becassine and she managed to find this amazing edition dated 1919! to think that this book has survived 2 world wars and many children is wonderful.....Becassine chez les Turcs!
ighty busy this past week with the day job has left this blog looking a bit deserted!