I love happy accidents. I was photographing the cover of a 1930's copy of Pinocchio, which i picked up recently for a song, and accidentally pressed the shutter release button. This is the resulting photo. Isn't it fab?!
These cups are part of a beautiful Shelley dinner set which belonged to my great grandmother. The tree design is to die for... it's so 'now' that it could easily be a contemporary Scandinavian design. I just love the graphic black and white with the tiny flashes of colour. Perfection.
I've had a great response to my GIVE AWAY post, and there's only one week left to be entered into the draw to win one of 4 fabulous Red Thread artworks.
Here's the info again, in case you missed it:
Red Thread GIVE AWAYS!
You may know of some great shops that would be the perfect place to buy my new Vintage Heart Boxes or "Into The Woods” collection. They could be ‘bricks and mortar’ shops anywhere in Australia, or online stores, places that cater just for children’s products, gift or homeware shops, or gallery-style shops.
So what’s in it for you? Every email I receive that recommends 2 potential retail outlets will be entered into a draw. Please supply the name and address of the shop and any other info you have such as phone number, email address or website. You can enter as many times as you like and the winners will be drawn at random. The first name drawn will receive a small customised Heart Box valued at $154 including delivery. The next 3 names drawn will each receive a small framed Personalised Art valued at $59 each including delivery. Emails must be recieved before Sunday 17th August, and I will announce the winners here on Monday 18th August at 1pm. The give away is open to everyone, so please pass on the info and the link to my blog.
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Nathalie from Imprintables creates wonderful and stylish invitations for children's parties and she has featured my daughter Roxy's 4th birthday party on her blog. Nathalie has great ideas for all aspects of children's parties from invitations (of course), to food, decoration and games, so I feel pretty chuffed that she's featured Roxy's party. Check out Nathalie's website to see her gorgeous range of invitations.
Fairies in my garden:
Everyone loves Fridays....
Even though my life isn't a 'Monday to Friday' existence: I have worked my own hours from my home office/studio for years; my husband's workdays aren't strictly weekdays; and our daughter isn't at school yet; Friday is still an anticipated and welcomed day.
I have decided to do a weekly "I *heart* Fridays" post featuring something that I love. So here is the first installment.
Have you ever really taken the time to look at shadows? They can be truly amazing. I love them and wanted to share this with you. I have taken a lot of photos of flower shadows recently and I'm using the resulting shapes in some of my work. Who would have imagined that shadows can have layers? Below I've posted a few of my photos and you can see the layered shapes in the shadows (particularly in the bottom right image). These were just quick point and click shots I took. It was interesting to see the shadows fall on different objects, like the empty vases and rolls of paper.
Since becoming a mother I consciously try to find joy in the little things like children do every minute of the day. I hope this post may inspire you to do the same and look at everyday things like shadows in a new way.
Happy Friday!
