Please excuse my silence this week. I have a back that has gone into spasm…very ouchy and not quite recovered yet. As with all these things, you have to choose your attitude. I have been tempted to feel very sorry for myself as its been quite debilitating (not being able to put your own socks […] Read more...
Daddy portrait t-shirts
This little craft project didn’t go up before the event, so that sneaky eyes could not see. I am not sure where the idea came from last year to do a t-shirt with pictures of daddy drawn by little hands. I think one day, Isabella and Toby sat at their drawing table and spontaneously drew […] Read more...
One life, six images & a question…
One life. My client asked me to mosaic 6 images that represent the life of her husband, father to their two little boys. Six images of his life – love, skills, social life, true friendship. Ask yourself…what will be the images of your life? A large mosaic…1m 60 cm long, 65 cm wide… 3 […] Read more...
Pebble mosaics, guerilla art and flying lessons…
Phew…there is so much going on. All good stuff I hasten to add. Not sure if I’ve mentioned, but I am taking the beautiful Kelly Rae’s Flying Lessons of the creative kind ….an intensive 5 week e-course on growing your creative business. Thanks to my lovely class mates who have been popping by. I am […] Read more...
Enjoying….Artists Way, Artist Dates and Morning Pages!
I am doing the Artist’s Way at the moment…slowly. Morning Pages (3 pages stream of consciousness) are being written most mornings for nearly two months now. ‘Artists Dates’ are a bit more sparse. I am working through the exercises and prompts in the book at my pace, without getting on a guilt trip about not […] Read more...
I did it!!
Yay! I did my first ever 10K run! Here’s the moment when I crossed the finish line. Despite being woefully under prepared thanks to viruses that just wouldn’t properly go away, I decided I would do the run even if I had to crawl. In the end , I managed to beat the original goal […] Read more...
Arts, Kites and Musical Delights
Phew! What a weekend… Isabella, Toby and I went to the launch on our new local community arts gallery, Sprout. It was a drawing free for all, including the walls. Not every day you can draw on walls. Isabella suggested we draw each other and then draw ourselves – can you spot whose who? (clue, […] Read more...
Our beautiful creation
Our little boy turned 3 today. What a beautiful day, the day this beautiful gift of Toby was given to us. We are so grateful, so happy and so in awe of his beautiful, energetic way of being. Here he is enjoying his massive set of duplo (bought from some big boys who had just […] Read more...
International Postcard Swap
Just a quick post this morning as I am rushing around trying to do 10 things at one (its a little boy’s 3rd birthday this week…things to make, things to buy!) Zoe at Playing by the Book is organising an international postcard swap for children to take part it. Kids send 5 postcards to 5 […] Read more...
Mother and daughter doodles
I have just started on Amelia’s Experimental Art E-Course– fun, inspiring exploration of making art using different mediums. Week one. Me and my daughter sit at the table together with pencils, charcoal, felt tips and crayons, our aim is to doodle, to make marks without fear of what will be produced (kids are great at […] Read more...