Purple Berry Breeze

Hello there.. I'm back! No more holidays for a while either, I have so much to do! Thanks to all the lovely people out there who have supported my dreams by purchasing artwork lately, I now have a very bare shop! There are still a few paintings available, but I've temporarily topped my Etsy shop up with listings titled "custom". I am always interested in doing custom work if you like my style but want something to in a particular colour or size. Here is a custom order I did while I was away, it is going in a bedroom that is dark purple with hints of green. I sent it off to its new home in California today!

Crafty Treasury

My note cards are included in this crafty treasury, go check it out!

Hello From 'Home'!

Hello! How are you? As you know I am still on holidays (vacation for some of you!).. I just wanted to pop in give you a little update! I have missed my blog and readers, 1 more week and I will be back posting as usual! I currently have my feet up at my parents place (home), out in the country in South East Queensland. I didn't leave my work behind completely, I packed a few canvases and my paint, and I'm glad I did - I just received a custom order today! The weather is beautiful here - fairly cold at night, but the days are amazing and these photos I've snapped around the garden are evidence that spring is just around the corner!

Another Treasury.. and Holidays!

Wow! I've never been featured in so many treasuries in a week! Thankyou Bon Bons and More for including my otters in your sweet treasury! I am in such a hurry right now - we are offically on holidays in less than half an hour.. so much to do still! I will be posting here when I have access to, but my blog will be a little quieter for a week or so. I have sold so much original work this week, my shops are looking a bit bare.. so I think I will be spending my holidays painting! I will still take orders in my shops, but just remember I won't be able to ship anything until the 27th of August.

"The First Scents of Spring"

Another painting - inspired by all of the flower buds starting to open, spring is so close! I fiished this one of Friday, you might have already noticed it listed on Etsy. I can't decide which orientation the painting should be, portrait or landscape? I think I will leave it up to the buyer!

Lovebirds Treasury

Thanks so much to Fairyfolk for featuring Twilight Lovin' in this wonderful treasury!

It's a Bird's Life!

I don't normally pop in here on weekends, but last night I was lucky enough to get my first treasury on Etsy - it was sort of by accident actually, I had a little panic when I realised what I'd done! So here it is, or you can visit it here for a closer look!

The sky has turned a brilliant pink, its a perfect evening for romance..♥

Here is one of what feels like a million things I have been working on lately. A brand new painting - I titled it 'Twilight Lovin' and so far I've listed it on Etsy and MadeIt. I wasn't sure about the pink at first, having never used it much in my pieces, but now its finished I love it!

The Mincing Mockingbird

A bit more bird love today - what did you expect? I wish I could say these were my own birds - aren't they cute? Theses birds are by The Mincing Mockingbird - go see all the other birds for yourself!

Giving it a Go!

Just really quick tonight/this morning - somehow 1am has swung by already, and I have managed to come down with some sort of cold so really shouldn't be sitting here with freezing fingers still! I just wanted to say thankyou for all the feedback on my post a couple of days ago - here, and on twitter as well as in the thread I started on Etsy. I took notes of all your suggestions and tallied up each response. The result is - I'm just going to go for it, give it a go! I've been busy drawing and brainstorming quotes - do you have a favourite quote you'd like to see as an illustration? Here is a peek of my latest one - "Stand Tall". Again, sorry it is blurry.. I haven't had time to watermark anything, so blurry it is!

Giveaways!!

Giveaways!! We all like giveaways, and as much as I wanted to keep these to myself so as not to decrease my chances of winning further - here are links to some giveaways currently happening around blogland. Over at Oh, hello friend: win this cute little dwelling complete with a bird on top and two trees by Petite House.

Then head over to Adelle to help celebrate a blog anniversary with a "Follow Your Heart" print by Paint All Night Studios. (One of my favourite art shops!)


When you're done there.. there is a Stitchface giveaway happening at Automatism.

I would really love to win any one of these giveaways, but I'm sure you would too! Good Luck!

Tell me what you think!

I have an idea, and I'm going to share it here before I progress any further with it. I need your feedback! Ok here's the deal.. Basically I would really like to be able to offer beautiful high quality prints of my paintings. I get told over and over that people love my work, but can't afford my original artwork at the moment. I would like it if my work was available to everyone. Problem is..I can't afford to buy a fancy new camera and printer at the moment. So I had this idea that I would open a new shop, selling printable illustrations/quotes like these below. They would just be a couple of dollars, and when purchased you recieve a printable file to print yourself as you wish. If just half of my twitter followers bought one print each, there would be my new camera and printer! I know there is a lot to consider.. but what are your thoughts? Would you buy printable? (The illustrations are only blurry as they're low quality, to avoid people printing them straight off my blog).

Summer in Blue

Look at this treasury.. anything familiar?!

Tonight I wanted to share with you some of my favourite blogs. I decided to choose just 10 that I really enjoy reading on as soon as I see a new post published! There were so many to choose from, my blog list is always growing - I wanted to share them all, and maybe one day I will.. but for now here are my favourites at the moment! What are some of yours? Oh, and I have to apologize in advance if some of the links don't work properly.. having blogger issues tonight. Fingers crossed they turn out ok when I publish..

Bird Nerd

Today I'm taking you back to one of the very first Etsy sellers I hearted, and that is the very talented Chelsea of BirdNerd. Chelsea's work inspires me to no end, and if you take a visit to her shop you will see why!

Made It

I have had a shop on Australian based handmade marketplace MadeIt for months and months, but I don't think I have ever introduced it to my blog. My listings all expired last week, so I have just added some brand new ones of my larger scale paintings. I am in the process of rethinking the shops I have and what they will contain, but for now you can still find me on MadeIt, Artfire and Etsy.

Whitney Smith

So sweet! These creations are by Whitney Smith. Sometimes my etsy radar functions in a rather delayed manner, and I am suprised when amazing work like this pops up seemingly from nowhere. I can't believe I have only discovered these now, Whitney has even been a featured seller on Etsy before! So this is me catching up .. Wowww!! Look at those birds! Adding to my 'one day when my paintings are walking out the door and I have so much cash I just have to spend it' list. :)

Stepping Away

At the moment I am taking a step back from my easel (just a little step). Sometimes it just gets to a point where I just feel creatively drained, and I have to step away! There are so many things besides painting I want to try, but painting always takes priority! I don't want painting to become something that I don't look forward to waking up do do, so this week I'm mixing it up a bit! And I tell you.. it has been SO much fun! Today for the first time I had a play with polymer clay - I absolutely love it!! This pear is so tiny and cute, the photo just doesn't capture its cuteness! I have also been making some felt pins.. note the pear theme lately! Tomorrow will be a cushion, and then some Illustrator work and more notecards! At the moment nothing is listed for sale, I'm just playing around.. but in the back of my mind is the thought that I should split my shop into 2. Once just for paintings.. another for things I make just because!

New Painting - "Catch me if you can.."

This little bird has found his way inside, and really likes the look of those juicy pears!