rainy days

 It has been raining constantly for several days and I am trying to recover from a severe bout of bronchitis so I am a bit low on energy.

Enjoy these pics from my waterlogged garden.

Natural textures for inspiration

 Life is so busy lately - the way I like it.

Today I spent time with my grand daughter and our cameras in the garden.

 I love to take pics of different colours and textures for future reference.

After the art show

Last weekend we had our Spring Show at the Peninsula Art Society: it is an annual event where our fine artists display their works for judging and sale.  The Text iles Group is allowed a small corner to show and sell some of our works too.

The show was a great success with lots of paintings sold and a high standard in a variety of techniques.  5 ladies from the Textiles Group offered some of our creations for sale and many people stopped by to see what it is we do on Friday afternoons and to chat to us as well as buy some items to give as gifts.

Anyway I am really tired after 4 days of activity so I will just show some pics of my garden (which is looking fabulous).

 

Shell box completed

Well this little box is completed.

I am quite pleased with the way it turned out.

The insides and the base are lined with  needlefelted fabric I made some months ago.

From the garden to the beach

 Today I managed to spend several hours in my work space.


I just don't know how to be tidy and creative at the same time.

It is a good time of year to be creative: gifts to make and craft markets to do.






 
I spend some time and money at one of my favourite shops last week - here

Although most of what I am doing at present comes from my stash, I did need to replenish glues and some paper flowers.

This little hair clip features a paper rose and hand dyed cotton lace.

This is the top of a little box.  The beaded area is something I did years ago and I have added some tiny shells around the edge.

I first painted the box with gesso and then pale gold metallic paint. I added some texture paste to the top and the beaded piece and the shells are set into the paste. 

Tomorrow I shall finish this off.  I have a fairly clear idea of how it will look which is unusual.  Making things up as I go along is my usual way of working.

I trust those who are experiencing stormy weather are snug and safe. x

rock lights and cobwebs

One of my great passions is my garden: it is a source of delight,  comfort, inspiration and always has something to offer.

We have lots of lights in our garden: bright bollards along the driveway, coloured solar lights in along the front fence, lots of different lights in the back garden and in the garden outside our bedroom window we have 3 "rock" lights.  These resin rock lights sit in amongst the plants and at the moment they need a bit of cleaning up.  The weather has been wet and the lights have attracted some cobwebs and bugs as I discovered when I went outside to take some pictures this evening.

As you can see the lights provided some interesting pictures.

hair clips

I have three markets coming up - the first is this coming weekend.  It is Melbourne cup long weekend so it is a 4 day event.

It is one of the activities included in the Peninsula Arts Society Spring Art Show.

Last year our textiles group was given the opportunity to show some of our work and this year we are allowed to offer our pieces for sale.

It is always so hard to know how much to do and how to price things.