Worth the hard work

Today I received my grades for first semester at uni and I am pleased to announce that I received straight HD's (High Distinction) for everything WOO HOO.

It has been a little hectic on the holidays but I have been a little creative. I made these Inchie Cubes for a swap ... I hope Fran likes hers.

I also made a Lady of the Month ATC for Luscious Lucy which she called "extremely interesting" so I''m assuming she liked it ... hahahahahaha

I'm really loving using these colours!

Gotta go and finish cleaning up some crap that has been hanging around way too long. Promise to update again soon.

Catching Up

Hi all,

This is just a quick update to say hi and that I haven't forgotten about this blog. Life has been crazy hectic of late and hopefully it will settle down a little over the next few weeks and I will have a chance to update this blog properly.

For those who don't know I'm doing a 1 year post grad course at uni to become a primary school teacher. Loving it. It is really full on and has left little time for creating or anything else in my life. Keeping up with the classes, readings, assignments, lesson plans, etc has been taking all my time and what little is left has been spent with my Dear Heart and the Princess.

It is now semester break and I have four weeks where no assignments are due ... YAY ... however I will be doing teaching rounds for a week and a half and spending the rest with my mum and the Princess ... oh and trying to clean the sty ... oops house ... hahahahahaha

Today I'm setting some time aside for being creative ... finally.

Chat soon I promise!

55 Little Houses

Well I have finally finished my Little Houses for the retreat each of which is about 3x6cm. All are different. Some I am not really happy with but right now I don't want to go near them!

This is the Sisters themed ATC I made for February called Firework Fantasy

Creating like crazy - part 2

Finished ... well not quite ... had trouble with the Altered Fish theme and that is not due until April so I can try again later. So here are snippets of the last few ATC's for the group ATCsAndMixedMediaArt

Now I need to get on to the little houses due at the Creative Soul Retreat 2009

Creating like crazy

Well only one more week before I am back at uni and only four weeks until I am away at my long awaited art retreat ... both of these events have my knees knocking. As I don't know how busy I will be during the year I thought I'd get a head start on the ATC's for one of my groups. Of 11 monthly themes I have so far completed 6 sets with another 2 sets on the go. Hopefully I will be finished by next Friday. Here are little snippets of what I have done so far ... can't show the whole lot off as I don't want to spoil the surprise.

This is the ATC I have made for an Arabian Nights swap on the ArtTechniquesATCs yahoo group.

When I showed my Dear Heart he looked puzzled and said "what has that got to do with the Arabian Nights?!?" Being hormonal I saw red and wanted to kill him even though I know that this ATC is not very Arabic feeling however I returned with "can't you see the belly dancer?" in a how-dumb-are-you-tone. "That's a belly dancer?" came his reply ... death was imminent ... he was only saved by the sweet voice of the Princess asking "Daddy, of course it's a belly dancer, can't you see the coin belt?"

So I suppose an explaination is due as to why my Arabian Nights ATC is far from Arabian. When I think Arabian Nights I think belly dancing, which is something I love doing and only wish I didn't look like a floundering beached whale when I do it! The pattern on the serviette I used reminds me of the beading and coins on a belly dancing coin scarf/belt. The image highlights techniques I wish I was better at ... back bends and floor movements ... as well as the incredible beauty and joy of belly dancing.

The lake is on fire !?!

Our local lake .... Lake Wendouree ... caught on fire last night!

As you can see from the picture there isn't any water in the lake. It has been mostly dry for a few years now ... gets a little water in winter with the rain but not enough to fill it back up. I must say I am mighty sick of this drought and everything being so dry and dusty ... after 10 years I've had enough. I get fed up with the people who build new houses and immediately landscape their yards ... we are on water restrictions people! Why plant a garden that you aren't allowed to water? I know that weeds and half dead plants don't look that great but I'd rather see them than water hungry non-natives!

Better stop ranting now and go get creative ... ciao