New Arrivals

In a few short weeks there will be a new arrival within the family.

As we already know baby will be a boy I've been making

a few little goodies for when he arrives.

A couple of little bibs........

 

A couple of burpie pads to go over mums shoulder......

   

And a little birdie basket to keep it all in.......

A sneaky Peek

So with 8 days to go before Open Studios starts I thought

I'd give you a little sneaky peek of some of the pieces

that will be in this years exhibition.......

A little detail from one of the boats.....

Moving onto the garden.....

 A little bit of Cow parsley and 

Sea Holly.......

 so there you go.......

If you're in my neck of the woods then please

do pop in .....

www.open-studios.org.uk

entry # 10 in the brochure and on the website.

A Little Tweet

Don't you just love Spring ....

Whilst working in the garden at the weekend

we could hear a little chirping noise coming from

the ivy hedge......

Carefully peering in between the leaves we found a

perfect little nest with three beautiful

chicks in it.  

Quickly, before mum came back we

took a couple of quick snaps then left them in peace.

Can you guess what type of bird they are??

We spent a good long while watching 

Mrs Blackbird flitting in and out of the nest with

food for her chicks......

Did you guess right??........

Exhibition Time Once Again

How quickly the last year has gone.  It's once again time for 

Open Studios

http://www.open-studios.org.uk

 I will be opening my doors and welcoming

visitors who come to see my work.

If you're in the area why not pop in for a look round 

and a cup of tea!

A little Treat......

A few weeks ago I decided to give myself a little treat.  I have been waiting with great

excitement for my parcel to arrive and today it did!

So here they are........

My beautiful handmade, hand painted boots made by Tracey at 

Pandora Picture Boots in Glastonbury.

I am a very happy bunny!!!!

I'm Lichen this!!

I have had a bit of a break this last couple of weeks, a week in beautiful Devon

 then a week with my family in Northern Ireland.

Whilst taking a walk around the country lanes in Devon I 

came across some beautiful lichen growing on a wooden fence.

It is very reminiscent of Barnacles growing on a boat hull or rocks on the shore!

 

I also came across this very dessicated Hydrangea head.

 

It was great to find that this head had been missed when deadheading and had 

been left to decay,  allowing nature through death to create a beautiful delicate 

ethereal flower head.

Final Doodle....

So, the final Doodle lesson with Traci at 

Strathmore Workshops was all about painting

whimsical faces.  Not something I am very confident

about doing!!

So having taken a deep breath I took the plunge and here is

my piece..... her eye is very large and not at all how

I meant it to turn out!!

I'm really pleased with the overall look of the piece and the colour

scheme and the fact that her face shape is pretty good and her

hair &lips worked out quite well too.  

I've really enjoyed having a go at the workshop and will continue to

use the techniques Traci has shared with us.