Tulips & A Vanilla Whip + Contest Winner

'Spring Time'

'Vanilla Whip'

I've been so inspired lately with the coming of Spring and seeing all my flowers starting to come back to life again, that I couldn't help but create a new series of paintings devoted to flowers!

I've been watching 'The Joy of Painting' lately too and have been soaking up the wonderful effects and beauty of the late Bob Ross' paintings. He continues to be a real inspiration to many and I am so glad that his company continues today with instructors sharing his techniques.

So I have several new lovely paintings for you this week, which you can find on ebay.

There was only one entry for my contest to win 'Hello Miss Bear' so I entered all my Youtube subscribers in random generator to find a lucky winner....



Congratulations go to: shelb2201 I'll be contacting you today.

Enjoy!
Niki
xxx

Sparkly Delight mmmmmmm

'Sparkly Delight'
Mixed Media Painting
5 x 7" Birch Plywood

Yum! These cupcakes look good enough to eat ;) Another from my series of cupcake paintings which you can find on ebay right now!

Enjoy!
Niki
xxx

Sweet Peas and Gardening Goodness

Oh what a beautiful day it was on Saturday! The sun was shining and Mark and I spent the whole day outside working on our back garden, tending to seeds and making our greenhouse.

New bulbs I got recently to fill out the front garden some more. I also got some Bellis and can't wait to see the fluffy little flower heads when they bloom.

Our first Daff bloomed over the weekend and the others are now following!

Remember me posting about my Sweet Pea seeds? Well look at them now lol! They have grown so well and are now ready to be hardened off yay. I'll be giving some to my Mum and Dad lol as there are so many. I am thrilled they have grown so well. Tending to them is so relaxing I love it.

Well that was my Saturday, I've also been painting lot's! More about those tomorrow.

My current available paintings are here.

Have a great day!
Niki
xxx

Cupcake Princess

'Cupcake Princess'
5 x 7"
Birch Plywood

This little cutie is ready for her new home! Part of my cupcake series, this little girl is a true cupcake princess. Created in shabby soft colours, a polka dot background and dark brown painted sides.

'Cupcake Princess' is available on ebay.

Niki
xxx

Yay! Contest Time

'Hello Miss Bear'
8 x 8 inch deep edge canvas

Hey Everyone, it's contest time again! Did you miss this? I'm re-posting so come on leave a comment and maybe you will win!

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Since I'm alittle behind with my videos on YouTube I thought I would post a fun contest on here to win 'Hello Miss Bear'!

All you have to do is (if you aren't already a subscriber) subscribe to my YouTube videos and post your youtube name as a comment on here so I know who you are.

If you are a subscriber please post your youtube name anyway here and only those who comment will be entered in this special giveaway.

To be clear - you must be a youtube subscriber to my channel and post your youtube name on this blog as a comment to enter.

So get commenting and tell all your friends because you could be the lucky winner of this seriously cute painting!

Closing date is Friday 20th March at midnight GMT, I will be announcing the winner here on Monday.

Thanks so much for supporting my art!
Niki
xxx

New Prints!

Hey Everyone, well it seems like Spring is so close now I heard that some of you already changed your clocks, we change them on 29th March. I can't wait, I love the lighter evenings, especially for walking Ellie.

This weekend we will be sorting out a greenhouse for our garden yay. Our lovely neighbour doesn't want his and offered it to us so I am so excited to have my very own to grow lot's more seeds in.

What are your plans this weekend? I'd love to know!

Don't forget to enter my contest to win an original painting: enter here

These new prints have just been added to etsy, enjoy! xxx

Cafe Parisien

'Cafe Parisien'
16 x 12"
canvas

Don't those cupcakes look so yummy! I've been trying some new tecniques for my backgrounds and aiming for a soft feel to my paintings, I think this one turned out cute.

It's now available on ebay.

Don't forget to enter my contest, today is the last day to enter!

Niki
xxx

The latest happenings...

You can find my new ebay auctions here also :)

Niki
xxx

It's Contest Time!

'Hello Miss Bear'
8 x 8 inch deep edge canvas

Hey Everyone, it's contest time again! Since I'm alittle behind with my videos on YouTube I thought I would post a fun contest on here to win 'Hello Miss Bear'!

All you have to do is (if you aren't already a subscriber) subscribe to my YouTube videos and post your youtube name as a comment on here so I know who you are.

If you are a subscriber please post your youtube name anyway here and only those who comment will be entered in this special giveaway.

To be clear - you must be a youtube subscriber to my channel and post your youtube name on this blog as a comment to enter.

So get commenting and tell all your friends because you could be the lucky winner of this seriously cute painting!

Closing date is Saturday 14th March at midnight GMT, I will be announcing the winner here on Monday.

One last thing, I've added some of my latest paintings to Ebay :)

Thanks so much for supporting my art!
Niki
xxx

On the crochet side...

Today I thought I'd share one of my personal projects that I've been working on for a while now. It's a cute little baby blanket for my neighbours new born, I'm really looking forward to giving it to them this weekend.

You can find out more about it on Ravelry where I share what wool and pattern etc I used so you can have a go too!

Next on my crochet hooks are a round cushion for our lounge and a ripple blanket for our bed.

I find crocheting really relaxing, it's great for clearing your mind and winding down in the evenings. I tend to watch my favourite tv program or listen to my ipod while I crochet, it's amazing how quick crochet really is!

What's on your crochet hooks or needles right now?

Niki
xxx

OMG Yay!

Last night I switched the light on and to my utter amazement saw this!!!!!! I started jumping up and down lol My seeds have sprouted woohoo!!!! I really can't believe it, how amazing is that after only 5 days!

I've taken the lid off and moved them to a cooler room now and can't wait to see them grow more. It's so exciting to watch this. Incase you don't know what they are... they are sweet peas.

This afternoon I'm printing photos of our front garden to create a garden journal. I'm going to write out all the plants we have and when they flower etc.

I've been so behind lately with everything especially my art, we've just joined our church officially today and have had a lot going on for the church, plus I'm quite slow lol!

So this week I will be *trying* to get myself organised and add some new bookmarks to the shop and hopefully finish the new video!

Thanks for waiting for me.

Niki
xxx