Spring time prints and updates

It feels like a while since I’ve blogged properly, so much going on with different projects. I thought I’d just update you on what’s happening online right now with my shops and art.

I’ve been a busy bee getting my new web shop up and running and it’s finally ready to reveal: www.thevintageartist.bigcartel.com I still have things to add and I’m trying to get my sub domain linked to it but so far it’s not resolved. But you can reach it from the above url anytime.

I’ve also added a couple of new art prints to Etsy and some photography and cards.

And if you are looking for my fabric it’s now available directly from Spoonflower in any amount you wish. I’m really excited to see what you make with it. I actually attempted to make something for my studio, don’t laugh….

I’m not a great sewer so it’s a bit crooked lol but it’s still cute. And very comfy I might add. Send me pics when you make something with my fabric line, so I can see!

Well, that’s all folks for this week

Blessings

xxx

Love Birds

'Love Birds'

5 x 5" Acrylic mixed media on a vintage bingo card

We've got a busy weekend ahead, a wonderful Wedding to attend on Saturday so it's all systems go getting everything prepared. I'm videoing the event and need to put the finishing touches to my outfit :D

Have a great weekend, I'll be back next week with more delightful paintings.


xxx

Feeding Pony

xxx

Spreading My Wings

I’ve been feeling really restless for a long time now, itching to spread my wings and work in other mediums but the thought of not doing my cute whimsical paintings, well it made me sad. How could I do both?

I’ve struggled with putting all the different mediums together in my Etsy shop and feeling like it just looked too confusing, and while some of you may say no, I felt it just wasn’t working.

The pull to create in other ways has been a recurring theme for me for years and I didn’t know what to do about it. Recent events have helped me to decide that I need to honour the different parts of what makes me ‘me’ and be creative in many ways.

I’m currently taking Paulette Insall’s Divine Romance class which is helping me to paint in a way that is less thinking more doing, connecting with God and allowing Him to flow through me. It’s exciting to see what will come out and I look forward to sharing more with you about this later on.

In the meantime, some of you may have seen my recent ‘Ellie’ sketch which has got me really excited! I totally loved the experience of creating in this way, again it was more doing rather than thinking and simple yet so striking. I decided that sketching is something I want to do a lot more of and am now offering custom pet sketches along with my photography and abstract paintings on my new website.

This seemed the perfect way to have the best of both worlds, I’ll be listing all my cute whimsical paintings and prints on my Etsy store and all other art and photography at Big Cartel. I’ve added new links on the menus here to help you find what you need.

Excited to be on this new journey,

xxx

Spring Photography

Thanks so much to everyone who contributed to my Facebook contest, it was so much fun and I am delighted to meet all of you!

Just a quick update to let you know I’ve been Spring cleaning the shop and have added more photography and a couple of new originals too, so I hope you’ll stop by and check them out.

I am so loving this warm weather, to walk around in just a t-shirt and no coat is amazing! Certainly makes your day brighter.

Hope you are having a wonderful day!

xxx

Romance in Lille

On the Thursday we got to have a day out in Lille, a large city not far from Thumeries. I was fascinated with the buildings, the Cafes and the shops.

The sidewalks were beautifully lined with trees, just like you see in the movies- and we even saw romance in the air, how sweet! :) (I didn’t photograph that of course lol)

Here’s some pics of the centre…

There we so many Cafe’s everywhere and some very chic shops. I’m amazed I didn’t take more photos!

So that’s it from my France adventures, I hope you’ve enjoyed seeing all the pics. Hopefully another adventure won’t be too far in the future.

You can find some of my France photos available as Fine Art Prints in my Etsy store.

Many Blessings,

xxx

Beau Jardin – Beautiful Garden

As promised more photos from France! The Chateau grounds were blossoming with lot’s of gorgeous blooms including these beautiful white blossoms.

Red ones…

I loved the red the best!

This is the moat around the Chateau, see those beautiful red blossoms.

Here is the large greenhouse that we where in and out of all week :D

This is the gate leading onto the woodlands, looks like the entrance to a secret garden doesn’t it!

So that was all the beauty of the grounds I captured and tomorrow I’ll be sharing our pics from our visit to Lille.

See you then,

xxx

{Blossom Photos now available at Etsy}

Back From France!

 

We’ve been in France all last week for a Church mission trip! It’s been very exciting since this was my first time abroad and I’ve always wanted to go to France.  A dream come true!

I took plenty of pics so I could show you where we were and what we did.

This is Chateau Blanc in Thumeries, France. It’s a mission prayer house that is involved with various works and last week a team of us went to help maintain the building and grounds.

This is the view from our bedroom, which you can see in the first pic, it’s the turret at the top :D

This is the bed we were clearing on the first day, it was pretty overgrown so we got to work weeding and chopping and re-potting.

This is the view looking from the grounds towards the Chateau.

There was much work to do including re-pointing, painting, gardening and more. We all shared out the work and enjoyed the fellowship with each other. In the evenings we went for walks and chatted (there was no tv which was really nice actually!) I really enjoyed the slower pace of life and even though we were working hard every day I felt so much more peaceful than at home trying to do so many different things.

This trip has been great for me in so many ways but especially it’s made me realise even more how I need to get my life in balance – which I’m finding very hard to do! More creativity and less busyness + a slower pace!

How do you create balance? I’d love to hear your tips.

Join me tomorrow when I’ll be posting more info about our trip and more photos.

xxx

P.S Like the new look?

Dramatic Skies

I hope you all are having a wonderful Easter Holiday weekend, I’ve been busy refreshing my Etsy store today with some stunning dramatic new photography. I decided to move all my photography to my main store to make it easier for you to see what’s new and also easier for me to manage. So, I present to you three new stunning prints taken this year, now available at my Etsy store.

Photography makes me really excited, seeing the beauty and glory of all of God’s creation is just amazing. Expect much more photography over the coming year.

Also, I’m having a special sale on a couple of pieces on ebay. They are on a special 3 day listing starting today and ending on Thursday. They are listed at a lower price so please head on over and check those out.

Well I hope you have a great rest of the day and don’t eat too much chocolate ;)

Love and Blessings,

xxx

Something New!

I just figured out (after having my phone about 2yrs lol) that I can take really cool photos and put them on here and update twitter as I’m out and about! Inspired by the beautiful Marisa I decided to see what my phone could actually do.

The pics above were taken on my phone and I think came out really well, so from now on I’ll be able to take some pics while out and about and upload here to inspire you. Cool huh!

Also, I figured out I can set my alarm clock to play whatever I want to get me up in the mornings. I am NOT a morning person but would like to be and so my plan is to add a cool tune to  my phone and place it on our chest of drawers so that I actually HAVE to get up and turn it off. And surely if it is something I love to hear instead of a blaring ringing I will actually ENJOY getting up and start the day right.

Wish me success!

Hope you are having a great day, I’ll be adding another new painting to ebay today so look out for that.

BTW while I am nattering on…does anyone know how to stop your photos on ebay going blurry for the gallery pic? I can’t seem to get it right, when I sharpen them it only makes them more blurry when they are resized by ebay. When I upload as they are they are blurry too, any ideas please?

Off now to do some work for a change ;) lol

xxx

2009 Memories

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Glorious!

This was the scene on the way home from Church yesterday, all I kept saying was “isn’t this glorious!” Hubby kindly stopped a few times so I could photograph the beauty.

After lunch we went out to walk Ellie, it was so cold but the photographic opportunities were abundant!

This was the view on the way and then check this out as we walked home…

I’ve never seen a sky more beautiful! There is something about snow that changes the landscape and makes everything beautiful.

I’ve taken loads of pics and will be getting them ready to add to my Etsy store for the New Year.

Hope you are staying warm,

xxx