the most exciting news

a gorgeous customer that visited my stall at a recent market, has commissioned me to do two of my whimsical girly paintings of her very very pretty cherubic daughters. 

i am thrilled thrilled thrilled  ..... !

interestingly, the market i met her at was the worst for sales (and cold weather), that i have ever participated in and i was quite disappointed on the day.  yet it has turned out to be a great market for me financially; plus i have also now met this great girl and her gorgeous children and have been given this great opportunity.

isn't life great that you just never know what is going to happen tomorrow .... let's expect the best and who knows, it may just be delivered.  

What's the best thing that's happened to you this week?

boo hoo ... Lilly has left the building

throw the ball ... throw the ball .... come on... throw.the.ball ..... come onnnnnn .... 

we have been minding our doggy friend Lilly for awhile ....she's the black pooch - the brown one is our Finn Macool. 

Lil is a true multiple personality dog. at the park - full-on, leader of the pack, don't mess with me.  she walks in the door at home and is a submissive, please-please-please-cuddle-me kinda dog.  hilarious. 

i love dogs!

The Divine Miss Emily

i have the most dee-vine wee niece ever made.  glorious she is.  anyway she recently turned one so i made her a personalised bunting painting. here it is. i quite like it.

its layer upon layer upon layer (remember those sara lea ads, or is it only me that is so old??) of vintage and new papers, and paint that has been painted on, rolled on, stamped on and dripped on. 

layer 'pon layer 'pon layer ....

i thought it turned out so well i'd put the design up in my Blissful Bunting shop in case someone else would like one for their wee one.  you can see it here.

Bliss.

bouncing off the walls with cupcakes

yesterday i minded my friend's two young daughters for a few hours.  so we made cupcakes and easter cards and generally had a heap of fun whilst making lots and lots of mess.  it was great.  along with the mess were three dogs (mine and her two), trying to get a part of the action. hilarious.

i think the girls ate more icing than went onto the cupcakes and i thought for sure that by the time their mum arrived home, they would certainly be bouncing off  the walls from the food colouring and far far far too much sugar.  but they managed to keep it together.  i did suggest to them that when their mum walks through the door that they should start bouncing off the walls for a laugh, but we forgot to do it.  drat.

below is the outcome of far too much food colouring, but lots of fun and sprinkles!

they certainly don't match up to the bliss that is contained within Couture Cupcake Creations, but they were dee-licious! you really should look at the lovely Laura's creations, they are too amazing for words ..... and she won an award at the Royal Easter Show.  big yay to Laura.

woo hoo :: very very excited

i had a very very very exciting weekend, yes i did.

i sold my first print on-line.

woo-hoo.

it was a print of this gorgeous creature on made it.

totally chuffed with myself as i've only really just started selling on-line. i know it is a very small step, but lots of small steps will eventually turn into giant ones - won't they?  and you've got to start somewhere don't you now?  bliss

i also spent the weekend obsessing about leon russell, you know that sexy rock god from the late seventies (i know, i know i'm really old)?  he's touring australia next week for the byron bay blues festival and i have tickets to see him in sydney.  he no longer looks the rock god (believe me on that one), but i'm hoping he still sounds great.  he just released a cd with elton john called 'the union'.  love love love that album, think i played it about 20 times over the weekend and every listen it just got better. am even listening to it now.  obsessed.  my husband is a little over it.

Leon Live album.  www.leonrussellrecords.com