WhoHub Interview

I received an invitation to be interviewed on WhoHub.com today ... how cool!

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These are a few of my favourite amigurumi things

NeedleNoodles ..... Tildafilur
AJollyShop ..... Jaravee
StripeyBlue ..... AmyGaines
RosieOK ..... Theselovinghands
Mygurumi ..... Honeybee69

These are all gorgeous amigurumi patterns ... some I have drooled over for a long time, some I just found today! I bought a seahorse pattern from mygurumi, then I taught myself to crochet using YouTube tutorials ... click here to see my fave tutorial.

A sneek peek

So ... the painting is finished and the last coat of varnish has been applied. I still need to go bat my eyelashes at the boys at Bunnings to help me get the hardware fitted, and then it is delivered tonight!

If you're attending the big Quilt & Craft Fair at Darling Harbour, Sydney any time from 10-14th June, please make your way up to the back right corner and check out the FDAA exhibit. You can vote for your favourite piece in our Trash to Painted Treasure competition, including mine! *wink*

Bartering

Have you ever had a market stall, put on an art show or sold online, only to have people try to barter you down to a lower price on your item? Yeah? Then you are going to love this!

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Makeover!

My painting association, the FDAA, is holding a new competition called Trash to Painted Treasure. What we have to do is find something to paint, and turn it into a real treasure with paint! We can get our piece from a council pick-up, op shop, garage sale or just a good scrounge around in our own garage.

I found my piece in my own garage. It's the Barbie wardrobe my Dad made for me in 1980. It's made from nasty old chipboard and had an awful 70's decal on the front. The metal hanging rail inside and hinges were terribly rusty. Yeah ... it was time for a makeover.

I decided it should fit with the 'Altered Art' theme of the FDAA for the Quilt & Craft show exhibit this year, and also that it should be bold and pretty. So my Princess Pointy Shoes has been enlarged and given some little tweeting friends, and she will grace the front of this little cupboard.

Today I finished the front of the door panel, but I still have a way to go with 5 other panels to complete. Everything has taken longer than expected ... for example it took 2.5 hours to remove the old rusty hinges!!! But I will get there with another late night and full day of painting :D

The Quilt & Craft show is on at Darling Harbour, Sydney from 10th-14th June, and all the Trash to Painted Treasure entries will be on display. Personally I'm hoping for the People's Choice award, so come along and cast a vote for me :D

These are a few of my favourite peacock things!

Liaison ........ Redrubyrose
luxeminerals ...... catherinereece
tnoble8238 ...... Gypsies
eccentriques ..... mulberrymuse

Loving my new prints!

Bold seems like kind of an understatement when I try to describe this artwork, and it really has incredible 'Wow' factor. I bought 2 gorgeous prints from an Australian artist on Etsy called Kathy Panton. The colours are so vibrant and I can't wait to frame and hang these beautiful prints. I bought the 'Houses 1977' and the 'Flowers 1974' prints, but I also like the 'Left Behind Me' print. They were really well packed and arrived within a couple of days. The Houses print would make a great house warming gift I think ;)

Click here to visit Kathy's shop.