'Fragments of Fuchsias' Artwork...

I'm really happy with the way this painting came together.

I enjoyed playing with textures 

using acrylic paints in mauves, creams, greens and blues.

All this thick and luscious paint 

was teamed with fabulous handmade paper 

made from flax fibres to create this wonderful textured result!

 I'm a little bit in love with this one, 

so it may be difficult to ever part with it!

 I LOVE the colours...the textures...

and the fact everytime you look, 

you see something else!

 And I LOVE the name...

'Fragments of Fuchsias'.

There is nothing more heartwarming than art time with my Grandson.

 So I just had to share the cutest photo of 2-year-old Quinn...

a budding 'abstract' artist  (who has inherited his Nonna's love affair with paint!)

Squirty bottle paint is soooo much FUN!

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'Cake Works' 21st Birthday Cake...

Oh, how your children grow!

My baby has just turned 21!

Time just did not allow a homemade cake design to eventuate, 

 I enlisted the help of Annalies at 'Cake Works'!
http://www.cakeworksnz.com/

We chose a picture from among the hundreds of cakes on Pinterest.

So this is the pic (from Bella Cupcakes) 

That was emailed to Annalies at 'Cake Works',

with instructions that she was to add

  lemon yellow flowers to her own version of this design.
So right now I am doing a HUGE 'SHOUTOUT' to Annalies at 'CAKEWORKS'
because the cake she created was AMAZING!

Don't you agree?

With delicate flowers in the softest pastels...

On an aqua colored icing with beautiful white stenciling. 

It was simply gorgeous! 
Almost too gorgeous to cut....

Painted Door Mat...

 Take one plain and boring black rubber mat.

A can of spray paint in your chosen colour...

And spray, spray, spray,

until black disappears!

 LOOKING FABULOUS!

Just what my door entrance needed...

a bright funky POP of colour!

AH but ALAS...

less than 24 hours later

the gorgeous GEORGE was back to his naughty habits 
of chewing everything not nailed down!

Remember GEORGE...
Butter wouldn't melt in my mouth, worlds most adorable 
but most destructable Hungarian Vizla...

(read his story here:)

http://miabellapassion.blogspot.co.nz/2013/08/george.html

Nothing a little glue can't fix I decided...
the mat was glued back together,
 and now has a new home at the craft room door entrance!

And so far so good...

George has left it alone!
I am now on the look out for 'George-proof' mat ideas for the front porch.
A mat that may have to be made from steel!

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