You have got to just push yourself.

GREEN TREE GALLERY


That's what I keep telling myself, if you don't try you will never know where it will lead.


The Green Tree Gallery in Borde Hill Gardens is a lovely place. They approached me at the Open House Festival in May and have been selling my Corsages, Crayon wraps and Bunnies. Well just before Christmas they asked all the artists if they would like to take part in the Affordable Art Sale this Feb.. I thought about it and what with being stuck to a sewing machine for most of December, I promptly forgot about it!




'Florence'



What with the credit crunch and making the decision that this is the year to promote my work, the light bulb above my head went PING!


'Papillon'

So, out of the cupboard came the Textile pictures which did not sell in May and I have entered them to be sold at the Affordable Art Sale.

I was going to keep them for the next Open House, to fall back on just in case the creative juices don't flow, but I have wanted to do some new work for a while, this could be the incentive.





'Flora'

Like most artists/creative people, I find that I create better work under a little stress!


Mmmm...... I will be regretting those words come the end of April!


Its good though... really....... lets see......

Love is in the air.........

I love shadows, they sometimes set little scenes........

I couldn't help but do my own version of the old shadow portraits they used to do of loved ones...

This looks like it should be a little village with its church. In fact, my little boy had been playing with his playmobile indian tent and left it on the dinning room table. Then sun was streaming through casting the most amazing shadows. Snowflake decorations on the window, a glitter ball hanging and then toys, fruitbowl on the table. Simple with no tweeking!

Anyway LOVE.............

What will you be sending the love of your life?

I thought I had better get my act together, I made some heart brooches ages ago and they sold quite well.

So with the old brain ticking and the nimble fingers twitching I have come up with some new cute designs.

I really enjoyed making this one, you can't quite see the detail on the side but it reminds me of the victorian era.

Anyway, they are now available and more on my Etsy and Folksy shops.

Hope the rain is not gettng you all down, just spoken to my sis in Aus, it was cold there apparently...20oc!

New Year, new work, new shop......

I have decided that this year is the year to promote myself and my work. "What have you done then?" I hear you say.
Well, I have opened another shop via the Internet through Folksy. This time I am going to keep up with it and go for gold! You can access it either by the link above or on my sidebar.

I love the names people come up with for online shops, why and how ..... Folksy....Etsy. Such funny little names.

As you can see above and below, this is what is available in my shop at the mo.

The turquoise and grey corsages have been really popular this Christmas. I have found that my work seems to flow quite naturally with the colour trends.

I must pick up on it subconsciously within and around my surroundings.

I thought I had better put a few of these little bunnies on there. I love making these and I tried to work out how many I have made so far over the year......... well, I make about 12 in each batch, probably one batch a month..... erm so that's probably ......

150ish! Flippen eck!

No wonder my fingers are worn through! I love making them, I get quite precious about using my stash of fabrics but some how I get carried away and excited when coming up with combinations for the bunnies.

As for the corsages, don't make me count them, I have been making these for about 4 years and they sell so well, imagine........

A friend of mine gave me a stash of the most unusual fabrics recently, when I look at the patterns they remind me of Eastern Europe, Little Polish old ladies and their head scarfs.

Anyway, jabber jabber, less of this and more of the old sewing me dear!

Ta Ta for now

*Just added some new stock to my Etsy shop as well, so take a look!

Sew cold!

Look what we woke up to this morning!

Hope you get to enjoy some too!