Feeling a little girlie

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I am feeling a little girlie today.

Not tooooo fussy, not to cluttered and still inviting for our little girls.

3d bags

Just some pics of some 3D bags on canvases I did a while back.

Bedroom revamp

Pretty much finished bedroom 1 and now ready to start bedroom 2. VJ walls have been gap filled and painted and brand new beautiful high quality carpet installed. Hard to imagine it's the old bedroom (aka sleep out). It's amazing what white paint can do. Behind the bed is the lightest of pink feature wall - not my choice but it kept Miss B very happy. At least we were able to introduce more red and a lot less pink than before.

My only tasks are to now repaint the white wicker, make a few butterflies for the mosquito net and I think that's about it.

Now, if only we had built-ins...

Little sweetie

I am always promising to do love hearts for my 'sweet special one' but alas store or internet orders take up my time. So, today I finally sat down and did a love heart and circles etc on Illustrator and then glued on buttons, punched paper and sequins. I 3d' some of the larger circles. See cards below also.

I am now over the love heart phase. It didn't take long.

Dolly pegs

I was playing around with some old dolly pegs and lined these ladies side by side. They kind of look very 1920s.

Fabric mobile

Another easy as...
Purchase a macrame ring or hoop from a craft store for about $1.95 and cut strips of fabric and ribbon. Tie over ring.

Flower Power

Flower power...
Easy as.
Just buy the MDF cut outs from Bunnings $1.95, undercoat (if fabric is light), draw outline on back of fabric. Cut out. Spray glue board and glue carefully. I just blue-tac'd these flowers to the door.

Partridge in a pear tree

Actually, this one might be my favourite. Double click on the photo to see detail missing in smaller photo.

Butterfly kisses

I have also done some prints for girl's rooms but still working on a few more. This print is my all time favourite. I don't think the image does it justice. Also available for purchase at www.sproutgallery.com

Little 'tree of life'

Sprout Gallery is kind of changing direction slightly.

I hope to be updating the website soon to make allowances for a new greeting card line as well as framed and limited edition prints. Most prints however will still have some form of embellishment to make each one unique.

At the moment I am still experimenting with frames etc and busy trying to work out which ones will enhance the artwork.

The above prints are some of the work that will be coming to Sprout Gallery.

As for the canvases, well, I just had to have time off. The lure of my greeting card and prints was too strong and the constant orders (which was very much appreciated) became too overwhelming hence I never had time to update the website with new artwork etc. I was time poor and unable to keep up.

I apologise for the quality of the photos for this post.

For Amelia

I loved doing this canvas for a customer called Jenny and her little daughter - Amelia's room. The top photo is set up at my home, and the bottom shot is actually Amelia's room. The right photo was taken in our house and the left image taken in the client's home.

Four pairs of shoes

For my good friend's, Kevin and Michelle. For their little addition, Taylor.

Little cupcakes

A couple of little cupcakes. Julia's went off to Long Island, New York to proud parents Dave and Christine. Congrats once again guys!

Girl's clothesline

A cute little clothesline of polka dots and stripes.

Two little dickie birds for Jayda

This is for baby Jayda who (fingers crossed) will make her way into the world this week to happy parents Michelle and John. Fingers crossed also that Jayda really does turn out to be a 'Jayda' and not a 'Jay' OR back to the drawing board.

Re: painting, I was very happy with the end result of this painting. It is 45cm x 45cm x 4cm in size and is acrylic paint, fabric, felt, suede and fake stitching. From afar it looks like a patch work quilt.

No store orders on this one. Direct order to Sprout Gallery. Takes too darn long to make.

Cupcake tier

More cupcakes!

I should bake them rather than paint them. I swear they would take 1/32 of the time if not more. Still I love the final result.

Little Miss Mermaid

Little mermaid requested by my special girl.

I can't remember the size. I think it's 60cm high by 30cm wide. Miss mermaid had to have pink hair and a pink tail.

Miss Money Penny II

Miss Money Penny II is just one of four fun canvases I sent off to Mama's Home in Newmarket, Brisbane.

Acrylic on canvas

30cm x 30xm x 4cm

For a sweet little lady

These three little canvases are just waiting for a special little girl. They are also embellished with fabric and other bits and pieces and I have to say I thoroughly enjoyed making these three despite a heavy work load hanging overhead. They are on display and for purchase through My First Room where there is lots of lovely linen to match the artwork.

Canvases are 30cm x 30cm.