It's friday.....yay!!!!!!

Not only is it Friday but it's also the last day of school for my kiddies and the start of their Easter holidays, so the next 2 weeks will be interesting to see how much painting I can get done with them home ;o)

Here are my paintings from this week, just listed in my Etsy shop

This little birdy is looking for someone to be friends with.

Painted on a chunky 6x6 inch canvas and with a small amount of pink glitter paint on the wings which doesn't show up in the photo's :o(

Friend:

Totally inspired by the colours in a necklace I favourited the other day on Etsy, this has to be the brightest painting I've done in a long time :o)

Hidden: SOLD 

Loving these wood plaques, they are wonderful, chunky and a dream to paint on.

Awaken:

I've got a 'thing' for rainbows at the moment, probably because I feel I'm missing out as we've not had any spring rain at all this year in the UK and no rain means no rainbows, I'll just have to keep making my own ;o)

Joyful:

Yup it's another of my 'things' I never get tired of painting harlequin girlie's, this one is on an 8x8 inch cradled wood panel.

Graceful:

I have one more piccie for you guys to look at this week but it's not anything I created it's my mail art from the lovely Donna at 'so dark so cute'.

She made one of them for me for the big mail art swap I hosted but it got lost in transit and she kindly made me another one but guess what? that got lost too. 

Finally the other day they both arrived at the same time and I had the pleasure of opening both of the wonderful packages, I am so glad they managed to find their way here and hope they had fun on their journey the little scamps ;o)

Donna I love them both and you can be sure I will take good care of them

Thank you sweetie x

Micki x

I'm Back.........did you miss me?

Ok so you probably didn't even notice I was gone, I mean what's a week or 2 in blogland eh? ;o)

Well while I've been gone I have cleared out so much stuff from my art room and moved everything round so it is far better for working in, I have new storage baskets and a new lovely rug too.......the room still needs redecorating but that will come some other time now, it will be a lot of work when it does and will take up far more time than I have spare right now!!

Since I re-did my arty room the art has been pouring out of me and I have just listed these 10 items in my etsy shop.

Along with my usual canvas board paintings I have some on cradled wood boards (such a dream to paint on) and some new blank mini/pocket journals too.

I did have a bit of a minor glitch along the way with my email system crashing and when I tried to move to another system I lost a few hundred emails along the way, bit of a nightmare but all fixed now, so I won't complain :o)

Along with the new art for my etsy shop I have also (with the help of my lovely hubby) made a new blog/etsy banner and avatar based on one of my new paintings.....I hope you likey? ;o)

Anyway's enough of my waffle on with the art.......

Glad to be back ;o)

Micki x

p.s.........My new blog posting/etsy shop listing day will be Friday from now on!!!


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Change is good for the soul

It most definitely is a time for change, I will be taking the next couple of weeks off from blogging while I get some things sorted out.

The first change has been done this morning, I got rid of my facebook account's, I have neither the time or the inclination to carry on with them and I don't like to do something unless my heart is in it, my heart is most definitely not in it where facebook is concerned, I was much happier before signing up a few months back and it was quite freeing to hit the delete button this morning ;o)

Now all I have to do is sort out my art room.....it seriously needs some time thinking out how I do things and where the best place for my 'stuff' should be to make it easier to work in.

It's something that's been bugging me all winter but I didn't have the urge to get on with it and do it.

It's not something that can be done quickly and needs lots of thought.

Now it's spring and sunny (even if a bit cold still) I have an urge to make things better in my small arty room and hope it will help towards making my art flow easier.

So for now I say goodbye, but watch this space, before you've had chance to miss me.......I will be back ;o)

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My etsy shop will be staying open and the sale I have on at the moment will continue for a couple of weeks (or until everything has sold lol)

Is this what you have been waiting for?

So you want to know what 7 weeks worth of swapping looks like do you?

OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!! 

I only just managed to fit everything onto my work table, look at all the amazing work you guys did and for what?......ALL FOR LITTLE OLD ME......YAY!!!!!!

So now I am feeling thoroughly spoilt and lucky as hell to be given the chance to do this, just look how talented you guys are, it makes me so proud to know you all and be part of this awesome blogging community!!

My worktable full to the brim with goodness:

Ok so those photos were not that great and didn't show off each individual piece too well so here goes, week by week, piece by piece...mail art love......

Week 1 

This is the photo of all the mail art I received the first week and my goodness it started off with a bang, I was so excited I could have burst!!

Brigitte van Tienhoven

Claire Sauer (inside journal book)

Claire Sauer (showing how full of goodness this journal book is)

Pen Parkin

Stacy Cymbalisty

Tonya Turvold

Week 2

More gorgeous goodies dropping in my letterbox from all over the world

Jess Stride

Kim Henkel (book front)

Kim Henkel (book open)

Linda Cash

Natasa May

Tammie Lee

Tina Gilmore

Week 3

So much yummy goodness are you feeling jealous yet? ;o)

Abigail Folk

Dani Harvey

Lisa Graham

Maryann McNicholas

Pia Drent

Sam Johnson (showing canvas journal)

Sam Johnson (showing all the goodies she sent)

Week 4

I hope you are having fun viewing all of these? I know I am ;o)

Cameron Reutzel

Darla Peterson

Gloria Ferrer

Janet Briggs

Jodi Oster

Kathryn Amurao

Week 5

Time was certainly flying past with all these goodies landing in my mail box, each day was a fabulous surprise and what a way to beat those winter blues :o)

Carol Gourley

Inga Dempsey

Anne Cahill

Diana Ryman

Kylie Fowler

Manon Visser-Clarke

Week 6

Week 6 already? wow this time is whizzing by and I am enjoying every second :o)

Briana Tomlin

Brooke Wilson

Nora Clemens

Week 7 - The Final Week

It might be the final week but the goodies were still coming :o)

Denise Baldwin

Jenny Hoogeboom

Jenny Hoogeboom (showing the carved stamp she did of a painting she bought from me a long while ago)

 Jenny Hoogeboom (showing the plushie goodness)

Joan Craft

OMG it's over!!!!!!

Time just disappeared and 7 weeks later just look at all the fabulous goodies I now proudly own.

But wait a minute look I have one more photo to show:

Because you are all so lovely this photo is a collection of all the little thank you notes you added in to your parcels, well I don't know about thanking me.....I feel like the winner here for sure

I want to THANK YOU for joining in on my mail art swap, I have had so much fun and I sure hope that you all enjoyed making and receiving your packages too?

I will cherish all of your artwork's and give them all the love they deserve.

Thank you

Thank you

Thank you

Micki

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