Patchwork mosaic bowl

By special request i've made this bowl for someone ... the colors used are blues, reds, lime green and brown/earthy tones. I'm very pleased with the result!

Easter voter on etsy

Oh holy cow, here I go again making another post canvassing for votes ... when i should be making a post on everything else that i should be posting about! But hey, i'm a tad excited as i've never been in an etsy voter before and well, what can a girl do? Yay!!! .. my wee mosaic eggs made it into the voting round for easter and i'm really very happy. So if you feel like casting your vote you can do so here, or here, or even here ... your choice :D There's a ton of talent there and naturally i'd love you to vote for me .. pretty please with lots of sweet smiles on top, i'll even love you forever and if you don't want that then i'll just be eternally grateful! Thank you!

Happy easter everyone!!!

... and a very special thank you to Huismus for nominating me .. she's an amazing woman who lives in Holland and i'm certainly glad I had the honor to meet her and spend the day at the Rotterdam zoo with her last year. You can find her stunning shop here.

Pricing holders

For the past few weeks and certainly like super crazy this weekend (I have afterall been child free these past few days) i've been gearing up like crazy for the Maastricht craft fair in Holland. The fair isn't until the 16th August but the kids and I are packing up the car next weekend (9th to be precise) and heading off on our little road trip (well, ok it's not so small it's a 2100km trip) .. My dear friend Mitsy a.k.a Artmind recently posted a tutorial on her blog (she's a tutorial MASTER) that was all about making memo clip holders and kind of orientated towards 'price tags' .. now, this was something I really wanted to try as I hadn't yet organised a thing for my pricing options for the fair.

I did end up modifying it a little bit based on the materials that I already had here at home. Instead of using the loo rolls I decided to make use of some colorful silicone cupcakes I had had sitting around (I can bake a cake and biscuits but i'm seriously crap at baking cupcakes) .. matching paint, some meat skewers and some mini clips .. and here is my effort:

I HIGHLY recommend that if you don't already follow Artmind's blog .. you should be .. it's always updated with super interesting posts, tutorials and amazing things.

http://artmind-etcetera.blogspot.com/

Thanks Mitsy .. you are the BEST girl!