Our thoughts and prayers go out to all those people affected by the earthquake in Christchurch...the world is going crazzzzzy!

You can buy this painting "The Arrangement" at Red Olive Studio's Click here for contact details.

Now on a lighter note, when upset go shopping. I saw a girl wearing this necklace at the Pigeonhole stand at Finders Keepers Market in Melbourne last year, it looked gorgeous and I want one... 

Image courtesy of Pigeonhole 

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I just recently came across MoAD (Ministry of Art & Design) in New Zealand they are based in Auckland and the two organisers of the creative collective are Aroha Lewin and Zekiah Heath they help local artists and designers of exceptional quality show their work throughout NZ.

Aroha and Zekiah just happen to be very talented artists and designers themselves and below are a few images showcasing MoAD's new Alice In Wonderland collection - absolutely love it!

Image by Emily Andrews

Image by Emily Andrews

For more of Aroha Lewin click here

Before I forget I'd like to give a shout out to Nelson and Rose who listed A Little Shop as being one of the Cool online stores in Australia!...Nelson and Rose make beautiful handmade leather beanbags and their version of the pouffe - a dumpling, you have to check them out.

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I hope everyone had a wonderful weekend! as for me, mine was somewhat challenging...I finally made some progress on the painting front and have been busy working till midnight - that's with a two year old teething and waking twice a night and my 3 year old waking once! Oh Joy.


On the shop front, we had some great new stock in last week. I am really loving the new rhino heads I keep on talking about and there are some cute little toys that are the perfect size to hold for the little one - not to big and not too small, just right.


A couple of pic's of my new small artworks soon to be coming to the shop...

I am really loving everything bright at the moment...colour just brightens up your day and home! Little pops of colour make everyone happy. Funny thing is when I first started painting all my paintings were inspired by the expressionists and then my style changed to more muted tones and now I'm back to brights again, I think I have to many mood swings...

I painted these Tiger Lilies Ten years ago...what a circle!

This weekend I also finished a dress I made for my little M a while back - my sewing skills aren't crash hot, so don't look too closely. I don't have a lot of patience for sewing I think it's because my sewing machine keeps breaking down.

Well that's all for now, I'm not sure who reads my blog but whoever you are have a great start to the week!

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When I opened up my inbox yesterday there was a newsletter from made it and a picture of the cutest crayons, here are a couple of pics for you. You can buy them at Stitch ville...

While we're on the subject of kids... there is a great (cheap) idea for kids book shelves made from Ikea spice racks on Table Tonics blog I recommend you all follow her blog because she has awesome advice and tips on all sorts of things related to fashion and design.

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