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Ooops!!! Blog Neglect……..Guilty as charged!!

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Sep 132011

Ooops!!! Blog Neglect........Guilty as charged!!

So much has been going on lately that I have neglected my poor little blog so it’s time to make amends. Let’s start off with a new artwork shall we. This one is imaginatively called “Butterfly Girl” :) She’s only little, about the size of a postcard. I think she sort of ended up being a bit of a self portrait in a way (not that I actually look like this, that would be weird haha). There’s a lot of me in this one though. I love butterflies for starters. My dad even used to call me “little papillon” when [tell me more, tell me more]

A Little Bit About “Coralei”

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Aug 162011

My latest artwork is yet another mermaid. I always look at my other mermaids and just want to redo them all. Instead I thought I would just start a fresh one. I love seeing progress shots so here are a few of Coralei. I’ll explain a bit about her name in a sec. So when I started her I knew I would give her coral coloured hair so in my mind her name was Coral. As I painted her though I knew Coral wasn’t right. I even asked on my facebook page for suggestions as I wasn’t sure what to [tell me more, tell me more]

Miss Polly madeit into the New Finds newsletter

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Aug 162011

I was so thrilled to see my “Miss Polly” had made it into the New Finds newsletter on madeit. Made a few sales from it too. Gotta love that. Monday New Finds Monday 1 August 2011 Share on Become a fan of the madeit facebook page Follow madeit on Twitter Read the blog Looking for craft supplies – visit our sister site craftumi.com.au for all your craft supply needs OliveenOrganics $19.95 Floral Essence Bath Salts RunAwayViolet $18.00 Miss Polly 8×10 Art Print twicedesigns $3.50 new addition greeting card BubbamiaKids $14.00 Red All Star Bubba Block d.ellarosedesigns $50.00 Clutch Purse – Designer Cotton/Dupioni Silk CROSSyourHEART $15.00 [tell me more, tell me more]

I can now call myself a Seller not just someone with a shop. Yay!!

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Aug 022011

I can now call myself a Seller not just someone with a shop. Yay!!

So today marks a very, very special milestone for me. I made my first sale on Etsy. YAY!!!! I’m officially an Etsy Seller. Woohoo!!! I wish I could bottle the feeling of seeing that little notification e-mail to say an item of yours has sold. I was so overwhelmed I almost cried. Seriously!!!! I was (and still am) so totally humbled and honoured that my wonderful first customer saw something in one of my paintings that inspired them enough to make a purchase from me. I will always remember this day for as long as I live. Thank-you one million [tell me more, tell me more]

I Made It on Made It. Yay!!!

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Jul 112011

Wow!!! This morning I jumped on Facebook for a quick look only to find a link to madeit’s front page which had a Rainbow theme. I clicked on it thinking to myself how cool it would be if my “Rainbow Girl” was in there. I laughed at myself then for being so ridiculous. I only opened my store 2 days ago. As if!!! And suddenly there she was!! Staring back at me in amongst all the beautifully colourful featured items was my little “Rainbow Girl”. How AWESOME!!!!! (yes I know I tend to use that word a lot) I’ve had [tell me more, tell me more]

A Little Bit about “Violet” from the “Mermaids for Milla”

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Jun 062011

A Little Bit about "Violet" from the "Mermaids for Milla"

My “Mermaids for Milla” series started out with just one little dreamy mermaid who is now known as “Violet”. I innocently asked my 3 year old daughter Milla what I should paint today. Her enthusiastic response was “Merliah”. Those of you who have little girls may know her from the Barbie movie “A Mermaid Tale”. Milla is a little obsessed with her Barbie movies at the moment and is especially enchanted by Mermaids of all shapes and sizes (who isn’t??) So anyway a Mermaid it was. I like seeing artists works in progress so here are a few little pics [tell me more, tell me more]

Prepare to launch

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Jun 022011

Well it’s been a long process but I’m almost ready to launch my Blog, Etsy, Madeit and Facebook Pages. Yeah I know a bit much all at once but oh well. Once it’s set up I can get back to my art and relax a little. No one else is ever going to do it for me so I might as well get stuck into it all at the same time. It’s actually been nice to use my brain for a change. :)