Every now and again a few of us Perthie sellers from etsy get together for something known as 'meet & make'. Everyone brings a plate and over lunch we catch up on the latest market goss, what's happening online, and there was even a show & tell today =)Today's meeting was hosted by lovely Pam from Get Silvered and the spread was like 'woahh!' (good job everyone!) There was sushi, pizza, frittata, salad, carrot cake, scones, gluten free chocolate cake (which i totally forgot to have a piece of Niina!) and much more.It's so wonderful to know a group of people who know exactly what you're going through and are there to support and throw creative ideas around. Can't wait for the next meet up ladies =)** other attendants were Lara from Smith & Bird and Annie from 17 threads (sorry girls and Pam, i didn't get to take a picture of you but i won't forget the next time hehe)
Another fave piece for an upcoming Olive Farm photo shoot =)
Don't you just love when pictures turn out the way you imagine them in your head?
Hubby is away on camp and i don't mean like how 12 year old's go on camp, i mean he's facilitating in an event known as RYLA where they take young adults, throw them in the woods and build character attributes such as confidence ( in a less cave man manner like i'm describing). His participation is voluntary however since hubby himself attended RYLA a few years ago i guess he wants to give something back, one of many reasons why he's such a great guy =)
HOWEVER.... this means i'm home alone.
Being home alone as a kid was exciting. I would often snoop in my sisters room to gather evidence should i ever need it for a sticky situation but now that i'm a grown up and living in my own house, i dreaded hubby leaving for fear of all things that go bump in the night. I've been sitting here for the past 3, maybe 4 hours listening to Eat Pray Love and working on Olive Farm when it suddenly dawned on me 'i haven't said anything in the last 4 hours!!', not one word, squeak or sound, which is unusual for someone normally so chatty.
In this silence my mind is rested and calm.
Creativity is flowing and my breathing is almost rhythmical.
With all the everyday stresses that i carry on my shoulders i am, at least for a little while, peaceful.I guess sometimes you just gotta shut the hell up!
I'm not usually one to read 'self help' books but this one really appealed to me after watching the author, Elizabeth Gilbert, on Oprah talk about her experiences in Italy. She truly is a magical, talented, amazing writer and this book lifted my spirits so high I was walking around in a secret bubble of absolute giddiness for a few days after reading it.
So you can imagine my thrill when I discovered the book on audio (actually hubby found it), which made me immediately change my usual playlist of old school R&B to her. Like most people, I work with music playing from my computer but now instead of smooth tunes from Marvin Gaye & Stevie Wonder I have Elizabeth describing the delicious pizza they serve in Naples and her voice is so comforting I feel I'm right there with her =)
Just a sneak peak on another piece i've been working on =)
started with an outline
decided to fill the design with glass beads
close up of almost finished piece
Ali from Ali J Illustrations, Liza from Lillybuds and Lauren from Osier
