Pink Tree In The Snow

Yes this is quite literally a pink tree in the snow, on top of our rabbit hutch and you may just see the snow flakes.

Here in Kenilworth we escaped most of the heavy snow although it is snowing now.

The children were quite disappointed that they could get to school and so was I!

February 2nd always makes me think of the film Ground Hog Day, my thirteen year old loves it.

May be tomorrow we can get snowed in and I can stay at home and stitch all day.

Calling All Pom Pom Makers!

Hi,

I thought some of you would be interested in this art project I was invited to join by

Elvis Roberts

You can find all the details here http://www.flickr.com/groups/1021804@N23/

So start making those pom poms!

Talking of groups I have also joined this group http://todaystitle.blogspot.com/

This has been organized by Helen suzanne Alexander

Helen says

You're invited to respond to it in any sort of visual medium that you fancy, paint, fabric, 3d or 2d, the choice is yours. I guess the only requirement is to start with the image that first comes to mind when you read the title. You can develop it to your hearts content and it will be exciting to see what you come up with. My particular interest will be a spontaneous response which conveys the first thought and I'm not going to pursue a "finished" state. I'll probably do sketches with notes, photographs, digital sketches and maybe if it really strikes me, something in oils.How about it? I'm going to post a title at least once a week. If you join in there is NO requirement to do all the titles and no deadline for a piece to be finished. It is always your choice :D

I have also to show you my pink tree and as it's just started to snow it seemed apt that my pink tree becomes Pink Tree In Snow.

Hope you have a creative week.x

Shopping List Saturday ( Sunday )

Today's Shopping list Saturday I am featuring these beautiful art works from etsy sellers.

1. Do visit Sylvie Van Hulle who has a great selection of paintings based on walks along the river De Leie and her travels to Morocco and Spain.You will find her work in her shop Sylf's Shop
2. This atmospheric painting by Kim Onyskiw Bluebell Morning.
3. Livefunky who I recently discovered through flickr has a distinctive colour pallet and a varied collection of inspiring art works.
4. Nicole Whittaker is new to etsy and I loved the colours in her painting. She has more beautiful art works in her shop.

Other blogs on my side bar also share there own discoveries from etsy, so do take a look if you can.

Flower Tree

I wish you could see the raspberry pink silk I have used here , the light is so poor that the colour looks flat.

I will take another picture when the sunshine's.

Again I have been playing with patterns and the need to use french knots!

That's what led to the little blossoms on my tree.

I want you to step into my colourful landscape.

Tree Patterns

Sold

I have been trying to blog all day but my daughter had lots of homework, mainly research for different projects and was glued to the computer.

I did squeeze in just to upload on to flickr!

I decided to embellish on to this vintage linen cloth, it's worked quite well, although I have used quite a lot of machine embroidery over the silk to stop the edges fraying up.

The next stage is to add the hand stitching.

I have also finished the brooch above, based on the patterns that I see in the trees.

We bought lots of the energy saving light bulbs this week, they had them on offer in Sainsburys.

You could buy one for 99p or five for 50p !

They should last a lot longer than a normal bulb, allegedly ten years.

I now have to get used to the light, they do take a few minutes to warm up and it is a softer kind of light.

I may do my shopping list Saturday later, providing I can get to the computer.

I can see, that we may need to have a rota soon!

Drawing,Painting And Stitching.

A busy week, sketching.

Trying out pattern ideas with stitches.

Working from my sketch book.

I wanted to try working on some small pictures.

So I decided to use my colourful sketch of woodland.

This one measures 11.5 cm by 15cm.

I will continue with a few more hand stitches, I'm just going with flow and I'm not sure yet how I will display it.

I have noticed that it's getting slightly lighter in the evenings, at last!

Shopping List Saturday ( Sunday )

This weeks theme for shopping list Saturday is chairs.

Lots of inspiring hand made items from etsy artists and you can check out more on the other blogs on my side bar.

1. melissa bryant has some wonderful prints in her shop and many of various chairs.
2. I love the combination of stitch and silkscreen images on muslin from theantibride
3. The rest series is a collection of work by sweetmess and this original painting reminds us how we should take a quiet peaceful moment to ourselves and I'm all for that!
4. leililaloo has this great hand printed fabric with these fun party chairs.