update

I am just popping in to let you know that I will be posting the big mail art post this weekend either Friday or Saturday so keep an eye out and I do hope the huge post won't crash your computers ;o)

My latest painting and my only one for this week has just found it's way into my etsy shop :o)

Celebrate Your Imagination:

The gorgeous mail art received this week has been from:

Jenny hoogeboom

Denise Baldwin

Joan Craft

Thank you so much ladies, you sure did brighten up my week!!

I will be posting all of your mail art envelopes out to you on Friday ;o)

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no words

No words just pictures....I have a bad head.....self inflicted so I don't need sympathies ;o)

Slumber:

Fairytales:

No mail art this week.......maybe next week?

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Better than last week

Thank you to all that left such lovely comments for me last week, this week has been much better thankfully ;o)

In between my kids being on half term break and a girly shopping day as celebration for my daughters birthday next week I managed to make a few paintings.

I was fortunate enough to have the kids go to their grandparents for a couple of days during half term break so I worked from morning till night on those days and had time with the kids on the others, it's a fun filled life juggling kids and arting ;o)

These 4 have just been listed in my etsy shop and are now available for purchase ;o)

I also made this painting which is a biggy at 25x12 inches for my kitchen/back porch area in my house she's called : The Journey

After making the big girly I felt the need to make another big skirted girl but this time chose a more neutral colour palette with a splash of colour, I was tempted to keep this one too as I really love her but I can't keep them all so she's in my etsy shop ;o)

Transition:

I have a bit of an obsession with the circus and clowns this girly is a toned down version of my obsession, I have to say that painting a tutu for the first time was an experience, lol, I made a few interesting discoveries along the way of what works and what 'really' doesn't, I am in love with this final version though :o)

Delicate:

 

So many people I have chatted to lately seem to be going through some kind of change in their lives either physical or mental, this girl was born from those thoughts.

I got out some molding paste for this one as i've not used any for ages and thought it was about time to rekindle that love :o)

Inner Journey:

This one is all about me lol ;o)

I just can't wait for the weather to get better so I can take my doggies field walking again, I love my field trips in spring and summer, but where I walk is too grotty to go in winter.

An Eagerness To Explore:

As the mail art date for posting has passed there will only be a couple left to arrive on my doorstep now, when they have all arrived I will do my huge blogpost to show you all how talented my bloggy friends are, I can't wait :o)

The mail art I gratefully received this week is from:

Nora Clemens

Briana Tomlin

Brooke Wilson

Thank you so much ladies, your mail art packages will be posted out to you first thing Monday morning :o)

one of those weeks!!

life has a habit of throwing it all at you at the same time doesn't it?

This week I had a sick kid (off for a total of 5 days and right before the school holiday too)

2 sick dogs (£110 vet bill and lots of mess to clean)

Computer speakers broke (hubby managed to fix them)

Home phone broke (new one had to be bought)

Doctors appointment (which had to be moved a day due to heavy snow)

My new bed delivery (which had been previously cancelled twice by 1st bed company so had to be bought from new place after getting stuck in a 3 hour traffic jam for what is usually a 20 min journey)

and on top of all that it is freezing cold with snow on the ground!!!!! YUCK!!!!!!

But on the plus side I had 6 gorgeous mail art packages turn up from these lovely ladies:

Kylie Fowler

Anne Cahill

Inga Dempsey

Manon Visser-Clarke

Carol Gourley

Diana Ryman

Thank you so much ladies, I loved everything you all sent to me and you made my week bearable :o)

I will mail all of your packages out to you on Monday morning x

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These 4 paintings were done in between chaos times, i'm amazed I managed to do anything this week at all!!

They are all now available to purchase in my etsy shop :o)

Here's hoping next week is a tad quieter and easier than the last ;o)

Hugs

Micki x

Last call!!!!

Today is the last day to post out your mail art ladies!!

I have so far received 26 packages, there were 44 of you that originally signed up and after a couple dropped out due to various reasons the number stood at 39 so there are still a few parcels left to come yet :o)

If anyone is having issues with posting please let me know, i've already had messages from a few of you that are snowed in, no worries ladies we will get to swap eventually :o)

I have had a lot of fun with this and will continue posting up details when I receive more parcels.

I was going to do a big blog post later in February with piccies of everyone's gorgeous artworks all together but because a few of you have been delayed etc I will move that blogpost into March in the hope that everything will have arrived by then ;o)

Thank you to everyone that's sent parcels to me it has been a pleasure swapping with you all.

Micki x



Learning new things

It's been a week of learning for me this week, with the help of my blog friend Kim Henkel I learnt how to make mini books, which I am loving, I made about 15-20 of these little books over the course of 3 days but only 4 made the cut to go in my etsy shop, I had a lot of fun making them and I got very messy making them too, I ended up with one big production line to make the different bits needed for them, it took up all the space I have and more lol, who'd of thought something so small could take up so much room ;o)

A big thanks to Kim for helping me out with these xxxxx

I have also been taking the Misty Mawn online class and this week's 2 paintings are born from that class, the colours are not my usual and a little out of my comfort zone but I like them now they are finished :o)

Nurture:

Compassionate:

Believe in yourself mini affirmation book:

Follow your dreams mini affirmation book:

Be the best you that you can be mini affirmation book:

The journey starts here mini affirmation book:

As for mail art this week well I received another 6 amazing packages from:

Kathryn Amurao

Jodi Oster

Cameron Reutzel

Gloria Ferrer

Janet Briggs

Darla Peterson

I have posted little packages to all of you so you should be getting them soon ladies :o)

Donna Balje I got your email and I have also sent one to you which hopefully you should receive soon ;o)

Thank you so much for swapping I love them all!!!

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Only one more week left of mail art!!!!

Hi guys i'm just popping in to remind you that the mail art swap ends on February 8th (last posting day to me) so those that haven't yet mailed anything..........get mailing lol ;o)

if anyone needs to contact me about missing parcels, late posting or anything else mail art related then just send me an email, I won't bite ;o)

Hugs to you all

Micki

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