ACEOs

Finally got to do some art work yesterday. I have been working on the dog and rose aceo for some time. I got the dog picture off the internet and the rose is from my garden. I started the swan yesterday, I took the picture of it while at the largest rocking horse. I drew them with a view to sell on Etsy, but am still not happy with them. Might put them aside for awhile and come back to them.

The rose was drawn with pencil and ink (photos taken late last night, not the best quality - sorry)

Both the swan and dog were drawn with pen and ink.

Today we are off to buy some stools to go under our new kitchen bench.

I'm back

We are now finally home and stage 1 of renovations has been finished. Below is a before and after picture of my kitchen/lounge/dining/family room. Take note of my range hood - how sexy is that curved glass??! It is almost a piece of sculpture in itself.

Before - dark and poky

After - bright, light and modern. No more 1970's kitchen.

While we were staying at the caravan, mum and I took the boys to the horse trials held in the city. Thankfully we were able to get in free (otherwise it would have been $60 to get in!!!) and had a lovely time. We sat near the water jump, handy to the playground, and watched the amazing horseflesh in action. As you can see, Elliott was more interested in making sand castles than the horse.

We also took the boys to the largest rocking horse in the world. We all managed climbed to the top - even though the last two levels were by ladder.

Needless-to-say, with all this topsy turvy going on I haven't been able to do any art/craft. Feeling seriously deprived.

On Hold

It has been awhile. This has been due to sick kids, then away for a long weekend and now restricted access to internet because of house renovations. Hopefully the house will be finished by the end of next week and then I can get back into blogging and crafting.