COUNTRY STYLE DIARY PICTURES..MY NEW ART WORK!!

Hi again everyone..

Oh you are probably tired of my blogging...gone a bit over the top re posts lately..

BUT... I just wanted to relate what I did when I found LAST year's AUST COUNTRY STYLE diary tucked away in a bookcase...

great place to store a diary.???...WHICH of course I never used!!

BUT I LOVE MOST of the pictures...

So have torn out ONES that I ADORE..

then blu tacked them onto my painted blackboard in my kitchen.....

SOO every time i walk past...I see these lovely images..which NOT only inspire me...BUT bring a NICE smile to my face as they are just soo lovely!!

(and they are NOT permanent...but there for as long AS I like)...

(i only use the blackboard for special occasions re a message..the last being the HAPPY AUSTRALIA DAY greeting../or when Byron comes home..birthdays etc etc.. ...)..

soo I am loving this little feature...

PLUS whilst looking at some of these photos.....kind of looked around my kitchen and found things I had done which kind of emulate these photos...?

subliminal?? is that the word?? whatever..

have a great week....(PROMISE will not blog for a few days at least!!)...

photos out of sequence AGAIN! (the more i try to drag & paste.....OUCH..the worse it gets...But hope you get my drift!!?)....

xx andrea

MORE "PHOOFING" AROUND..SATURDAYS HOUSE CHANGES!!

Hello again ladies..

I am on a ROLL so to speak from Phoofing around in the kitchen the other day...

I have now changed my FRONT TWO rooms..

changed prints...

added other prints..

altered around ALL lampshades/stands.

ADDED NEW cushions with the BLUE colour I was after re a few blog posts ago!

Added some NEW matching BLUE accessories..(some new..some I already had)...

New charcoal/blackish cushions..

other cream cushions...(frenchy chic)..

In between watching " professional masterchef.." UK version...MARATHON on foxtel..!!

SO i do a bit...sit down & watch another episode...do a bit more cleaning...

OMG..where has the time gone??

& tipped out SOOTY'S TOYS...how many can ONE little DOGGIE HAVE???

too cute...

anyway...have to zip off & cook Christians dinner..(he is FINALLY back at uni on MONDAY after his 4 months off!!! what a life!!).....

xx andrea

pps....Photos may be out of synch re narrative...(hey I try to click & drag but they always end up elongated ... squew wiff!! so I hope you get MY drift!!??).....

LOVING MY LATEST CREATION! EASY PEASY!!

Hi again ladies....

Oh well...kind of following on from my last post re re organising the kitchen..

I had a BLANK spot where i moved a goodie from one spot to another...

MMM!! what to put there??

had a "thing" in my mind...so went to Highpoint shopping centre after my...& may I say VERY HARD tennis session in 34 degree heat...(YEP..i am a crazy gonzo!!)..

anyway...went to the ART shop.....purchased a blank (thick canvas)...various sized alphabet & number STENCILS...

(hey was going to paint the letters...BUT BOUGHT BLACK TEXTAS in differing NIB points/thickness.....)/..

Worked out as going along what I wanted to "say" on this canvas...

(not just railway stops...but I had to put SOOTYS name...my favourite CAPITAL cities...etc etc)... OOPS SORRY SYDNEY...(next canvas!)...

Then painted the outside border in black paint...

kind of lightly washed bits of black paint all over to give that "WORN..shabby...USED Effect"...

I am MORE than happy with it .... hanging in the kitchen...

& I reversed the USUAL ones you buy...(they are black with white lettering...

mine is white with black lettering))...!!!

going to do two x SMALLER little ones to place around this one..

so what do ya think???

I think you can tell I have had HEAPS OF FUN creating this little goodie!!

More creativity happening this weekend...(bought lots of stuff to RE DO the upstairs rooms re a previous post/cushions/prints etc etc.....will be subject of a future post!!)....

have a lovely "CREATIVE" weekend ladies...!!...

xx andrea

RE ARRANGING MY KITCHEN..& HAVING A FUN TIME!!!??

Hi ladies...

Okay okay!!...I know you will probably think...MMM!! here she goes AGAIN cleaning etc etc!!

Well ... Yes...cleaning was a part of this...BUT I have actually MOVED lots of bits & pieces around...

ADDED heaps of other lovely goodies I had stored away...

HUNG some empty wooden frames...(part of the painting i spoke about last blog!!)..

Plus I repainted the dark frame on my cross stitch embroidery....to WHITE....

I LOVE the little cane frenchy chic cup & saucer i purchased from a lovely NEW little french shop opened in my home town...

THEN i went to another lovely local shop & purchased two lots of AwesomE faux tulips...(they bend into shape...they are fabo!!)...

SOO i am QUITE happy with my re arrangement..new additions to my kitchen..

re arranging GAIL McCORMACK'S gorgeous PRINTS!

Had a lovely day "phoofing"?? around??!!

what do ya think??

Plus STILL painting hatboxes/suitcases & furniture white.....

SOO it is all GO in my household...in between tennis 4 x Times per week..

Painting...ebaying...cleaning...dyeing my linen...

whatever???

xx andrea

DROOLING OVER THE LATEST "AUSTRALIAN COUNTRY STYLE" MAG..!!

Hi ladies..

I think the March 2010 issue of Australian "COUNTRY STYLE" is ONE of the BEST produced for a little while..

(is always gorgeous...BUT this ONE has extra gorgeousness?? about it)...

so have shown a few photos of some of its BEAUTIFUL photos...

& HOW scrumptious is the colourful cover??

I have been busy painting stuff today...(shall be the subject of a blog in the future)..

have a great week...

xx andrea