January 2005

Aqua antics

Aqua antics

The tennis final is on tonight so what on earth am I doing here blogging? Who thought updating every single day of the year was a good idea? So in brief: Sunday – lovely...

Cat Factory 11.36am

Cat Factory 11.36am

I have spent a lot of time this morning mixing and matching fabrics to try and work out how to dress all 11 of my cats. I am not actually sure how they suddenly...

Cool it

Cool it

Thank goodness it’s a little cooler tonight. We have just taken Amelia out for Japanese food which was relatively stress-free despite having a tired little girl still recovering from a big day. There was...

Lamplight

Lamplight

After my entry the other day about my exhibition and its midnight theme and my problem with the black murkiness of the over all show, I had a lovely email from Amy who sent...

Happy Australia Day!

Happy Australia Day!

I have just finished making thumbnails and putting together the gallery page for January’s Month of Softies. There are still a few days before submissions close at the end of the month (so please...

Happy Bunny

Happy Bunny

Tonight we are going to go out and drink beer and play bingo. This is possibly one of the most exciting evenings of the year so far, apart from going out to see the...

Pick o' my life

Pick o' my life

Today is one of the most exciting days of my internet life — A Month of Softies has been picked as a Yahoo Pick of the Day! Brandy and Dawn’s elephants (1 and 2)...

Midnight flowers

Midnight flowers

All the illustrations I am working on at the moment are very dark – not necessarily dark in nature, but scenes set in the dead of night so everything is murky and lamp-lit. Mostly...

Movie number 93

Movie number 93

We’ve had a big day – I’m really tired. There was dirt eating in the park, pink icing and coloured sprinkles all over the kitchen while making gingerbread stars, reasonless weeping at lunchtime and...