CREATIVE LANE at MARRICKVILLE TOWN HALL = NEW CRAFT FAIR for SYDNEY'S INNER WEST ... Yayyyyyy

A wonderful thing has happened in Sydney's  Inner West ...

the brave and lovely Suki Tam started ...

Creative Lane ...

a monthly market at Marrickville Town Hall ...

where local art and craft legends

can retail their wares ...
as well as run a mini workshop ...

WOW ... 

it was on today from 10am ~ 3pm ...

here's what caught my eye ...

The always imposing Marrickville Town Hall entrance ...

loved Catbirds cards, magnets etc ...

clever, quirky collaging ...

we were entranced with Gill Brooks Feltwide felting ..

the scarves were enchanting ...

this one's mine all mine ...

isn't the blue amazing?

Ceramics by Sian Thomas ...

so affordable ...

colours like you've never seen before ...

should have bought the blue berry colander ...

adorable hand sewn canvases by ickle bit fickle ...

quilts, dolls, cushions and cards by Thingkbaby ...

over 40 clever sellers ...

 a marvellous combination of goodies ...

the fabulous CrafterSchool girls ...

were giving away gorgeous gift bags.



Congratulations and Thanks to Suki for being so brave ...

for taking the plunge ...

starting off this much needed opportunity ...

in such a generous way ...

we're so looking forward to next time.

The Altered Page Buried Treasure 2011 = treasure hunting back to 2006 + creative confidence

The always mega generous, mega talented Seth Apter is
hosting 2011 Buried Treasure: an online, collaborative
project that invites art bloggers to go into the
depths of their blogs and dig for buried treasure.
Each participant is asked to repost one (or more) or
their favorite posts from their own blog. There are
so many brilliant artists out there but so little
time to explore all their work fully. This gives
us all an opportunity to see highlights from posts
we may have missed from so many of our
favorite bloggers!

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My Buried Treasure post ...

Whoops ... I'm shocked after spending tooo long
recalling the memories, the topics I've blogged about since 
beginning in January 2006. The hatched, matched and despatched
posts, the dilettante~ed~ness, the never thinking my work
was good enough, consequently rarely blogging about
my creativeness ... was all there.

But that's the old me!

The Great~GrandMaMa me emerged. 

At my first solo exhibiton ...

comprising art created from ...
denim, mens neckties and a myriad of stuff.

My creative confidence soared ...
as red dots appeared ...
now I'm full steam ahead ... 
still shy about blogging what I'm doing ...
but not about showing what I've done ...
or participating in Buried Treasure.

Thank You Seth!

Please click on the highlighted text to see my Buried Treasures  ... enjoy!

Good Golly Miss Olley Australian Treasure gone at 88 years + Archibald 2011 win + Archibald 1948 +

Gorgeous image of Margaret Olley & Ben Quilty earlier this year

after his portrait of Margaret won

Australia's prestigious 2011 Archibald Prize ...

Margaret took to colour after a bout with depression ...

her colours were splendid ...

her settings were gorgeous ...

in 1948 William Dobell won the Archibald for this portrait of Margaret ...

I was transfixed when I saw it at the Sydney Art Gallery.

I hope she was like this till her last breath.

I so want to be like Margaret when I grow up ...

good golly Miss Olley you've gone way too soon.

Flea Market Finds = New Paltz New York + Hudson Valley NY = gorgeous finds = gorgeous memories ...

Lately due to the incredible wet Sydney weather ...

where only the brave venture out ...

 posting for Flea Market Finds has given me the opportunity ...

to at last delve into the treasures ffrom my US jaunt!

We were blessed to be taken to ...

Water Street Market in New Paltz ... here

 never ...

have I seen such delectable bargains so resonably priced ...

look closely ...

I was in heaven ...

I could be heard Ooo-ing and Ahh-ing in ecstacy!

My finds from left to right ....

Clock Keys = $3 each

Tintype photographs = $5 each

Teeny Tiny Salt & Pepper shakers = 50 cents each

Brass Stencils = $3 each

Old hook = $1

Metal Buckle = $1

Leather purse with Faux Tortoiseshell frame = $10

Assorted Spools = the most expensive with thread = $3

3 engraved metal Shoe Horns = $3 each

Foldable Rulers = $6

3 Rulers = 50 cents

Red plastic door knobs = 50 cents each

Tiny Wooden Building Blocks = $1 each

Door handles covers = $1 each

Gorgeous Red facet cut necklace = $10 you'd never know it's plastic.

The to top it off our Darling Host allowed me into her "shed" ...

fortunately for her weight was my enemy ...

I couldn't resist these wooden beads and bits ...

plus the gorgeous green glass insulator ...

 

antique door knobs ...

antique nails ...

ceramic thingamajigs ...
worth every cente for postage home ...

and now they've come to life!

I'm sure they're pleased to be unwrapped and vignetted ...

only thing is ...

my yearning for New York has peaked again !!!



You'll find more Flea Market Finds at Sophie's here.

YELL FOR CADEL ... PROUD TO BE AN AUSSIE = CADEL EVANS WINS 2011 TOUR De FRANCE ...

It's a proud day for Aussie's ...
as Cadel Evans wins ...
 2011 Tour de France ...

fighting back tears as he donned the yellow jersey ...

a quiet, simple man, according to his gorgeous wife Chiara ...

image courtesy here.

Cadel so deserving of this win ...

makes me proud to be an Aussie ...

Oi, Oi, Oi, Cadel ...

more about Cadel on his web site here !

Walking for TS 14 plus + loving the gig + all time Sydney cab fare record = loving life

You know how I love my life ...

a special thrill is when I'm invited to walk for TS 14 plus fashions ...

gorgeous clothes for large girls ...

dress it down ...

or dress it up!

Loving the gig we models laughed about ousting Jen Hawkins!

Even the usual $22 cab ride that went up to $60 ...

due to torrential rain and peak hour traffic ...

couldn't dampen my mood ...

even though it has to be an all time Sydney record for ...

a 7km cab ride!

S.I.L. I'm still blessed! 

TS 14 + has fabulous bargains from 22 July till 31 July check here.

Live it, Love it, Wear it.



Sunday Selections = Las Vegas = Spring at Bellagio = Butterflies + Extremes ...

Our stay at the Paris was lavish to the max ...

opposite Bellagio where Spring had sprung ...

gorgeous Murano glass flowers adorned the foyer ceiling ...

flowers arrangements, spring parasole's swung in the breeze ...

rows of Poppies in full bloom ...

gorgeous Hyacinths sent out the aroma of spring ...

carpets of Tulips and Asters ...

across a small bridge ...

fun water fountains didn't spill a drop ...

leading to The Butterfly House ...

where we Ooooo - ed and Ahhhh - ed

at real butterflys living the Bellagio life ...

gorgeous ...

so close to nature ...

in the extremes of Vegas ...

delicate blue wings ...

they were curious too ...

while a mere second away from the beauty of nature ...

extravagnt shopping waited ...

like this 60 cms foot stool ...

a luxury tatoo parlour drew pictures on skin ... 

and people pumped poker machines ...

where time stood still ...

under a painted sky ...

where you had no idea of night or day!

You have to see it to believe it!

Loving reliving it ...

sorting through the zillions of photo's I took ...

and

reminiscing courtesy of Kim's Sunday Selections here .

Our Creative Spaces ... it's knitting time = Patons Ostrich + Lincraft Elicia Ruffle Yarn ...

The knitting urge crept upon my creative self a couple of weeks ago ...

I already have a black one of these that I wear to death ..

plus I've created and gifted a couple too.

Every girl needs a gold one too ...

3 balls of Patons Ostrich + size 3/4 needles, cast on 40 stitches ...

gives you the most amazing scarf / shawl / amoeba type item ...

you'll have the warmest neck wear you'll ever find!

 

Yesterday with my dearest friend ...

 (who's responsible, all those years ago, for unleashing the creative me) ...

in Lincraft we discovered Elicia Ruffle Yarn ...

and here's instructions for your amazment ...

Oooo the possibilities are endless ...

for now I'll stick with doing this yarn my way ...

enjoy ...

to be continued ...

See more talented creative girls at Our Creative Spaces here ...

Previous Post = Paper Art by Pavlos Dionysopoulos = paper sculture in plexi glass = amazing, mind boggling ...

Further to my post about the art on The Celebrity Millenium ...

the Blonde got on the job ...

found the scrap of paper with the artists name ...

Pavlos Dionysopoulos and Google search leaves me OMG - ing ...

My love of men's neckties made me gasp at this  ...

Dionysopoulos paper and plexi glass sculpture for sale here

Dionysopoulos fame reaches locally to Newtown here ...

where his magic is explained ...

this work sold at Christies for $48, 123 here

That Blonde's got a great eye for art!!!