My Creative Space today...So, I started...

The first step my first 'painting'...as a 'grown-up'... the concept from within - self expression...

The second step...how do I draw these things... Practising...shapes, colours, drawing...

The third step...paint on paper...colour (bright & beautiful) guided from within...fun

My painting partner tries acrylics for the first time... wow... 'The girl come's to life'...

Next...a spot of fresh flower arranging to inspire my stitching space...cream Camellia's...mmmm

A skirt to work together...on it's way to Hong Kong - exciting...fun...

Collaging with fabric flowers & fine motor skill development...whilst I stitch...

And time also for a spot of ballon art with my Jnr companion - filled with food colouring,

leave for a few days and enjoy the pattern that arrives...her idea...

Do you ever wonder where they get their great ideas?

Finally, a spot of cleaning...'Zen and the Art of Fireplace Maintenance'...

cleaning as meditation, time to practice quality in our tasks and to admire beauty - where you may not expect it...

Thanks for reading, and your help to get me started on my 'painting' forever grateful to you...

Starting on a new(ish) journey...exciting...

Where is your creativity leading you today?  Would love to read about it...to join in 'My Creative Space', and view others Creativity, pop over to  Kootoyoo's blog on Thursdays.

Junk Love, Wednesday 'A place to sit'

Hello and here's to another fun day of "Junk Love".  Looking forward to browsing around at all the good finds...

My little piece to share with you this week is a lovely chair I found at a country second hand, collectables type store, you know the ones.  Jam packed with heaps of interesting things.  Browse for hours kind of place.

This lovely chair is a great addition to our dining table when we have extra guests, and is also a lovely piece in our wide hallway : )  I *love* the pretty back, that comfy seat, those legs and the upholstery! I look forward to recovering it when the time arises. 

What have you to share this week?

If you like upcycling, recycling, 2nd hand 'junk' ...Pop over to Emmaroseart to join the 'Junk List' and share your 'Junk' story, every Wednesday

Happy days

Keryn xx

Circle of Friends Award

After being absent from my blog for a little while I am so rewarded to return to find the talented and creative Emmaroseart has bestowed this lovely award upon me and four other of her 'blogger' friends. Thank you so much, I am honoured to receive it! (This post was written a little while back and I am only just getting back to finish it now!)


To accept this award, I am to tell you of 5 things I love, and pass on to 5 bloggers I love.  How to limit it to five, what a wonderful opportunity for reflection, appreciation and recognition, so here we go...

Things I *love* -
1. Family - hubbie, my siblings & their partners, ma and pa and my three little pearls, my daughters...
2. The sunny, bright blue sky and the breeze in my hair (especially good if it has the sea-scent upon it)
3. Beauty, found in lots of little things and places - not just the obvious...
4. Nature's bounty - Bird's, flowers, butterflies, big trees, waterfalls - so many wonderful things in nature that give me a natural high!
5. The Arts  - in all it's forms, music, visual, and my own inspiration and expression of it... colour, texture, form...

Five blogger friends I *love*
1. Kre8tive Life http://amcsevenycreations.blogspot.com/
2. MooBear Designs http://moobeardesigns.blogspot.com/ 
3. It's the things that make you go mmm http://itsthethingsthatmakeyougommmm.blogspot.com/ 
4. Tinnie Girl http://tinniegirl.blogspot.com/
5. Bob and Mabel http://bobandmabelclothing.blogspot.com/

and I just *love* all of you kind hearted souls that pop by from time to time and leave such lovely encouraging notes - thank you - you are very much appreciated : )

Junk Love, Wednesday 'Love Seat'

Hello fellow junk lover's
My little piece to share with you this week is a great little two-seater cane lounge I found in our local second hand trading store...

I am not sure if I will paint it yet - to change the colour, hmmm white and a new lavendar/mauve cushion cover...

What do you see?


If you like upcycling, recycling, 2nd hand 'junk' ...Pop over to Emmaroseart to join the 'Junk List' and share your 'Junk' story, every Wednesday

Happy days
Keryn xx

My creative space today...Betty Blue...

This week I have been playing with a little bit of Upcycling, I *love* it. 

Yes, I do *Love* working with a pre-loved item which has had a whole life as something else to re-fashion it, breathing new life into it so to speak!  Upcycling is such fun. Also known as re-purposing, I know many of you also enjoy working in this way...

This little beauty had her past life as a tablecloth, no longer serviceable she has re-began her life as a groovy little vintage inspired Mamma's skirt!  I have called this one "Betty Blue"

My up-cycled pieces are made in the 'spirit of fun', and are made to be worn in the 'spirit of fun'.  Another little bonus is the environmental one - these fun little pieces allow a more conscious consumer choice - to wear recycled wares, helping to reduce our 'carbon footprint' on the little part of the world where we live.  From little things big things grow.


Where is your creativity leading you today?  Would love to read about it...to join in 'My Creative Space', and view others Creativity, pop over to  Kootoyoo's blog on Thursdays.

best to you and your creative endeavours, thanks for reading
Keryn   xx

A little piece I made

Thanks gals' for commenting upon my last post, you are all so inspiring, its a joy and learning to follow your links and suggestions...such creativity and wisdom :)

Something to share. I made this little piece for a birthday gift...I *love* being inspired by someone to make a skirt for, I then go looking for the colours/fabric that speak to me for this person, they come to me... The fact that the receiver is happy with them, and the colours/style/fit hits the spot is a really wonderful bonus...

being guided...listening...taking the time...caring....giving joy...sharing joy...and exchange...thanks

My creative space today...thinking about creating...waffling...

Hello all happy readers
today my creative space is about Moving Forward... and setting myself up to start some new creativity flows...

For such a long time now I have had an inner yearning to paint, with bright and colourful  paints - onto canvas.  I am also yearning to sculpt and do weaving with plant elements.  Goodness me where to start???

After joining the sisterhood of mother's and talking with many mums I have noticed the desire/need to create and attraction to colour often shows itself after having a baby.  Prior to baby it was lots of black, and white (in fact B&W photography was one of my all time loves) however post baby - the world of colour has flowered. 

Through reading many, many handmade (and WAHMs) blogs I have observed the inspirations that many, many women attest to started or was 'kick-started'...after the birth process, or through being inspired by their children...Whilst our inspiration wells up from many places,  it appears our inspiration may be strongly influenced by/after the birth process....I would *love* to read your thoughts and personal experience of this....I always enjoy a bit of philosophising ...

So, back to my first issue....Today, I would love to ask you - all you wonderful artists of blogs I have so much enjoyed reading/looking through over the last year -

"What is your 'Top Tip's' for someone like me, on the threshold of 'creative expression' who has never picked up a paint brush (other then the house-painitng variety!) to put to canvas before, how do I -well- actually get started? 

What do I want to paint? Abstract I guess, what comes from within and where I am led...(and what do I do with all those used canvases???)


Where is your creativity leading you today?  Would love to read about it...to join in 'My Creative Space', and view others Creativity, pop over to  Kootoyoo's blog on Thursdays.

best to you all in your creative endeavours today, thanks for reading
Keryn   xx

BTW - the photo is one I recently took of a friend and his 'oh so pretty' red ducati...my love of motorbikes, now thats another story ; )