Another picture I made

Kuba is 21 now!!!

Oh my Goodness, how the time flies. My gorgeous nephew and God Son turned 21 on 17 January. I still remember when he was born and his mother called him a little turtle because he had a wrinkly neck, lol.

Below is the card I made for him, Claudine Hellmuth style.

Gaye's birthday and birthday art

Today is my friend Gaye's birthday and yesterday Marlene and I caught up with her for a morning tea. It was a fun celebration with lovely company, food, art and presents.

The Birthday Girl with her presents:

This is a house I made for Gaye. I used a marble stand which I bought at my favourite shop - the Reverse Garbage. I also used the charms I bought at Michael's in New York (I love that shop too and I wish we had it in Australia) to hang off the house.

OMG - I won a piece of art by Beth Billups

I entered a draw on Beth's blog tangled sky studio and I won, I can't believe this as I never win anything in numerous blog giveaway entries I participate in all the time.

Here is my name drawn:

And this is the most beautiful piece of encaustic art which I won and which will be coming my way from US shortly (it is a 3.5"x5" block painting):

I am so lucky, what a great start to 2012. Beth is an amazing artist who I admire greatly. More stuff can be seen on her website. Thank you Beth, you made my day and the year!

Beautiful and special Christmas presents

I received this beautiful canvas with painted poppies as my Christmas present from my friends Ala and Lloyd and their children Martyna, Karolina and our God son Max. The canvas was painted by Martyna who is nearly 15 years old. It is absolutely stunning in every aspect - the colours, composition and attention to details.

This little Christmas stocking was hand stitched for us by our God son Max who is 5 years old. A very special gift indeed.

Thank you very much to Martyna and Max and their family.