Crazy times and slops of paint for WOYWW

Arghhh, stop the world I want to get off!!!

It's just too crazy around here at the moment.

Mum's house has gone unconditional,

which means the sale if definite (yay),

but now we have to clean out and pack (boo).

I'm going out really early each morning

to hit the shops before the car parks fill up

and then it's back home to try and

 get my house sorted for Christmas.

I've nearly finished buying presents and

today I got a 7kg leg of pork for just $38,

now that's a bargain.

My desk hasn't seen much action

but I did get some goodies

I got this gorgeous tea towel, bookmark

and Loch Ness Monster from

the equally gorgeous Neesie of

Neesie Natters.

 

 How cute is this little guy.

I also got a beautiful card from Margaret and John

of glitter glue.

Thanks so much to you all for such beautiful things.

You may recall that I won two prizes

recently, the beautiful cracker from Margaret

and the gorgeous bunting 

from Lunch Lady Jan.

Here they are displayed proudly on our 

Christmas table.

Can't show the tree as it's still only

half up, we'll get there.

 

We don't need the dining table for Christmas day

as it's hot here and we all go out on the back patio

and have a Christmas BBQ and a swim.

(sorry to rub that in the everyone in the northern hemisphere)

In between the madness I've been 

splashing the old paint brush around

and splashing is an understatement.

At the moment I'm writing this with green hands,

kinda like the Hulk!

My poor bird has been going from bad to worse

I keep adding a layer of glaze and

not liking it

Don't ask me what happened to that layer,

so out came another colour

and then another

 Then I dropped a bit of purple and 

thought it looked okay so I did more.

Okay so I dropped a lot and it was too late to fix it

so I had to add more.

 Then I figured I've messed it now

so why not add more splots

and some red bits.

The real colour is far stronger and brighter 

than the photo.  It's nearly 5pm wednesday here

and the sun is coming through the window

and washing out the colour.

Plus I'm lousy with a camera.

I don't think I'll have time to do

any more posts until the new year

so I'd like to wish everyone a

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

and I'll catch up in January.

Now why not head on over to 

Julia's Stamping Ground

and see what's on the other desks 

around the world 

this Wednesday.

Have a wonderful time.

 

 

 

Crazy week for WOYWW

This last week has been insanely

busy, alas not with art.

My desk is still strewn

with bits of cards.

They are getting there but very slowly.

 I have put a few together

but I'm thinking these Christmas Cards

may become Easter Cards soon :(

The reason for no art is my parents,

they are getting old and have decided

to move to a retirement village.

My friend and I have spent the last week

cleaning, de-cluttering, cleaning some more

and de-cluttering etc.

My eldest daughter is a Real Estate Agent

and the same day she advertised mum's

house on the internet,

she sold it!!!

Yes, she sold it and for $55,000

more than we needed!!

That's my girl.

They don't have to move until after

Christmas, thankfully,

so we can relax and enjoy

the holidays.

I had my last art class for the year today

and I have started to put in 

some dramatic glazing

on my bird.

 This isn't the prettiest of stages

and there is a long way to go

but it's coming along nicely.

 I'm not sure if I'm brave enough

to finish it by myself

as my teacher gives me great colour

guidance.

I'll have a break and see if I feel

confident enough.

I've got plenty more canvasses

to play with!!

Little Miss is on summer holidays

from tomorrow, so not sure

how much art will get done.

I am hoping to experiment

with texture paste,

so I might have to share it with her.

That's my little mess for the week,

now hop on over to

Julia's Stamping Ground

and see the other desks 

around the world this 

Wednesday.