Hearty Arty

Angels in Love 

I spied this most beautiful painting over at Little Black Crow Studio a couple of weeks ago....

I fell in love immediately, and it was completely stuck in my brain.

I enquired with Grace to find out whether it was for sale, and to my absolute delight, it was!

Now.... where shall I hang it ???

My Place and Yours :: On The Shelf

Everybody else is playing along on this lazy weekend, so I thought I'd join in too.

I had a lovely little relaxing crafternoon (and cappucino) at Bec's house yesterday, so today I've been cleaning up and catching up on the massive pile of dirty washing in my laundry - I'm up to my fifth load for the day.....

This little set of shelves was in my bathroom at my old house, but now it lives in the corner of the kitchen right next to the sliding door. I haven't organised it at all, I've just plonked special little things in there bit by bit....

I still have many more special things packed in boxes that I haven't yet found, and I've been here for eight months now - all in good time I suppose.

From the top:

CurlyPops embroidery from Missie Krissie
Fabric covered tea light candle holder - housewarming pressie from Hoppo Bumpo
Scented Candle - Blueberry
Tea Cups and Coffee Cups collected from various oppies
Esther Bunny from Little Black Crow
More candles
Ugly clock that has sentimental value (21st birthday gift from my Nana)
Glass whale ornament - had it for years - I think my mum gave it to me

Well that's it - hope everyone is having a lovely weekend..... it's back to the washing for me!

A new home

Esther Bunny arrived yesterday, all the way from Tassie! It's hard to tell from the photo, but she's only about 8.5 inches tall from the top of her ears to the bottom of her feet. There are going to be some new prints in the Little Black Crow etsy shop soon too....check out the Little Arty Crafty Crow blog for more details.

Here she is in her new home on my kitchen shelf next to Cath's little birdie!

In other news, I've been in contact with my long lost aunty who used to do a lot of sewing.

She doesn't sew anymore so she's been delivering fabric to my house. The first lot was 2 huge bags (the really bad photo doesn't show it very well)!

Yesterday she brought me this whole box full of stuff! I haven't had a chance to unpack it yet but it all looks very interesting!

Esther Bunny is coming to live at my place

This is Esther Bunny.....she will be making her way across the Tasman Sea next week and coming to live with me....yippee!

I bought Esther from Little Black Crows Etsy shop. She also has a really cool blog with lots of photos of her creations.

Esther loves nothing better than her sofa, a afternoon soapie on the telly and to nibble on her freshly baked jam cookies while sipping on a nice cup of earl grey!She also as a thing for aprons.

Photo from Little Black Crows Etsy shop (permission given to use here).