The Butterfly Collector

Spaces, Patterns and Ephemera!

Today I am sharing some things I am really excited about ....

I won a copy of Spaces! WooHoo! A book I have wanted to own for a long time and it came to me in a beautiful way! I love every page and some of my most favorite creative types are featured in it! Thankyou to the girls at Spoonful for this most wonderful gift! Sneaking off around my boys and reading it in bits with cups of tea.

I am very excited about starting Rachael Taylor's new online course ...The Art and Business of Surface Pattern Design. I can't wait to become her student and finally learn how to create my own designs I can convert onto paper products! She sent me this this little postcard above with one of her designs printed on it!

And I have statred adding in some new and pretty paper and ephemera packs to my Etsy store too, click over and take a look HERE!

Happy Tuesday with lots of Bird Song to All!

 

 

Journey's End!

Journeys End. Copyright Shae Reid 2011

I have just recently finished this new painting! Its huge, its green with misty ghostly trees, its has special little pieces of vintage wallpaper worked in AND its about being on your spiritual journey and having an enchanting spot to rest and reflect upon all you have learned and experienced along the way! 

I have included from my own desires a magnificent tree ( complete with singing birds of course) , a fabulous swing... because everyone needs a swing to lift the spirits of their inner child and a stripey medieval style tent to hide and sleep in and of course a sparkling tiara, gown and fiesty stead who I've named Bruce! ( after Bruce Willis, my favorite mega action hero who can accomplish pretty much anything!)

This masterpiece will be auctioned this Saturday the Freshwater Creek Steiner School Spring Fair. I am so excited about attending this year and  I do hope this painting travels to live in a lovely persons home who will look on it always in joy and wonder!

For more information see the school facebook page HERE!!!! 

Things in the Universe I Love today!

A little random treasury of the things I am in love with, adore and that have brightened my day ...today!

The amazing Mister Rob Ryan's new and amazing papercut called MY Universe which can be found in his Etsy Shop here! and created in some of my favorite colours ...vanilla and jade. This man's art always makes me smile and makes me want to create art for others that makes them smile too!

   

Also quite smitten with Elixir's song Snapshot and filmclip from their new album. The artwork is truly gorgeous! I have been a fan of Miss Noonan's for years ...her website featuring Elixir is here!

I'm enjoying my new Spoonful Zine. A wonderful way to escape and spend a morning tea time. I secretly wish this little magazine was a much longer read, it always ends too soon and has too many beautiful things and words in it! Oh and by the way ...I'm on the lookout for some sparkly sneakers too!

Forward by Angela Petsis

And totally, passionately in love with this woman's artwork .... it just jumps into my soul and takes happy leaps on trampolines! I think I will be requesting an original as my Christmas Present this year! See more of Angela's work here!

Night and Sweet Dreams to you and the Universe and all the amazing things it is made up of!

Apples, Honey and Blossoms!

Yesterday I found myself at a loss as to what to put in my Son's lunchbox... after seven years you would think I be a homemaking, organised wonder woman by now, but NO, I would rather be painting than be a Domestic Goddess! (Sorry Nigella!, I do love you though!) So with cupboards bare of interesting morning tea additions and a total disinterest in a trip to the shops I decided it was time to make some improv cookies quick! 

I do love a creative experiment so we we took a look at the pantry shelves and came up with this with fingers crossed and hope in our hearts ...

Apple, Cinnamon and Honey Biscuits

Tip all of this into a big mixing bowl ...

One cup of plain flour

Three Quarters of a cup of Caster Sugar

150g of butter

4 tablespoons of honey

Teaspoon of BiCarb Soda

Teaspoon of Vanilla Extract

Half a cup of Coconut

Teaspoon of Cinnamon

One Cup of Rolled Oats

One Cup of the bottom bits of what was left of my cereal packets ...it had museli, cornflakes and apple and raisin bits in it!

Two small apples peeled and grated in

Mix it all together, roll into balls, place on oven trays with baking paper, cook for 15-20 minutes in a preheated oven at 160 degress celcius ... 

And Hey Presto,YUM, who knew? They worked!!!! (Actually Nigella would be so proud of me, don't you think?) 

 

Oh and P.S. I just had to share these gorgeous blossoms from my garden here ...our front courtyard has been blessed over the past week with a carpet of Blossom Snow! If it was just a little warmer I would lay out in it swooning  and pretend I was maiden in a medieval empress dress from a Waterhouse painting!

 

Daydreams on my Desk!

A NEW Painting! YAY, its finished and HUGE! And at this moment I have entitiled it Daydreams at my Desk! Its ready to be delivered with three more canvas's to the Wool Museum in Geelong where I am joining 36 other local artists for the Geelong Revealed Art Show during the Streets Are Alive Festival this weekend!!! More Info here ... www.streetsarealive.com.au I am very much looking forward to meeting all the other artists and organisers and right now I am trying to figure out how to fit everything in my car along with two little boys who I hope are going to help carry everything in ...wish me luck!!!