☆ She Believed she could So She Did

October 16, 2015October 12, 201512 Comments

This is the last of my current batch of original Hanging Inspirationals. And it dawned on my today as I wrote this that these inspirationals were totally painted for me.

Each and every one of them had a message that I desperately needed to hear this month.

And each time I have shared a hanging inspirational with you I have struggled to write about them. Sometimes a simple post has taken days of editing + deleting + rewriting before I’ve pressed the publish button.

I couldn’t figure out why it was so difficult to write about these paintings.

And then today I figured it out.

I needed to hear each and every single one of their messages.

I needed to remember to be thankful for my friends + their unlimited support {You are amazing!}

I needed to know that I was free to fly after feeling constrained and hemmed in with work {You are free to fly}

I needed sink into who I am now at this very moment in this very space. {Be who you are not who you should be}

And I needed to remember that I used to be open and vulnerable and I used to trust life + it was time to do it again. {Trust life a little bit}

And I needed a strong reminder that my Little Bitch was out for a play with her demon pals, and even though they would whisper my doubts and fears I needed to believe I could.

Did any of this current Hanging Inspirational series resonate with you? Is there something else you needed to hear this month? I would love to hear what words inspire you!

Have a great weekend!

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☆ Trust Life a Little Bit {Friday Art}

October 9, 2015October 8, 201512 Comments

Trust Life a Little Bit – Maya Angelou

The full quote is this: “To those who have given up on love: I say, “Trust life a little bit.”

But when I first read the quote on (of course!) Pinterest the quote I saw was “Trust life a little bit.”And it was that last part that I just had to make a Hanging inspiration for.

When I was painting the canvas I started thinking about the last year or so. Automatically if asked I would say that I totally trusted life, trusted to all work out. That all the ideas + the plans + the relationships + the dreams would work out. Sure there would be hard work, but I trusted everything to just be ok.

But life doesn’t always run smoothly does it? I mean this isn’t really headline news. Life can just suck with some real whammies which make you question everything. And that makes it really hard to trust everything can be ok.

During the process of this painting I made a startling realisation. I had gone from trusting + vulnerable to.. well to not. I kinda felt like I was a cheap battery rapidly running out of juice.

When I finished off the painting I knew that I needed to recharge my soul a bit. To stop going through the motions and basically sort my shit out. And I need to remember that while I don’t have all the answers just now I need to trust life again. Believe that it will all work out + now that everything will be okay.

What about you?

Have a great weekend.

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☆ Be Who You Are. {Friday Art}

October 2, 2015October 2, 20155 Comments

It took me a very long time to be comfortable in my skin. And to be totally honest there are days where I am still not 100% there.

You would think by now that I would be totally ok within myself.

But I am not sure that I will ever be totally ok. And I don’t believe this is a bad thing. I like that I am constantly trying new things, educating myself, changing up my hairstyles (try for that perfect look) and changing my wardrobe.

And I think I am ok with this. Maybe this is who I am.

And I wish that I could have received a letter from my future self, telling my gangly awkward and pimply fifteen year old self, that it is ok to be who you are.

So I was having one of those days, feeling like my awkward self and I was in the middle of painting some of my hanging inspirationals.

If you have been a reader for a while, you will know that I often paint what I am feeling + I this was one of those sessions.

Be Who You Are – Not Who You Think You Should Be.

I think living true to yourself is one of the hardest things to do. I think that there are a lot noise out there that makes it confusing and even hard to be who you are and not who you think you should be.

And I love that this is a lovely reminder to be ok in my skin, to be ok with myself and my life and my beliefs.

I don’t need to be someone else.

I just need to be me.

And you just need to be you. And that is what makes us all so very complicated and interesting!

By the way feel free to share this post + this painting with anyone you feel needs a gentle reminder that it’s ok to be you!

Have a great weekend.

[LINKING TO PAINT PARTY FRIDAY]

☆ You are Free to Fly {Friday Art}

September 25, 2015September 24, 201511 Comments

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A short and simple on today partly because it really doesn’t need a huge explanation, but mainly cause I have the Handmade Markets in Canberra on the weekend.

And like always I am having my *day before* freakout.

You know – “Where’s the blu tack”, “Why is my card reader in that box?”, “Where the freaking hell is my spare phone charger?”, “Crap! I need to print off another map cause I just spilt coffee over mine”.

I have three lists that are running, my kids haven’t packed their crap + god knows if Mac has himself sorted, because I haven’t!

So I am not dealing with any of that. I am ignoring all that chaos + sharing this cutie with you instead!!

And really she doesn’t need much more than that as an introduction!

Free to Fly: A Hanging Inspirational.

And really when I have calmed the chaos in my head and surrounding me I too will be free to fly.

Hope you can too.

Have a great weekend + if you’re in the Canberra area make sure you pop into the Handmade markets and say Hey!

And if you know someone who just needs a gentle reminder to be free to fly, why not share it with them using the links.

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☆ You are Amazing – Remember that {Friday Art}

September 18, 2015September 17, 201514 Comments

Today I feeling thankful. And I have many things to be thankful for, but today I am thankful for my Besties.

For a very long time in my early twenties, I wasn’t sure that I would ever have a circle of friends who had my back. I wasn’t sure that I would ever have a genuine friendship outside of Mac. Sure I had acquaintances or work colleagues – but it wasn’t the same. And while you can be friends with your lover who do you vent to when they piss you off?

Living in that vacuum I didn’t realise what was missing, And it isn’t until now looking back at that time of my life that I realise how fortunate I am now. And how much I was missing.

I am lost without these gals. And we all need friends like these.

You need friends who randomly text to tell you ‘you’re amazing’.

You need someone who you can tell you your secret dreams to and they reply ‘YES! Go for it and how can I help’.

You need a friend who embraces you when you drop the mask you’ve been wearing for so long.

You need friends to have random and rambling conversations with over coffee or wine until 2 in the morning.

So this one is for my Besties.

So you! Yes you! You are amazing…. Remember that!

“You are amazing” is $35 with free shipping world wide. Amazing is a mixed media painting (10x10cms approx) with a little heart charm and is ready to hang with a silver chain attached.

So what about you? Do you have a bestie who is amazing and needs to here it today? Why not share this painting with them now? Send them a quick text, or email them this post.

And today make sure you own your amazingness! You are you know – REMEMBER THAT!

☆ Hanging Inspirationals {Friday Art}

June 26, 2015June 25, 20153 Comments

I am excited to share these hanging inspirationals with you this week. I love that they are so versatile – you can hang them on your wall, your inspiration boards, on a door handle, even on the fridge!

hanging inspirationals

They are on 10×10 cm square canvases

with mixed media back grounds

I added a layer of paint

and one of my girls

next a quote that seemed to suit each of my girls

and finally the chain + hanging charm for each painting.

And they are all available this weekend at the harvest markets in Cowra from 9am. Make sure if you around you pop in and say hi.

Have a great weekend

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☆ Inspirational Word Hangings {friday art}

April 10, 2015April 2, 20159 Comments

I am super excited to share these ‘hanging inspirationals’ with you – I love to have little quotes around my house, to inspire me + to encourage me + just brighten up my day.

Anyway when I was making new products for Millthorpe + and found these mini canvases in my box of ‘stuff’. I also found these cute little keys, some hooks + chains.

et voila

These ‘Hanging Inspirationals’ were created!