PrettyThingsFriday

All this week, I have been thinking about HAIR!  After 6 months of not having a haircut, my own hair is getting a bit long and wild…and ridiculously high-maintenance!  I am deliberating going the chop, in quite a major way…but then thoughts of enduring a Canberra Winter without wooly hair to keep my skull warm are putting me off…..that and the fact that I have a goal *giggles*.

What is this goal?  WELL, just because you asked, the goal is to grow my hair long enough to do a ‘mermaid’, just for a laugh…..because COME ON, who hasn’t wanted to be a mermaid at least once in their life?? (my straight male friends need not reply!).

So, in the meantime, here are some pretty little piccys of OTHER people’s hair……hair is SUCH a cool prop (especially for mermaids)!!  ;P

HAPPY FRIDAY and have a GORGEOUS weekend…..xxx

Boys and their threads……

Stumbled upon this photographer during my daily flickr travels….it was hard to tear myself away from his stream!  No idea why……….*cough*

Pretty Petal……..

I have to say, I am utterly and entirely addicted to Peonies.  For some reason they make me visualise swirling dresses, filled with a breeze, rising at the hem and billowing around the knees.  Silk tulle hems curling at the edges, in thick, frothy layers.  Skirts of paper-thin, crispy silk tafetta, crunchy and ruffled but as delicate as a petal, curving and falling.

Is it Spring yet??

Not even close.

More Illustration…….

SO, sorry about the missing posts, I have been a bit frustrated with my image hosting site, which has been down all last week, taking my blog down with it!!!  GAH!  It drives me batty when technology briefly fails….

Today, due to MORE hiccups with said site, I am resorting to showing you some images of my lastest illustrations!  For Mother’s Day (2 weekends ago), my husband gifted me with a LOVELY Wacom Bamboo!  I have been doing a little bit of practise, but I’m still pretty unco-ordinated with the whole hand+screen+eye style of doing things……hehehehehe.

Baby, it’s cold outside!!!

And these photo’s just make me want to snuggle up in bed, with a coffee, a good book and a big warm quilt…..and maybe some chewy, buttery, home-baked choc chip cookies………did I say ‘some’?  I meant ‘MANY’!!!!!!!

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It’s Friday again…..and there are pretty things to be seen….and ADORED!!

Fly Away Thursday………

Because Thursday is for dreaming…..about the weekend!!!

HAPPY WEDNESDAY!!!

Those who can laugh without cause have either found the true meaning of happiness or have gone stark raving mad.  Norm Papernick

Happiness is something that comes into our lives through doors we don’t even remember leaving open.
Rose Lane

Pleasure is spread through the earth
In stray gifts to be claimed by whoever shall find.
William Wordsworth

Happiness is like a butterfly which, when pursued, is always beyond our grasp, but, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you.  Nathaniel Hawthorne

It’s never too late to have a happy childhood.  Berke Breathed

Happiness pulses with every beat of my heart.  Emily Logan Decens

Every now and then,
when the world sits just right,
a gentle breath of heaven
fills my soul with delight…
Hazelmarie ‘Mattie’ Elliott, A Breath of Heaven

Real elation is when you feel you could touch a star without standing on tiptoe.  Doug Larson

Happiness is… usually attributed by adults to children, and by children to adults.  Thomas Szasz

My advice to you is not to inquire why or whither, but just enjoy your ice cream while it’s on your plate.  Thornton Wilder

Three grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.  Joseph Addison

Aussie girls……..

Ahhhh, I love our fashion and style here in Oz.  It’s laidback, relaxed, sexy and smart…..all at the same time!  Below are a few of my Lookbook hearts from Aussie girls who look lovely, everytime!

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So you can share in the LOVELY……..have a WONDERFUL weekend guys and gals!!!