tsk tsktag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-3609052009-12-17T23:56:50+10:00illustration design craft
TypePada little jing a ling....tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83452095769e20128765f549a970c2009-12-17T23:56:50+10:002009-12-17T23:56:50+10:00So the Christmas bug crept in this week, probably brought in by one of the many geckos I have living behind my paintings on the walls. I've ranted before about the over abundance of northern hemisphere imagery we seem to...tsktskhttp://tsktsk.typepad.com/tsk_tsk_design_and_illust/2009/12/a-little-jing-a-ling.htmlwaitingtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83452095769e2012876501029970c2009-12-14T12:16:11+10:002009-12-14T12:16:11+10:00Not much to say. Sickness amidst the walls of this house is well and truly getting to me. Midnight runs to the hospital. Long, humid days. Feeling like I can’t escape. Waiting for Christmas to arrive. Wondering if I'll ever...tsktskhttp://tsktsk.typepad.com/tsk_tsk_design_and_illust/2009/12/waiting.htmli'm booorreedtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83452095769e20120a72ba2b2970b2009-12-08T13:23:13+10:002009-12-08T13:23:13+10:00The sun rises early here. Very early. So do the kids. I should by now have new window blinds in their rooms, but the company I ordered them from decided to go into liquidation!!!! So the sun, creeps in through...tsktskhttp://tsktsk.typepad.com/tsk_tsk_design_and_illust/2009/12/im-booorreed.htmla leaf obsession for the weektag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83452095769e201287621986f970c2009-12-07T12:58:39+10:002009-12-07T13:00:40+10:00I've always had a soft spot for beautiful leaves. My latest obsession that I've been thinking intensely about are these ceramic plates and dishes in the shapes of leaves. I pulled out this magazine page earlier in the year. Everyday...tsktskhttp://tsktsk.typepad.com/tsk_tsk_design_and_illust/2009/12/a-leaf-obsession-for-the-wek.htmlstripping back myselftag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83452095769e2012876059c3e970c2009-12-03T14:55:41+10:002009-12-03T14:55:41+10:00so in 24 hours the kids will have officially finished school for the year. Apart of me is looking forward to the easy mornings, and apart of me is dreading the long days of sibling fighting and heat! I've decided...tsktskhttp://tsktsk.typepad.com/tsk_tsk_design_and_illust/2009/12/stripping-back-myself.htmltag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83452095769e2012875eb4738970c2009-11-29T22:20:09+10:002009-11-29T22:20:09+10:00this weekend we drove out of town so we could go to a surprise 50th! I felt young at the party. But the highlight for me was staying with the inlaws. Yes inlaws. I'm not being sarcastic. You see they...tsktskhttp://tsktsk.typepad.com/tsk_tsk_design_and_illust/2009/11/this-weekend-we-drove-out-of-town-so-we-could-go-to-a-surprise-50thi-felt-young-at-the-party-but-the-highlight-for-me-was-s.htmlgiveawaytag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83452095769e20120a6d9ff33970b2009-11-26T09:39:13+10:002009-11-26T09:39:13+10:00Miss M decided to tell me at 4.30pm she wanted to be an angel for the school Christmas concert which I only found out both kids were apart of at 9.00am earlier that day. The concert started at 6.15pm. I...tsktskhttp://tsktsk.typepad.com/tsk_tsk_design_and_illust/2009/11/giveaway.htmlappreciation goes a long waytag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83452095769e2012875d3fd24970c2009-11-25T09:38:46+10:002009-11-25T09:38:46+10:00The best thing about doing what I do is the appreciation people have when they like something of mine. Sometimes it is in words and sometimes it is in photos. This morning I received an email from a customer who...tsktskhttp://tsktsk.typepad.com/tsk_tsk_design_and_illust/2009/11/appreciation-goes-a-long-way.html