Noosa Water......

......some of the waterways close to my neighbourhood..... the beach, river, lake, river.
(raylee).

Party time and Mangoes

with the party season upon us...

I had a go at some bunting to pretty up the old carport we use...

just some leftover paper ribbon...

and some paper doilies stapled on...

it wont last long with the wind and rain its likely to get...

but it'll do for now...

 

 

then as I had donated our old Christmas tree...

I found an old seed pod from our palm tree...

it had almost the right shape...

bit wonky but that's me to a tee...

 

found a few baubles for decoration...

a piece of paper chain that had been saved from Mstr 11 months...

who had found it in a cupboard...

with great joy had rattled it around laughing all the while...

till he realised it would rip and tear so he proceeded to do so...

again with great joy...

 

an old crochet tablecloth prettied up the esky it sits on...

 

and finally taaa...daaa...our mango tree..

quite full of mangoes this year...

all the trees in the area seem to be quite overloaded...

must be all the rain we had at the start of this year...

 

this is what we find every morning...

carnage...

the leftovers from the possums and bats who are loving the fruit feast..

my job is to find any good ones and dispose of the rest..

we too have had quite a feast...

bucket loads actually...

sending visitors home with bagsful...

and still there's more!!...

365 Creative Challenge 2013 - Collage

day 362.......orange on blue.
cut paper from old national geographic magazines, from 1986 & 1988.
(raylee).

Seven Days of Creativity for the 365 Creative Challenge 2013.......

.....four days to go!
these pages bring me up to date today......a mixture of cut & torn magazine paper collage, one from torn & crumpled paper  with some vaseline resist & acrylic glazing, & white gesso, Christmas wrapping paper , tags, ribbon, raffia & string.
red acrylic drawn over with water soluble black graphite.
  a print of a photo of a lady sitting on a bench scratching a ticket,  with a layer of black water soluble crayon rubbed over it.
the first & last collages are made from old national geographic magazines, 1986 & 1988. i found lots of photos with  textures from all sorts of different things.
(raylee).

Santa's On His Way

starting to look like Christmas  around here.......the kids have been doing most of the decorating this year.
in the cool quiet of the morning i decorated some large coffee jars with old Christmas cards & ribbons to use as flower vases (hope someone brings  me flowers for Christmas Eve.)

we have a  Christmas Eve dinner with family & friends. usually it's  roast pork belly, potato salad (my late father-in law's Austrian recipe), & seasonal  vegetables.
 desert varies from good old Aussie trifle, pavlova, ice cream, the traditional pudding with custard to cheesecake.

we have made our own tradition of letting the kids choose one present to open after dinner.

what's on your menu? do you do the traditional lunch or dinner?, or do you go for something more simple?
(raylee).

Recycled Playing Cards Live Another Day...........

.......as Christmas gift tags.
 my contribution to the gift card swap organized by mezz , you can check her out here.
i covered one side of the cards with old music sheets, last years santa ribbon & some new cotton tape with red "merry Christmas" printed on it.
(raylee).

Christmas Gift Tag Swap

these beautifully  handmade gift tags arrived in the mail  from Siobhan.
the gift tag swap was organized by Mezz, mezzmakesstuff.blogspot.com.au
the tags are made from cardboard & decorated with ribbon, washi tape, braid & string.
this was my first time at doing a swap. it was a fun thing to try, & just like opening a present not knowing the contents, it was a pleasant surprise!
i will post the tags i made for Siobhan soon.
(raylee).

A Yellow Pig, A Floral Fox, Rabbits, A Pink Pineapple & Other Things.......

365 Creative Challenge 2013.......collage can be anything you want it to be & paint is just magical!
(raylee).

Roses......

"I'd rather have roses on my table than diamonds on my neck" - Emma Goldman.
(raylee).

365 Creative Challenge 2013 - Counting Down The Days

 to get the border reasonably straight for the acrylic pineapple paintings i used blue painters masking tape. when the paintings were dry i removed the masking tape & tore it into strips, stuck them onto a piece of pinky red painted paper then cut them into squares roughly.

 stuck the pieces on the used office diary pages.

this one i placed them closer together & stacked some pieces on top of others to create more texture.

 i went back to the first page with white gesso, leaving some circle shapes, stuck on some small cut out circles, rectangles & squares on the bottom part.

this one is acrylic paint mixed with aquadhere glue, makes it very glossy. placed next to the flat opaque black gesso there is a distinct contrast. 

 collage on wood block acrylic prints on watercolour on used sketch book paper, & washi tape.

black pitt pen doodles on painted paper. the colours are lemon yellow, yellow ochre & magenta. strips of masking tape were removed from the paper leaving little bits of blue.

 this one looks like trees to me , what do you think?

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not long to go now & this challenge will be complete.
(raylee).