Took this pic this morning while visiting some friends. We put Keziah in front of a piano for the first time and she put her hands on the keys and tinkered away like it was natural. She didn’t bash the keys, just played one at a time with both hands. She’s only 20 months old [...]

Filed under: All Sorts of Things, Darling Daughters, Family

I have two more auctions going in my wahmania store.
The first is this lovely necklace, here’s the store description:
This unique pendant is an original design made by me from polymer clay. Pretty and round, this pendant has swirls of white, brown and black
The whole pendant is 3cm in diameter (just over 1″). It is 7mm [...]

Filed under: All Sorts of Things, Art, Polyclarific, Polymer Clay, Sales and Competitions, Wahmania

For the month of May the PCAGOE (see title) had the theme of using polymer clay plus one other medium for their monthly challenge. As I am a painter as well and recently experimented with using paint on clay I couldn’t resist this for the theme.
I created a piece of artwork which shows the similarities [...]

Filed under: Africa, All Sorts of Things, Art, Etsy, Niger, Polyclarific, Polymer Clay

This month its my turn to be featured for a week on the Polymer Clay Artists Guild of Etsy blog. I answered four questions and sent in some photos for it. You can read it here:
Polyclarific Feature

I was also contacted a couple of weeks ago by the editor of a local advertising magazine asking if [...]

Filed under: All Sorts of Things, Art, Etsy, Polyclarific

There is a sale starting tomorrow (20 May) at WAHMania. Every shop there has a sale until May 26th including my store Polyclarific. I have 10% off everything storewide (excl shipping) so come on over and have a peek at what you can buy! I have currently got 34 items listed so theres a lot [...]

Filed under: Art, Polyclarific, Polymer Clay, Wahmania

I just wanted to recommend James and his new business Aussie Green Thumb. He has just started his gardening business and we had him come and do our lawns this morning. He did a great job and we’ll book him again in the future.
If you live in Perth and need some garden jobs done, give [...]

Filed under: All Sorts of Things, Australia

What a title! Those words actually come from the book of Proverbs, I keep finding some interesting statements in there (see my two earlier posts – Kindheartedness and Gold Ring + Pig’s Snout = Indiscretion).
The verse actually says:
“Widsom is supreme; therefore get wisdom. Though it cost all you have, get understanding” (Prov 4:7).
The word supreme [...]

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I’ve seen this meme around the place and wondered if I’d eventually get tagged. I did today by Etsa Sketch (check out her blog and shop, her work is fantastic!).
Rules
1.List seven random facts/habits about yourself
2.Choose another seven bloggers to tag and list their names in your blog
3.Leave your seven tagged bloggers comments to notify them [...]

Filed under: Africa, All Sorts of Things, Art, Australia, Etsy, Niger, Polyclarific, Polymer Clay, SIM

A few weeks ago my husband Michael was interviewed on Sonshine FM about our involvement in SIM here in WA. I’ve been meaning to put a link to the interview on here and only just remembered! So, here it is:
Sonshine FM Interview

Filed under: Africa, Australia, Michael, SIM

You can’t tell me that God has no sense of humour, just read this Proverb:
“Like a gold ring in a pig’s snout is a beautiful woman who shows no discretion.” (Prov 11:22).
Discretion is something that seems to be a character trait that is disappearing these days. The dictionary definition for it is:
the quality of being [...]

Filed under: All Sorts of Things