Body Art

I have bodyart of sorts at the moment. An outbreak of hives has rendered me spotty and red..

Something that is much lovelier is this beautiful plaster cast I have done for a client. She had a cast done when she was pregnant with her daughter and I worked with her to create a design that was personal to her and her family. It looks so lovely and has a gloss finish over the paintwork. It is a stunning momento of a special time in her life..

Adding Art to Your Life

Here is what a piece of art can add to your home. This is one of my paintings in my kitchen which makes it so homely and personal. I love the white in the painting, flowers and table. By the way, the table is handpainted by me so you won't find one of them in the shops! Contact me if you would like a special piece for your place.

Creatively Speaking

Well, we had our local hard rubbish collection recently and I found some gems.
Firstly: two old light fittings. When I removed the bulbs and electrical cord, spray painted the whole thing white (goodbye 70's brown pewter-look), added tealights and old jewellery and strung my own lengths of pearl and beads and voila! two fantastic chandelier in my living room for next to nothing! They really do look beautiful too.

Secondly: I found these cream frames and the prints I found at a separate place and they were in some gawdy gold frames with brown, oval matts so all I did was I got some new white matts from the framer and then put them in the cream frames..! Oh so lovely.

So I suggest you keep your eyes open for some wonderful finds next time you are driving past someone's junk because you never know what you will find.

GIVEAWAY!

To celebrate my 100th tweet on TWITTER, I have this cute keyring and magnet set to giveaway.
I made them myself and used the images from vintage children's books. The keyring has a picture of a dog on the other side. Too cute!

Heres' what you need to do:
explore the Anna Kay Art blog and comment on the posting you like best. Comment on more than one posting and you qualify for extra entries. You get one entry for each comment. The more the merrier!
Once you're done please comment below on this post with a working email account for contact and valid entry. An e-mail linked to profile is also valid. At the end of next week, the best commentor will receive this cute keyring and magnet set., including free postage.

To improve your chances of winning:
Tweet about the giveaway: those who help to tweet about this giveaway will get ean xtra enty. 1 entry for each tweet!
Add @annakayart to your tweets so that I know you have retweeted. Add your twitter account along with your email in the comment below to help us link the two.

This giveaway will end at 6pm, Thursday September 3rd 2009, Australian Eastern time.
The lucky Winner will be selected randomly and notified by email.

Apples and Dolls

Here is a picture in my kitchen starring "Dolly Picking Flowers". It looks great with the big plate of apples below as it matches the green grass in the painting. Behind the fruit is a small dollhouse I painted white and perched a small toy peacock.

I Heart Junk

Here is a fabulous old bedside cabinet that I picked up at a local roadside waiting for the rubbish collection but I got there first. I enjoy restoring old furniture and I found chipping and sanding the old paint off very therapeutic. It fits right in at home with the shabby look. I picked up some old chandelier style light fittings that I am going to convert in to chandeliers with tea lights and pearl and crystal details. Junk really can be transformed with a little know-how and elbow grease!

SoulCollage

Here are some of the SoulCollage cards that me and my fellow participants have. Obviously we didn't make them all on the weekend but it represents who we are. I will be holding some workshops on SoulCollage and more soon so stayed tuned!