our first Birthday girl...

 Cupcakes for Miss A's class!

Happy Birthday Miss A...you mean the WORLD to us...you brighten up each day...and help me stop and think...you are beautiful, kind and thoughtful...and you are 7 today!
We love you to the Moon and back.
HUGS and kisses,
Mum(Char) and Dad(Mr.R.)

This week is FULL of Birthday celebrations...Tea and Cake is at 6 tonight...you know you're welcome!
hugs
Char.x

Let me entertain you...

Hey all,
How are you on this bright and SUNNY Monday morning?
It's gorgeous here...we've been crazy busy with the basement and my ART Studio...I primed the walls...it's actually looking pretty fabulous (if I do say so myself)...my husband is such a star, and has given up ALL his time to build this room for me...I know it'll help bring in more income for our family...but he's been down there every evening after work...and all day during the weekends...thanks Mr.R!

On Saturday our girls danced in the Caribbean Folklore Dance Competition...there were some pretty amazing dancers there...I have a couple of their dances to show you...if you have time to watch...our girls are over on the right...I zoomed in to try and get a better picture but my camera and the lighting in there just didn't mesh well.
Here's the first one which they did to a Rio song...



And this is a more traditional dance...



This week is going to be a crazy week...
BOTH our girls have their Birthdays this week...one tomorrow and one on Thursday...
Ears are getting pierced this evening...they can't wait...Miss J is SO giddy with excitement!
So cupcakes will be made...and songs will be sung...and gifts will be given this week...I better wrap some up!!!

I am off to Ikea today to get some cabinets for the Studio...yay...can't wait!!!

What are you up to?

HUGS and thanks for stopping by.
Char.x

Friday faces...

HAPPY FRIDAY everyone...and soon we'll be welcoming June! Another really speedy month has just flown by us.

I am in the process of working on another Hoop Portrait for a wonderful lady in the USA...she has a blog too,so if you'd like to go and say hello...please do.

In the photo above you can see some of my books which will all follow me down into my studio in maybe 2 weeks!!!

Mudding (plastering) and sanding is probably my LEAST favourite job...but it has to be done!

We went to the National Ballet for a Tour of their rehearsal studio yesterday...and saw them rehearsing ALICE! Which if some of you remember we'll be going to see in a couple of weeks time...SO excited.

The girls thoroughly enjoyed being able to identify characters during rehearsal...Ballet dancers are SO strong and make everything look SO easy...very inspiring. I could have sat there all day and watched them dance!

 I have another day of sanding and then I'll be priming today...getting closer to

I hope you all have a lovely weekend...

HUGS

Char.x

Wordless Wednesday

x
Char

ART Studio so far.

Here's the "SO FAR"...I can see the light at the end of the tunnel!
My Art Studio is almost there...I love the space and can't wait to get in!

So...the mural is a no-go for now...it wasn't "quite" what the client had imagined.
HAPPENS!
Thanks for your sweet comments and enthusiasm...LOVE IT!!

Have a good day!
HUGS
Char.x

finished construction sketch.

We dry-walled the ceiling of my Art-Studio today...I am in SO much pain...my shoulders are screaming!
Today is a day...I wish my Dad was here to help my husband...and I wish my Mum was here to cook me dinner...sometimes the Atlantic Ocean is just WAY too big!

Here's the finished sketch of the Mural...I hope they love it.
Thanks for all the kind words about the sketches.

I'd hug you all but I'm not sure I can...ouch.
Char.x

trucks,diggers,tractors...

HEY...it's Friday!I know...I said I would be back every day this week...but I have been enjoying walking...and have had my head FULL of construction...my wonderful Mr.R is doing a fabulous job on my studio...and I have been pricing out cabinets...they're not cheap you know!!! BUT I hope Art Camp will be able to pay for them...if not all...but the majority.
Talking about ART CAMP...I am almost full...just a couple of weeks which have openings.
I'm SO excited...it's like a turning point for me in my Career, AND I get a studio out of it!

I met with a lovely lady on Tuesday and she really would like a CONSTRUCTION Zone Mural for her eldest son...pretty cool...and I am totally out of my comfort zone when it comes to diggers,tractors and earth movers...so it's a great challenge.
Doesn't everyone LOVE a challenge!!!

I am hoping to paint it at the beginning of June.
I'll show you the finished wall proposal over the weekend.

Canada has a LOVELY long weekend starting tomorrow...dry wall and mud...tape and sanding will be what's happening in the basement this weekend.

What are you up to? (nosey aren't I :-)

Hugs to you all and thanks for passing by, and leaving such energized comments about our Lego Flags...they were fun to do, and made the girls really think about building things differently.

Until I post again.
Char.x

Wordless Wednesdays

HUGS
Char.x

hungry?

What did you have for BREAKFAST?

Have a great Monday...my friend Shelly has started making these mixed sprout bags...and they're delicious!
BTW...Spa day was incredible...I'll tell you more about it tomorrow.

hugs
Char.x

they make my heart melt

hey all, sorry I've been away from the computer for a few days...been spending a lot of time with these two lovely ladies...
they both make me SO proud to say I am their Mama. Soon they're birthdays are upon us...they'll be 7 and 5,WOW...time flies!
this week I will be back to posting daily...
I'm prepping for my Art Camps in July....tomorrow a great friend is hosting a Spa Day...I'm having a Reiki treatment and a Cranial Sacral session...oh, yeah, and my cards read! SO EXCITED!

What are you up to tomorrow??

HUGS
CHar.x

to Fell or not to Fell?

GOOD morning everyone...I think Spring is finally here!!!

This weekend we visited and helped out our friends furnish their cottage which is ready now for renting...they had torn down the original cottage and built a new one...6 bedrooms and 4 and a half bathrooms...with views of Lake Muskoka!!!
It's so pretty and the setting is perfect...when you're on the Balcony you feel as though you're in the tree tops looking down...

There were many discussions over the weekend to whether or not the trees JUST infront of the cottage should be felled to give a more open view of the lake...

I say NO to felling...I think you can go down to the water front for a full view...
not only do you get privacy from the trees...but shade too in the Summer scorching heat...there will be some relief at least if you don't fell them.

What do you think?
To Fell or NOT to Fell?

have a good day...
HUGS
Char.x

WORDLESS Wednesday -surprise revealed

hugs
Char.x

getting it.

 Hello sweet readers...
Just getting back into the swing of things...the Show went very well...lots of positive feedback from shoppers and from our vendors. Although our attendance was down about 20% we still had a steady flow of traffic....which is sometimes better than crazy numbers of Mums and their strollers all at once.
This is my table...the painting on the right (the abstract one) is not mine, I'm going to be re-thinking what I bring to my Show in the Fall...no pins...or stamps....or patches...just Tooth Fairy pillows...and my prints. I'm even contemplating not bringing my cards...because people want them for nothing...it's frustrating...they don't realize that they're handmade items too! If you go to Hallmark...can you find a handmade card for $2.50? Didn't think so!

So, that was the Show...and this is really what the post is about...our girls Lego Factory...

Mum, I promised I would send you some photos...they really "get it" now when it comes to building a structure...and they worked on this together without fighting...always a bonus!

I hope you're all well...
I know I haven't been to see you in your Blog Worlds recently...but this week I will.

WHAT are you up to this week?

I have a commission to start very similar to this one.
I'd LOVE to get this started.
I have to plan my weekly courses for this.


Tomorrow we're off to see this, which will hopefully lead to an abundance of future work.
*fingers crossed*


HAPPY Tuesday...it's rainy and damp here...
HUGS
Char.x