Fabulous Flossy...and the School holidays

Checkout our mention over at Flossy Particles blog. My dear friend is an inspiration to me in many ways. I love hearing what beautiful things she is creating and achieving in life.

The kids and i have been on school holidays...this seems to involve skate park after skate park due to the winter months and my son and his cousins being tweens. Life for them seems to be about coloured skinny jeans, cool skate shoes, scooters and skateboards. Their main ambition i'm sure is to see how many skate parks they can drag Mum to until she goes crackers. But to tell you the truth i have thoroughly enjoyed the experience of visiting many of the diverse skate parks on the east coast of NSW. Keep posted for a full rundown and rating of the parks we have visited the kids are making a list etc.

We are back home now, so the nearest skatepark is Woolgoolga we went their yesterday i need a new firstaid kit is all i'm going to say. Today we headed to the Grafton Skate park. It was quite good, a nice location surrounded by many beautiful trees.

Two more days of school hols, i can do this.

So we began the holidays with a train trip (we got a private cabin this time) adventure to see my sister and her lovely boys, we met in Manly for a few days of fun then headed home to her place in Nowra.

We filled the kids time with action packed days of fun and interest, for eg.paddleboarding and rollerblading in Manly, La premier tickets to Eclipse in Chatswood, The Karate kid and Toy Story 3 also @ the movies, The Swans game at the SCG, indoor leisure center at Husky, skate parks in Manly, Mosman, Kiama, Berry( we also snuck to the markets for yummy relish mmm), Nowra, and a few other suburbs that i've forgotten the names of, then the indoor and outdoor skate parks on the way home at Port Macquarie, oh and i mustn't forget the gorgeous Glasshouse Art Gallery for Mum.

I feel my duty as a good Mum is complete...Is it it ever enough???

Fresh Headbands.......

I have a few headbands left available for photographing because as soon a i've made them they are are off to the shops, some are reversible and some are better just on one side. The best things about them are they dress up a plain outfit, great for shockingly bad hair days and do not give headaches like many headbands can after wearing them all day..... Tell us what you think? Of course for more fabric variety visit Jane Potter Boutique ( if your local that is) or keep your eye open for the launch of Greenstone Gallery online Giftshop.

News and new work @MandiandMaddi.......

My online shops are still EMPTY oh dear! But great news from the retailers who stock us. Stock is selling consistently and plenty of positive feedback from the customers.

We are keeping ourselves busy by replenishing stock for the retail stores, creating/producing then photographing plenty more fun new work to go online @GreenstoneGallery's Giftshop.

Greenstone Gallery has launched their beautiful new (but still growing) website! Which will soon have a Giftshop feature for artists/crafters that don't fit into the finer art categories. I love the creativity and dedication Maryanne puts in to keeping art alive and fresh here on the Mid North Coast.

Well done to the whole Greenstone Team!!!

Visit the new website

I must admit the main reason for my online shops being empty is the 'all brain consuming course' i am currently taking 'Web Design'. Loving it, love the brain workouts and coming up with design ideas but very time consuming.

So for now i will be posting plenty of new work on here to keep interest alive and you'll have to hope you live near a retailer or you can EMAIL me about anything in particular you see and like.