Mini Sunset Felt Painting Giveaway

Just popping by to say hi.... I know I know I am totally rubbish at this blogging malarky!!! But If any of you are still there pop on over to my facebook page and enter my giveaway. Its for this mini sunset felt painting ♥

New Personalised and Customisable Cloud Mobiles

Since making this personalised cloud mobile last year, I have been wanting to offer them in my Etsy shop....but you know how it is all those crazy ideas in my head took over!!!
But this week after a flurry of cloud mobile orders I thought it was time, so I had a competition on my facebook page to design your own, I had nearly 100 entries and it was so very hard to choose, would have made everyone one if I could... but I picked a winner this one below ; )

 It just jumped out at me, the wonderful colours and the idea behind it being the sunshine after the rain was just wonderful. So the lucky winner got her mobile made up and sent to her and now I have some lovely photos and have been able to list them in my Etsy shop.

 Love this photo of all the colours you can choose from ♥

Sale on at the Mall - well my little etsy shop!

I don't often have sales, but I am *trying* to streamline my shop and make way for new work, so if you fancy grabbing yourself a super bargain, unique piece of my work head on over to my sale section ♥

Rainbowtastic Facebook Giveaway

 

I am totally over the rainbow to have reached 1000 likes over on my Facebook page, so I am having a rainbowtastic giveaway. You've got till 12 noon Ibiza time on the 23rd May 2014 to enter so pop on over and join in the fun : ) www.facebook.com/therainbowroom or click on the photo above ♥

All You Need Is Love ♥

I am completely in love with my felt painting 'All you need is love'

This is photo of the original all finished and stretched onto a frame, it is 55cm square.

The original is now for sale, please contact me if you are interested.

 I am super excited to have these cards with the design printed on, they are available in packs of 7 with a rainbow of envelopes, or individually with a choice of colour envelope.

 I also have them available as an Art print, professionally printed using semi archival inks on watercolour paper and ready mounted so all you need to do is pop it in a frame, stick on the wall and smile!!!!

This is a new direction for me and my work, so it's a teeny bit scary...... but I am so. so very happy with how these have turned out!!  Making cards and prints available means I can share my rainbows with a lot more of you......and thats what I want to do make you smile and fill the world with love and rainbows  ♥

The Rainbow Room at Healing Ibiza 2014

I have just had the most incredible 2 days at Healing Ibiza

It is an incredible holistic charity event for the mind, body and soul. Lots of colour, love and wonderful workshops, treatments, talks and activities. Set in the grounds of the amazing Atzaro - which is heaven on earth!

I really enjoyed and learnt a lot from the talk by author and business coach Fiona Harold. I also took part in a workshop with Steve Jack which was amazing. I am so grateful to be here on this magical island learning from such wonderful inspiring people. Healing Ibiza is such a fantastic event, I feel pretty blooming lucky to have been part of it!

Hola!! Here I am with my wonderful daughter and helper at my stall. We really enjoyed meeting lots of wonderful people and customers. It means so much to me to be bringing happiness and positivity  through my work.

My daughter also set up her own little stall selling her rainbow loom bracelets. I was amazed at her business and people skills, she was even teaching people how to make them and doing custom orders - amazing!!!

 

Happy Easter!

Wishing you all a very Happy Easter, from us and our Easter tree ♥

New Products Are Coming Soon

Just received some printed samples of a few of my felt paintings......it's so exciting!!!
Took me ages to pluck up the courage to open the envelope, but WOW I am so very happy...... I love them : ) Watch this space, they will be available soooonnn x

Felt Paintings

 Lots of felted paintings in progress here at the mo. Love working on big pieces like this and experimenting with different ways of adding words, been needle felting this 'Rainbow heart'

 A huge ammount of machine stitching on this big sunset!

This is a felt landscape after it's first rub, lots more details to add...so watch this space for all the finished pieces : )

Sunset Heaven

 I have been in sunset heaven this week, working on a huge sunset painting, which if I am happy with I will be getting made into prints....*fingers crossed* This is it in progress, just laid down the base fibres ready to add lots of lovely bits and bobs, sparkles and silks.

I made this mini sunset as a card for a friends 40th, it's stitched with one of my favourite quotes in teeny tiny stiches.

Finished this sunset felted painting, which is in my etsy shop. So happy with how it turned out, it was a combination of wet and needle felting and I just love the colours...it's very bright and bold!

Mad Merceria

 This is my local Merceria (thats the spanish name for a haberdashery shop)
It's a crazy shop stacked with boxes of goodies.
It's quite hard to
a- find anything
b- wait to be served the Spanish way and not rummage too much

 But I did manage to feed my addiction for colourful ric rac, ribbons and pom pom trim - here are my goodies from this visit.

Colourful Christmas

Wishing you all a very wonderful and colourful Christmas ♥

New Textile Collages

I have had a huge tidy up of my workspace,
I'm not a great fan of tidying but it was great to sort out my stash of fabrics,
felt, trims and ribbons. Best of all it was sooooo inspiring!!

I gathered all my best, most rainbowy bits bits and bobs and a nice little blank canvas to work on.
*Look away now if you are one of those people who don't like animals near work places

This super cute kitten *appeared* in my garden a few days ago, and is following me round like a shadow! It was desperate to get in on the rainbow making action!! had to get a photo of it before it was banished  : )

So lots of cutting a sewing were done, and I love the results. I will be working on a lot more textile collages over the winter.

 

Facebook Giveaway

GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED!!

If you don't follow me on Facebook, quick head on over I'm having a giveaway as I am totally over the moon to have reached 500 likes : )
All you need to do is like and comment as to why you love rainbows on the giveaway photo and you will be in with a chance of winning a set of 5 Hanging Rainbow Decorations ♥
www.facebook.com/therainbowroom

Live for Today!

I love positive quotes, so I thought I would try my hand at using one of my own photos with these words. 

The photo of my hanging hearts was taken at Healing Ibiza at Atzaro, against a perfect Ibiza blue sky!  Not too bad for my first try - what do you think?

Felted Art - With Added Positiveness

 Just wanted to share a couple of new felt canvases I have made - both with added positiveness!! They are both made from the same piece of rainbow felt, which is mainly Merino wool, but full of added sparkles, silk fibres, ribbons and yarns. They were then stitched in gold thread, one with "all you need is love" and the other with "live the life you love" two of my favourite affirmations.

 All you need is love ♥

Live the life you love ♥

I love positive words and quotes and really want to start collecting some pieces of art with lovely words (better start writing that Christmas list!) 
 

I have a board on Pinterest called lets get positive, I love...... Pinterest it's super addictive!

 I like to share a positive quote on my facebook page on monday mornings, it helps me start the week with positive words and I hope it helps other people get in a good frame of mind too : )

Fab Flea Markets

I've had a wonderful weekend mainly full of Flea market shopping - my favourite! I found all these lovely woolen jumpers which will be felted and upcycled into something fab like this cloud pillow, one I made from my last batch of woolen jumpers, some funky handmade felt and fringe trim.

Ok, I did buy a few things for me...the jumper at the top of the pile is mine and I managed to grab myself a wonderful pair of fringed ankle boots, well it is getting a bit autumnal here : )

For April, For Machynlleth.

This isn't going to be easy to write which is why it's taken me till now, but today the day of April's funeral seems like the right time.

I made this last year, when the peaceful community I had just moved away from.... the place I called home for the previous ten years was rocked by the disappearance of a beautiful five year old girl.

Being thousands of miles away I couldn't join my friends in the search, so we lit candles, prayed and well.... I made this. I wanted to represent the community coming together searching, I'm not going to explain anymore about it than that and I wish the story had a happy ending.

 

Today I wish peace to April's family and to Machynlleth xxx



Live The Life You Love

I made this felt painting earlier in the year and I sold it so quick I didn't get round to taking any photos of it....and I have been a bit gutted since as I really loved it (not about selling it, that bit was great but the no photos : ( silly me  )

So I was super relieved this morning when I might of been moaning a little bit to my other half, and he told me he had some on his phone....Hooray thank you Mr Snap Happy. Normally I'm telling him off for taking TOOOOO many photos!

He even had these of me making it. It was inspired by the amazing sunset colours which were wet felted. Then the wonderful words to live by "Live the life you love" were needle felted on in sushine yellows and oranges. It was then stretched on a canvas frame.

I will be making more like this, as I think its great to have positive words around you.

Happy 5th Birthday...to my Etsy Shop!!

Can't believe it's my 5th birthday on Etsy today...times really flies when you're making rainbows!!!!

Seeing as 5 is my favourite and best and luckiest number I am treating you all to a week of 20% discount in that good old Etsy shop.

Just enter

happyfifthbirthday

in the coupon code box when placing your order. So if there's something you've had your eye on or you're super organized for thingymas take advantage as I don't often do discounts.

 

Happy Birthday to me, happy birthday to me happy happy happy!!!!!!