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  ♥

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.

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?

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 : )

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!!!!!!

Making Rainbow Mobiles

If you follow me on Facebook you'll know I've been working on rainbow mobiles recently.

I made the one above 3 years ago as a custom order for a lovely customer and since then I have been trying to design one to make available in my Etsy shop, I have had many requests for them and have a made a few others but never managed to get round to getting one in the shop.

Yesterday I spent the WHOLE day working on this, which is gorgeous if I do say so myself!!! But its huge.... too big for the average rainbow lover. And too complicated I just can't get it right, so back to the drawing board AGAIN!!

And hoorah I made one, a lovely plush rainbow with a shower of blue raindrops and not too big and not too complicated!!

BUT I do want to make one with clouds too so will be trying to design another one too and hoping that it doesn't take me three years this time - but hey good things are worth waiting for right??

 

Urban In Ibiza

Last night was a big event in the Ibiza art scene - Urban in Ibiza, held at the wonderful Atzaro. Like a mini festival with street art, fashion and music and the best bit for me live painting (although the smell of spray paints is not my favourite!)

 

 Here's my daughter walking down the red carpet at the entrance.

Live painting in the beautiful gardens of Atzaro.

 

This was a stunning artwork and I love the contrast against the beautiful vegetable gardens.

 I guess if I was a proper journalist I would have all the names of the artists, but I just took a few photos of my favourites!! You can always check out Urban in Ibiza's website for proper details : ) 

 My partner (a skateboarder) checking out work from a few of his idols

Chad Muska and Bam Margera.

 

 

Peace and Love from Ibiza

Feeling inspired by all the peace and love on this island I have incorporated some funky peace signs into my new collections.

The cushion has a handfelted rainbow peace sign appliqued onto some disco felt.

 Felt, feathers and peace in these statement earrings.

These felt pendants are like mini works of art.

Bezel trays are such a great way to show off these mini peace signs which are made from wetfelting and needle felting - more of these to come another day!!

The world needs some more peace : )

Cloud Pillows

 Hola, It's been a while again hasn't it!! Well I've been busy working on lots of new stuff and trying to survive the crazy summer heat. Ironically I have designed this cloud pillow, they are most definitely the only clouds around here at the moment!!!

These are the first 2 from the collection, one made completely with handmade felt and trimmed with silver tassle trim. The other is made from a upcycled felted wool jumper and trimmed with pink pom pom trim. I am so in love with these cute little pillows and can't wait to make some more.

Art Lovers Ibiza

 As promised the rest of my arty saturday in Ibiza!!

I was drawn to this project by polaritylab purely for the arty side of making a picture with lots of people. All the men had to dress in white and the women in red.

The more spritual side of it all was based on a series of simple, dynamic drills to explore feminine and masculine polarities in order to experience the power of union and love in oneness. It's not my cup of tea, but i tried my best!!

We created two triangles, the men in white and the ladies in red and then merged them both together.

It was photographed from a beautiful hot air baloon (one day I'm going up in that)

It was a wonderful experience, so glad I was part of it - I wonder if I can get enough people together to make a giant rainbow!!

Meeting Ra Superstar

Yesterday I had the pleasure of not only going to an exhibition of Ra Superstar, but getting to see him paint live!! I love his work, it's so colourful, happy and full of life - plus there are a few rainbows thrown in for good measure!!! And he is such a lovely guy - he listened to me go on about rainbows for ages : )

It was held at the wonderful Atzaro Beach at my local beach Cala Nova, what a perfect day!
Check out Ra's work here www.rasuperstar.com
We had a very arty day yesterday, will tell you the rest tomorrow!

The Rainbow Room in a 'Real Book'

How super happy am I to see my cloud mobiles in a 'real life book'.
The mobiles were used as props in a wonderful knitting book, Little Rascals by MillaMia. It looks like a beautiful book for hand knitters full of contemporary knits for babies and children - need to get myself a copy!!