tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11421018277322976882024-02-01T21:36:48.803-08:00Tales from Nat's NestNats Nesthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08974211530677016764noreply@blogger.comBlogger52125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1142101827732297688.post-84611596071288773792012-06-14T03:43:00.000-07:002012-06-14T03:43:17.435-07:00We Love ... Mucha!<div style="text-align: center;">
Most of the time I'm engaged with commissions for people, which means I do very little art of myself sometimes!! And as much as I love doing them, sometimes I just want them to finish too!!</div>
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Here is a commission I did last year before Christmas ( I still have my massive fairy painting to be going on with, and as I'm getting a brand new shiny camara soon, I will post some pics! )</div>
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<br />I absolutely love Art Nouveau, so this work was really a labour of love. One of my favourite artists is Alphonse Mucha, and his works are now out of copywrite. (Which is probably why we see so much of them in Past Times and things nowdays! ) He was a Czech artist born in 1860, and is widely known for his distinctive illustrations of stylised women. Sadly, like many artists, Mucha has achieved far more fame now than during his lifetime. I copied four of his paintings 'The Times of Day' - They were drawn freehand and handpainted too, I used gouche as this is my favourite medium for achieving a vibrant colour. . </div>
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The originals are about 1 metre high! Anyway I have some very limited edition prints of these now, in both A4 and A3 formats. They are printed on the best quality fadeproof inks, on watercolour paper so they look remarkably like the originals. Once I get them mounted and packaged up they will be winging their way over to my long neglected Folksy and Etsy shops!</div>
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I do love Art Nouveau though, my other favourites of the period being Charles Rene Mackintosh and Antoni Gaudi. ( I have a thing for architecture too! ) This is a room in the Mackintosh Willow Tearooms...</div>
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And a nave from Gaudi's labour of love, the Sagrada Familia catherdral in Barcelona... if you ever make it over there, Gaudi's naturalistic architecture is wonderful and hard to miss...</div>
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I promise to blog again soon , possibly about my new buisness cards which sound exciting and should be arriving any day now !! </div>Nats Nesthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08974211530677016764noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1142101827732297688.post-48160982163871055972012-05-23T11:21:00.003-07:002012-05-23T11:22:43.047-07:00Weddings and Favours!<div style="text-align: center;">
Hello everyone! Now my cousin's wedding is offically over, I can show you what I have been doing with myself for the last month!</div>
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A few months back my cousin emailed me to ask if I knew where to get individual tea-bag holders. Rather unwisely, I said I had no idea but sewing up a batch would be easy. My cousin was rather excited at this, she had only seen some cheapish looking plastic ones from America. See the rather sweet idea was to have teabags and china cups as Wedding favours. Anyway a month and 80 individually sewn bags later - here are the results. </div>
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'Lizzy & Tom'</div>
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So that part was handstitched in a variety of colours, the bag was made up on the machine, and a drawstring ribbon and handpainted heart tag was added. Phew! They looked gorgeous on the day and all the guests got a china cup and bag gift!</div>
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Just to wet yor appetite, here are some more wedding pics</div>
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The room had beautiful drapes and fairy lights, and the flower table decorations...And my favourite part...</div>
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I won't post a pic of the bride and groom in case they get embarrased! But both looked stunning and it was an absolutely fabulous day :) </div>
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Mr. Hope is a lovely 14 month old hammy. He was bought from the adoption bit in Pets at Home, and has quite the story to tell. When he first came to the petstore he escaped and got out into the warehouse. He lived there for two whole months before someone finally caught him. After a lot of fattening up, he was put on sale, but nobody wanted him next to the sleak shiny baby hams. So I went in, picked him up and he snuggled right into my arm and wouldn't let go. So really he had to come home with me. He has been a little angel from the start, although he is a rather lazy hammy, and I doubt he would be seen if it wasn't for me waking him up to play! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The other occupants of the nest are two roborovski hamsters called Shakespeare and Hamlet...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Roborovski hamsters are quite new to be kept as pets. They are the tiniest hamsters you can buy, measuring only 4-5cm when fully grown. My two are babies, only 7 weeks old! They are super fast hamsters, and are very nervous, though rarely bite. They are not recommended for children as they are so fast and small! Shakepeare happily likes being stroked in his cage, but gets a little bit upset when being picked up. (He gets picked up anyway, poor wee man!) Hamlet instead likes to play a game where he rushes around the cage so you can't grab him, but when he is finally in your arms he is placid as anything. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>Nats Nesthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08974211530677016764noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1142101827732297688.post-34320019300326918682012-02-28T07:23:00.002-08:002012-02-28T07:26:25.587-08:00Fairy-ality...<div style="text-align: center;">Once again I've been neglecting this blog! I have a good reason though, I lost my camara which ment pictures of my work were a little hard to take! I've been painting a very large watercolour as a commission, and as I think pictures of half finished work are sometimes just as lovely as the finished article, I though you might like to see some images of it. Its taken two months so far. Its of fairies having a party...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Here are the mice looking on ... </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">The problem with me is that I take on half a dozen projects at once, which means nothing gets finished! ( Well, actually I do tend to finish things, they must just take slightly longer!) So alongside my big painting, I have been doing several fabric projects, which you might like.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Here is my Cath Kitson style tapestry cushion...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Phew! As you can see I've got a busy few months ahead of me. On top of all this, I have been organising my artwork and getting some professional prints made up, so hopefully my prints will be listed in both my etsy </div><div style="text-align: center;">and Folksy shops very soon. They will be all absolutely limited edition, so please watch this space!</div>Nats Nesthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08974211530677016764noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1142101827732297688.post-21015237864682658162011-11-12T15:07:00.000-08:002011-11-12T15:07:23.060-08:00Where have you gone, dear mice?Hello Everyone!<br />
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Oh dear, since Nat has been having one crazy mad year, the dear mice and bunnies of Nat's Nest have been having a very long break. They will be back, I promise, but for now they are having a bit of a hibernate.<br />
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I'm still being a little creative bunny though, so it seems a shame not to update this blog with some of my other work. A while ago Nat's Nest made embroidery's and prints, and luckily I've found an absolutely fabulous local print company, so some of my prints will hopefully be online soon.<br />
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My latest work is a painting called 'The Fairy Ball' and I promise to publish my sketches soon! Here is my inspiration ...<br />
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I've also discovered a beautiful writer called Kahlil Gibran, who wrote some very inspirational words back in the 1920's. I've always loved poetry and language, and I've always wanted to produce images linked to words... perhaps that will be my next project! This is taken from a writing entitled 'Joy and Sorrow'<br />
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''Some of you say ''Joy is greater than sorrow'' <br />
and others say ''Nay, sorrow is the greater''<br />
But I say unto you, they are inseparable<br />
Together they come,<br />
and when one sits alone with you at your board,<br />
Remember the other is asleep on your bed'' <br />
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This year I have had a fair amount of sorrow, I am in hope for the joy.Nats Nesthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08974211530677016764noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1142101827732297688.post-38613831416951703712010-09-18T11:04:00.000-07:002010-09-18T11:54:21.084-07:00We Love...Tempest Apparel!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Hello Everyone! I'd love to introduce my new favourite fashion label today to you all ...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://daisytempest.blogspot.com/">''T E M P E S T A P P A R E L ''</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Maybe you know and maybe you don't - previously I studied a fashion design degree in Winchester, and while I was there I lived with Daisy, who is just this amazingly talented, creative girly. She has set up her own design label 'Tempest Apparel' which features her absolutely fab print designs - they are both vintagy but modern looking and oh so, so unique and individual. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">In her own words.......</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">''The signature of the company is to liven up the plain white tee; like a blank canvas cries out to be painted, a white tee craves to be embellished, decorated and printed on''</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">My favs are the 'Bowie-Tee' (Here in the nest we are secret David Bowie fans - and we like vinyl, not CDs, teehee)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Gorgeous, aren't they? And by buying from Tempest Apparel not only will you have a very unique T-Shirt, but you are supporting British and Handmade! Yay! (Whats not to like about that?)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">For you Londonites you can catch Daisy on Sundays at the Sunday Upmarket (The Old Truman Brewery, Brick Lane)...or if you live out in the country, like me, you can pop over to <u><span style="color: #0066cc;"><a href="http://daisytempest.blogspot.com/">her website</a></span></u> to browse.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I recommend you pop over to Daisy's website anyway actually - she has the most fantastic, inspiring blog full of wonderful images and she really deserves some more followers .</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Heehee...heres something Daisy might not thank me for, here we both are grooving at the Lattitude Festival but we do both have Tempest Apparel T-shirts on so I think its justified! Just look at that blue sky - where has summer gone hey?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Ooo, and I've been working on some more embroideries (its lions and foxes at the moment!) ...stay tuned for a peek next time :) </div>Nats Nesthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08974211530677016764noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1142101827732297688.post-37160855118036371972010-08-22T06:11:00.000-07:002010-08-22T06:14:23.849-07:00Bunnify Your Life!<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;">Hi Folks! Have you seen this new website yet? </div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">A little while ago I was approached by Anna from <a href="http://folksy.com/shops/TheWarren">Widget & Friends.</a> Being a bunny lover, she had this fab idea to help real - life rabbits, by raising money for the <a href="http://www.rabbitwelfare.co.uk/">The Rabbit Welfare Association.</a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">To do this she decided to make a completely non - profit website promoting fantastic bunnified handmade things. All the sellers featured on the website make a donation to the Rabbit Welfare Fund rather than pay a membership fee. </div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">Of course I had to support such a wonderful idea!</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">Go check out all the fab bunny things featured on </div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://thehandmadebunny.blogspot.com/">THE HANDMADE BUNNY!</a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">This is by <a href="http://www.folksy.com/shops/mimi">Mimilove on Folksy</a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">This is by <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/SarahBirtJewellery?ref=seller_info">Sarah Birt Jewellry on Etsy</a> (Yes I still have a thing for foxes too!)</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>Nats Nesthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08974211530677016764noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1142101827732297688.post-80142651525926581172010-08-16T11:39:00.000-07:002010-08-16T11:50:05.896-07:00Love, Love, Love!<div style="text-align: center;">This weekend I went to my cousins wedding. It was absolutely fantastic - my cousin and his wife have known each other since childhood! I created some wedding mice for them - the groom is a bit of a surfer dude so the little groom mouse has a little Hawaiian print waistcoat. <br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">I thought you might also like to see the cake - it was made by the bride's aunt so it was a complete surprise to both of them - look at the little icing hearts all over it! Such a shame to cut it up really!<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Anyway this got me thinking about the nature of love. I know everyone talks about love as something that you find - but I guess its the other way round - when your ready and open to it, love finds you. And we need love in our lives - as much as its good to be alone, its the best to know that you are loved and there are people that you can turn to when the going gets tough.<br />
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As I like giving you things to watch too, here are two of my favourite love songs. The videos are very amazing too - so sweet and inspiring. This one I love for all the little glances the people involved give eachother -<br />
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And this one would not let me embed it but go and watch it on youtube if you fancy - you need to watch until the ending! <br />
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I think love is like that - like a release, if you hold yourself back, you can't fall in love - you can't hear the music or see the colour. Love never dies - even if that person we love is no longer around, we still keep on loving them - its such a strong emotion. The world would lack colour without love.<br />
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'Supose I keep on singing love songs - Just to break my own fall'<br />
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</div>Nats Nesthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08974211530677016764noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1142101827732297688.post-28433218466462548092010-08-06T14:29:00.000-07:002010-08-06T14:31:47.884-07:00'Dance Like Nobody's Watching'<div style="text-align: center;"><br />
I absolutely love this quote from Mark Twain - the full quote goes like this: <br />
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“Sing like no one's listening,<br />
love like you've never been hurt, <br />
dance like nobody's watching, <br />
and live like its heaven on earth.”<br />
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I guess it inspires me to take each day one step at a time without worrying about the past or future. It reminds me that each day is precious, limited and unique, that I need to make the most of each moment. Something, that when I feel all stressed about bills or work - is easy to forget.<br />
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My fabulous friend Daisy sent me this little video -<br />
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'How to be Alone'<br />
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by video and filmaker, Andrea Dorfman, and poet/singer/songwriter, Tanya Davis. <br />
The poem has the line 'Dance like nobody is watching' too.<br />
I found this so inspirational - because often I find myself alone - and wonder if it's a bad thing. We all need time alone, I think. We need to figure out who we are and be happy with our own company. The video also has some pretty little illustrations of birds, I had to share it with you all.<br />
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Other people can put it better than I can - Brett Dennen sings...<br />
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''I wish to sing as if no ones listening<br />
I wish to dance as if no one is watching<br />
And i, give thanks for my dreams<br />
You can rob me of my sight<br />
And you can poison my blood stream<br />
But as long as I can dream then life is worth living ''<br />
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Sometimes I feel like giving up - and sometimes I feel lost, but this reminds me to always have hope.<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Its a music festival a little like Glastonbury - only a bit posher - and is near my original hometown in Sunny Suffolk. Along with all the fun and folics and blurry photos of Florence and the Machine, I actually managed to take some rather arty pictures too, which I thought would be good to share.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And men with guitars -these were rather a lot of these!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">After retuning from the festival, I was exhausted, but finally have recoved now after almost a week and am feeling ready for some creativity again :)</div>Nats Nesthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08974211530677016764noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1142101827732297688.post-44495071095080689052010-07-11T06:52:00.000-07:002010-07-11T06:56:29.707-07:00Wedding Bells Ring!Today the Mice and Bunnies have been all excited, as the first ever Wedding took place in Carrotby ! The pirate mice supplied all the food (cheese and carrot cake mostly!) and were very nearly late as their boat hit a small whirlpool and almost capsized - but Captain Jack being the experienced pirate he is managed to navigate through it and thankfully they still arrived on time (the cheese being just the tiniest bit soggy). Here are the blushing Bride and Groom, available now in my Folksy Store...<br />
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And the rabbits of course decided they would like some Bunny - themed stationary for their wedding, and stealing the laptop, went undercover to browse through Folksy. They loved this fabulous card by <a href="http://folksy.com/items/643566">Under the Stairs Studios...</a><br />
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And also found these rather wonderful Fortune Cookie Wedding Favours by <a href="http://folksy.com/items/624217">2 Green Monkeys</a><br />
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Isn't that a lovely idea? <br />
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Little bridesmaids and pageboy bunnies will be hopping their way into the nest shortly. And the mice want to get in on the wedding action too...<br />
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Nat's Nest blog will be moving shortly...please watch this space!Nats Nesthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08974211530677016764noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1142101827732297688.post-47756912603799454282010-06-29T16:01:00.000-07:002010-06-29T16:01:13.475-07:00Normal Service to Resume Shortly....Hello! <br />
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We'll show you all what we've been up too shortly.... <br />
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the auction for Marie Curie is being held online tomorrow - as well as my Marie Bunny there are many lovely items up for auction, some handmade by Folksy sellers and some donated by celebrities! <br />
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A lovely lady called Angie Heaney has organised the auction - <a href="http://members.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewUserPage&userid=angie_mariecuriecancercare">you can read her story HERE</a><br />
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And if you click <a href="http://shop.ebay.co.uk/angie_mariecuriecancercare/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_from=&_ipg=&_trksid=p3686">HERE</a> - you will go straight to the auction (not live till tomorrow!)<br />
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So please visit the auction tomorrow and bid if you can - this is a charity close to my heart and I'm hoping lots of money will be raised :) <br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Next I think I want to make some new animals...I'm taking part in <a href="http://ilovespoiltpig.com/blog/">Spoilt Pigs Cat Swap</a> so I think a cat is on the cards, although what sort of cat I don't know yet , a lion maybe, or a leopard? Or just a cute little kitty? Time to get thinking!</div>Nats Nesthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08974211530677016764noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1142101827732297688.post-26371412335397791602010-03-12T06:24:00.000-08:002010-03-12T07:45:56.159-08:00Here comes the Sun...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikyqYI_COhEihMcaF3UWJbijeVWdGyHwyK_YSQhSxCSgHFtz6_nUaB1twt-sCxfwphF8wurFXV6bu2pByUv3qn3HyklE6As6M3NuWcLQAfGVL3hyphenhyphen_vt0oGWs036iOU9t4HnrlJTthk_nk9/s1600-h/sunshineblogaward.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikyqYI_COhEihMcaF3UWJbijeVWdGyHwyK_YSQhSxCSgHFtz6_nUaB1twt-sCxfwphF8wurFXV6bu2pByUv3qn3HyklE6As6M3NuWcLQAfGVL3hyphenhyphen_vt0oGWs036iOU9t4HnrlJTthk_nk9/s320/sunshineblogaward.jpg" vt="true" /></a></div><br />
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<em>''Those who bring sunshine into the lives of others cannot keep it from themselves''</em> <br />
James M. Barrie <br />
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Many, many appologies for posting this late! I was awarded a Sunshine blog award from <a href="http://marices-world.blogspot.com/">Marices World</a> and <a href="http://hotdogandmerock.blogspot.com/">Hotdog and Me</a>! Thank you so much you lovely people - I was very happy to recieve this award as its fantastic to know my blog gets read occassionally :) <br />
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These are the rules of accepting this award - <br />
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Sunshine Award Rules<br />
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<em>The Sunshine Award is awarded to bloggers whose positivity & creativity inspires others in the blog world.</em><br />
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Place this award on your blog or in a post <br />
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Pass the award on to 12 bloggers <br />
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Link the nominiees within the post <br />
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Let the nominiees know they have received the award by commenting on their blog <br />
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Share the love and link to the person from whom you received the award. <br />
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It nice to feel the sunshine in these soggy times!<br />
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So without further ado here are my nominated blogs -<br />
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1. <a href="http://alexandraswishes.blogspot.com/">Alexandra's Wishes</a><br />
2. <a href="http://amelieshouse.blogspot.com/">Amelie's House</a><br />
3. <a href="http://misstwitsnest.blogspot.com/">Antii Sullivan</a><br />
4. <a href="http://cherishmecherishme.blogspot.com/">Cherish Me</a><br />
5. <a href="http://coleandjosephine.blogspot.com/">Cole and Josephine</a><br />
6. <a href="http://dawnbevinsdesign.blogspot.com/">Dawn Bevan's Design</a> <br />
7. <a href="http://fenandned.blogspot.com/">No Fen Just Ned</a><br />
8. <a href="http://hazelfishercreations.blogspot.com/">Hazel Fisher Creations</a><br />
9. <a href="http://moonlightandhares.blogspot.com/">Moonlight & Hares</a><br />
10.<a href="http://noodlebubble.blogspot.com/"> Noodlebubble</a><br />
11. <a href="http://nichehandmade.blogspot.com/">Niche Handmade</a><br />
12. <a href="http://oddgirlcreates.blogspot.com/">Tea, Babies & Beads</a><br />
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Please click on the links for some good reading! Many thanks for writing such good blogs ladies!<br />
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(oo, I must add I was really spoilt for choice among all the good blogs I follow! Please don't be offended if I didn't choose yours - next time , teehee :)Nats Nesthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08974211530677016764noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1142101827732297688.post-32752119009389799462010-03-04T10:39:00.000-08:002010-03-04T11:07:37.816-08:00The Best Ever Banoffee Pie Recipe - Gluten/Wheat FreeI thought it would be nice to share this recipe with you today - it was given to me by one of my friends at uni. It makes the most delicious banoffee pie, can easily be adapted for coelics (like me!) is simple to make and very, very sweet! <br />
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Mixing Bowl <br />
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Pie Dish ( approx. 30cm across 5cm deep ) <br />
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1 Pack Digestive Biccies <br />
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2 - 3 medium size bananas<br />
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1 Carton of Double Cream<br />
A few Squares of Chocolate<br />
1 Tin Condensed Milk<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">1. First place the tin of condensed milk into a saucepan of gently simmering water (1 - 2 temp. on the hob) - fill the water just to the top of the tin - but NOT covering the tin completely. You need to simmer the tin for about 3 hours - this turns the condensed milk into toffee.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">IMPORTANT : Do not let the tin boil dry - it may need topping up every 40 minutes or so. Do not let the water boil. Do Not pierce the tin as the condensed milk will not turn into toffee. ( Be careful as there is a danger of the tin exploding - this has never happened to me and I've made this recipe many times - just follow these instructions and you will be fine. However I think you can buy Condensed milk toffee now if you are nervous!) </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">2. While the milk is simmering , you can make the base. Bash up the pack of biscuits so they resemble breadcrumbs - its easy to put the biscuits in a sandwich bag or mixing bowl and bash with a rolling pin. Melt the nob of butter then mix the biscuit crumbs and butter together. Press this mixture into the bottom of your pie dish. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">PS. The fab poloroid pics in this post are thanks to the excellent <a href="http://coleandjosephine.blogspot.com/">Cole and Josephine's Blog</a> - check out <a href="http://coleandjosephine.blogspot.com/2010/02/attention-this-is-coolest-free-thing.html">this post</a> to get some for yourself! Thank you Nicole, I love it!</div>Nats Nesthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08974211530677016764noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1142101827732297688.post-50287826313937951052010-02-27T07:40:00.000-08:002010-02-27T07:52:13.558-08:00Front Page Excitement!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC241LqbyI7Dac2rYoQKfzCubW8BpFtQ8TCXO8hATiwFLMH1uRd2SYWAjNitLIel0UHwSbJPbz-9Zn4gVDN78N2dGKP7UColTAIxgyPY-J6IbV2Vv7JQhO0xvWbf4E-JgsQnVMJgXfawKi/s1600-h/front+page.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" kt="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC241LqbyI7Dac2rYoQKfzCubW8BpFtQ8TCXO8hATiwFLMH1uRd2SYWAjNitLIel0UHwSbJPbz-9Zn4gVDN78N2dGKP7UColTAIxgyPY-J6IbV2Vv7JQhO0xvWbf4E-JgsQnVMJgXfawKi/s320/front+page.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I very proud to announce my little Bunny was on the <a href="http://www.folksy.com/">Folksy front page</a>! Can you spot him among all the other lovely stuff?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">He is the White Rabbit - my tribute to the Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland which is out on the 5th March. I based him on this illustraton by John Tenniel - </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Popcorn and flask of tea ready for the cinema!<br />
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<span style="color: purple;">'We are the music makers & we are the dreamers of the dream.</span><br />
<span style="color: purple;">Wandering by lone sea breakers & sitting by desolate streams.</span><br />
<span style="color: purple;">World losers & world forsakers for whom the pale moon gleams. </span><br />
<span style="color: purple;">Yet we are the movers & shakers of the world forever, it seems''. </span><br />
<span style="color: purple;">Arthur O'Shaughnessy</span></div>Nats Nesthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08974211530677016764noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1142101827732297688.post-6545698430504097372010-02-23T15:40:00.000-08:002010-02-23T15:40:44.958-08:00Shhh…Can you keep a secret?I have a confession.<br />
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I have suspected for some time now that I have an addiction. <br />
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I also suspect these things are not quite normal to become addicted to but here I am…<br />
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This is the tea wall. <br />
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Hmm. The tea wall is becoming a slight safety hazard, it needs one of those bright yellow warning stickers. You see the tea wall usually lives in the cupboard (it only came out today for the photo shoot) and tends to fall on all those who dare to open the cupboard. The only way to get round this is to go for the <br />
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Neither of these options are really a solution. The problem is I’ve never met a type of tea I didn’t like. My absolute favourites are <a href="http://www.yumchaa.co.uk/">Yumchaa</a> and <a href="http://www.yogiproducts.com/">Yogi.</a> Yogi tea even send me emails but unfortunately only send free tea samples to people living in America. (PS. Since taking this photo I have bought more tea -help!) <br />
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2. Fabric<br />
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This tiny (almost) organised corner of my fabric collection is a ruse to hide the larger, messy, disorganised collection of fabric in boxes, in drawers and underneath the bed. I pretend to be buying fabric for crafting purposes when I just really love a pattern or design. I love fabric a little too much, I feel. <br />
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3.Vinyl Records <br />
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I know I can buy any single I want on amazon or I-tunes for about 70p. I know that these are bulky, unreliable, outdated, have a tendency to skip and need turning over about every 20 minutes ( or less) yet I love them. I have far, far too many for someone with a small amount of space to call my own. I also love them for the artwork on the covers. I have a pile of these outside the bedroom door which I trip over and that one day are going to be listed on ebay...I can't bare to part with them, just yet!<br />
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Now I’ve confessed I feel I might be able to get down to the task of organising these things. Then again, maybe not…Nats Nesthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08974211530677016764noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1142101827732297688.post-10360203473339014822010-02-15T12:32:00.000-08:002010-02-15T12:46:40.345-08:00All You Need is Love...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">''Please know I love you more than anything else in the world. Being with you makes me feel so happy. Ever since I met you, things are looking pretty good''</div><a href="http://www.artbox.co.uk/stationery-c-35.html?osCsid=oc2ofl68177doncgv85hajh5u4">'Love Bear' Notebook by Artbox</a><br />
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How was your Valentines ? I had a fantablous Valentines day - I went to visit some friends in London and saw lots of culture, bought lots of fabric and drunk rather too much wine. (More of that later!)<br />
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I recieved some lovely things in the post - I took part in a Valentines 'Heart Swop' on Folksy - organised by the rather fantastic <a href="http://noodlebubble.blogspot.com/">Noodlebubble</a> (check out the vast swop list on her blog!) <br />
I got this beautiful heart from <a href="http://www.folksy.com/shops/hettiehub50">Little House</a> - <br />
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This heart is absolutely beautifully stitched and has been hanging up in my bedroom! Aww!<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Sometimes I feel I have so many ideas I just don't know which one to start on first - I'm sure you feel the same way sometimes too (but of couse this is preferable to those days when you feel so uninspired and want to lie in bed watching TV and eating cereal). Heres to all the creative days to come - lets hope they are good ones!</div>Nats Nesthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08974211530677016764noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1142101827732297688.post-46474271070532138892010-01-29T04:03:00.000-08:002010-01-29T08:36:18.030-08:00Folksy Friday : Eggs!Okay, now I know its not Easter yet but recently I've been reading Bill Oddies 'Little Black Bird Book' (I'm not a birdwatcher - I just found it in a charity store and loved the little illustrations) Its quite a funny read - even if you don't understand the bird terminology (which I don't) , but Bill talks about how he used to collect eggs as a child and of course this is very rightly illegal now. <br />
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''Hope is like a bird that senses the dawn and carefully starts to sing while it is still dark''<br />
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I'm a nosy person...I love a little peek at other peoples studios now and then! I love Etsy's <a href="http://www.etsy.com/storque/search/tags/open-studio-tours/"><span id="goog_1264601203349"></span>Open Studio Tours<span id="goog_1264601203350"></span> </a>and <a href="http://www.etsy.com/storque/search/tags/handmade-video-portraits/">Handmade Video Portraits</a> because you get to see behind the scenes of other artist's creations. Very often I get studio envy as my studio is little more than a desk! *sigh* If you have never watched them before I advise you to check them out, but I warn you in advance - it is entirely possible to become addicted and waste many, many hours!<br />
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So anyway here is a little peek at my <strike>desk</strike> studio!<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It is a little messy but I have to say that is about as organised as I get ! The lovely knitted blanket in the foreground is for my cousin's (soon to be born) baby and I may just do another blog post on how I made it. I'm so excited about the baby - I haven't had a little person to cuddle since my sister was born 9 years ago!<br />
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</div>Nats Nesthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08974211530677016764noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1142101827732297688.post-52944973725359578242010-01-22T05:10:00.000-08:002010-01-22T16:20:30.000-08:00Folksy Friday : Lost in the Forest!<div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwsMBJaL6NOHqD76CKFCFiUr9wphy4kNr_6oofE3TL01Hq7HX_LBLdM4WxG4gTIxcjvM7g2RTT32pZLMNoy7VywIOXuZTgYPyJI9ZkhKSFXdB5Hk7KsaA_fxDcpNUg3qVLqrenl5zvsXTq/s1600-h/little-john.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" mt="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwsMBJaL6NOHqD76CKFCFiUr9wphy4kNr_6oofE3TL01Hq7HX_LBLdM4WxG4gTIxcjvM7g2RTT32pZLMNoy7VywIOXuZTgYPyJI9ZkhKSFXdB5Hk7KsaA_fxDcpNUg3qVLqrenl5zvsXTq/s320/little-john.jpg" /></a><br />
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</div>When Fion and little John the archer mice came to the Nest, they brought tales of the forest, of unicorns and wolves, tree spirits and little creatures that live inside trees and bubbling streams...<br />
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Little John was feeling a little sad as he missed home today, and found a picture that reminded him of his forest. On some other crafty blogs we have seen a Folksy Friday feature; of some fantastic arty and crafty work by Folksy sellers, so little John decided to make his own feature up today, all based around the forest theme...<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://topfloortreasures.blogspot.com/2010/01/folksy-friday-kawaii.html">Top Floor Treasures - Kawaii</a> <a href="http://nichehandmade.blogspot.com/2010/01/folksy-friday-print-and-pattern.html?showComment=1264167926324_AIe9_BE2X89mGVI46M-3P8avVZtT5TymB3X5sO-LJIeqc2a6fy0GgeExnS9hGbzosxPndiuD6-rMdasEEl34dx8PJ4w6Xex-EE6uIaOFd6LcH1NVRGkOiWH34WOw6a5g307fghOyQFyio4DKyI_HSeFitzNC1XAyAaf5DH69FxXqKyYoZcI2Ah3IGKZFkNNpfKW5Alhp_AOWaAx40C7qw-by7ZbBY3s2Hcf_j6N800-smvii7_GxTNes1GthIb-aOpxn0czXwiQL#c8715062605367767928">Niche - Print & Pattern</a> <br />
</div><div align="center"><a href="http://linziloop.blogspot.com/2010/01/folksy-picks-of-week-let-there-be-light.html">Linziloop - Light</a> <a href="http://minifelts.blogspot.com/2010/01/folksy-friday.html">Minifelts - Buttons</a><br />
<a href="http://cinnamonjewellery.blogspot.com/2010/01/folksy-finds-amigurumi-anyone.html">Cinnamon Jewellery - Amigurumi</a><br />
<a href="http://cakesknitsandcosies.blogspot.com/2010/01/folksy-friday_22.html">Cake Knits & Cosies - Furry Friends</a><br />
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</div>Nats Nesthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08974211530677016764noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1142101827732297688.post-77686833183666173412010-01-17T10:15:00.000-08:002010-01-17T10:31:24.226-08:00Magic AnimationsOver Christmas I was chatting on Folksy to <a href="http://www.folksy.com/shops/lilyvanilli">Lilyvanilli (who has a fantastic Folksy store - check it out!)</a> who gave me an idea to create some mice stop - motion animations. I have some ideas for this and I’m very excited about it as I’m a very big fan of animation… I’m not entirely sure when I will get round to it though as I have so many ideas buzzing around in my head right now!<br />
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Sometimes I feel like movies can be too close to reality, and depressing, like movies about illness or missing children, which is why I love children’s films or animations…<br />
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Animation gives us a chance to escape reality, to go back to childhood, to imagine and to dream. I love all the bright colours and detail…. <br />
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Recently I saw <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tMvOJViPKLw">‘Up’</a> , which my friends mum brought back from the US (its not released on DVD here yet). And I loved it , its sweet and sad and funny and is very pretty visually. Oh and it has cute taking dogs :)<br />
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Anyway, after taking to Lily I was looking around on you tube for cute animations. I found this one called ‘Draw with me’ that I want to share … its very sweet and sad. I love the drawings and the starlights around them. Its by the very talented <a href="http://mikeinel.deviantart.com/">Mike Inel and you can see more of his work on deviantART here.</a> <br />
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Oh and the Valentines mice are having some finishing touches sewn onto them... due to be unveiled soon!<br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DRkgH7Uu-hA"></a>Nats Nesthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08974211530677016764noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1142101827732297688.post-58289060971308571242010-01-11T16:10:00.001-08:002010-01-11T16:37:50.649-08:00Whats New Pussycat...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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