Tuesday, July 3, 2012
copycat sloppycat
Saturday, June 30, 2012
RIPPED OFF - again!
Argh!! It appears as though Mister Fox has been the subject of yet another RIP OFF! A dear friend of mine pointed out this 'co-incidence' to me this evening (thanks for the tip-off dudette!) Do you guys think the foxes in the design by on the left look strikingly similar to my Mister Fox?? Or am I being a bit silly about it? In any case I feel angry and rather disappointed.
I have just emailed the company and will be calling them on Monday to try and sort this out. Watch this space!
Ok whine over! It's Saturday night and I'm going out for dinner with some friends - I can't wait! I hope you are all having a lovely weekend! I'll keep you posted about Mister Fox :) xo
Wednesday, June 27, 2012
giddyup!
Hi lovelies!! How's things? Just a quick stop to let you know I have a new canvas print available now over at Happy Spaces yippee! Giddyup horsey! Have a fab Wednesday xoxo
Saturday, June 16, 2012
what a star!
I'm STILL smiling because look what arrived in my inbox this afternoon! A very talented young lady who has done some AMAZING drawings of French Kitty and Miss Foxy! How good are these? Brilliant!! This has just made my week - no, I think it's just made my YEAR! I'm so excited about them I just had to share them with all of you (with the permission of Miss Talented, of course!).
Happy weekend everyone xo
Tuesday, May 29, 2012
MASSIVE CARD SALE!
Hi lovelies! I'm having a big clearout so I can make way for some new stock - so ALL Little Beehive cards are now just USD$2.00 in the Little Beehive Etsy shop - that's less than half price!
I've also listed two new 8"x10" art prints (pictured). They are hand signed, open edition prints and are available for USD$20.00 each. AND new packs of bookplate stickers - there are three different packs, all just USD$3.00 for 6 stickers.
Hop on over to the Little Beehive Etsy shop here!
Monday, May 28, 2012
1st birthday girl
Heelloooo everyone! How are you? I know it has been a long time between posts - eeek the time has gone so fast! Anyway - our little bug turned ONE last week and we had a bit of a celebration on Saturday. A lovely day with friends and family and food and fun!
When we were kids my mum used to bake our cakes and dad would decorate them with illustrations of our favourite toys, drawn to perfection in buttercream frosting. So I thought I would continue the tradition and illustrate Elora's favourite bunny on top of her cake. It does not hold a candle to the amazing illustrations dad used to put on our cakes but I think it turned out OK - for a first attempt at illustrating with frosting!! In any case I had fun doing it and that's the main thing - right?!
Happy Monday to you all!
Monday, April 2, 2012
easter freebies
The 'We Love To Illustrate' girls and I have each created a different Easter printable paper craft that you can download for FREEEE yippeee! We've gone a bit mad with the cute bunnies this month so hop on over to the We Love To Illustrate blog and grab your SIX yes SIX free printable papercrafts :)
Have fun! xo
Friday, March 30, 2012
special birthday lady
How are you all? Feels like a while since I last posted - I've been hanging out over on Facebook a bit though, so come join me over there if you haven't already!
Bit of a personal post today. I have been debating whether or not to post this but you know what? I'd like to share this pic of my beautiful mum with you all coz I think she really is a beautiful mummy :)
It's her birthday today. She would be 59 years young. If she were still with us I would be taking her out on the town for some serious martinis tonight! Instead I think I'll just have a quiet one (or two!). I know she'll be right there celebrating with me anyway :)
What about you? Do you do anything to remember your dearly departed on their special days? It's nice to celebrate them even if they can't physically be with you I think.
Righto - I'm going to the supermarket to get me some stuffed olives so I can make a real proper martini tonight! Happy Birthday Mum! xox
Wednesday, March 21, 2012
blue eggs!
Hi everyone! Phew things have been so busy, but it's been great! I had a market stall for Little Beehive at GrassRoots Community Market on the weekend and it was great fun :D Lovely to meet so many nice people - customers and fellow stall holders alike! Can't wait until the next one in May.
In other news - our lovely Araucana has started laying us the most GORGEOUS blue eggs! Aren't they special?! And in keeping with the blue theme - here are my 'Blue Ballet' pumpkins I just harvested this morning. I hope they are as delicious as they look :)
Have a top Wednesday! xo
Thursday, March 8, 2012
new prints coming REALLY soon
Hello lovelies! Just a quick stop to give you a little preview of two new art prints that will soon be available in the Little Beehive Etsy shop yay! Fox & Tiger going for a bike ride in the country, and Kitty & Bunny riding a pony through the forest. I'll let you know when they are available :) Have a top Thursday!
Monday, March 5, 2012
flooded
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| Numurkah on Sunday. Photo: ABC News |
We arrived in Numurkah, a little country town about 4 hours drive north, on Friday afternoon. When we arrived the creek that runs through the town was looking full and running fast. By Saturday morning the creek had crept even higher and by the afternoon it was starting to worry a lot of people. The army and SES were putting sandbags in place as the creek rose ever higher. After a bit of debate, we decided we should leave early... just incase the worst happened. So things were hurriedly packed into bags, and we headed back home... with a tired cranky baby in the back and a not-very-relaxed-and-refreshed me in the front!
Lucky we left when we did. The entire town flooded overnight. Here are a few snaps I took before we left, and a couple of images of the aftermath. I hope the residents of Numurkah are doing OK and are well and safe - unlike us, they had nowhere to run to.
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| The resident family of Black Swans were about the only ones who thought all the water was a good thing. |
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| Saturday morning the creek was lapping the legs of the benches which usually sit a way back from the edge of the bank. |
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The Army were sandbagging literally out the front of our cabin. The drive home - the paddocks looked more like lakes  |
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| The Main Street. Photo: The Australian. |
Thursday, March 1, 2012
sketchy time!
Howdy all! How have you been? Are you doing anything ace on the weekend? I'm looking forward to a weekend away with Marty and Elora yay! We're having a bit of a Strong family get-together in the country town where Marty's grandparents settled after the war. They had a dairy farm up there. I've always thought I'd like to be a dairy farmer but I'm sure my romantic notion would be blown clean out of the water once I learned how much hard work it is haha! Anyway... A weekend without the computer means it's back to sketching with a pen and paper whilst I'm away. I'm looking forward to spending some quiet time with my sketchbook, it's been a while!
Hope you have a top weekend! I'll try to take a few snaps to share when I get back... hopefully it's not raining too much so we can get out and enjoy the pretty scenery :)
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
giveaway WINNER!
The random number generator says the winner of two mini prints is..... comment number 16!
Congrats Polka Dot Daze :) Please email me with a postal address and your choice of two mini prints - bee[a]littlebeehive[dot]com[dot]au
Thank you ALL so much for entering the giveaway and for following Little Beehive on Facebook. You all rock! Stay tuned for another giveaway in the not-too-distant future. I hope you're all having a wonderful Valentine's Day xo
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