Week Forty-One: Peacock

I'm a week late again, and this time I'm not going to try and catch up. My university courses are demanding a lot of me right now, like too much, and if I try to catch up I will compromise the quality of what I am making, and that wasn't the point of this year long quilling challenge. I wanted to make good quality stuff that would improve my skills and give you all some pretty things to look at and for my buyers to take home, so the one per week thing is the only part I'm willing to modify. I won't be catching up, I'll just add an extra week to the end date each time this happens, which could happen a few more times as one of my teachers seems to think that I can simply quit sleeping if I'm having trouble keeping up.

Anyway, moving on to the project! I have made a peacock card before, a very long time ago and it was a very simplistic design, so with this one I went detailed and as real as my paper supply would allow, and I just love him. He's gorgeous, elegant and dignified.

Isn't he magnificent? I just love when an idea in my head actually comes out right on the page.

Here's a little look at him as he was being made, you'll see I started with the head and worked my way down.

There's a zoo not far from by house in which there used to be peacocks that would frequently escape, there was a number of times that I had to stop as I drove past to wait for ones like this to cross the road...I haven't seen any out in a couple of years, I assume they have worked out how to stop this for the safety of the birds,  wouldn't want one to get hurt!

The colours are so vivid, it's wonderful that nature creates these colours, and wonderful that my quilling paper managed to mimic them too!

He took a long time to make, time I didn't have, but he has been a wonderful creative outlet and I'm sure will catch people's eyes at the next market.


See you for week Forty-Two, whenever that turns out to be!

xnata.

To Market, To Market

Yay! The time is approaching for me to pack up my goods and sell them! This week sometime I will be posting some items on my online store (will post to announce this momentous happening once it has...happened), and on the 2nd of May I will be at the Petrie Markets with my lovely aunty Rosey selling our wonderful creations in our very own stall! Come down and see us Brisbane dwellers, the markets are on a beautiful location (details below) and we'll be there, so you know you'll have someone to chat to and pretty things to buy.

Time: Sunday 2nd May 8am - 2pm
Where: Old Petrie Town, Dayboro Rd, Petrie
How Much: Free entry

Here's a preview of a few more items I will be selling there



Flying Ladybug Card



Teddy Bear Love Card



Peacock Card (one of my favourites)

See, my talents do go beyond flowers and butterflies! there's other bugs and animals and stuff too :)

So busy in the weeks leading up to this (if you count going on a fishing holiday as busy -- but I will be quilling like a mad woman between fishing lessons!), I have a university assignment due at the end of this week, then my husband is in the ANZAC march here in Brisbane (that's right, he'll be on tv and everything!), and on that same day, after the parade we will be driving off into the sunset to Burrum Heads for a fishing holiday. Looking forward to it, but I will still be trying to get lots of stuff done to sell at the markets.

*sigh*

I've been informed that my very first set of business cards is being shipped to me as I write this, so will post soon to show you those too :D

Until then,
xnata