Ziggy played guitar......

...but Zetti played the drums :)

My darlin' nephew Jack has his birthday coming up - so I came up with this idea for his b'day card. I'm going to add a raised embellishment for the big drum with his name on it or something? - I'll need to figure that one out.

I always make my boys birthday cards (I have 7 nephews altogether and 1 lovely niece). I've been finding it hard to make them more grown up as they hit their tweens. Kids grow too quick!

*BTW - I did use an outlined template for the drumkit, gift catalogues (like Argos) with good clear pics bright backgrounds are great for tracing outlines of fiddly things like this!*

*SuMmeR* {EST challenge Wk.2}

After setting up my etsy shop (tanyamac.etsy.com). I decided to join the European Street Team (EST). Not only are they a really supportive and friendly bunch but they also organise a weekly challenge for its members. This weeks theme is 'Summer', hosted by Nanouke who won last weeks challenge - congratulations Nanouke!

So here is a new piece that I'm working on with this challenge in mind - It's called 'Pop'. Its a 12"x 9" canvas which has been collaged using a variety of stripped scrap material. The background is a midnight teal with a shimmery finish. The petals have been individually made, using brightly coloured tissue papers and gloss glaze. I've still got a bit of work to do before its ready :)

So Here I am... :)

I didn't think I'd ever get round to writing a blog - and here I am.

So what do you wanna know people?

Some of you may know me well already - from AFA, flickr, etsy, life in general :) Ok, so most of you haven't a notion, lets see if I can make this interesting.
Here goes....

My name is Tanya, I'm Northern Irish hailing from County Down where the Mountains of Mourne sweep down to the sea (you may know the song). I'm currently living in the middle of the Ireland in the midst of lush green fields and grazing animals, cows, sheep, goats... if it likes chewin' the cud it's here in the midlands.

I'm married to a wonderful man, for nearly five years now - woo. We are 10 years together as a couple in October. He is my love. I'll have to figure out some other name for him - he dosen't want the world to know who he is. Fair enough.

My other loves are - Mitzi Doodle our beloved pooch, Susie Sussex, Henrietta Leghorn, Buddy Boo and Biddy Anne - the hens, otherwise known as 'the girls'. We eat their eggs for breakfast, tea and dinner - yum :) Their yolks are really yellow as they eat lots of good stuff besides the regular meal. Susie likes porridge, Buddy loves Orange, Henrietta adores potatoe and Biddy Anne can tuck into just about anything, We are not going to eat them.

I create bespoke wedding stationery for a living but I'm most happy creating art. Mixed media would be my favourite medium but I also like to doodle whimsical characters and crazy little houses. Maybe one of these days I'll do something constructive with them - my dream is to illustrate a childrens book one day.

*** Have I bored you off your trolley yet? Hopefully not ***