Yum Cha invitations

Shitty pictures I know, they're already in envelopes now and I can't be bothered opening them up to take better pictures.

All made from cardboard and paper. The red papers are from Kaisercraft.

A few more pictures of some curious visitors

Baby and adult Crimson Rosellas sitting in our mulberry trees.

Joined by a female Australian King Parrot

Male Australian King Parrot in the back and a female in the front. 

Beautifully vibrant colours of the male.

Freddie is coming for you!!!

Pretty cool moth on my front door

Grampians

It's been a while since I've posted. I have a big post coming soon...

Until then, here's some photos from the Grampians

Papa Magpie

My favourite picture

Male Scarlet Robin

Papa Maggie and his baby.

Currawong

Baby Eastern Grey Kangaroo

With Mumma!

Had a lovely time at the Grampians, the stars were incredible. We forgot to check out the waterfalls...oh well, next time!

D.I.Y. Beatles Jewellery Box!

A few years ago I bought a set of drawers from IKEA. They were plain birch colour and extremely ugly, however they were the perfect size.

I just searched their website and it appears they don't sell them anymore, this is the closest I could find and it's on the GB site.

http://www.ikea.com/gb/en/catalog/products/20221864/

This set is 2x2, the one I bought was 2x3

When I bought the set of 6 drawers, I think it was around $30.

Anyway, to fix the issue of it's ugliness, I did some painting.

This is how it ended up:

I'm pretty happy with how they turned out, especially since I was using very old acrylic paint.

I don't have any progress pictures as I did this quite a while ago.

Method:

Paint the backgrounds!

Now paint the foregrounds!

I wish I had pictures detailing how I did this but I don't. I guess it's pretty self explanatory!

William Ricketts Sanctuary

A few months ago my cousin and I went to William Ricketts Sanctuary in Mount Dandenong.

It was absolutely beautiful.

Here are my favourite pictures that my cousin took.

This is a sculpture William made of himself. He is protecting two Ringtail Possums and his body is fused with a Kangaroo.

He believed nature, humans and animals were all one.

Another sculpture of William with some Aboriginal children. I love the moss that has grown over it, it almost proves his idea that we are all one.

Absolutely stunning. 

He believed that humans must care for nature as it is essential for life.

It is awful to see that his strong notions about the environment are continuously being lost.itjantjatjara