New Still life imagery

Hello again!

I am quite hooked on still life at the moment.

I was asked to create new work for a client,

and was thrilled to combine

tea cups, vintage books, and garden flowers.

Available over on Etsy - 

The Way we Were

The Roses and Tea Cups

The Cosmos and the Tea Cups

Oh hello again friends, and new studio floors

Hello friends! 

It has been a while (a very long while) since I have been here in this blog space, life has been busy!  

It is nice to be back, and to show you all my new studio floors.  

Finally, white floors!

We had to lift up old grey carpet (easy),

rip up lino (easy-ish),

scrape carpet glue off every inch of the floorboards (back breakingly difficult),

then sand (the man in the house did this part),

and paint.

Painting was the fun part, as you can imagine!

And here it is,

a light, bright, white studio space.

I am slowly putting it back together,

being mindful that I do not want clutter.

I am in heaven!

And because I am so happy with it,

and as a welcome back to my blog 'hello!',

I have marked all photos and canvas gallery wraps 20% off

in my Etsy store.

I have loads of new work, 

I will post some of it here in the coming weeks,

in the meantime have a browse if you feel inclined,

and wow, I didn't realise how much I missed writing a blog post!

~Susannah x

2015 Calendars are here!

2015 photo calendar - 'The Little Ones'.

Oh my, the cuteness!

Following on from last year's vintage cameras and toy animals calendar, 

the quirky and fun calendar for 2015 features a rustic background,

and new little animals.

My daughter loves the hedgehog photo,

my son loves the dinosaur.

Both have asked for one for their room.

Of course, I am happy to oblige. 

Available over on Etsy.

2015 photo calendar - 'Dream Big'

This calendar is full of inspiration.

A photo with typography for each month of the year.

Inspiring you to dream big, and to love.

Available here on Etsy

Dream Big

and then dream bigger...

Yes you can.

For the times we are afraid of everything that might go wrong if we try...

New typography, teal and turquoise photo block sets

{The teal, turquoise and bright blue Wanderlust set of 6 beach photo blocks}

{Adventure is Calling beach photo block}

 {The bright blue Adventure, Imagine, Chase the Sun set of 3 beach photo blocks}

{Wanderlust beach typography photo block}

New photo blocks are available over on Etsy!

I finally got round to making up samples 

of the teal, turquoise and bright blue beach typography photos from this past summer.

As you can imagine, 

being a lover of blue skies, the beach, adventures and the sun,

these are my new favourites.

Happy Friday to you all!

Susannah x

Chase the Sun

{Chase the Sun, print available here}

This summer has been all about chasing the sun.

We haven't seen it that often;

after our fabulously hot and sunny spring 

that had us swimming at the outdoor pool in November,

we all thought we were in for another long hot summer.

However, it feels like we are waiting for it to arrive.

When we do have the hot sunny days, 

we chase the sun,

to the coast,

to the beach,

to the pool.

When it streams in through the windows at various times of the day

I find the kids turning their faces to it,

or sitting in the sunniest chair to soak up the warmth.

Sunshine,

please show us your gorgeous rays.

We love you so.

Just popping in....

...to say hello!

Happily ever after

I believe in happy endings.

New typographic print, 'Happily ever after', 

available on Etsy.

Do you believe?

December

 

December....

It's really odd that all of a sudden, 

December is here.

Time flies when you are having fun.

Wishing you a spring in your step,

during this crazy busy exciting month!

The colour of my daydreams

{The Teal Ocean}

{The Colour of Daydreams}

{Seagulls Playground}

What colour are you daydreaming in these days?

It's that time again....calendars, and a giveaway!

Can you believe it?

The year is marching on,

so many great things are happening.

One thing I love is creating the Calendars.

There is something just so delightful about putting together

12 of your favourite images from the year into a Calendar.

 This year I have 2 themes - 

'Beach Daydreams' (seriously, how could I not?!).

Available over on Etsy and Felt.

And 'A little bit of everything'

which is a mix of my fav's from the year.

Available over on Etsy and Felt.

These calendars are such a great way of receiving an instant collection of photos.

When the month is over you simply cut the bottom date section off

and you have a 4x4" photo to frame, 

stick to the fridge,

peg to an inspiration wire,

slip into your diary.... 

They also make great presents for the holidays! 

This week is my birthday, and I love birthdays.

So I am giving away 2 calendars over on Facebook.

Simply leave a comment on this post as to which calendar you would like,

Share the post, and I will pick 2 winners at random on Fri (Sep 20).

Happy week to you all!

~Susannah x

White Blossoms

Today's blossom.

There will be more,

as each day we go on a blossom hunt.

It really is one of my favourite times of the year.

Free shipping over on Etsy!

Just a note to say in my Etsy store

there is free worldwide shipping 

until Sunday night

on all 8" prints (and smaller).

This includes print sets!

Clouds

{sweet dreams, little one, available here}

{An Autumn Sky, available here}

{Perfect Skies, available here}

I have been so obsessed with photographing the clouds lately.

I have always been fascinated with the sky,

especially in summer,

when you can lie in the grass and watch them 

drift lazily across the blue sky.

But these autumn clouds have been amazing.

The sunsets watched from our backyard have been dreamy.

And the big white fluffy clouds in the bright autumn sky,

well, they have been my favourite this past week.

The pale blues

If you follow me over on facebook, 

you will have seen I posted this group of photos as photo blocks a couple of weeks ago.  

It is my new favourite set, titled 'the pale blues', 

with a coastal theme and two Queen Anne's Lace from the country just to spice it up.  

I have been re-arranging my studio room, and was contemplating painting the walls pale blue or grey.  

But really, this is the one room I want to keep all white - 

slowly blue tones have been creeping into evey room we alter.  

So instead, I am going to order 'the pale blues' in 8x8",

and hang them on one wall, to add my touch of pale blue to this space. 

And while I have been sitting here, with the rainy grey sky as my view, I have started to daydream of Spring.

It's not long to go....really.....

Collaboration with Eden Ripley - new photo jewellery

 {You and Me}

 {Believe in the Magic}

 {Pale Simplicity}

{The Resting Place}

 {she floats in a cotton candy daydream}

 {Wish}

For the past few years I have licensed photos to a wonderful New Zealand company, Eden Ripley, run by Susie Ripley.  If you see any of my work on photo blocks, or as fine art prints and note cards in shops here in New Zealand, they are there thanks to Susie.  And now I am so pleased with this range, a line of jewellery that is so divine I want to keep it all.  Using my photos, Susie has created earrings and necklaces that are stunning.  When I first saw them, it brought tears to my eyes. Tears! I am still in disbelief that I am at a point where photos I have created are being sold throughout stores as beautiful jewellery pieces...am I daydreaming?

{she dreamt she could fly}

The range is available now in my Etsy store, on the Eden Ripley wesbite, and in a range of stores throughout New Zealand.  I hope you enjoy the pieces as much as I am!

Free worldwide shipping!

 
This weekend, I am having free worldwide shipping in my Etsy shop.  I don't know about you, but I have started cruising my favourite Etsy shops thinking about holiday shopping.  So this is a great time to get organised with holiday gifts!  Does not apply to jewellery, but everything else, even the photo blocks, ship for nothing.  Not a cent!  This deal will finish end of day Sunday.

What are you plans this weekend?  We are starting to paint walls, skirting...which will take us a step closer to painting the wooden floors white.  Oh happy happy Spring!

The holidays are coming....

I love this time of year.  We're starting to think about the holidays...decorating the house, putting up a tree, finding the Christmas Carol CD....it's a few weeks away, but holiday shopping is in full swing, (mine included, I love sites like Felt, Madeit, and Etsy for buying unique presents, and supporting handmade) and so is my holiday packaging.  All orders are now going out with my polaroid holiday star thank you note, and a little doily.  Yes I know doilies are everywhere, but it's because they are so cute.  And if you come to my house for afternoon tea, you will have a little treat served on a doily covered plate with your tea in a vintage tea cup.  Even Annabel sets the table with them - for our dinner, and for her little tea parties.  Which pleases me no end. 

Happy Friday!

Tulle envy

So call me crazy...but here goes...

Today was our little girls 4th birthday.  We had a family breakfast, a lovely little morning tea party, cake decorating, family dinner, candles, and then out came the dance party disco light balls and we cranked up the music and had her favourite - family dancing in the living room.  It's a Saturday night treat in this house, to stay up a bit late for a dance party.  My oh my how she loves to dance.  Loves to dance with us.  Loves to dance for us.  And as we were turning the music on tonight, and she put on her butterfly wings, and ballet skirt ready to start dancing I actually had tulle envy. That's right, you read it correctly, I wished I had a ballet skirt full of beautiful tulle that I could put on to dance around the living room with her.  I mean really, why should 4 year old's have all the fun?  I think maybe, my birthday wish this year might be my very own dancing skirt, like the ones above from the absolutely divine shop ouma, for our little dance parties.  

I know I've had a few wines tonight, but I'm sure there are a few of you out there with an inner 4 year old begging to dance in tulle?