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PEEKABOO!⠀ ⠀ Hey gang, here I am, hanging out

PEEKABOO!⠀
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Hey gang, here I am, hanging out underneath a tree.⠀
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You know, I don’t show myself here much, but I wanted to introduce myself and say hi!⠀
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Here’s a few things about me, in case you didn’t know already⠀
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- Love art (duh)⠀
- Spanish is my first language, but I also talk like a ‘Strayan’ (Aussies will know what I mean)⠀
- I love the possibility of magic in the world and can’t wait to meet a faerie on a walk in the woods.⠀
- I am a defender of the vulnerable⠀
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I’ve drawn all over my picture here, which is inspired by my nephew who covers himself in pen every chance he gets. ⠀
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These are also the decorations I’d like to have full time except that’s not super-practical and I now realise I added what look like super-long underarm hairs so maybe not those.⠀
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Over to you gang - tell me about yourself :) ⠀
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LOOKING BACK TO SEE…⠀ ⠀ ME?⠀ ⠀ Hey you l

LOOKING BACK TO SEE…⠀
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ME?⠀
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Hey you lovelies, here’s an OLD pattern from long ago.⠀
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It’s interesting to look back at old work. I’ve been asking myself - what is my work like? I mean, it’s hard to ‘see’ my work because I spend so much time with it.⠀
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But looking back shows where I used to be, and highlights the difference between the work from then and now. ⠀
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So it’s a way of getting some perspective, which is hard to come by working solo all the time!⠀
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(AND I have a soft spot for this one because it represents my very first success with pesky Illustrator!)⠀
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Do you have a way of getting perspective to see your work with fresh eyes?⠀
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WE HAVE OUR PLANS BUT SO DOES THE….⠀ ⠀ Unive

WE HAVE OUR PLANS BUT SO DOES THE….⠀
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Universe!!!⠀
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Let me tell you folks, there are some things you just can’t plan for.⠀
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And this month I got a bunch of them.⠀
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So my plans ran off and danced with the faeries for a while and I staggered about on my own, lost and plan-less and a bit teary and trying to recover.⠀
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But me and my plans are reunited (and it feels so gooooood) now which is lucky because of course it’s PLANNER TIME and I have a new planner to stick my precious plans upon!⠀
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Would YOU like a planner of your own. With a koala on it? Look how he’s contemplating the month of March so serenely. Get your plans in order and you can have that serenity too!⠀
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As always, hit the link in my bio and click that calendar button! Best of luck for March, me lovelies.⠀
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CONSISTENCY? YOU BETTER LOOK⠀
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...elsewhere – you won’t find it here!⠀
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Yeah, this pattern is from a collection (which you can see on my site, darlings), but what I notice about it today is that it is BUSY! Like Santa on Christmas eve busy.⠀
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There’s barely a speck of unused canvas there, and a lot of different motifs competing for space. Of course this has always been my thing - MORE! When in doubt, JUST ADD MORE.⠀
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But it’s taken a long time to learn how to control all that STUFF and bring some kind of harmony to it.⠀
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So while my patterns tend towards the extremely busy, the weird thing is that my workspace must be neat. ⠀
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Clean. Tidy. I can barely get anything done if I can see even a little disorder out of the corner of my eye on THE OTHER SIDE OF THE ROOM! (tad bit dramatic here)⠀
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Maybe it’s a search for balance in my life? I don’t know, but I hope my house never gets as ‘busy’ as one of my patterns.⠀
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What’s most important for you in a workspace?⠀
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PLANNERAMA!⠀
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I never used to plan. At all!⠀
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I just thought - hey, I know what I need to do and now I’ll go work like a madwoman until my butt is exactly the same shape as my work chair and then everything will be done and just fine! I win!⠀
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Imagine my shock to discover this kind of behaviour leads to loss of perspective, poor decision making and ...somehow everything wasn’t done after all – even after all that hard work!⠀
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So now I plan. When my head is nice and fresh and my butt-shape is totally normal I sit down and decide what’s important and what isn’t, and then go from there. Then I review that plan regularly to make sure it’s still right.⠀
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Shocking, huh?⠀
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Anyway, if you want to join the Planning Gang™️ (just made that up) my February planner is an AWESOME place to start and get the trickiest – look out: leap year!! – month under control.⠀
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Follow the link in my bio and click the ‘Calendar’ button to get started!⠀
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#planneraddict #surfacepatterndesign #printandpattern #printandpatterndesign #desktopwallpaper #monthlyplannermadness #monthlyplanner #gouacheflowers #painterlyflowers #getplanning #february2020 #patternplay #patternmaker #letsmakepatterns #gouacheillustration #patterndesign #aussiedoodle #australianartwork #createeveryday #happydesign

REBORN! AS A…⠀ ⠀ Littl Crow..⠀ ⠀ Hey wha

REBORN! AS A…⠀
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Littl Crow..⠀
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Hey what’s up gang? Like I mentioned last time, I’ve been preeeeeeety busy lately doing a website revamp which is FINALLY done.⠀
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(Except for some 404s – thanks for the heads-up lovelies, you know who you are). ⠀
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But I’d like to introduce you to the inspiration for the site - the birds that populate our back yard - crows, currawongs and magpies. You all know I’m crazy about birds and flowers, but these are the most fascinating and inspiring for me.⠀
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Of course, we know they’re smart, right? Like making their own tools smart. But they’re also curious, inquisitive, and bold. ⠀
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Magpies walk into the house and sing for us!⠀
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A one-eyed currawong watches me through the window as I work.⠀
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And crows possess the most subtle, midnight-blue plumage you can only see when the light hits them just right, like a magician in disguise.⠀
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And because of this they are for me a living testament to the value of looking just a little closer at the ordinary world – plain black birds – to discover hidden, sublime beauty.⠀
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Have you discovered any secret beauty in the world? ⠀
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