It’s January, the month of my 30th Birthday and there’s no better time for a sale in my etsy store – I think!

30% off all prints in my etsy store. Until 5pm 18th Jan.

Use the code: JANBIRDIES2012 when you check out!

click here to shop!

*There’s limited stock so best get in quick if you want yourself a bargain!
After the sale, I’ll be shutting up shop for a couple of weeks and reopening in late February with some old favourites and some newies.
Stay tuned.

Solitude life and also my dream house.

Stay safe over the festive season. Have a wonderful time with family and friends, I plan to. And, I can’t wait.
x B

A few of my favourite things in December.

Franz Marc (February 8, 1880 – March 4, 1916)
A German painter and printmaker and one of the key figures of the German Expressionist movement.

Newly, found inspiration.

♥
Tiffany Bozic

One lovely lady at the Finders Keepers Markets was lovely enough to share this artists name with me. Tiffany Bozic creator of the images above, is one clever artist don’t you think? So stunning!

Finders Keepers stall holders!

As I was by myself at the recent Finders Keepers markets in Sydney, I couldn’t sneak off to take any pictures. But here is a list of my fav people and stores at the markets. Maybe my list will give a little inspiration when shopping for xmas presents.

Made590 ♥ — I scored the most amazing owl top from these guys!

Oktoberdee ♥ —The delightful Lauren Ferry and master mind behind Oktoberdee was lovely enough to share accommodation with me, while in Sydney for the FK markets. I love love love her bags, there absolutely amazing and I’ve been eyeing them off for years.

Bespoke Letterpress ♥ — Amazing paper goodness. Let’s just say some lucky people I know are going to score some very special little cards that will be attached to their presents this year.

Angus and Celeste ♥ — Lovely porcelain vases, with beautiful flora imagery, right up my ally.

Kanimbla ♥ — More amazing porcelain, in the from of tealights and sake cups.

I love everything about the above image.

Audrey Horne from Twin Peaks is the best.

| Photo crazy |

I made a packed with myself earlier in the year, that this summer I’d take more photographs. I’ve always loved the idea of taking up photography as a hobby but, I’ve always found it quite intimidating and it’s certainly not as easy as it looks, which has also been a massive deterrent. But, in the last months I’ve found time and mustered up some unexpected confidence to snap a few things. I even ordered a toy camera from ebay it’s a Holga 135BC. It’s cheap, plasticy and reminds my of something you’d get in a show bag – it even rattles, I’m pretty sure it’s not suppose to. Yesterday, I got film for my new camera. Now I’m all set for the summer fun times and if all goes well, the next purchase will be a Olympus Trip 35 and then a real camera for my birthday.

Above is the beginnings of a small personal project. Basically, the idea is to snap pics of the local friendly cats I pass on my way home or to my studio – pretty simple. I thought it best to start small. Although, the first image I can’t really count as that’s my cat. But I just think it’s the best picture I’ve taken all year.

Tom, myself and the rest of the family went away last weekend for my sisters wedding. The wedding was held at Tarraleah lodge – which is about a 2 hour drive north – west of Hobart. We stayed at the logde for 2 nights which was amazing. The day of the wedding we went for a short walk in the wilderness. These are the snaps I took while we were walking. I hope to share some of the photographers pics (the lovely Sean Fennessy, snaps) of the ceremony once my sister receives them.

| Other News |

I’m excited to share that, I now have A3 size prints in my etsy store. At the moment there are selected open edition prints, I will be expanding on the range in the not so distant year of 2012. If there is a particular birdie you’d like at a larger size please feel free to contact me at  – hello[at]beth-emily.com
please remember to replace the [at] with the standard @
*The birdies look amazing at this size.

Click here to go to my etsy shop!

I’ve also veeerrryyy slowly been rebranding. I feel my illustrations have out grown my previous brand. So it’s time to shed the old and bring in the new. My website at this stage has only received a minor makeover – new images and new works have been uploaded to share with the world.
See for yourself. It’s all a bit of a WIP at the moment. There will be more to show in the early months of next year. Stay tuned.

I hope everyone had a nice weekend – mine was spent pulling out weeds of your garden, I’ve got now got matching cuts and blisters. I also got the opportunity to play in the sun with fellow talented creative, Megan Perkins.

x BE

Thank you to everyone that came by my stall at the October Bowerbird Bazaar Markets. It was a super great market and I met some really great people even if it was a brief introduction, Megan Dell and Dawn Tan were among a few of the happy faces I met.

Jim Darling – Amazing art works.

Bears!

The most important thing ‘Do what you love doing‘

Starry Night Sky.

Don’t stare at it for to long.

Admiring the craftsmanship in this here hair – so intricate!

| Finders Keepers Illustration |

Kingfisher for the lovely ladies at Finders Keepers.
You may of seen the new Sydney Finders Keepers poster online. I’m proud to say that’s my birdy and my design.

| Other News |

New Illustrations!

You may remember this pinecone image that I completed about a month ago. It’s had a little makeover.
I’m really into patterns textures and shapes at the moment as you can see.

|Signed and Numbered Illustrations |

Reflections

Another Deer

These two images will soon be available in A3 size at Signed and Numbered – look out for them in 2 weeks time.
For the time being Signed and Numbered has A3 sizes of the Night Owl. They look really great in the bigger size.

It’s SPRING yay!
| Inspiration |

Kingfisher image found here.
How amazing is this photo! It takes my breath away every time I look at it.

Image found here.

Image found here.

| Ninny & Theo |

Ninny is my cat, she’s the one on the left.
Theo is my partners sisters cat and obviously the cat on the right.
They’ve been friends lately which, is a nice change from them trying to claw each other.
I found them earlier this week talking to each other through the window. I think this means there official friends or something like that.

| New Illustration |

I finished this image last month and thought that I should at least show it to the world.
I’m hoping to use this little illo for something later on down the line,
but it’s a bit of a secret at the moment and very much a work in progress so watch this space.

Lately, I’ve been obsessed with embroidery and thought it was about time that I gave it a go.
They’re so much fun to do but I think it’s very much a hobby for me.

| Exciting Things |

You can’t imagine how excited I was to see one of my birdies in the September/October 2011 issue of Inside Out Mag.
The talented Glen Proebstel (Styling) & Sharyn Cairns (Photography) teamed up to do the photoshoot and styling for the fearture.
You should definitely take the time to have a look at both of their websites, they have some very impressive works which are very inspiring!

My friend David Fooks is pretty damn talented. He’s the mastermind behind the images above.
Dave’s also used one of my favourite, eco friendly framing alternatives Panelpop.
- So Yay to that!

Dave is having one of his first ever national shows at Milk Thieves in September which starts on the 1st. He’s been lovely enough to allow me to post some of his works, which he’ll be exhibiting, so if anyone’s in Wollongong in Sept you know where to go. Stop by Milk Thieves to see Dave’s amazingness in the flesh all his pieces will be for sale.

Milk Thieves Art & Design, Shop 9, 157 Crown St Wollongong -
Show running from 1st September until the end of the month.

AMAZING!
Fruit carving links from here and here.