Get Smart

A great film and the cinema was almost empty which meant I could put my feet up on the arm rest of the chair in front...Pure luxury!



I received this lovely award from Mellanie Collins/Genxster...Thank you Mellanie!

More Awards

I am overwhelmed to announce my 4th Brillante Weblog award, gifted to me by Ann Buckner.
Thank you so much Ann.
You can view my nominations here.



I also received this award from Margaret at Water Blossoms recently and was touched by her words:

"Anita Davies, in England, at Art by Anita.
Anita is, plain and simple, my "self appointed" mentor...Oprah has Maya Angelou...I have Anita...
Plain and simple -If you haven't visited her before...
Do so now...she's an artistic DYNAMO-she does not disappoint."

What a fabulous paragraph to read about oneself, thank you Margaret! In my opinion.....Oprah doesn't know what she's missing out on! LOL!

Gifts, Awards, Prizes and Thanks

This is the bracelet my Mum treated me to while we were browsing around the Rose Fair. It's scanned up much more yellow than green here but it's actually a beautiful mix of limes, olives and sap greens. It jangles loudly and I love it!




I am priviledged to have been given this award another two times since Laurel awarded it to me, once by Mark Hill and once by Lisa Reed.
Thank you both!
You can view my seven nominations here.

I feel so spoilt I felt I should do something selfless, so...I am giving away my 'Guardian Angel' ACEO/ATC (size 2.5x3.5") by way of a thank you to all those who make this blog so much fun for me to update every day, your comments and kind words inspire and energise me.
I painted this ACEO from my imagination, this feathered vision just 'came to me' making it a very relaxed process, I hope he has the same soothing effect on the winner.

I have a number all picked out ready, so all you have to do to secure this Guardian Angel is leave a comment. You can comment more than once but you MUST ensure someone else has commented after your last comment before doing so...If that makes sense! LOL!
Good luck!

An Award

This is from Laurel Neustadter at An Artists Journey

Thank you so much Laurel!

The rules of accepting are as follows:

Put the logo on your blog.
Add a link to the person who awarded you.
Nominate at least 7 other blogs.
Add links to those blogs on yours.
Leave a message for your nominees on their blogs.

My nominees are under no obligation to continue this chain

So, here are 7 of the many great artists whose work I enjoy each day through their blogs.

Nina Johansson

Justin Taylor

Margaret Storer-Roche

Christina Jonsson

Edward B Gordon

Marta Gonzales

Joan Sandford-Cook

Giving and Receiving

My new purse...All the way from Bangkok!
In shades of cream and brown leather and embellished with gems and studs...I love it!



Thank you to all those who emailed me interested in taking part in Pay It Forward.

I am happy to announce that the first 3 emails I received, therefore my 3 recipients, are:

Leslie Brasher

Jeanne Grant

Margaret Storer-Roche

Please remember to post about PIF on your own blog and select 3 recipients of your own.

My apologies to those who emailed and missed out, perhaps you could stalk the 3 blogs above and try your luck on their PIF post?


To collect your award, click on image and then select 'save as'

Sherry at Late B(l)oomer kindly gifted me this award and in return I am supposed to list 5 blogs I love to visit. However, I have used a litle artistic licence and decided to list just 3 blogs that are NEW to me that I love to visit:

Starrgirl's World - A blog I only came across quite recently. I love Starr's journal pages, they bulge with a loose and interesting mixture of text and sketches.

Joan Sandford-Cook - A relatively new blog that I myself set up for Joan. I love to visit Joan's blog and see her wonderful work but mostly I like to visit and read about her days because it makes me feel a little closer to her. Joan moved to Coltishall late last year and, although I try to visit when I can, the distance for two such good friends can prove difficult to adjust to.

Water Blossoms - A brand new blog created by Margaret Storer-Roche is fast becoming a favourite place to visit for me. Her enthusiasm for life and art is contagious and very uplifting.

The participation rules are simple:
1. If you get tagged (and want to play along), write a post with links to blogs that you love2.
2. Link to this post so that people can easily find the exact origin of the meme, created by Emila.

Lastly, I just had to share this postcard with that arrived yesterday all the way from India. Our life model from my sessions in Whittlesey last year mentioned that she would be spending the beginning of this year travelling through India before moving onto Africa. So, being he cheeky monkey I am, I quickly jotted down my land address and asked if she would send me a postcard...and she did!


In times of super size, tower blocks and huge price tags...It's still the little things that make us smile!