Leafygal

The Vamp

Worked on the Silk, Lace and other Finery journal.

The pages I decided to use were between 2 other works which had each used lace along the edge of the page, so I "borrowed" the lace - like borrowing a view.

The pages already done were in the most part really gorgeous and I was pretty nervous about mucking up. I stared at the page and suddenly up popped the image of Peggy Guggenheim in the 30s, which I have as a sepia photo from a magazine - Bingo - theme established.
I coloured the background with gold, orange and hot pink acrylic paint mixed as I took it off the palette and smooshed on roughly. It gave a nice shimmery effect.

Photo glued on and connected to the page with gold tissue and leftover yarn.  Opposite page has a "picture window" of fabric outlined in silk ribbon, tacked with sequins. Bottom edge trimmed with a gorgeous red and gold torn paper and the over the top element added with 3 shiny gold flamingos, just for the sheer exoticness /exoticity/ exoticism (...got there in the end!)

In the Pink

Completed ages ago but only shown here now is the page I did for the Think Pink journal that is part of our ANZ ART group's round robin
It's VERY Pink n'est ce pas? Some of the other pages are much softer hues but I just have to be loud.....

Belated Easter

I know - I haven't been here for ages again. Life has been falling on me from a great height and just keeping up with the email is difficult some days.
Easter was great.
Food Family and Friends make for my favourite times and that was what we had.

To Pettavel Winery for the famous First Friday of the month Degustation menu to celebrate a couple of family birthdays - 8 courses including Oysters with kaffir lime, Tomato essence risotto topped with a prawn,  Seared tuna with beetroot discs (outstanding!), Viognier turkish delight as a palate cleanser, Ocean trout, Confit Duck leg, Hard Goats cheese with carraway crisps and muscatels and the divine Lemon tart with vanilla bean icecream for dessert.  A glass of wine selected for each course accompanied the dinner -  a great way of dining out.

P and I took father to Barwon Heads for lunch at Barwon Orange and a walk around the top of the Bluff.  Such a different place now from when I was a child and there were no fences at all on the edges. We watched small yachts sailing on the river -  perfect day, cool and sunny.

Dinner Chez Us with P and I cooking a fantastic standing rib roast of rare beef for us and our friends J & R.
Rosemary and garlic potatoes and baked mediterannean vegies went with the beef.
Antipasto platters preceded the roast and baked rhubarb and apple crumble with icecream finished us off

Sunday was lunch as usual with Father at the Wintergarden, but we made the most of the balmy weather with a walk around the boardwalk at Western Beach. Pepper was ecstatic.

Monday saw another perfect sunny day (What am I saying, we desperately need RAIN )
We lunched with J & R at Kilgour Estate winery where the view is across the sparkling bay to the City skyline.
Food was as good as usual - I had duck again! Dessert was yummy baked figs with mascapone.
There was a rhubarb jelly on the menu which was tempting too.

What a perfect Easter (or should that read Eater!!)