by Jasmine | Sep 29, 2014 | Uncategorized
There is a time in my childhood that stands out as an especially happy one. I was only very small and my parents bought a little house where they spent a lot of time putting in gardens. We had chickens and my dad was very proud of his vegie patch. We moved from that...
by Jasmine | Sep 2, 2014 | Uncategorized, You tube clips
I like something in the background while I paint and before spotify and all the many new ways to enjoy music, three of my favourite CD’s were by Kasey Chambers; “Barricades and Brickwalls”, “Wayward Angel” and “The Captain”. I...
by Jasmine | Aug 25, 2014 | Uncategorized
I my ageing oven was replaced with a beautiful new one last week and so I am in cooking mode even more than I usually am, keen to “test it out”. Today I made these blueberry muffins from a recipe which I adapted to my own tastes by swapping the honey for...
by Jasmine | Aug 17, 2014 | brisbane, Ideas, Uncategorized
I never know what will inspire me, or when something in particular will grab my attention. On my recent trip to Brisbane I went into a store that I am familiar with because of instagram, Black and Spiro. It is a beautiful interiors shop, and I have since become a bit...
by Jasmine | Jul 20, 2014 | Art, creative work life balance, how to get more stuff done, little people, Uncategorized, You tube clips
Since leaving home (a long time ago now), I have pretty much always had a space of my own to paint. A lot of the time this has simply meant working from my different bedrooms. Resulting in the said bedrooms being a bit crammed! What it has meant though, is that I have...
by Jasmine | Jul 12, 2014 | Ideas, Uncategorized
I don’t know if it’s just me, but I feel like everywhere I look I see amazing talent… X factor for example….where do they find those spine tingling voices, who seem to appear one after the other, and then there are the visual artists whose work...