Wow has it been that long!!! A Giveaway for you :)

I can't believe it has really been so long since I posted on my Blog - oops!

Right now I have a wee giveaway happening on my Facebook page!  To celebrate achieving the 2000 liker milestone I have a prize package of 3 plates....

One of my first ever designs and one of the best selling ones! CAKE knuckles

One of my most recent designs - a lovely wee mermaid.  She has actually been sitting in my sketchbook for nearly a year!!  I painted up two of these plates at Christmas for a custom order so this will be only the third ever painted

Lastly - the winner will get to choose any of my plate designs to complete the set!  I always think the plates look good hung in odd numbers so three is a perfect start (or addition) to your Odd One Out collection!!

I also have a couple of gift vouchers to give away as 2nd and 3rd prizes - so plenty of opportunities to win :)

So make sure to head over to my page and enter the competition!! I will be drawing a winner next Monday :)  Exciting!  (Only open to NZ residents - sorry)

Wow! - Magical Scenes Sculpted with Chicken Wire

Wow! These sculptures are so insanely beautiful, and whimsical, and nostalgic, and just simply gorgeous!  I keep going back over and over again to look at these photos, so I thought I would share them with you.

Made by London based artist Benedetta Ubaldini - they are made from chicken wire of all things!  Who knew that it had the potential to look so stunning!


You can see more of her work here - thanks to My Modern Met for this fab discovery!

Enjoy!

And the winner is.........

Congrats Dianne!  You have won your very own custom painted vintage plate - and your idea was such a lovely one too (if not a bit challenging for me! ;)

"I would want one with a picture of the 8 cell embryo that became my beautiful IVF baby, Monty, and a wee tiny note that says 'miracles do happen' :)"

Finally another giveaway!

I really can't believe I have got to the point where I can have a 1000 Facebook liker giveaway!  Thank you so much everyone :)

So as requested I am going to be giving away a custom designed, hand-painted vintage plate! Wahoo!

Now this can be anything from adding your name to one of my existing designs like the "love birds banner", a favorite image or character or even something out of your wildest dreams like this fab Bacteria plate below. 

For more ideas check out my custom album on Facebook and get thinking!

 

DETAILS..............  

I would love to know what you would all like your very own custom plate to look like............. so to go into the draw just email me at oddoneout@xtra.co.nz or leave a comment below letting me know your idea.  Be as detailed as you would like, you can even specify a style or colour of plate and I will see what I can do!

I will draw a winner randomly on Wednesday 20th June at 7pm-ish and let them - and then you all know!

To be fair of course - as this is celebrating my Facebook fans you must also have liked my page :)

I'm sorry but I will only be able to send this plate within NZ so this draw is open to NZ residents only - or those of you living overseas with a lovely NZ friend that can pass it on :)

So get those thinking caps on - I cant wait to see what you all come up with!

Relax & Unwind - Dominique Falla

There is just something about beautiful words, illustrated in a beautiful font in a beautiful way.  Gets me every time!

Australian typographer Dominique Falla has created this HUGE typographical piece titled "Relax and Unwind" with thousands of pins and hundreds of meters of coloured string.  Lordy - I can't imagine it would be too relaxing - unwinding all of that though!

 

Isn't it gorgeous! Trying to figure out how I can make one in my house - not sure about all those nails in the wall though :)  Found via Design Taxi

Odd One Out vs Picasso

I have this picture of a painted plate in my studio on my inspiration board - it was painted by Picasso in 1957.  I knew Picasso had produced ceramic pieces and I thought this was one of those - but just recently I found out that this is actually an upcycled plate - I knew there was a reason I was drawn to it! Ok so maybe it was a bit about the dog too - and possibly more about the fact his name is Lump! too cute ;)

Anyway - it's kind of nice to know that (in a somewhat removed way!) I am following in the footsteps of an artist I admire so much.  A link to the cute story behind that plate here.  

All inspired to do a bit of research now - I've been checking out his other pieces.  It seems we both share a love of painting animals and silhouettes on to plates, loving the matador and bull silhouettes.... maybe I might be lucky enough to add one to my collection  - a girl can dream!

(other pics from Ro Gallery, Taglialatalla Galleries & Christies)

 

  

My Vintage Week

Just a few little goodies I have picked up recently - you might say I've been quite restrained of late.  Not so much vintage buying - which is a great thing for the wallet and for the (bursting at the seams) house - but not so great for the soul.  Yes vintage is good for the soul!

Horsey Pic - Isn't she cute! I actually bought this to sell originally,  It sat all of 15 minutes at the Mr's stall at Love Vintage and Retro market before I hid it under the table, I just couldn't sell her.  Yet to hang it up but I love that it is behind glass because I am finding it fun to write little comments in speech bubbles coming from Mr horse or Daphne (I thought she looked like a Daphne for some reason?)


Dear deers - Yes I'm somewhat obsessed with Deers but these ones were kissing and I just couldn't help myself!

Teacup - I'm so excited that my friends Lisa and Dan have just opened up their new vintage shop!  It's called Love Vintage and Retro and this cute cup and saucer had my name on it - along with half of the rest of the shop!  I was so hoping to be their first buyer but scraped in a close second :)

Rice - Well obviously I had to have this because the colour, the pattern and the font are awesome and I guess it could potentially be useful to hold something? - probably not rice though!