You are ..... the Bloom in my Heart

This is my new image! What do you think?

This image is the third image in a series of Love Cards I am designing. "You are..." (stay tuned for more!)

Inspired by an orginal Angiogram (one from a person with an enormously wonderful and loving heart) and the idea of bittersweet love. Another anatomical reference - the heart and the heart beat. The feeling you have when you feel that your heart is being powered by the love of another.  So much so that the blood pumping through you causes your heart to swell or in this case Bloom. You can almost feel it pumping or massaging the rose Blooming heart.

Quirk or Berserk?


If you have enquires about this image please feel free to comment, ask questions of even send me a convo through my etsy shop: SandraDarling.etsy.com

Rasberry Icicles

Please have a look at the delicious Treasury created by cherrylippedroses before it expires!

I am lucky enough to have one of my Marbled Roses Fine Art Print included in it!

Rasberry Icicles Treasury

Sandra Darling Visual Art Creations - Calendar 2010

As the year draws to a close -  I started to think about the New Year. Suddenly realised I do not have a calendar for next year!! So ..... I just designed my own 2010 Wall Calendar!! (Probably should have got this organised a lot early but as they say better late then never!).

Here are some images below. What do you think?

If you have any questions or would be interested in ordering a copy please send me a convo through my esty Shop: SandraDarling.etsy.com - It is being printed on premium glossy card stock and the buy price on my calendar would be $29.95 plus postage.

I love comments - so please feel free to leave one!

you are ... the love of my lungs

Inspired by early anatomical illustrations, and the alchemy of early scientific exploration - this quirky Love Card expresses the bittersweetness of love. The feeling you have when you believe the very air that you breath is due to that one person.

The background image to this Love Card is a rainbow in a early dusk sky which caught my eye from my front high walled courtyard....I particularly liked the colour of the sky and the contrast of the power line underneath, disecting the sky like that of an abstract painting. I think it gives the picture plain tension and adds to the "electricity" that is evident in the sky after a rain storm.

Quirk or Berserk?

If you have enquires about this image please feel free to comment, ask questions of even send me a convo with my etsy shop.

Merry Christmas from Sandra Darling

I know it is not quite Christmas yet (two more sleeps!!) but I am not convinced I will make it back to say it again so here is my Merry Christmas to you all!  Thankyou to all the amazing people I have had the pleasure of meeting over the past few months

Sandra Darling xoxo





food for thought and thought for food:
"And the Grinch,with his Ginch-feet ice cold in the snow, stood puzzling and puzzling, how could it be so? And he puzzled and puzzled 'till his puzzler was sore. Then the Grinch thought of something he hadn't thought of before. What if Christmas, doesn't come from a store. What if Christmas, perhaps, means a little bit more". Dr Seuss

on my warm face ~ the icey breath of winter

Like stepping of a set of Narnia ..... this stunning treasury includes Whats the Sea Wants the Sea Shall Have Fine Art Print. Be sure to explore the winter tones of the gorgeous pieces curated here.

I am also lucky enough to have another one of my Fine Art Prints, Marbled Roses I including in this treasury which is a noble cause for all women.... Breast Cancer awareness.

Be sure to check this wonderful collections out before the expire ~ you just might find something special for you.

Wishing everyone a wonderful week in the lead up to Christmas!

The apple of my eye!

Inspired by kooky lil monsters, the notion of  - There is a "Wild Thing" in all of us, never lose it (from "Where the Wild Things Are") and the Cuppy Cake song!

What a combination?

Impossible to Ignore!

A treasury frenzy! A explosive celebration of Colour!

This Teasury I curated is a feast for the senses - be sure to click here to be enticed!

Xmas Party

The gorgeous explosion of colour on this Xmas Party Treasury is just perfect for the summers we experience here in Australia! Bright sunny and intense colours are abound! Take a look at the festive art and craft featured ~ no matter where in the world you are ~ and feel the vibranancy and celebration!

I am lucky enough to have my "What the Sea Wants the Sea Shall Have" Fine Art Print featured in it!!

Thankyou Ligia Rocha Jewelry. Be sure to click here to check it out before it expires!!

Winter Garden - A treasury bursting into life

This gorgeous Treasury full of moody blues and purples features one of my Fine Art Prints - Suba Rosa II.

I hope you enjoy this gorgeous Treasury curated by a talents fellow Estyian, proving even in the winter - the garden, like life has many exquisite gifts! You just have to look for them.

Click this link now, and have a look before this Treasury expires!

Show me you garden bursting into life.....

Cougar - The seductive allure of the Cat

An alluring Treasury in which one of my gardenia prints  has been included! Please allow yourself to be seduced and have a look at this gorgeous collection the curator has put together!

As the curator states ...... I love a good story, don't you?

Cougar Treasury

Make sure you allow yourself to be entice and reveal the mystery before this treasury expires!

Sandra Darling and the Brisbane Vintage Fashion Fair

Just wanted to share with you my wonderful time at the Vintage Fashion Fair, celebrating vintage style with amazing fashions, accessories, jewellery and adornments, from the Victorian, Edwardian and Jazz Age era’s, the Fabulous Fifties, Swinging Sixties, through to the Disco Seventies and Power Packed Eighties, all gathered together! It was a wonderful night where music floated and the bubbly flowed and everyone adorned themselves in their vintage threats for a wonderful night!

There was a glorious array of gowns, beaded evening bags, lace, buttons, lingerie, embroidery, shoes, hats, textiles, men’s vintage, needlework, necklaces, gloves, trimmings, jewellery, compacts, combs, parasols, fans , collectables and more! What more fun can a girl possibly have! Vintage Darling! xoxo.

Moon Maiden and Mysterious and Moody...

I am honoured to have my Fine Art Prints currently being showcased in the following two! theatrical and dramatically mysterious Treasuries!!!

Be sure to click on the links to explore the Moody creations the curators have chosen for these gorgeous treasuries!


Moon Maiden Treasury

.......No one will see her come, in the weakest moonlight..........



Mysterious and Moody Treasury







I hope you enjoyed them and if you are interested in veiwing my other work you can fine them here. Please be sure to "follow" me here or add me as a favourite under my Etsy Shop if you would like to be keep up-to-date with my lastest inspirations!

<3 What's not to love? <3

What's not to love about about these loveliers?


Below you will find a link to a Treasury I have created which is entitled What's not to love? - from the hearts and soul of those who created them! I hope you agree it is a collection to love! It expires at 5:20pm tomorrow so be sure to give it a looksie ..... but wait there is more news too!!!!

What's not to love?





I am aslo thrilled to be featured on Handmade Heaven blog introducing me into their store with such lovely kind words and I am also so lucky to be surrounded by all the other loverly handmadies! Have a poke around!! I dare you!

New Handmadie - Sandra Darling







Be sure to click Follow or suscribe to my Blog so you can be kept up to date with my future news! As well as pop over and and say hello on Handmade Heaven as well - we would love to know what you think!

My Slice of Heaven

My own little Slice of Heaven .... in

I am thrilled and excited I have just met with the lovely Liesa and to have joined all the fabulous 'handmadies' at a gorgeous little shop Liesa has set up known as Handmade Heaven. Situated in a gorgeous old heritage building - Shop 11, The Old Flour Mill, Brisbane St, Ipswich - it is simply a must on the to do list! Truely is a slice of heaven!

Make sure you have a squizz at her blogspot where you will find photo's and information about her lovely  boutique shop as well as other "Handmadies" invovled in this wonderful venture of Liesa's for Art and Crafters!

I promise to return soon with photo's of my slice of heaven showing my work in situ very soon!!

Thankyou again Liesa, it was such a pleasure to met and talk with you today!  I am now proposing a cyberworld toast to you with the clink of a glass of champange!

Just Beautiful Treasury - Australian Artists

I am very excited to have one of my gardenia art prints included in Just Beautiful Treasury

Be sure to check it out and let the talented artists and curator know your thoughts!

Your beautiful work is in today's posting "Ghosts on the Glass"

I woke this morning to the below delightful message;
Your beautiful work is in today's posting "Ghosts on the Glass" - hope you like it! Spread the word and good luck selling! Best, Gay
www.idreamedisaw.com
 My response - click on link and *GASP!* Oh my what a beautiful web page and blog!!!! Now this is the way to start one's morning! Thankyou Gay, I like! I lov <3 and I am spreading the word :)

Please click on the below or above link to see this exquisite page and blog!
 Ghosts on the Glass

 My work that is included is  "What the Sea wants the Sea shall have" image. You will recognise it as the swags of beautiful blooming old fashion roses hovering over the moody Ocean.  What the Sea Wants ...






Did you find your ghost on the glass?

http://www.idreamedisaw.com/

Treasured Treasuries

I am very excited to be included in the following two treasuries :) be sure to check them out and let the talented curators and art/crafters know your thoughts!

DUST TEAM SALE Turquoise Aqua Ocean







Roses without Thorns





Be sure to click on the links and have a good squizz!!! :)

Tree of Family Whimsy

I would like to share with you a little art work I am working on for my Mothers 70th Birthday this month (if you are reading this Mum - immediately blind fold your eyes now! Turn around and walk away from the computer!)

It's just a little something to represent our immediate family and how the loving and nuturing provided from a parent and a family unit can surround you in love, life and happiness!






I hope she likes it, and finds a special little place to display it as well as to reflect on it and think about her family and life, feeling totally loved from her adoring children and grandchildren.


A Family Tree of Whimsy!

Treasurised! Elegance all Around - A Touch of Elegance this Christmas

I am thrilled to have one of my pieces, Marbled Roses I, included in this lovely Treasury by  Tatania Rose.

I am sure you will agree with me what a Elegant and well curated collection she has put together. Be sure to click on the below link at let her know your thoughts. Check out all the lovely items that make up this beautiful Treasury. You never know, you may just find something Elegant for Christmas!

Elegance all Around - A touch of Elegance this Christmas




Did you fall in love with anything?