the grand opening of the grumpy star studio etsy shop!

After many nights abusing my coffee-machine and then having snatches of sleep as Daisy proceeds to jump on my head and chew on my hair, I declare that the Grumpy Star Studio Etsy Shop is open for business! Here's a few snippets until the SEO functions kick in properly:

And, as a thank-you to all of my wonderful friends, patrons, likers and admirers in Darwin and abroad, each and every one of you will pay the same price to call one of the treasures featured on my Etsy Shop your own. That's right, no matter where you are in the world, your shipping bill is 100% FREE!

The phrase 'thank-you' is too often forgotten. Being a sincere artist and a good person are very much one and the same to me and I will spend my whole life striving to be the best of both. Being gracious costs absolutely nothing and makes both the giver and reciver the happier for it. So once again, thank-you from the bottom of my heart to everyone who has supported me in every small or big way to make the past year such a wonderful reality. I love you all ♥

And so, without further ado, click on that 'shop' button on your right to let the celebrations begin!

Mel x

sweet press

Only hours to go now! I was stoked to find this wonderful article in today's copy of the NT News promoting tonight's opening. A huge thanks to Caine Edwards for his words and Michael Franchi for coming in to take photographs on Wednesday.

And in other exciting news, I've also only just this minute received a call from the ABC in Alice Springs- be listening in at 6.25 tonight folks!

And now I'm off to attend to hair and dress and other important things- see you there!

Mel x

one more sleep . . .

So looking forward to seeing you there!
Happy Thursday everybody!
Mel x

coming to a wall near you!

I love getting things in the post! Most often it's Fimo. Last week it was a new set of gorgeous Escoda paintbrushes, still waiting impatiently for me to use them (lots of drawings to finish this past week).

But today, some very special pieces of paper arrived- the invitations and flyers for my upcoming show, 'strange creatures, sweet allsorts'. Be sure to swing past my stall this Thursday at Mindil, Friday at Palmerston (both the last for the year) or Saturdays at Parap to pick one up for yourself, and another for a friend!

And of course- watch this space for more sneepy peeps leading up to the December 2nd showdown!

Mel x