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Have you heard the exciting news?  Aussie creatives now have their very own creative business conference.  This is a long time coming and much needed in the Aussie craft scene now that so many of us are realising our dreams and launching our own creative ventures.

Imagine spending 2 days of creative business networking, advice, and workshops conducted by inspirational entrepreneurs from around the world.  My idea of bliss!

The Artful Business Conference is the brain child of my friend Elle Roberts of the Creative Business Co.  Elle is extremely passionate and committed to educating creative entrepreneurs and dedicated to helping our businesses grow. I had the privilege of working together with Elle in the early planning stages of this conference and it is so exciting to see it all come together for her.

This is such a great opportunity to not only learn from inspiring industry leaders but also to meet face to face with all the lovely people I’ve connected with over the years.  I can’t wait until September!

You can find out more about The Artful Business Conference here.  Tickets are on sale now, but hurry there’s only 150 available!

Another week whizzes by!  This is what mine looked like through the eyes of FatMumSlim’s #febphotoaday challenge.

#20 – I love this quote.  Not sure who wrote it but it is so true

#21 – Not fond of having my photo taken so most photos of me show me pulling a silly face….this pic is a fave because it reminds me of a special time

#22- This is where I ‘love’ to work (as opposed to where I ‘have’ to work)

#23- I’m not into ‘heels’ (too tall to wear them) but have a wardrobe full of ballet flats…these are my favourites this week

#24- My bathroom cabinet does overfloweth!  This is just a small selection of what doesn’t fit into said overfloweth cabinet

#25- A little green corner of my most favourite place – my garden.  Many hours spent relaxing out there.

#26- Night – my favourite time of day.

Another week has flown by and I’m savouring the last weeks of Summer (if you can call it that).  This is what my week looked like through the eyes of the  FatMumSlim  #febphotoaday challenge.

#13  Blue – My favourite colour and pretty much everything I own is blue

#14  Heart – Apparently we don’t celebrate V day in our house [hmmph!] This pic is one from my sketchbook

#15  Phone – I LOVE my phone and everything I can do on it [but I would love an Ipad more if I had one]

#16  Something new – I haven’t had anything new for a while [ I can feel a shopping spree coming on] but even better than material things, this is a photo of a new day – taken in Bali last September where we spent 2 glorious weeks.

#17  Time – goes too fast, is easily wasted and should be cherished.

#18  Drink – coffee and lots of it!  Every day!

#19  Something you hate – paying bills.  ’Nuff said!

Have a great week x

What I’ve discovered this week doing the #febphotoaday challenged organised by FatMumSlim:

# 1  I need better lighting in my kitchen so that my dinner might look a little more inviting

# 2  I have more buttons than I will ever use in this lifetime

# 3  Never look straight into the sun

# 4   Always look for shadows before taking photos (of front doors)

# 5  Loving the Diptic app.  Now I can make collages in instagram.  Cool!

# 6  Nothing makes me happier than losing myself in drawing

# 7  I want to chuck out everything  in my closet and start again – preferably with a personal shopper and unlimited budget

Hope you’ve all had a great week !

I’ve been having fun with February Photo A Day Challenge run by Fat Mum Slim.  Here is my week that was (with a couple of sneaky days of January thrown in).

Those that know me, know that no surface is safe when I’m around.  If it’s blank – it’s mine!  It will be drawn and doodled upon until there is nowhere left to go.  Here’s the latest – it started as a king size bed sheet (thats about 7ft x 6ft) but 40+ hours later, about 10 Sharpies, cramped fingers and a constant high from the fumes it is now on it’s way to Rainbow Serpent Festival next week as part of an art installation.