I'm working on a 12 panel frieze for my Sister's new Ballet Studios... the theme is Fairy Ballerinas and inspired by Cicely Mary Barker's Flower Fairies




still plenty of time to enter my June competition to win your own mini portrait

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looks like June is going to be a rather busy month as I'll be painting a number of murals and friezes for my Sister's new Baby Ballerinas Studio which is opening next month...
as you can see I intend to paint three Degas works in one of the studios...



I'm still painting stage props too so Charlotte's remaining three mini portraits are on hold for the time being...
still plenty of time to enter my June competition to win your own mini portrait

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for Charlotte...



Charlie (in black) with friends (Year 12 Formal) on Friday...

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(Whatever Will Be, Will Be) - Doris Day

A Portrait of Charlotte !!



What a wonderful surprise to see this gorgeous portrait of Charlotte painted by the very talented artist... Christy DeKoning...


I'm speechless...thank you so much Christy...Charlotte is over the moon...
Christy is an Australian living in Canada and her Watercolour Paintings and Portraits are stunning....
you can read all about how Christy painted this portrait here:
Happy Birthday Laketrees Ladies - painting loosely from a B&W photo

and now onto the results of the Random Draw..
the Winner of the Birthday Draw is:

6. Megan from Imaginif

congratulations Megan...



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A very big thank you to everyone for your wonderful birthday greetings and wishes...
you have made our Birthday Weekend very special....
Participants:
1. Blooms and Blossoms 2. Welcome To Our Classroom-Best HomeSchool Place 3. jookeboost 4. Much of a Muchness 5. Amy Lilley Designs 6. Megan from Imaginif 7. Jeyosa Exclusive 8. THE MOMMY AND ME BOUTIQUE 9. RANDOM THOUGHTS (International Blog) 10. The Flying Beagle 11. Mariuca's Perfume Gallery 12. Peripheral Vision - Inner Sights by Lynda Lehmann 13. RennyBA 14. Wonderland or Not 15. Win EntreCard Credits 16. Ken Armstrong Writing Stuff 17. TYPOS.DAYLIGHT.FATE 18. NothingLikeit 19. Tails of Terror from the Black Lagoon! 20. Christy DeKoning - Travels in Watercolor 21. SPEEDCAT HOLLYDALE PAGE 22. THE SPITTING VESSEL 23. SHARON HART

Win 5,000 ECs!!

to celebrate my daughter, Charlotte's 17th Birthday and my Birthday this weekend I am having a random draw !!!



to enter the draw you need to:
1. Subscribe to laketrees by Email
2. link to laketrees (grab the code below)
3. Comment in this post

Competition will close at 12.00 pm (midnight) Sunday August 10
I will announce the winner on Monday August 11..
Good luck everyone!!

nb if the winner is not a member of EC they will receive one month of free advertising here at laketrees instead

photo: 'Charlotte'

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I have been tagged by bluepanjeet™ OTWOMD™ to take a screen shot of my computer...haha easier said than done.....the tab on my keyboard didn't want to work...so I ended up taking a photo...
any way here is a photo of my computer screen ...
ah ha my daughter helped me get a real screen shot !!!!
it has been like this for about 12 months....I took this photo of my children about 4 years ago.....they don't stay children for long though......
I am leaving this tag open to anyone who is interested.....it would be interesting to see your screen shots....and is your desktop tidy or not?

TAG STARTS HERE

My Desktop Free View Instruction:

A. Upon receiving this tag, immediately perform a screen capture of your desktop. It is best that no icons be deleted before the screen capture so as to add to the element of fun. You can do a screen capture by:

[1] Going to your desktop and pressing the Print Scrn key (located on the right side of the F12 key).

[2] Open a graphics program (like Picture Manager, Paint, or Photoshop) and do a Paste (CTRL + V).

[3] If you wish, you can “edit” the image, before saving it.

B. Post the picture in your blog. You can also give a short explanation on the look of your desktop just below it if you want. You can explain why you preferred such look or why is it full of Icons, things like that.

C. Tag five of your friends and ask them to give you a Free View of their desktop as well.

D. Add your name to this list of Free Viewers with a link pointing directly to your Desktop Free View post to promote it to succeeding participants.

List of those who participated in the tag:

- iRonnie

- skippy heart

- thesserie

- domlawrenceOSB

- bluepanjeet™ OTWOMD™

- laketrees