Poppy Appeal

Good evening to all you beautiful people out there! I have a request that I am hoping will be easily fulfilled by the general public, I am a artist who wants to raise some money for the British Legion for all our boys who have lost thier lives out in Afghanistan, I have created a life size basque and flowing skirt bass which I would very much like to cover the skirt part with poppies, I am hoping that once I have covered it with the generously donated ones that people have already bought and have hopefully still have somewhere, I could then display it in a local gallery in Margate  Kent where I live, then I will donate it to the British Legion to be auctioned off and all the proceedings would go to the family's that have lost a loved one, please can anyone help me?? my email address is big_arted74@yahoo.co.uk I look forward to hearing from anyone x x x

If anyone reading this lives in Westgate in Kent area and loves vintage clothing and accessories then get your sweet self along to a new shop called frock-a-lisious, and the beautiful lady who runs the shop has kindly agreed to stock my handmade range of  head garlands, what a star! I have offered to dress her windows and promote her business, I believe that one good turn deserves another, everyone has to start somewhere and we all need a lucky break in life, at work earlier today I saw Tracy Emin come into Debenhams  and I thought to myself there is one strong minded lady who dared to be different and now she is reaping the rewards of all her hard work, I wanted to talk to her but on the spot I didnt know what to say so I let an opportunity to ask her a question about art of what ever slip through my fingers, I think If I had had the courage I should have said who inspires you? or how did you get noticed? admittedly I am not too sure about some of her work being classed as art but I should have at least tried to speak to her, I think I need to have a massive chat with myself.

Creative Art is a wonderful thing, I see art where ever I go and it inspires me, I wish I could create things every day but instead I have to work which I feel is getting in my way, how do artist make enough money so that they can do what they love full time, the answer is getting noticed, I feel completely suppressed at work like the creativity is being drained out of me, I don't want to be a Debenhams drone forever, I feel the the borg has assimilated me, leave me alone star trek! I want to be just me and a canvass, lots of paint and a few glasses of vino, I want to listen to music, dance around and chuck paint everywhere in the sunshine, a artist once said to me 'Can I paint you in the nude' I answered yes but which one of us did he mean to be naked? I still have no idea but I can tell you one thing that man was a well good kisser......lol

For all you hayfever sufferers out there! I fully understand what you are going through as I have been awake since 6am this morning, people do not understand what its like if they have never had it, woke up with a throat like the bottom of a birds cage, An email from my best friend in Australia really perked me up this morning, so happy that I will get to spend some time with her as she coming to England for a whole month, she asked me if she needed to bring a pair of boots lol I said she had better bring some bloody wellies with her and warm clothing! Bring on the summer because I have some sexy maxi dresses I want to wear plus I have been busy creating matching headgarlands for my online store I want to set up on Etsy handmade website, I did not realize there was such a demand for handmade items, fingers crossed that I smash it on there, what this space.......