The beautiful Australian High Country

Hello everyone!  Suzie here!  Safely home from our big adventure in our little popup camper Gladys.  She is awesome by the way.

I have already shared some pics of our journey with you all and I really wanted to share these gorgeous memories from our visit to the Snowy Mountains in the Australian High Country.  

My husband Dave is a snow sport addict, however since the little peeps came along we have not so much as eyeballed snow, little own ski on it.  So of course, our tour of NSW had to include a visit to Thredbo Village. For our friends overseas Thredbo Village is nestled in the foothills of Australia's highest peak Mount Kosciusko.

The day we arrived at the van park in Jindabyne is was a scorching 38 degrees and needless to say we were not coping very well at all.  Lucky for us the temp at the top of the chairlift at Thredbo was a balmy 25 degrees, so you can just imagine where we were heading straight for!

We packed our picnic lunch and began the short drive towards Thredbo.  Now the Snowy Mountains are beautiful in Winter but Summer did not disappoint either.  It was beautiful.  We ate our picnic lunch by a gorgeous bubbling creek with the ducks!!!!  I love ducks!!! And these pics show you the little friend I made whilst enjoying the mottled sunshine!  Ahhhhh!!!  How's the serenity peoples?

Look closely and each pic shows the journey of my little feathered friend from the water to sitting right in front of me patiently waiting for some food.  Unfortunately for him, he had chosen the wheat allergy family to sit with for lunch and I am telling you now there is never a crumb little own a slice of bread to be shared with a cute little critter such as this.  We did not think he would enjoy bean dip!

We then headed to the very big, very long and very high chair lift to take us to the top of the resort to start our stroll to the Kosciusko lookout.  There was no way we were making the full trek.  Joe was complaining after the first 50 metres.  

High country is beautiful.  In a former life Dave and I trekked in the Himalayas and to date it was the most amazing thing we have ever done!  This high country did not disappoint.

There is something about the crisp, fresh air and the beautiful clumps of wild flowers dotted here and there.  Patches of snow and trickling streams making there way to the valley below.  Ahhh!  I really love it!!!  

If you ever get the chance to walk the high country in summer do it.  It is something you will not regret!  Here are some pics for you to enjoy.

How beautiful is that!

I will be back to weekly blogging now and am working away at turning some of our ever popular canvas designs into paper prints.  Keep an eye out these will be available on our website very soon.

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Have a great week everyone and see you next week!

Bag Tags have arrived at Kids Art!

Hello everyone!!!  Suzie here from the road still.  We have spent the week exploring Canberra! What an awesome city.  There is soooooo many interesting and fun things to do.  It is definitely a place to bring the kids.

I will post some more pics of our trip soon.  For now we have a new product for you all to enjoy!

Bag and Luggage Tags all with Kids Art exclusive designs.

These Luggage Tags are super cute and heavy duty!!!

Set of 2 Luggage Tags from Kids Art. Each personalised Kids Art Luggage Tag measure 6cm x 9cm and they are made from heavy duty clear laminate.

The name and personalised details are printed directly onto the back of each tag, so there is no need for messy handwriting or additional name stickers.

Our personalised Kids Art Luggage Tags are great for attaching to school bags, library bag, lunch bag, swim bag, backpack, gym bag and travel bag.

Each Kids Art Luggage Tag comes with a clear 15cm luggage loop strap for attaching. The straps are heavy duty plastic loops used for luggage tags, so they are durable enough to withstand the treatment any child can give their bag.

Measurement of Luggage Tag - 6cm x 9cm

Kids Art Luggage Tags are made to order therefore they are not returnable.

FREE postage across Australia

These Bag Tags are perfect for your child's school, kindy or daycare bags!  They are heavy duty and waterproof and come in a range of our Kids Art designs.


Set of 2 personalised Bag Tag from Kids Art. Each personalised Kids Art Bag Tag measure 6cm x 9cm and they are made from heavy duty clear laminate.

The name is printed directly onto the back of each tag, so there is no need for messy handwriting or additional name stickers.

Our personalised Kids Art Bag Tags are great for attaching to school bags, library bag, lunch bag, swimbag, backpack, gym bag and travel bag Each Kids Art Bag Tag comes with a clear 15cm luggage loop strap for attaching. The straps are heavy duty plastic loops used for luggage tags, so they are durable enough to withstand the treatment any child can give their bag.

Measurement of Bag Tag - 6cm x 9cm

Kids Art Bag Tags are made to order therefore they are not returnable.

Free Postage across Australia

These are available on our website now!!! So pop on over and place your order and keep an eye out as we more designs become available!

Have a great week.  We are heading to the Snowy Mountains tomorrow!!! Cannot wait!

On Tour!

Hi everyone!  Many of you might not be aware but I am the other half of the Kids Art team.  My name is Suzie and I joined Chantelle halfway through last year to help out with designs and to manage the Kids Art blog.  Some of you might know me from Hoots and Kisses.

Chantelle and I met online when we joined a small network of small crafty businesses and realised we lived only twenty minutes from each other.  You can read all about how we met here.  Needless to say we hit it off and in 3013 Chantelle asked me if I would come on board to help out with her huge workload and I jumped at the chance.

Anyway enough about us,  I have some cool things I want to share with you.  I am currently touring NSW with my little tribe in our popup camper Gladys.  Here is Gladys!

Anyway the other day it was 38 degrees in the shade and we landed in the tiny village of Sandy Hollow.  We decided to have a littel explore inbetween swims and we came across a little Gallery owned by Artist David Mahony.

We sat and talked with him and he did some sketches for the kids and we all had a lovely time.  I just wanted to share some of the pictures I took from his gallery. 

Here are some prints of his paintings.  Joe loved the bushrangers and Grace loved the owls.  The three of us have been drawing owls ever since!!!!

I hope you enjoy David's art as much as we did.  We are heading to Canberra tomorrow and hope to visit the national gallery. I shall see you next week with some pics from our adventure.

I am going to leave you with these images from the Jenolen Caves in the Blue Mountains.  I have been inspired by these amazing caves and am looking forward to creating some images inspired by the caves when we get home.

xxxxxx

Last minute Christmas fun!

It has been a huge couple of weeks here at Kids Art.  Chantelle has been sooooo busy making and packaging all your gorgeous artwork and sending it off to their new homes.

Thankyou to all of you who purchased a personalised Kids Art piece this festive season.  I bet your little people are going to be very excited when they open those packages.

Next year will be a big year for Kids Art.  We have lots of new product ideas and there will be new designs each month!!!!  Don't forget to subscribe to our newsletter for new designs and great discounts delivered straight to your inbox.

All of us here at Kids Art would like to say a huge thankyou for all your support in 2013.  We are looking forward to 2014 and continuing to provide gorgeous designs at great prices.  We will be introducing paper prints to our collections next year to make it even more affordable to own your own piece of Kids Art.

Have a wonderful Christmas everyone and a super safe and fun New Year!!!

I will leave you with some last minute cute Christmas ideas I found on Pinterest!

This is a great wall art idea and so easy for the kids to do themselves.

http://www.sevencherubs.com/

If you haven't discovered photo props as yet then you really must give them a go!!! They make photos so much fun!

http://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/91910079/christmas-glitter-photo-booth-props-20

This is a Christmas Eve present box for the kiddies.  I has pyjamas and special movie snacks for Christmas Eve!!!!

Source unknown.  From Pinterest.

These little origami stars are sooo cute and really easy!!

http://www.minnamayblog.com/2012/06/origami-stars-tutorial.html

We will definitely be doing this in my house!  My little peeps are very allergic and this will be such a great treat on the Christmas table for them.

http://witandwhistle.com/2011/07/05/cookie-cutter-fruit-salad/

Everyone loves making snowflakes!!!! 

http://www.usefuldiy.com/diy-snowflake-paper-pattern/

And finally, how awesome is this Christmas pic!!

Via pixie miks a lot

Oh Christmas Tree, Oh Christmas Tree.........

Sorry it has been so long between posts everyone!  We hope you are enjoying the build up to christmas. Chantelle is absolutely run off her feet printing placemats, clocks and growth charts and posting them off all over the world ready for Christmas Day.

Every year we order a live Christmas tree and this year we are picking it up on the 9th of December.  So we have started decorating the house but the tree is yet to come!

I absolutely love the red and white scandanavian theme and this is what I am hoping to achieve this year. Well we also have all those gorgeous not matching ornaments and I keep on telling myself that that is okay!!!!!  Breath deeply!!!!! It doesn't matter if the kids want to put something ugly on the tree!!!!  LOL!!! I will say that I have declared a no tinsel year this year.  Instead I am making a red and white star or circle garland to adorn the tree!!!  Maybe both!  Trusty paper punches watch out!!!  I am beyond excited.

We were hoping to share our new design with you all but we are not quite there yet.  Next week for certain and I know you are all going to love it!!!!  

So instead I have been pinning some gorgeous Christmas trees and images and I am going to share these with you instead!!!!!

Before I do this I wanted to remind you to pop over and checkout our awesome range of personalised art work and pick something for your special little person before it is too late.

http://kids-art.com.au/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=14_94&products_id=647

http://kids-art.com.au/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=14_88&products_id=588

http://kids-art.com.au/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=14_93&products_id=624

http://kids-art.com.au/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=14_40&products_id=284

And now for some gorgeous pinterest pins!!!!

http://www.dotsandspotsdesign.blogspot.com.au/

http://www.pinterest.com/hearthandmade/

http://www.dotsandspotsdesign.blogspot.com.au/

http://occasionsbylisa.blogspot.com.au/2011/11/scandinavian-christmas.html

http://www.fabbrunette.com/?p=2971

http://selinalake.blogspot.co.u

Make sure you go and visit all of these sites.  There is sooo much gorgeous stuff to look at!!!  Have fun!

And this is how we roll!

This what I woke up to this morning!  LOL!  Just making a santa sleigh because we can.  Let them have paint!!!  Mind you there is now paint on the garage floor and they are not happy about having to clean it up. I just love that my kids are creative and not afraid to just go with it.

Have a great weekend everyone.