Lone Pine Designs: Ladybugs!

Lone Pine Designs

"Lone Pine Designs" originated when I first moved to America in 2005 from Australia. My mother in Australia called our new home in NH "Lone Pine" as she wanted my new home, which is surrounded by pine trees, to have an Australian name. The Battle of Lone Pine is a very famous successful Australian battle which took place during the Gallipoli war in Turkey in 1915. It was called The Battle of Lone Pine for the solitary pine tree standing in the middle of the battlefield which surprisingly remained standing at the end of the battle. After the tough few months leading up to our arrival here in America and surviving the first year in a new country I felt like that pine tree still standing in the battlefield. It was in 2006 when I started to sell my work on Ebay that I decided that Lone Pine Designs would be the perfect name for this new endeavour in my life.

Saturday, May 21, 2011

Ladybugs!

Here's another fairy I told you about the other day...I had fun colouring them in all different colour combinations!

I learnt recently that the Ladybug is the state insect of New Hampshire...we certainly see alot here! What some of you may not know is that in Australia we call them Ladybirds which is much prettier than their real name Coccinellidae! I smile every time I see one as they are so cute and where I was living in Australia we didn't see them very often. Here in NH they are considered a pest and a nuisance and travel in huge numbers...to me they will always be the Ladybird!

Supplies:- You're Fairy Sweet by Pink Cat Studios, PTI white cardstock, Brilliance ink, Copics, DP unknown, SU coloured, Nestabilities, rhinestones, ribbon and foam dots.