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IMPORTANT: Due to the pressures of finishing my PhD requirements over the next few months, I’ve decided to partially close my online store. This means that most products are unavailable, with the exception of those already in stock and ready to ship out. Still available are Original Artworks, Greeting Cards, Bookmarks, Buttons and the complete Fairy Inspirations CD range. To make it easier, I’ve included links to all of these at the top of the website pages. I will also be updating my Etsy store with new stock from time to time, so the usual range will occasionally be available there too. Now – back to work for me!
Peace and love,
~ Kirstin
The Fairy Art Gift Shop has now been updated with two exciting new products for you to enjoy! Replacing our previous calico tote bags, I am excited to share the new MINI and MAXI Canvas Tote Bags that are now in stock and available! These are just stunning products that are of the highest quality – I’ve been using my MAXI Tote Bag featuring my artwork ‘Wolf Within’ to tote my books to and from uni all this year! Read about these new Tote Bags below:
“Beautiful, fashionable, functional and good for the environment – what more could you want in a bag? Our top-of-the-range Cotton Canvas Tote Bags sport a stunning full-colour fairy or fantasy artwork on one side and are made with the highest quality heavyweight cotton canvas that is 100% biodegradable, so each time you use your bag in favour of plastic or polypropylene (“green” bags) you are doing our planet a favour! Available in a stylish and handy MAXI size, or an adorable MINI size, each tote features a gusset base, reinforced stitching and and two reinforced canvas webbing handles, meaning it is perfect for carrying everything from your shopping to your books and beach accessories – plus, they are also machine washable!”
 New Fantasy Art Tote Bags from The Fairy Art Gift Shop See the new MAXI Canvas Tote Bags here.
See the new MINI Canvas Tote Bags here.
ALSO new are TEN brand new Greeting Card designs featuring all of my latest art, including some of my most popular designs. View our stunning, glossy greeting card range here.
I hope you enjoy the updates for September. It’s been a while since I’ve updated because of my other commitments, which will continue to keep me busy for the next few months. Hopefully I will have some time to finish at least a few new artworks in the future! As always, a great way to keep up with my progress and what’s coming next is at my Facebook profile, where you can add me as a friend, see photos (exclusive sneak-peeks) and chat if you want: http://www.facebook.com/kirstinmillsart.
Fairy Blessings!
-Kirstin
For those who love to recreate beautiful fantasy worlds in thread, my popular new miniature dragon painting ‘The Key’ is available now at Heaven and Earth Designs as one of their beautifully detailed cross-stitch patterns: ‘The Key’ by Kirstin Mills at Heaven and Earth Designs.
The new Apple iPhone 4 has just been released in Australia, much to the excitement of many people, including myself. I have resisted buying an iPhone since they were introduced, managing instead with a very old Nokia (I could throw it at a brick wall and it would survive – quite necessary with my occasional bouts of butterfingers!), an iPod touch and a camera all in my bag together (yes, I’m one of those people that has a ridiculously full and inexplicably heavy handbag). But seeing what they’ve done with the new iPhone and finally seeing the signs of degradation on my trusty Nokia (hey, how would you feel slamming into brick walls?!) I felt like it was finally time to upgrade. But…there was one problem.
The first iPhone releases in Australia were in very short supply – on the day of release, many MANY people were turned away empty-handed. But, LUCKILY for me, a friend was in the position to help me get my hands on one! So now I am the proud owner of a brand-spanking new iPhone 4 (and my handbag is considerably lighter, thank you very much)! Whatever problems were rumoured to exist are not happening on my phone, so I’m not sure what the problem was supposed to be there – I love it! Considerably excited about finally having my very own iPhone (and an amazing one at that!), I needed a way to say thank you to the person who hooked it all up for me. But how do you express thanks to a Machead who has everything (except an iPhone 4 – haha sorry Ja!)? Well, obviously, you make them an iPhone 4 cake!
I was excited about making this as soon as the idea came to me and I was quite happy with how it turned out. The cake (actually one large brownie) was a chocolate brownie base, iced with chocolate icing and then topped with piped icing and marzipan apps painted with food colouring. This was so fun to make! Since I haven’t been able to paint for a while, this was as close as I could get and I loved it!  See the photos of the iPhone cake below.
 - Painting the marzipan iPhone apps with food colouring
 - Tools of the trade – icing tubes and marzipan
 The final product - iPhone 4 cake by Kirstin Mills  The final product - iPhone 4 cake by Kirstin Mills
 - Me with the finished iPhone cake
This morning I woke up to a silvery, glittering frost that had settled over everything outside like a crystal blanket…beautiful! I’m supposed to be getting ready for the upcoming Winterfest Medieval Fair, at which I will have a stall with my art and gifts, but I couldn’t resist jumping out into the cold air to capture some shots! See the rest of the photos on my Facebook profile- http://www.facebook.com/kirstinmillsart
kirstinmills.jpg "twilight") New Fairy Art Cross-Stitch Pattern 'Twilight' My popular fairy artwork ‘Twilight’ has just been released as a beautiful cross-stitch pattern from the leading publishers of fantasy art cross-stitch designs, Heaven and Earth Designs. This wonderful company offers several of my artworks in their stunningly detailed and accurate counted thread patterns, and ‘Twilight’ is the latest addition to their ‘Kirstin Mills’ collection. Check it out or view the other patterns at:
http://heavenandearthdesigns.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=160_249&products_id=6059
 New Fantasy Art and Fantasy Art Jewelry at the Fairy Art Gift Shop: Click the Banner to see all of our latest product additions! May Website Update, 2010 - The month of may brings many exciting things to the Fairy Art Gift Shop, including a brand new art release and a totally unique and absolutely stunning new piece of jewelry that may just be our most beautiful yet! Read on below to find out more:
New Art: Kirstin has created a beautiful new painting and it has just been released in all of our Art Print sizes and across all of our product ranges! This artwork is called ‘The Key’ and was created for the Enchanted Visions project begun by Amy Brown and Jessica Galbreth where artists create an artwork based upon a shared title. Kirstin’s artwork depicts one of her beautiful little dragons tightly wrapped around an ancient, ornate key. Have a look and purchase prints of this gorgeous artwork in the New Releases gallery.
New Jewelry: We think our new Ornate Bracelets may just be our most beautiful jewelry release yet! These stunning ornately designed bracelets are a truly beautiful way to feel every bit the enchantress. Featuring three genuine miniature fairy or fantasy art prints set under clear glass in a stunning, intricate filigree setting, you will fall in love with how this bracelet feels and looks to wear! Our new bracelets are available in your choice of antiqued silver or gold and come presented in a magical organza bag for the perfect finished gift. Wear it and just wait for the compliments to start rolling in! See all of the available designs in the New Releases gallery!
I have a new painting to share: an artwork created as part of the ‘Enchanted Visions’ Art project begun by Amy Brown and Jessica Galbreth where many artists create an artwork based upon a shared title. This month’s title was ‘The Key’ and my own interpretation features one of my miniature dragons entwined around an ancient key on a shady garden wall. This one was created with watercolour, acrylics and pencil on paper. Unfortunately it did not scan in as well as I had hoped: there seems to be something about my scanner and artworks that incorporate pencil where the digital version loses all the softness and subtlety of the original painting and comes out looking quite stark and grainy in comparison. I’ve done what I can to correct this in Photoshop but the difference is still marked. Perhaps a new scanner is in order? Or perhaps in reality, it is long overdue! Anyway, without further ado, here is my latest painting:
kirstinmills.jpg "thekey") 'The Key' by Kirstin Mills
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