Stradbroke Island Manta Rays

Wistfully thinking of all the things I can't wait to do when the warmer weather returns (us Queenslanders can't handle more than a week of winter!). Thought I'd share these snaps taken of me last summer off Straddie hanging out with some local Mantas...



If you have the pleasure of visiting Straddie (1 hour from Brisbane, Queensland), go and see James at Manta Lodge & Scuba for a trip to see these beautiful creatures... ha ha even try mentioning my name for a discount!

July Pop My Art Competition - Round 2 Now Open

Here are the finalists of the July Pop My Art competition, now freshly "popped" and awaiting your votes.






Voting closes on Monday 30th July. The entrant with the most votes will receive their Pop Art portrait printed on canvas for free.

Vote for one of the three finalists here
or
Check out the final voting tally of Round One

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Sydneys Inner West Courier rates our "Smart Pop Art"

Click on the article to read what this Sydney publication had to say about Pascoe Pop Art

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How to get rid of hiccups

1. Block off every orifice of the head...mouth, nose, eye ducts and ears.
2. Swallow
3. Say goodbye to hiccups.

Works every time!

Gotta love shopping online!

Now my friends (and definitely my mum) will back me up here when I say I am NOT a shopper! Something about walking miles and miles through store after store of beautiful things with beautiful people selling them to you... well it just makes me anxious, grumpy and generally not fun to be around. Even on the rare occasions that I'm cashed up and ready to spend, it's best to leave me to my own devices.

So I've worked out that online shopping is just perfect for me. I've just made my third purchase at an Australian online store called Fully Stoked and I can't recommend them enough. They sell clothing, accessories and toys that are of high quality (T-shirts I have washed hundreds of times are still the same colour and unstretched), affordable and guaranteed sweat-shop free. And to top it all off, the good people running the show send a whopping 30% of their annual profits to global charities! (makes the 10% that we donate to MSF look pretty slack!).

Of course shopping of the online kind can present a few hazards of its own... I particularly seem to have trouble making the connection between the purchases I make and my rapidly declining bank balance... like how I just bought this gorgeous doll made from 100% organic cotton for my God-daughter even though her birthday is not for another 10 months.


Oh well, I figure it is from Fully Stoked, so really it would be a disservice to this world if I did NOT buy it (I can justify anything).

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Top of the Pops

Pascoe Pop Art is not just for people and pets... prized possessions can also by 'popped' and make fantastic gifts!

Pop My Art competition June winner

We've just given away another free Pop Art portrait as our monthly competition continues. It was another really close one this month, with two of the finalists battling it out to the very end. Congratulations to the winner - the gorgeous smiling face you see below - your canvas portrait is on its way.


If you've got a great shot of yourself or a loved one that you think will make great Pop Art, make sure you enter it as we'll be closing entries for the July comp soon.


See the results of the June competition

Find out how to enter your own photos into the competition

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