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Dawn Tan - Little Art Yurt

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Motherhood, Art & Teaching 🌳☁️🌼
🎨#littleartyurt & @little.art.yurt.club
🌸Melbourne, Australia
🏡www.dawn-tan.com

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💫 Honestly speaking, how very lucky am I to still be doing what I love a whole decade on. 🥹🥹🥹

So much has changed since then… and it really does feel like a lifetime away. Becoming a mother and growing older has taught me to be even more grateful for my family who love me for who I am. Wholeheartedly and unconditionally, every single day. I am grateful for the precious friends who understand and love without judgement. You guys know who you are! 😊✨💕 And to God for always, always being there, in the raging seas, in the stillness, You are always there.

And I know so many of you here have also been around with me the past decade and I want to say a big Thank you to each and every one of you for sticking around. And to all the new faces here, I hope you’ll like following along my little life’s BIG Adventure! 😆🙈🌈🌞❤️🙌🏻 ( So contradicting I know. Haha)

Who knows what will happen tomorrow. Onwards and upwards, just go with the flow. If there’s one thing the past decade has taught me, it’s that: Change is hard but magic can happen even in the tiniest cracks of discomfort. ✨✨✨ Sit in the discomfort, feel all the feels… then move on, let it go and let change lead you. by @handmadelove

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Absolutely loved painting this custom piece. 🏡🌸☁️🍃🌳 Thank you J for trusting me to paint you your childhood home.
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#customhouseportrait #custompainting #watercolour #melbourneart #melbourneartists by @handmadelove

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What a weekend 🌸💕 So tired but heart feels full ☺️ by @handmadelove

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Didn’t expect so many of you to send me messages after I shared what my yurt students did yesterday. The horrors of all horrors - no erasers, no pencils! Just markers and a paper aka pure perfectionist’s horror. 😆😆😆 So thought I’d share these little tips to help any perfectionists out there!

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Do share if you have any other helpful tips too! Always happy to learn from fellow parents and educators 👊🏻🙈🎨🥰
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#kidsart #parenting #drawingwithkids #perfection #perfectionism by @handmadelove

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Upgrade time! 👊🏻🙌🏻💙☁️ I haven’t owned a coloured phone since 2001! It’s always white, silver or black since my Purple Nokia 7250 from the dinosaur ages. 🤪🦖. Anyone remember that model?😅🙈

So i’m excited for a fresh new blue coloured phone. I’m ready for change! Thank you @thecitygrammer for ordering and getting it all sorted for me! 🥰 Now to just wait for my case to arrive before I use it proper!
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#iphone18promax by @handmadelove

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🧳🤪 More Good buys from our trip! Not necessarily affordable compared to my @traderjoes bags but you can’t put a price on knowledge, so… 🙈😅

Save this post and share it far and wide with your educator friends and parents. And hopefully we can build a fun list of books below in the comments section! 🙌🏻🤩👀😉📚
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#artbooksforkids #booksforkids #kidsbookswelove #artforkids #kidsbooks by @handmadelove

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Trust this aunty. Best $4.99 you’ll ever spend.😆 And special shoutout to my trusty shopping advisors @lohandbeholdd and @thelemoncurdqueen ❤️❤️❤️
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#traderjoes #traderjoesfinds #traderjoeslove by @handmadelove

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👑🍎 First week back in my little yurt. Was going to get my kids to work on a completely different project. But I’m currently still in my Disney dream cloud and when I came across this Apple painting project done by several different Korean kids art studios, I thought I’d give it a good go too! 🍎🍎🍎

I gave it my own spin, swapped out canvases and use heavyweight paper instead. Also taught my kids to experiment with the paint + water ratio and introduced teeny tiny brushes so they could take their time to slooooooowly blend. 🙌🏻 They loved the project so much and we all thought it looked super cute in the end. ☁️🌟👌🏻
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#littleartyurt #dawntanartclasses #apples by @handmadelove

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How can a moment last forever? ✨🥹

Seeing Disney come alive through his eyes was pure magic. A kind of joy you just wish you could bottle up forever. ❤️✨💫 One day when I’m old and grey, this is the exact moment I’ll close my eyes to remember. ✨

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#disney #disneyland #disneyfireworks #disneymagic #disneyfamily taken in Disneyland by @handmadelove

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💙✨🏰 And just like that, I’m back to reality. Now to work hard for the family so we can all dream of another Disney adventure in the distant future. 🥹🌟✨💕

I only have a very limited number of spots for custom pieces. I can paint you a house from photos, or can also paint pet portraits or a favourite food. Get in touch if you are keen!

Cut off for Christmas orders - November 10th!

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www.dawn-tan.com by @handmadelove

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💕🌟🏰🎠✨Rope Drop Champions.🙌🏻 It was pure magic being the firsts at the park. We had the entire small world land to ourselves and it felt super special! ✨✨✨✨

We woke at 5.30am on both days. Cleared security and made it to Rope Drop before the park officially opened. It was super tiring staying from opening till closing and we walked over 55k maybe even close to 60k steps! We’re on our feet for over 32 hours over 2 days. 🤪 Our bodies are still recovering almost one week later.. but what an experience. Especially proud of kiddo for persevering. His idea actually. 🙈 He really wanted to stay till the park closed and so we were all on board! Nothing more magical than being able to stay up way past bedtime and say bye to the castle at almost midnight! ( Although we cracked it at the very end. 🙃🫢 But it’s ok. It’s what family holidays are like right?! 😆 We made it good in the end and agreed to only remember the good bits. )🥹✨ Still… Definitely one for the books! 💕
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#disneyland #disney #ropedrop #disneymagic #disneycastle by @handmadelove

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