Bondville Charity Auction: original Meredith Gaston watercolour and Kindergallery children's art

I'm thrilled to let you know that I have just received three new pieces of artwork for kids for the Bondville Charity Auction, donated by Meredith Gaston at Kindergallery. Meredith is an acclaimed and well-loved author, artist and illustrator (hello Meredith Gaston fans out there!), and also the director of Kindergallery - an online art gallery for children.

Meredith has kindly donated one original watercolour painting worth $245. Even more exciting - you get to choose! The winning bidder of the Meredith Gaston watercolour will be able to choose from any of her watercolour pieces available in Kindergallery!

And that's not all. Meredith is also donating two art prints from Kindergallery artists Ida Pearle (RRP $90) and Hannah Melin (RRP $40), also available in the charity auction, with bidding starting at 99c! I love them both to bits.

Head over to the Bondville Charity Auction on eBay and bid now! Find these and more gorgeous products for Mum, Kids and Home on the Bondville Charity Auction page - we're up to over $8,800 worth of designer goodies so far! All proceeds will go directly to the Children's Cancer Institute Australia.

BID NOW.

Read more about Meredith Gaston here on Bondville.

Images: Kindergallery

Real kids room: Meredith Gaston-inspired bedroom

More real kids' room goodness from the Ivens family for you today. Kelly Ivens took a different approach from her son Kirby's room when designing her daughter Lexi's space. The red, pink and white colour theme is built around two gorgeous Meredith Gaston original canvases, custom-designed to feature the family's dogs. It's a light, bright, inspiring room that I'm sure her daughter will love for years.

Designed by: Mum Kelly Ivens
Location: Waurn Ponds, VIC
Photography: Sara Taylor Photography

Lexi's Room (age 5)

Lexi's room has been designed to incorporate the bold red, pale pink and white colour palette in the artworks. It's bright, light and fun. The lush charcoal grey carpet is a great contrast and provides a strong platform for the light, bright colours - and ties beautifully with the dogs and touches of grey in the Meredith Gaston canvases. Keeping all the furniture white and the walls neutral allows the artwork to really shine.

Real Kids Room: grey chevron 2 year old boy's bedroom

I've featured on Meredith Gaston's gorgeous artwork here on Bondville before, so when I spotted Kelly Iven's childrens' bedrooms on The Wall Sticker Company website, I knew they would be a perfect fit for Bondville. Kelly was the winner of the The Wall Sticker Company Room Of The Year competition for her son Kirby's amazing room featuring the grey chevron removable wallpaper. I thought we would start this real kids room tour with Kirby's room - it's pretty amazing!

Rooms designed by: Mum Kelly Ivens
Location: Waurn Ponds, VIC
Photography: Sara Taylor Photography

Australian Artist Spotlight: Meredith Gaston

My friend Renay is one of the most stylish people that I know so when she mentioned some new artwork that she had just had framed for her daughters, I raced over to her car to check it out. There peeking out behind bubble wrap were the gorgeous wide-eyed characters of Sydney/Berlin-based artist Meredith Gaston.

Meredith creates paintings, watercolours and illustrations where rosy-cheeked nymphettes play with swans and love birds amongst a patchwork of colourful dreamworlds. Her artworks are brilliant for little ones with their active imaginations (and big ones too). The hardest part will be choosing just one (I'm sure I couldn't).

Oh - and Meredith has also published a beautifully illustrated book Tucked In: For Everyone Having a Doona Day which aims to help us "discover that our tucked-in time can be as creative as it is restorative, enriching our days and bringing joy to our lives". Sounds lovely to a snoozer like me.

You can find Meredith Gaston artwork on the website (contact Meredith directly) as well as galleries around Australia. Find more amazing Australian artists in the Australian Artist Spotlight category here on Bondville.

Images: Meredith Gaston