Wednesday, February 29, 2012

What's on your Workdesk? Wednesday 143.....



Oh my heavens!!! I almost forgot about this super fun blog hop that lets you see all of the cool stuff people are working on.....I am working on some new ideas in my Studio today....so here are the things that are on my desk....from a bunch of cutout birds I illustrated yesterday to flowers and bunnies....can you tell where my mind is today.....Spring and all the neat things that come with her....I am having a blast and a half....

you will have to pop back in this week to see what all this stuff turns into!!!!

Happy Wednesday and Happy Creating!!!!

Tuesday, February 28, 2012

Making something out of nothing......and enjoying little things in life.....


Hi Everyone.....

I think it is the little things in life that mean the most....so I thought I would share this story with you today.....

I teach arts and crafts once and a while at our son's School and I always enjoy my time with the class and love the excitement in the children's eyes when they create.....The last time I was at school working on some art with the children they asked me to stay and play soccer with them at recess....as we played we laughed and walked and ran and enjoyed the weather.....we noticed some strange brown grass on the ground....and one of our son's friends picked up a bunch of this stuff and came to me.....

I immediately said that the grass reminds me of a bird's nest and his eyes lit up......and I said....let's get a bag and pick more of this grass and I promised I would take it home and make him a special bird nest.....so I did....and this is what I created.....and I love it and I can hardly wait to go to school today and show him what I made.....I also did a new bird illustration for this nest .....and added some mini eggs inside....

I can't wait to pick up our little munchkin and share this little gift with his friend.....my heart smiles over the little things around us that can make us happy........

Here is the illustration that the nest inspired......




Happy Tuesday Everyone!!! and Happy Creating!!!

Monday, February 27, 2012

Sharing some flowers we made in Cake Class today.....





Hi Everyone.....

We attended cake decorating class today and it was so much fun to create all kinds of fun new flowers.....Today we created.....daffodils, pansies, violets, and lilies....and violet leaves.....The Daffodils are my favorite and would make some pretty sweet Spring inspired cupcakes.......

It was a lot of fun to learn the right way to make some of these fun flowers.....now we practice this week and make our cake next Monday!!!!


Happy Monday and Happy Creating,

Sunday, February 26, 2012

Sunday Sketches and some more Bunny and Egg inspired stuff....




Happy Sunday Everyone.....

I am having a lot of fun coming up with all sorts of projects to welcome Spring and Easter....so in going with my theme of Bunnies I finished my bunny dolls in colour today.......and also spent some fun time working on some special handmade Embellishments......

I am having a blast in the Studio this weekend and it feels so good to be all better!!!!

Happy Sunday and Happy Creating Everyone!!!

Saturday, February 25, 2012

Sweet Saturdays - Week 46 - Come join the fun!

Sweet Saturdays

Hi Everyone!!! and welcome to week # 046 of Sweet Saturdays.....
Sweet Saturdays is all about blogging about something sweet in your lives...it could be art, illustrations, food, a recipe or a sweet photo....or a sweet find in your favorite shop...so create your blog post and pop back and share your link with all of us....

Welcome and we look forward to seeing your posts.....


Please make sure to add Sweet Saturdays to your blog post and post the URL address of that post and NOT your blog home page URL address as there are many late visitors who get confused as to which post is for Sweet Saturdays when they arrive at your website.





My Sweet Saturdays week 46 post......bunnies in my head......



Hi Everyone....I am working away in the Studio on all sorts of Spring and Bunny inspired art these days....so I thought for Sweet Saturdays I would share with you my latest idea for some sweet bunny dolls.....

I think these cuties are sweet enough to share for Sweet Saturdays......I should have these babies in colour for Sunday so I hope you pop back and see them all finished!!!!

Happy Sweet Saturday!!!!


Friday, February 24, 2012

Paint Party Friday......Miniature Watercolours that I turn into pendants.....








Hi Everyone.....

As you know I have been on a Miniature art kick lately and I am having way too much fun with all of my one of a kind wearable jewelry......The cool thing about these pendants is they are double sided with original artwork.....featuring two separate mini paintings that are created on 140 lb watercolour paper from Paris....these 2 new pendants are all about the coming seasons of Spring and Summer.....I am in love with these but they are already listed in my shop.....hope that they are a new popular way to enjoy original art.....

You can find the Spring Pendant featuring a Robin and a beautiful wildflower here.....and my Summer Pendant featuring a cute bird and a beautiful rose here.....

I am sharing these with all of my talented friends over at Paint Party Friday!!! 

Happy Friday and Happy Creating Everyone!!!

Thursday, February 23, 2012

Try this with your little ones....so much fun.....



We do this all the time....I sit down with our son and we draw together.....and I swear everytime we do this he blows me away with how amazing his work is....it always makes my day! I also do this with our sweet niece and she loves to draw....I think one of the greatest gifts we can give children is the chance to feed their creativity. The fun part about this is you don't need to be a professional at it.....you can pick things you love and learn together....I think that is what Quality time is all about.....little moments that making lasting memories....

Try it and I am sure it will be something you do regularly

Happy Thursday and Happy Creating!!!

Wednesday, February 22, 2012

What's on my desk today.....




Hi Everyone....

I just happened to find this blog via one of my Blog Friends....Laurie participated in this cool blog hop....you share what's on your desk every Wednesday....so I linked over and found some fun stuff...and decided to take a few photos of what I have on my desk today in my Studio....so here are some miniature ink and watercolour paintings I am working on today......I am longing for Spring and can't wait to see my first Spring Robin......so these mini paintings were inspired by Spring.....

I will be creating something special with these so be sure to pop back and check on my progress!!!

So you can join in all the fun at "What's on your Desk? Wednesdays here......and also check out what everyone else is working on!!! Super fun!!!!

Well Happy Wednesday and Happy Creating Everyone!!!!

Finally back....a great weekend and then I got ill....now feeling all better......










Hi Everyone....

It is hard to believe that I have been away from my blog for a few days...wow.....I was initially away for the weekend.....up North where you can find snow!!!! We had so much fun doing all kinds of great things in the snow....it was perfect.....and then unfortunately I got really sick when I got back and have not done much of anything but sleep and drink liquids......today I am finally back to my normal self and I just made it back to the Studio....I feel so  much better today and being back is great.....I look forward to seeing what you all created while I was away from blogland....

Happy Wednesday Everyone!!!! and Happy Creating!!!!

Saturday, February 18, 2012

Sweet Saturdays - Week 45 - Come join the fun!

Sweet Saturdays

Hi Everyone!!! and welcome to week # 045 of Sweet Saturdays.....
Sweet Saturdays is all about blogging about something sweet in your lives...it could be art, illustrations, food, a recipe or a sweet photo....or a sweet find in your favorite shop...so create your blog post and pop back and share your link with all of us....

Welcome and we look forward to seeing your posts.....


Please make sure to add Sweet Saturdays to your blog post and post the URL address of that post and NOT your blog home page URL address as there are many late visitors who get confused as to which post is for Sweet Saturdays when they arrive at your website.




 
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