Come and see my Lollishop!

Yay! I've got a new place to sell my art, and I hope everyone checks it out! It's a wonderful new store called, "Lollishops"and there are many talented artists there. It is still in beta right now, but it is ready for business. Below are my newest pieces especially for the shop. First is the mixed media painting I did called "Lollipop Shop". It was done for the gingerbread house challenge, and I really had fun making it! It combines acrylic paint, colored pencil and paper

ephemera. Since this is done on a flat canvas board, I gave it a paper frame trim and a length of yellow lace to hang it with. It's done in candy shades of pink, yellow and green.I also embellished with white flocking for snow and clear glass glitter for sparkle.
Next it a mixed media painting called, "Do you hear what I hear?" with a lovely fairy and her dove. It's done in pink and cream with vintage silver stars on her crown and mica flakes for sparkle. And she has a vintage millinery flower at her waist.

Last, but not least, is my "Dove fairy" which was the inspiration for the painting above. She has a paper mache hand painted head, and a soft stuffed body. Her arms and legs are vintage chenille stems and her skirt is made of pink and cream crepe paper. The crown and her wings are paper, and she has a vintage millinery flower at her waist.
She also carries a cage with her dove inside. Isn't she lovely? Please go check her out in the new store! Bye for now!

New Banner! Again!

Okay, I know, another new banner. But I really hope this will be it, for awhile! My art has been evolving a bit over the last year, with a lot of experimentation. But I'm starting to settle on a style I feel comfortable with (I hope). I guess I've always had a hard time fitting into a "catagory", since I like so many things. But it makes it hard to market myself. Now, I'm about to open a shop at "Lollishops" and I decided to get more into paintings. So, I did something that relates to my dolls. Here is a sneek peek of the painting:And a sneek peek of the doll:
Will let you know as soon as my shop is open, I have another painting that I'm doing finishing touches to, so want to finish that first. Bye for now!

Puff the Magic Dragon by Sabrina's class

This is a video Sabrina's class did showing their art:
Sabrina's drawing is at about the 2:06 mark.

All I Want for Christmas is My Two Front Teeth!

Well, she managed to loose the other front tooth! Now she can sing that song as much as she wants! She's so happy!

Finally took some pics of my fall decorating downstairs, lots of pinecones and leaves. I love the light on a fall afternoon. So golden.

I mixed together some non-fall items, that have the right look. Tarnished and old always looks good for autumn. Hope you like it. Bye for now!

1st Snow of the Season

Well, this is what I woke up to yesterday, and it's already gone! At first I wasn't thrilled to see snow, but when I saw how magical the garden looked I just had to get out and take some pics!
I felt bad for my little fairies and gnomes, but they seemed to take it in stride!

Everything looks better with the contrast of white snow, like a frosted cake.And this little gnome (below), he just slept right through it! Maybe I can do that too, from about February 15th till spring! Bye for now!

All Star Squirrel Wrestling

"What was that noise?!" asked Tigger the tiger cat. "Did you see that? That squirrel came right up to the window! "

"Hey, there they are now! Look at them go at it! Just wish I could get my paws on those little...."
Alas, Tigger was forced to watch from afar. But, hey, it's better than t.v.! Bye for now!

A Day in the Life of an Elf

Finally I have time to show you my pics from the Macy's 8th floor audatorium Christmas display! This year they chose to come up with an original story about "the day in the life of an elf". It starts with they elves having breakfast, below, while a snowman sits outside. Next is a forest of singing Christmas trees! It's hard to see in this picture, but the trees have faces.

Nearby, are some forest animals decorating trees. I love the penguin sitting on the polar bear's head!

Next we spot a hot air balloon just landing, filled with letters for Santa from the girls and boys. There is an elf hanging on to the bottom of the baloon!
Now we have entered Santa's mailroom. In the background you can see the reindeer learning to fly with the help of balloons!Next we enter the workshop, where the elves are busy baking, and candy making, and.............................................................................................................................................................
contructing lots of wonderful toys!! See the candy cane machine to the left!
Look at all the toys waiting for good little boys and girls! Here is Daddy with one little girl who is trying to be good!

From me and Sabrina, Happy Holidays! Bye for now!

Autumn Leaves

I just love a blustery, rainy, autumn day. For some reason the rain makes the leaves even more vibrant than they already are! And the wind was really blowing, so the tree in our back yard was

really dropping the leaves! I was like a golden ballenina in the wind!

I also did some decorating for fall inside, using mostly natural elements, and any turkey collectibles that I have.

Above is the top of the china cabinet and the pic below is the inside.

Those collages in the pic below are one of the only times that I have left frames gold. They look great for fall.

Every year we collect more leaves to press, so I have lots to use for decorating.

Below is a little display I did on top of the dresser in the living room. I love, love, love tarnished silver! Hope you like my efforts, soon I will have pix from the Christmas display at Macy's, so stay tuned! bye for now!

Deck the Halls!

As promised, this is my first creation for the Christmas season. I wanted to get this done in time for the Christmas Carol Challenge at the Prim and Whimsy Girls Ebay group. I titled this "Deck the Halls" as per the sheet music I used in the background. This kitty is all dressed and has her wreath ready for "decking"! I used lots of glitter and velvet leaves and ribbon. The main colors are blue and cream. I used a vintage gold and cream frame.

At the top is a vintage pearl earring.
Before I let Halloween go completely, here are two cameo plaques I found at the thrift store. They had gold frames that I painted black and I added black lace for necklaces, that I can change out for Christmas. Love these! Bye for now!

Trick or Treat!

Sabrina dressed as Hermione Granger from "Harry Potter" Her grandma Susan got her the scarf, wand and hat. It was beautiful weather here, so they (Sabrina and Daddy) went all the way around the block. Hope everyone else had a great Halloween! Stay tuned as I will have a Christmas creation to show you! Bye for now! :)