La Shoppe Update!

Fresh, new iPod cozies now in the shop! I had a lot of fun making these, and I will probably make some more in different iPod sizes if people seem to like them. 

Hope you all have an enjoyable autumn day!! My air conditioner is broken again...looks like I may be spending some extra time outside to cool off. Hopefully it will get fixed today, though. 

doodle all the day...

Just found this doodle I did a long time ago on music staff paper. I used to draw on music paper all the time..I should do that again. It's fun to use the lines for shading and breaking up images.

Dancing Elephant Studio

9 Temples 

Dancing Elephant Studio - Jenny Sue Kostecki Shaw Patrick Shaw

- Dancing Elephant Studio is a really fun website I found today with art by Jenny Sue Kostecki Shaw. She is an amazing illustrator who uses a lot of bright, exciting colors and found papers and collage. She has written a chidrens book called "My Travelin' Eye" which looks so precious! 

I will be visiting this website often! So inspiring! It definitely makes me want to go crazy and use more collage materials on my art. 

Apple Jacket!

This cute Apple Jacket by Jacqueline Knits is a perfect Fall gift for a teacher or a health-nut friend. It protects the apple from bruises in your lunchbox or bag! This is such a unique idea...it might just make you start taking apples with you everywhere. Check out her Etsy Shop for other cute knits. 

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Other News: 

This weekend I have been trying to get some more products in my shop. I found some really neat vintage woven houndstooth at an antique store that I am using on some of my new goods! Stay tuned for pictures. 

Today I made my first sale! I sold two of my cutest (in my opinion) pouches. I can't believe my little owls will be going to another home. I was starting to get a little bit discouraged about my shop, and today I was even thinking to myself that I need to stay positive about it. And then I found that I had made that sale! Sweet stuff. So now I am even more pumped about making some new things for the shop. 

...fall=apple love...

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1. Caramel Apple Lip Gloss by Haunt

2. Apple Earrings by Tea and Laundry

3. Granny Smith Apple Clutch by Purple Flower Designs 

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Today was a beautiful day! It is starting to feel like fall - cooling off some. My neighbors were on their porch swings leisurely rocking in the refreshing breeze. Every fall I am enticed by apple goodies - apple pie, apple cake, apple cider, apple dumplings. So I thought I would celebrate by sharing some apple themed handmade items. I cannot wait to try the caramel apple lip gloss by Haunt! It looks delicious and soothing. 

I will continue my hunt for more apple goodness in the next post! 

New Stuff!

1. Eight Steps to Making Your Dreams Come True

2. I Only Wish for Happiness 

3. Receive the Light 

Original acrylic paintings on wood.

La Shoppee

needle art diagram 1.3

Kind of a symbolic piece - one of my diagrams depicting aspects of a believer's spiritual walk. It is in a natural wood shadow box with a glass cover. The colors in this picture aren't as bright as they are in real life, sadly. I think this is the first time that I was really free and abstract with the way I put the fabrics together while still paying attention to balance and color. My favorite part of this is the yellow velvet rick rack at the top! 

I saw "Burn After Reading" yesterday - it was pretty disappointing and hard to sit through. Most of the comedy came off too dark to be funny to me, but I give them kudos for trying to make a modern Alfred Hitchcock style movie - some parts reminded  me of "The Trouble with Harry" or "Rope". All in all I give it a 1 1/2 out of five. If you were thinking about going to see Burn After Reading I would suggest renting either of those instead. Also try "Rear Window" - one of my all time favorites. 

I also saw the classic french children's film Red Balloon last night on TCM at around 2am. It was awesome! Only thirty minutes long but I nearly cried at the end - so powerful. 

I need a red balloon to be my best friend. 

fresh work

This is where I will post my new projects and other happenings! 

This is my newest acrylic on wood painting. I like putting together unique color combinations, however I haven't really experimented with a lot of super bright and neon colors which are used a lot in sixties pop art. I am really happy with the way it turned out and I think it looks pretty on my yellow easel. 

My best description = french provincial pop art. : ) 

I will probably sell it on my Etsy shop once I think of a good title.

I've tried a lot of different blogging websites and I really think blogger is the way to go - it's a lot more accessible to people who don't have blogs themselves and you don't have to be a "member" of the blogging site to post a comment. 

I'm happy to be back on blogger!!