Heart jewelry or trinket box

Heart Jewelry or Trinket box

© 2011

one of a kind, hand painted and designed

available HERE or HERE (do not purchase in both places as there is only one available)

Back from the land of the flu... 

I have always enjoyed designing hearts. Perhaps it is because of the symmetry. They are almost like faces in that way, yes?

If you haven't been following along, many of these trinket boxes were painted during my "paint everything in sight phase" of the winter of 2011. This was when I first acquired a real studio with running water and space.   The rest of the series is view-able HERE. 

And because of my procrastination and having too many creative irons in the fire, it took me this long to post them. Better late than never, right?

This one was the second in the series after the treble clef box. I think Valentines Day was in the Que in terms of "next holiday"... 

Here is a view of the top of the box:

I have a few more boxes to list, then it is back to telling you about my latest birthday cards!

links:

MY WEBSITE

MY ETSY ON-LINE STORE

MY ARTFIRE ON-LINE STORE

recovering from the flu

It's been at least a week of mostly naps peppered with magazine reading, t.v. watching, book reading and laptop social networking/forum reading and posting. These are activities I don't indulge in very often, but they work wonders for getting your mind off of how crappy you feel.

Last night while watching a movie on TV, I took a turn for the better and hope to be posting again in the next few days.

Meet Pam of Epicetera!

Arrow Head Necklace

by Pam of Epicetera

available in her Etsy shop HERE

I just love that one! The incorporation of an arrowhead into a piece of jewelry. Here is another stunning necklace made by Pam (looks like a modern painting, doesn't it?):

Citrine Nugget Necklace

by Pam of Epicetera

available in her Etsy shop HERE

Pam is located in the southwest. She gets inspired by searching for gemstones in remote places. 

Disney Productions bought some of her items to use in their movie production of "Tiger Town." Pretty impressive, eh?

She loves making one of a kind pieces and designs which show a lot of artistry. 

Her Etsy shop is HERE. She also has a great blog where she talks about "everything you always wanted to know about gemstones" (amongst other topics): look for that HERE.

She also has a website! You can go HERE to see that!

Here are some more pieces by the talented Pam:

treble clef trinket box

Treble Clef trinket box
hand painted by moi
© 2010 (available for the first time)
available through my Artfire on-line store through THIS LINK
or through my Etsy on-line store through THIS LINK

Here is a view of the bottom of the box:

Another view looking inside:

My other trinket boxes can be viewed HERE. I thought I had painted all of the trinket boxes in the winter of 2011, but this one must have been painted during the holidays (I was painting a group of these for family and someone from the family likes treble clefs, so this must have been an experiment before I painted a custom one). 

This one may be my favorite. I certainly put the most work into it!

I probably won't be painting any more of these trinket boxes for a good long while as I have so many other projects I'd like to pursue, so they are probably an anomaly for me, a one-time event in my art career.

other links:

MY WEBSITE

MY ETSY ON-LINE STORE

MY ARTFIRE ON-LINE STORE

dove trinket boxes

dove box

(trinket or jewelry box, one of a kind)

© 2011 (but listing for the first time)
hand painted

available in my Artfire shop through THIS LINK or through my Etsy shop through THIS LINK

dove box version 2

(trinket or jewelry box, one of a kind)

© 2011 (but listing for the first time)
hand painted

available in my Etsy shop through THIS LINK

As you can see, I decided to list boxes that were similar all on one blog page. Makes it much easier! The dove in the first listing is bigger (and probably more spirited too). 

These were done during my "paint everything in sight phase" during the winter of 2011. I'm listing them for the first time on-line (it has taken me so long because I prefer to make things than list them -- a character flaw of mine which I am trying to remedy!). 

If you want to see more of my trinket boxes, go HERE.

other links:

MY WEBSITE

MY ETSY ON-LINE SHOP

MY ARTFIRE ON-LINE SHOP  

Peace, Christmas style trinket box

painted peace box in light yellow

© 2011 (but first time revealed on-line)

hand painted trinket or jewelry box, one of a kind

4.75" long x 2.75" in width and 1.5" in depth (i.e. 12.065 cm long, 6.985 cm in width and 3.81 cm deep)

There is only one, but I am listing it in two shops simultaneously and hope that no one buys them at the same day, hour and minute. It can be purchased through my Artfire on-line shop through THIS LINK  or through my Etsy on-line shop through THIS LINK.

This one is not part of a series, at least not now (and doubt it will ever be as I want to devote my time to more ambitious projects). It was part of my "paint everything in sight phase" during the winter of 2011. I painted it just after painting 4 for Christmas presents for family members (Christmas 2010, that is -- we are going back!). Each present/box had my family member's name on it. Afterwards  I thought I'd try one for the general public.  For all intents and purposes, I guess it is a Christmas box.

As for my other art that I am known for -- I realized that taking pictures of all of these boxes and trying to list one a day is very, very, very time consuming. Wow! I miss doing my art and am getting ever so slightly depressed from not doing it. It seems like just at the point I get done with pictures and listing, I have to pack up cards for one of the shops I'm in or I have to go grocery shopping or something gets in the way. I'm not used to this! Argh!

But I also realize the necessity of clearing out my studio too as the boxes have nowhere to live at the moment. They are all sitting on top of my sewing box and every time I need to get into it, I have to take stacks and stacks of boxes off of it. Well, not just the boxes, but other painted objects on top of the boxes as well (you'll see eventually what I'm talking about). And I need to sew, so they are becoming a nuisance. Hopefully a beautiful and worthy nuisance to someone else!   

  

other links:

MY WEBSITE

MY ETSY ON-LINE SHOP

MY ARTFIRE ON-LINE SHOP

painted butterfly box in light grey

painted butterfly box in light grey

© 2011 (but first time revealed)

hand painted trinket or jewelry box, one of a kind (4th in the series of 4)

4.75" long x 2.75" in width and 1.5" in depth (i.e. 12.065 cm long, 6.985 cm in width and 3.81 cm deep)

There is only one, but I am listing it in two shops and hope that no one buys them at the same day, hour and minute. It can be purchased through my Artfire on-line shop through THIS LINK  or through my Etsy on-line shop through THIS LINK.

This is the final butterfly box in the series with this particular template. I like it the most out of the series (I just feel it is more refined than the others).

You can CLICK HERE to see the rest of the series of butterfly boxes.

other links:

MY WEBSITE

MY ETSY ON-LINE SHOP

MY ARTFIRE ON-LINE SHOP