Autumn Tree of Life

Autumn Tree of Life

© 2012

available HERE as a greeting card

may also be available in my Etsy shop

In celebration of Samhain, Lughnasadh, harvest, autumn equinox, fall, Halloween, Celtic knots and trees (as well as tree huggers!).

The design is my own (including the knotted border, tree and cloudy sky).    

I just finished this piece just yesterday. It was a miracle to get anything like this done since this year has been the most crisis ridden year of my life with barely enough time to catch my breath between unexpected (and emotionally catastrophic) events.

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Meet Bette Be Good Vintage and Another Time Vintage Apparel!

Vintage 1980s Black Beaded Belt with Multi Colored Flowers XS 26 waist

available HERE

I always loved cummerbund belts from the 1980s. I still have many of them from that era in my closet that I still wear (gave up the big hair that went with these, though!).

Bette has several shops. She primarily focuses on vintage apparel from the Victorian era through the 1960s (but tries to narrow her focus even more to the 1940s - 1950s). This belt is an exception.

Bette's website is Another Time Vintage Apparel and the Etsy shop that featured this belt is Bette Be Good Vintage. Bette also has another Etsy shop called Bette's Bargains.

(Tina of Blue Tine Jewellery also has a blog post about Bette this week HERE). 

birthday gift tags in the round

Happy Birthday in the Round, gift tags

© 2012

available through my Artfire shop HERE

These were made around last Spring, but I am just listing them now.

The greeting card has already been blogged about and is view-able HERE. Even though I put the design on a card, it was really meant for a tag. These have been very popular this summer in the galleries and shops I have them in.

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Windswept Doves Trinket Box

Windswept Dove Trinket Box
hand painted box for jewelry, trinkets or keepsakes

© 2012

available in my Artfire on-line shop HERE

may also be available in the folk art section in my Etsy shop HERE

(part of the "Windswept Doves series" - the rest of the series is view-able HERE)

I painted this box in the winter of 2012. The top is painted with artist grade archival acrylic paints and the part that is alazarin crimson (i.e. the rest of it) is painted with folk art paints. 

Since I had so many wall paintings in this style and subject matter, I wanted to try a painting on a box too. 

Here is a view of the top:

   

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hand painted butterfly box

Butterfly Box

(for jewelry, trinkets, keepsakes, etc)

© 2012

available HERE from my Artfire on-line store 

or it may be available HERE from Etsy shop

This is one of a series of hand painted butterfly boxes. The whole series of butterfly boxes can be found HERE (or to look at all of the painted boxes in all subject matter, go HERE).

This is the only butterfly box I painted in 2012.

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Meet Lyn of 3 Cedars Jewelry!

Jasper Pendant with Copper Spirals

by 3 Cedars Jewelry

available HERE

Lyn has been making jewelry for 20 years. Today I am focusing on her wire wrapped jewelry, but she has many other kinds of styles available in her Etsy shop HERE.

Lyn has a daytime job as an Optician. 

Here is another piece by Lyn:

 Tigers Eye Pendant with Copper Spirals

by 3 Cedars Jewelry

available HERE

Here is another piece:

Agate Pendant with Drusy and Silver Filled Spirals

by 3 Cedars Jewelry

available HERE

Lyn also makes earrings in this style:

Ametrine Rough Cut Earrings

by 3 Cedars Jewelry

available HERE

Bunny and Moon ACEOs

"Bunny and Moon" original painting ACEO (2.5" x 3.5")

© 2012

available in my Etsy shop in the ACEO section

or in my Artfire shop in the ACEO section

here is another aceo:

"Bunny and Moon II" original painting ACEO (2.5" x 3.5")

© 2012

available in my Etsy shop in the ACEO section

As stated, these are both original paintings and will probably be the only ACEOs made in this subject matter. They are incredibly fussy and require tiny "liner" brushes. We'll see...

ACEOs have to conform to the 2.5" x 3.5" size format. For more on ACEOs, see this wikipedia article HERE.  

These are part of a series of "bunny and moon" art pieces. The whole series can be found HERE.

They are painted with acrylic paints (gesso first, then the acrylic paints, then polyurethane). These particular ones were painted on bristol board.

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