Snowman Love

Time is flying, it seems! December 1st is here and I’m feeling the magic of Christmas over here in Tennessee! I hope it’s the same for all of you. In the past, I know I’ve had some years that were very difficult for some reason or another…and that happens to all of us. But for each of you, I’m hoping this year finds you in a wonderful and happy place!

With thoughts of colder weather and the holidays, not to mention finally having the time to paint, I finished a new painting last night that I’m smitten with, to say the least! This is “In the Meadow”:

I have the original listed here on ebay auction: In the Meadow  Edited: this item has sold, I’ve unlinked it as it no longer shows up on ebay. Thank You!

And, the prints are listed here in my etsy shop: In the Meadow

This little rustic snow couple just worked their way out of my paintbrush, like magic…which is totally fitting for the magic of the holidays

Holiday Giveaway!!

 

Hey Y’all!

Because it’s the season of giving, and to celebrate a milestone of my Cozy Loft fan page already hitting 200 fans, I’m doing a giveaway!

The winner will receive a $10 gift certificate to my etsy shop AND their choice of a personalized Christmas ornament or mini holiday sign. All you have to do to get entered is leave a comment on this post…it can be something you’d like to see me paint or create…just to say hi…or something equally as wonderful

GOOD LUCK!!!!!

Southern Belle Giveaway!!!

Hey Y’all! Something spectacular is happening over at the Southern Belle magazine site…a wonderful Christmas giveaway! I was lucky enough to have one of my items – the Southern Belle Christmas cards – included in this most beautiful giveaway. Along with that, one of the prizes is a Spiral Christmas wreath and another is a locket and charm! All you have to do is visit their blog here and leave a comment. It costs you nothing at all. Be sure to check out the Southern Belle magazine Facebook fan page, too, because you’ll be alerted to first of all GORGEOUS things but also to other terrific giveaways. It’s a little treasure inside the world of Facebook that you’re gonna love. Just in case you want to check the Southern Belle Facebook page, you can click here. Did I mention how honored I am to be included in the magazine!?!?!?! I’m beyond thrilled!

Here’s a pic of the cards that the winner will get:

 

I should remind you too that I do giveaways on my Facebook fan page – one per month. EXCEPT this month and next month, you’ll see a few of those because it’s the season of giving and I oh-so-love to give!!! Good luck!

Southern Belle Adoration…and More

So many things going on right now and I can’t seem to focus. I always follow my passion…or I try to do that. I don’t do things because they are trending. Maybe if I did, I’d be more successful lol! I seem to walk my own unbeaten country path and that’s okay by me

I created several new things since I wrote last. A couple of owl pendants were something I was super excited about. I found the “dog tag” style pendants and am head over heels for them. After I made myself one, then I turned the task to making a couple to sell, to test the proverbial selling waters so to speak, as I couldn’t find anything like them available.

Here’s one of them:

You can see more photos of it and where I have it for sale by clicking here.   Edited: This item has sold, thank you! 

Also, I think y’all know I’m a country girl from Tennessee so I’m a lifelong Southern Belle of course! That heritage brought this painting out of me:

I’m so in love with my little Southern Belle painting. She delights me to no end. I offered her up for Christmas cards at this time. I’m not sure if I can actually part with the painting yet. We’ll see but for now, she’s listed here in a set of holiday greetings. Edited: this item has sold, but upon request for note cards, thank you cards, etc, I’ll be happy to create them for you.

And, then, another new one I just finished tonight which stemmed from my Mama’s love of red and white…and strawberries:

It’s listed on ebay in an auction and you can see it by clicking here. Edited: This item has sold and I’ve unlinked it as it no longer shows. Thank you!

I’ve completed several more things but these were ones I definitely wanted to show y’all. I’m getting a little better about figuring this limited internet usage thing out, so hopefully I’ll be able to get back to regular posting. Like anything else, there’s a learning curve. I can never seem to find the straight roads lol!

Handmade Halloween Contest

Recently, in a plight of momentarily insanity, I decided to enter a Handmade Halloween Contest. No big deal right? Well, maybe not but one of the rules was the entry must be made of 75% candy!!!

The only way I could come up with an idea was to go to the store and stare at the candy, walking up and down the aisle. Armed with gummy eyeballs, candy corn, laffy taffy rolls, and peanut butter log candies, I knew exactly what I could do. An owl!!

It took hours to finish it including discovering things that didn’t work lol! In the end, this was the final creation:

I’m so incredibly excited and humbled to have won first place for “Most Creative/Inventive”, the other entries were awesome, too!!!

Here’s another view of “Spaulding the Candy Owl”:

What a fun contest – I’m so honored to have been a part of it…and to have been forced to think outside the box!

I’m working on something new that I’ve been interested in for quite some time…dictionary art. The kind of original artwork that is created on an original dictionary page. This one was a test run, just to see how the page handled the ink, what kind of style I wanted to use, etc. Here’s a sample:

This original artwork is available on etsy in my shop. You can see it by clicking here - there’s only one!

I like the idea of using graffiti type letters, especially the bubble style because those seem to be more legible. There will be more…I have a dictionary I used in High School in the 80s which gives me plenty of material to use and not only that but it’s special to me because it’s my dictionary that I’ve held on to all these years.  xoxo