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Seasonal Kaleidoscopes or Why I Like Winter

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Each Winter I seem to migrate no hibernate into my dreams, put paint brush to hand and begin painting floral and embellished little artworks. Stroke after stroke I load the paintbrush and simply paint. I think it dawned on me that much of my recent angst was due to not letting my mind flow freely [...]

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I finished painting those Christmas balls!

I finally finished painting those balls I began earlier. Five are going as Christmas gifts to friends and family. I am keeping one for myself and I’m also doing a trade with the uber talented Shayla Maddox for one of her hand painted balls.

And I’m aware that the sound is not the greatest in this [...]

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Hand painting Christmas balls or is it really about sex?

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Each year, well almost every year I sit down and paint Christmas balls for gift giving as I finally did finish setting up that area in the living room to paint at earlier this week. I needed an area that could remain creatively messy. Thus far I’ve painted four Christmas balls and sadly have run [...]

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Handpainted boxes and getting messy

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Something happened over the last month and my handpainted boxes began selling on Etsy. This makes me smile as I love painting little boxes to hold your precious items in.

I’m setting up a painting station in the living room directly between the sunroom to the right and studio on the left just beside the [...]

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Two new sets of miniature greeting cards

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I am happy to introduce two new sets of miniature greeting cards featuring the magnolia blossom and the pussy willow blossom. The introduction of these two blossom themed sets brings the total number in the series available to collect and use to ten!

Use them for gift tags, scrapbooking, dollhouse miniatures or anything else your heart [...]

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And it’s an Art Box – a Homeless One at That

Update – This box has since sold! Thank you! Other one of a kind boxes are available in this section of my shop.

I painted this box to go with a series of three paintings, I finished in late 2008, entitled The Nameless Ones.
This Nameless One’s box has to be my most viewed and most [...]

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4 NEW SETS of miniature greeting cards added to the line including one limited edition set

Beautiful Florals #3

Mushrooms (Pastel Edition)

Mushrooms (Earth Edition)

Limited Edition Dark Hearts

The above Dark Hearts set is limited to an edition of three sets ONLY due to an odd printing error I experienced! I kept a set of four for myself and the other three sets of eight are available in the shop. MAN they are sweet!
Each [...]

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Miniature Valentine Greeting Cards

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Two New Sets to Introduce to the Mini Greeting Card Line

Beautiful Florals… no.1

Beautiful Florals… no.2

Photographing these itsy bitsy greeting cards was no easy task. If I breathed to hard, looked at them the wrong way or simply touched them they fell over like dominoes.
Each Greeting card set includes:
•8 cards (2 of each flower card)
•8 white envelopes
•8 seals (colours may vary)
Greeting card size – 1 3/8″ [...]

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New Art & Craft Supplies and Introducing itsy-bitsy Greeting Card Sets

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Modish is hosting a HUGE Givaway!

I am entering the November Modish Draw – part one by using the Broadcast Method (described below) and you can to if you are a blogger.
The total prize is worth $778 USD!
You could win a gorgeous assortment of handmade goods from artisans and crafters worldwide. And if you don’t win simply visit their respective shops [...]

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Three Psycho Snowmen or How to Identify Which Drug Your Snowman is Taking

The Opiate Addict

He has very tiny pupils. His snow is dirty yet he appears to be happy. He chooses to dress in overly bright decorative scarves that have been out of style for 15 years.
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The Amphetamines Addict

Notice how happy, bright and shiny this snowman is! Look closely at his dilated pupils and dryed out mouth. [...]

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