A new love of mine is keeping a sketchbook. I have multiple ones going at once but I do have my favorites. Recently I adore the hardbound-type books. I usually use them to jot down quick compositions, color schemes, concept collages and other doodles. Sometimes I write little notes all over them til the picture …
Monthly Archives: September 2007
Her Braids print, Etsy Storque!!
A new print of a drawing “Her Braids” is available in my shop This strange little colored sketch came about when I was going through my vintage lace collection and found this: The wreaths of plaited hair were originally supposed to be lace doilies but somehow became hair after the sketch was complete. I don’t …
weekend life
It was a beautiful weekend. Went to a few sales and found the best things for fall. After an absolute vintage dry spell this summer I have been having such luck finding things. Vintage cardigans, little dresses, books and ephemera, a floral prarie dress, pins and cameos, english rose earrings with golden filagree and a …
Adorn thyself
Today I went thrifting and came home with the best bag of goodies (and I spent five dollars and eighty four cents, to be exact!). My main find was a dollish dress in the palest shade of yellow with a sheer dotted swiss overlay. The sleeves poof out under layers of polyester lace adorned with …
New print and a print set
One Misty Evening is available in my shop There is a print set available of these two forlorn sisters, One Misty Evening and One Misty Morning also in the shop
painting
I am finally painting again. Aquired a bit of the sniffles this weekend, but I managed to start a new painting that is the sister of her. A set will be available soon.
I know the way from my house to yours…
Sometimes I just like to doodle in my sketchbook. This is one of those doodles from today. It reminds me of my childhood, trying to devise a plan to get to my friends house (which was totally unwalkable and miles away). We mapped out a way to bypass the highways through the woods. The imagination …
birds nest of hair and blue jay feathers
The other day… blue jay feathers and hair that wanted to be tangled on bark.
cozy
Etsy has become my new favorite place to shop. Here are some things I recently purchased from sellers I love. Thanks to the Miss Marmeecraft’s blog and especially her featured Friday Etsyness I found the wonderful knit shop of Coccole di Lana. My new fall accessory: I just had to buy this snuggly neck cowl …
Pressing flowers and time
I am thrilled…I hit sixty today on Etsy! I want to thank all of you for supporting my art and stopping by my shop! A recent schedule change has left me exhausted but I plan to have some new art up very soon. Septemeber (as lovely as it is!) is such an adjustment month for …