a spring locket and a dreamy swamp morning

First thing, here is the promised vintage locket, now in my shop. Please see a previous post (or the link to the listing, above) for a peek at the inside! And, a most perfect early spring swamp morning. It has been raining all day so I really appreciate the purple-hazed sunbeams from the other morning. …

wrapped up in books and paints and treasures…

???PAINTS??? I have been slowly but surely painting away. Here’s some work in progress from a painting from weeks ago. Getting all the details down…work in progress still. I added some golden harp-inspired embroidery on her hat. And remember the feathers that my father found from this post? Initially, I thought that they were from …

november

A golden November day, the sun poured through my windows like honey. Found the prettiest vintage butterfly locket broach on ebay to house a mini print of one of my prints, but I don’t know if I can part with it… With old Japanese faux pearls and a velvet ribbon around my finger to remind …

seafaring vintage cameo locket

Took an early morning walk with my creation from last night. This oversized vintage cameo is from my personal collection but it fit mini prints of my new painting Seafaring Heart so well I decided to part with it. It’s in my store until it’s swept away and it really is the sweetest thing! And …