Creative Late Nights and a Whole LOT of Caffeine!

Ok, I promise myself that starting today I will disconnect my IV drip of iced coffee and start getting more than 3 hours of sleep a night.... I promise.

But it has been so much fun. I have worked the last week like a mad woman.

I have immersed myslef in screenprinting, sewing and painting and have loved every exhausting minute of it.

Here are a few snapshots of projects that have graced the countertops of my studio, my kitchen, my living room....well, pretty much everywhere.

 I was also very excited to receive my promotional postcards in the mail from vistaprint and have already sent many of them out (be looking for them they have a discount sticker for my etsy shop!)

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 I made clothes and accessories for homecoming week, screenprinted shirts, onesies, pillows, sketchbooks and canvases.

I sewed and painted and worked with leather and lace (ooh la,la) 

The only thing is..... all that caffiene and non-sleeping did kinda lead to a teeny-tiny mistake or two.

Do you notice anything different in these two pictures?

Yeah, I didn't notice till Jeremy pointed it out but I did at least go back and fix it before I posted the apron for sale on etsy so people wouldn't think it said something like

"So many Artsy & Crafy (or accidentally think it said crappy) things to Make so little Time" 

pretty funny, it was 1am when Jeremy came in from his football game and pointed out my mistake and I was so hyped up on iced coffee and delerious I couldn't stop laughing.

Love & Creative wishes to all!

P.S. Don't forget to stop by http://www.artfultrinkets.etsy.com/ to see all the new stuff I have listed.

Encaustic Painting

I spent my Saturday playing with hot wax!

I went to an "Encaustic Painting" workshop taught by an artist named DeannaWood. There were only 3 students in the class so we got a lot of individual attention and time to experiment with all of the really cool techniques and tools used in this unique painting medium. The idea is to be able to achieve layers upon layers of translucent colors and imagery. This is done by using hot melted beeswax as paint and tinting it with oil colours. You can achieve so many cool looking effects and it is really fun to do.

Uh oh, I'm afraid I have a shopping list for new art supplies now. :)


This was our teacher, Deanna packaging one of her artworks for shipment. You can see some of her other paintings on the wall in the background. Also notice the hotplates with containers of colored beeswax on the table.

This is one of the small pieces I made during the workshop. I incorporated a fashion illustration and some lettering and the number 5. It is titled "After Five" - for the fun, sassy outfits we ladies love to wear on those fun evenings out on the town.

This one is an experiment with carving into the wax. I got the idea from one of the other ladies who was there. It's symbolic of handwriting but without any real recognizable text. (in person the etched areas are the same yellow as the top part of the piece giving it nice contrast and unity.

Jeremy is holding up the last one. It was just an experiment with non-objective abstractions, using a lot of texture.

It was a fun class!

Maybe I'll make some more this summer.

Summer.

Aaaaaaaah....... what a beautiful thought.