THURSDAY ART ADDITIONS....

Well I have a few pieces for you today-I didn't do alot this week artistically-sometimes you gotta work on business things too-bummer. But seriously I have been working on getting my Etsy shop going-all the little things like policies, finding out shipping, designing the header, etc, etc sooooo....here's a couple of things I DID do!

Finally finished my pine cone stag! This Snow & Graham print is pretty and looks great around the holidays! I actually started it around the holidays and then went on vacation-oops! lol-Anyways he needs a nice shiny coat of gloss and an Area Fare necklace tag and then he'll be ready! He's going to be up for auction at the Evening of Elegance dinner in April to benefit All Saints Catholic School.

I've found that it's quite difficult to get a good photo of this guy and that art in general looks much better in person!

closer details

glittered nose and eyes...

glitter crusted antler tips too!

This next piece I "found" while cleaning and looking around the house for my Tuesday post. It is an original painting I did a couple of years ago when we were in York, Nebraska-guess I missed the trees! lol-- (it's nothing but corn out there for hundreds and  hundreds of miles! I then did some digital editing to tweek the appearance and colors.

Nebraska Tree

and last but not least I'm including a piece of art that I finished this week-though it's unrelated to my sort-of-theme of branchy, gray, still wintery-ness and I showed you on Tuesday from the Around The House post--it still bears inclusion in this weeks Art Additions. I've also included some detail shots and a look at it before it was complete-again photographs (especially from my crappy camera-hint hint :) just don't capture art in it's true form.....


early on...

getting closer...

pre-finish details...

finished details...

All done...bye bye!




 SEE YOU TOMORROW FOR THE HUMBLE ABODE UPDATE AND SOME PRETTY INSPIRING ROOMS!






MONDAY INSPIRATIONS WHITE AND BRANCHES....

Well I know we are all eager for spring and have been inundated by pink and green things all over the web and in the stores proclaiming "Spring is here!" Sadly here in Northern Michigan people can still go ice fishing and you know what that means-spring is nowhere in sight!

 What is in sight are lots of branches and newly fallen snow. Since I missed 6 weeks of the winter brutality I'm not totally sick of it yet! We had a nice little thaw and temps reached into the 40's-I mean that's t-shirt weather compared to a normal February day! That led me to think about spring in it's earliest form, a transitional period of cold whiteness turning muddy and branchy, gray skies with some occasional blue. Spring is about to appear but winter is not over yet. So, this week I'm exploring themes of the white and branchy (that's not really a word but I like it!)-transitional period before spring actually appears.....hope you like!

1. Sofa-In Duplo series from Danish manufacturer Erik Jorgensen

2. snowy branches

3. gift wrap from Kate's Paperier

4. a collection of little white ceramic animals

5. vases from IKEA

6. Hampton lattice rug-Calypso Home

7. branch pillows-Maries Cosy Cushions-Etsy

8. fur throw-$350.00 Calypso Home

9. White room with branches in a vase-via Decor 8

10. white pouf-Calypso Home

11. owl flask-whimsy and dink-Etsy

12. decorative wall panel from B & N

13. snowy flower

14. Home Away Dual Time alarm clock for travellers-by Vancouver designer Kitmen Keung

15. branch chandelier in white-Arteriors

16. fog and spade fabric-Serena and Lily

17. interior garden stool

18. dishes-Happy STHLM via decor 8

SEE YOU TOMORROW FOR SOME AROUND THE HOUSE THINGS