For a Friend

This is my Panic Fairy, I drew her while trying to ward off a panic attack and it worked!!!
So..... She is the Fairy of Bliss!!
I wish the twinkling and sparkle showed up in the scan as I used the twinkling water colors and when you turn the picture she glows!
Her eyes look magical! I will be making prints to offer ! If your interested please email me :) The original is 5"x5". I can have them made larger or the same size as the original. I am so proud of myself and have been trying to make some kind of art each day :) It is really therapeutic to create something even small every day! I am really tempted to open a shop on Etsy!
My recipe for warding off panic or anxiety is to light some sage with lavender in it,fan it around the room. Light a candle that is relaxing like Lavender, put in a cd that is for relaxation, get into some small project that makes you happy. If you feel more stressed then perhaps a nap would do. Creating some kind of art keeps your mind off of everything except the joy of creating. I hope you find some way of finding your bliss!
xoxo Dawn Marie

Dixie Mae In Living Color!!!

A wee Birdie I spotted on the day I went to work with DH.
Road-Trip!

Time flew , where was I you wonder??

My dear Hubby found this web sight while trying to find something to make me smile! Smile I did and jumped up and down!!! The web sight by Gail Wilson . She creates reproduction dolls and is a professional doll maker! DH ordered the whole kit for me which included already molded parts to start while your waiting for your own poured parts to dry. I have the molds for the basic head, bust arms and legs. It comes with the liquid paper mache and paper clay to make your own hair, patterns for clothing and the body and all instructions to start your own doll making experience. I was quiet excited to get started and this is the head with the hair I formed for her. It is all basic parts and you have to use your imagination or look at photos of old dolls for inspiration. I will be purchasing the lisence to sell the dolls I make as required. It was so much fun, I had been collecting antique and vintage fabric and trims and what fun to finally put them to use! I used one stpe crackle to get crazing just like a very old doll would have. The directions are complete and you should have some experiance in sewing or using patterns as you cut the patterns out and there are no step by step directions. I stuffed her with real cotton stuffing or you could use wool roving, but I wanted her to be as exact as I could be on reproducing a Izannah Walker doll. I am happy with the results and hope you like her to:) Nothing is glued it is all sewn!




all of her clothing is hand sewed and she is hand painted and her hair is hand molded .


all of the clothing materials is from the 1800's I have been collecting at yard sales and antique stores in the past. her shoes are hand made using wool felt, I want to make her a whole wardrobe and leather shoes but was excited to just finish her underclothes and some soft shoes for roaming the garden.


This is my very favorite tea cup given to me by Catherine Moore of Character Constructions. It came with tea flowers and was such a delight to watch the flowers open in the hot water and Oh so good it was , a bit of heaven! Thanks Catherine, I cherish my gifts!!!


Some days I like to just sit in the recliner and have my paints near me and just create some art, this is the result of such a time!

I created this necklace using sterling silver wire and made a nest with fresh water pearls as eggs and attached it so that the nest sits like it would naturally, then added a photo of a little girl whom I thought perhaps was curious of what wwas in the nest and named it "her nest" it is now in a private collection

I created this using bits of vintage jewelry that i disassembled and using new old stock added this art piece was born! I loved it so much and didn't want to let go of it but the day after I brought it to the gallery it sold!!! I hope whoever owns it now loves it as much as I did!
I have been a bad blogger! I get to involved with life's problems that I dont take the time I should for myself.

What's New...

I have been trying to use some of the "panick energy" to good use and what came of it on a particularly rough day was this water color and charcoal painting. I was so moved by what I had done that I wanted to share it with you! I have little time to create art now a-days and decided to create a healing journal out of my original art painting! I now use my new journal for when I am trying to get rid of anger,sadness etc when I dont feel I want to ruin my usual journals by writing some of my more personal feelings that some may veiw as very sad or moody or just not understand why I would write about "stuff like that". So here it is in all its glory, The naked truth to my feelings which are raw and un-edited, quickly written down so to get rid of the feelings I dont like to have. I then will doodle or create art on the page and if I am affraid of someone seeing what I have written for fear it might be taken wrong, I do art over the writting. This is a place for me to get it all down and get rid of it and not let it eat me up and it works for me and hopefully it will work for you! If you are NOT in the USA, Please email me and I will do my best to get one shipped to you at a reasonable cost. Life is a journey and for me its been full of ups and downs and in's and outs and somehow I seem to plow right through it and come out on top! Tomarrow is another day ,I say and for me it helps to look forward to the bad day ending and a new good day to start in the morning and it usually happens. You are responsible for your own day and how you choose to live it. It can be either "good morning God!" or "Good God, morning!" both happen to me and I try rerally hard to change it around when its not lookin so great :) Remember I am always here to lend an ear and I choose to live to help others and in that I help myself by feeling good about doing so! I have some really awesome flowers in the garden and will post some photos of them in the following days,weeks, month :) Always remember I will come back and I'm not gone for long.
Lots of Love and Hugs,
Dawn Marie
xoxoxo

Long Time........

This is one of the "recycled material" charms I made for a swap I am in. I used a paint chip for the tag to attach the charm to. The charm is made using silver wire that was crinkled and was perfect for the nest and the eggs inside are wood vintage beads from a necklace i got from a garage sale a couple years ago. I keep telling my mom that there IS a reason to keep gathering "stuff" as I recycle it! She is excited when she gets to have one of the creations to :) I must say that my mom is my biggest fan and biggest collector of my art :) that pleases me just fine to! She was the one who kept encouraging me to pursue art even though I was a single mom and working a full time job. To have some fun and do what I like to do most! So most of all I thank my dear mother for making me push to make my dreams a reality!

Here is the front of my journal I made from scratch for the "promt a day" workshop by Kelly Kilmer. It is MOST fun and it is so healing to just write freely! we are given a journaling promt, a collage promt and a paint/color promt each day. The whole experiance is quite rewarding! you should sign up for a month and try it!! It is only a mere $25.00 a month and you dont have to continue after the month if you dont want to. The pages below are just a couple from my journal and when I get more time I will post more!!

Hugs xoxox,
Dawn Marie