I have really been living in the "what if" mode while creating's new art. I seem to have overcome my fears of messing something up! Let me tell ya , it's a great feeling and so much more freedom. I used something new to me just last night and i love this product! Goldens moldling paste. Its like frosting ,dries kinda foamy and retains its shape when u poke at it LOL. I also tried paperclay for the first time and LOVE that to! It"s so light weight. I am a bit impatient waiting for things to dry so i keep the oven on warm and stick my work in the oven for about 10-20 minutes and its dry. i'm going to be adding some new links to my favs hopefully tonight .Received my order from Dharma and can't wait to start dying silk! i ordered some silk scarves and a silk skirt and that company is so reasonable and fast shipping to ! I added new art to my flickr and i am so proud of my fairie art pieces! The naughty kitty ATC is kinda funny to, go take a peek.. I've also brought out the beads and took a trip to the bead store and bought some really awesome one of a kind beads and natural semi precious stones. I do art everyday , it makes me feel so great when i finish! I have also found and have been burning sage and sweetgrass as it helps calm my nerves and gets rid of the jitters. I found some really awesome incense to at the floral boutique, its temple incence and its from India. It smells GREAT and really wakes up the mind and sences. I was told the other day I was very fairy like! LOL maybe its the positive attitude and the Bohemian skirts and being me instead of doing what everyone else is doing or wearing?? I made a really nice jewelry piece last weekend. i found an amethyst pendant in a rectangle slab shape so its thin and its so pretty and i added some sterling chain and some other purple semi precious stones and sterling charms and made some dangles! I will have to find something dark enough to take a picture of it! well till next time, happy arting and sweet fae wishes blowing your way!!
xo
Wednesday, August 22, 2007
Monday, August 13, 2007
What A Weekend!
It's been a long creative weekend for me! I was busy as a bee most the time creating Art to offer at my spot at the crafters market and create i did! I will be uploading all the photos of the art i did to flikr, there is a link to the right for my artwork.
I am so excited!!!! I was invited to "the Fairy Zine"!!!! I was asked to submit artwork for the upcoming issue in a halloween/maquarade theme!! I feel so blessed as when things seem to get really unbearable God seems to cast his hands on mine and then things are wonderful again and even better! The prospect of having my own small E-store is looking good, and i am really excited. Ok i noticed i say i'm excited alot! If you knew me you'd know i REALLY am excited! Thats when i talk fast and i dont take frequent breaths and my heart is goin crazy and the ideas seem to plow into my mind. I guess that i get inspired and its overwhelming sometimes!!! And thanks to Lisa at the Fairy Zine for sparling my newest creative endeavor, I made a captured Fae!!! I am going to be creating a small journal to keep track of her progress in captivity and all the things i learn.This should be fun! Don't worry Lisa, I still plan on adopting one of your so very awesome captured fae's!! Well I am going to watch Tim Holtz's Video before closing down the castle!!!
Lots of Good Faerie Energy to all of you!
Hugs,
Dawn
I am so excited!!!! I was invited to "the Fairy Zine"!!!! I was asked to submit artwork for the upcoming issue in a halloween/maquarade theme!! I feel so blessed as when things seem to get really unbearable God seems to cast his hands on mine and then things are wonderful again and even better! The prospect of having my own small E-store is looking good, and i am really excited. Ok i noticed i say i'm excited alot! If you knew me you'd know i REALLY am excited! Thats when i talk fast and i dont take frequent breaths and my heart is goin crazy and the ideas seem to plow into my mind. I guess that i get inspired and its overwhelming sometimes!!! And thanks to Lisa at the Fairy Zine for sparling my newest creative endeavor, I made a captured Fae!!! I am going to be creating a small journal to keep track of her progress in captivity and all the things i learn.This should be fun! Don't worry Lisa, I still plan on adopting one of your so very awesome captured fae's!! Well I am going to watch Tim Holtz's Video before closing down the castle!!!
Lots of Good Faerie Energy to all of you!
Hugs,
Dawn
Thursday, August 9, 2007
Lots to share!!
Alot has happened since i last entered this world of mine.... A dear friend of ours called to let us know he was diagnosed with cancer. This is very tramatic for me as he is like a brother to me.. Pls pray for him and his family to find strength and healing In all the prayers being said for them.
I am ready to set up my spot at the crafters market!!! Dean and i went and got some sheer fantasy fabric for the backdrop as i refuse to keep the pegwalls as a backdrop for my ART! YUK!
we've been making packaging headers and bussiness cards etc. I tell Dean and Jake they are in charge of marketing LOL. I will be having some ARTchix items and Lisa's altered art images for sale also. and will be making ATC kits and goodie bags!! Speaking of ARTchix..I emailed Helga and wanted to show her pictures( i used her images) of the charms i made for a charm swap for Nervousness. Well much to my surprise she replied asking me to write up a class for her E-store!!! I am both excited and honored! I have been doing alot of thinking and talking to my DH and we've been kicking around the idea of opening an online store. It would be a dream come true and PLS people it does not mean i will stop shopping at your stores, so have no fear!!! Dh will get a tax id number and will be doing the work with my help. I can keep books and play with the stock!!! shhhh dont tell. I was already told i have to pay for anything i take! Geesh give him some power and look at him go! I want this to be a success and i have several good friends whom own E-stores and I have faith in us and know we can do it.I have a new found confidence! I have been praying for an answer to some questions and this is it. I got my stamp to mark my art ... Original Art By Dawn Marie under that it says ARTifact & Whimsy! It's in black ink and It makes things real for me!!! so most of my art including my ATC's will be marked with that stamp as it will make it an original. We ran this all past the accountant we chose to handle the tax's etc and we were given the thumbs up! Solid bussiness plan is a good thing!
Dean is also thinking about going to school for small engine repair as he inquired about having one of our boat motors tuned up and was told the labor alone is 119.00 an HOUR! OMG we'd be rich!!! he ended up fixing this one on his own and it had been worked on and off for 9 yrs with no luck and he spent a day with it and it runs like a top, well a motor LOL the little propellor turns thats good isn't it?? So i think we have turned some negatives in our lives into positives and am so excited and proud about it. Even my son is creating digital art to be printed off and to be made into prints etc. very exciting for all of us.
Mom , oh my she needs her hair done! I offered to take her where i go and pay for it but she refuses to go and pay that much. She likes her own little lady who does everyones hair the same and you'd swear they have barbie hair machines as i swear they all look the same! but her hairlady's father passed away and so I am having fun putting little clips in her hair that we got for my neices and she looks like a young old lady LOL. AWW mom i love ya!!! We are creating a great sign for the booth with the paper mache sign i found at ben franklin and will try some new techniques on it to make it look weathered and awesome! i promise to post pics! if this comes out the way i have pictured in my head i will be so happy! If the E-store works for us, we thought maybe during the summer we cud rent space in town and get a small store and we cud hold classes etc after hours. My DH is very talented. he can do anything he puts his mind to his jewerly and beading is amazing!! I have some amazing animal sculpts he did out of polymer clay and he made me a laptop desk for my lap when i sit in bed to play with the laptop. I figured the only way we are going to get ahead in this world is to MAKE things happen. We have the desire and the smarts and just need to make sure our ducks are in a row so this will be a success!!! Now this is in the planning stages , we are not going to run out and jump into something we havnt thought totally out . So as we pray for all of you pls pray for us to. I dont want to be a poor old lady:(. I bought some dye for shirts, fabric, ribbon etc so we can do some art shirts! There isnt a store around me within 200 miles that sells what we want to. Mixed media, thats new to this area and getting a jump on it before someone else does is a good thing or so i'm told. Advice is always welcome. I was in a swap to make fantasy wedding ATC's and well it didn't go as planned so i have a card to scan to show you and i'm really impressed with myself as i did the triptech card. i think thats what you call it, it has a middle and 2 sides that close and it's like entering a church at the doors to the wedding couple waiting inside with flowers and doves and as i know of to date one will be going to someone special as she made me one in return! Anyone who has gotten packages from me knows that i dont just stop at the ATC's i have to make gifts etc and i made an altered charm braclett and some other lovelys to send to. I love to make people feel really special!
I am thrilled to be INVITED to join some special swaps and was asked to swap a collage canvas. this is all so exciting for me and i couldn't be happier! God does answer prayers and he gave me some really awesome friends and i so appreciate you all! I've got boxes coming this week and weekend and am on pins and needles waiting there arrival! I received some awesome gifts in the mail yesterday, a watercolor card hand painted and ATC card and a tag and i love them all!!! Who needs to win the lottery when i already did with the blessing of friends i have in my life! Anyone can have money, but few people are blessed with true friends who r there no matter what happens and forgive and forget and move on with more love then before! thanks for your emails and well wishes and to answer your question of the name for the whole bussiness..... drum roll you guessed it ARTifact & Whimsy !!! Happy ARTing! Keep the emails coming your suport is so appreciated!! Blessings to you all...
I am ready to set up my spot at the crafters market!!! Dean and i went and got some sheer fantasy fabric for the backdrop as i refuse to keep the pegwalls as a backdrop for my ART! YUK!
we've been making packaging headers and bussiness cards etc. I tell Dean and Jake they are in charge of marketing LOL. I will be having some ARTchix items and Lisa's altered art images for sale also. and will be making ATC kits and goodie bags!! Speaking of ARTchix..I emailed Helga and wanted to show her pictures( i used her images) of the charms i made for a charm swap for Nervousness. Well much to my surprise she replied asking me to write up a class for her E-store!!! I am both excited and honored! I have been doing alot of thinking and talking to my DH and we've been kicking around the idea of opening an online store. It would be a dream come true and PLS people it does not mean i will stop shopping at your stores, so have no fear!!! Dh will get a tax id number and will be doing the work with my help. I can keep books and play with the stock!!! shhhh dont tell. I was already told i have to pay for anything i take! Geesh give him some power and look at him go! I want this to be a success and i have several good friends whom own E-stores and I have faith in us and know we can do it.I have a new found confidence! I have been praying for an answer to some questions and this is it. I got my stamp to mark my art ... Original Art By Dawn Marie under that it says ARTifact & Whimsy! It's in black ink and It makes things real for me!!! so most of my art including my ATC's will be marked with that stamp as it will make it an original. We ran this all past the accountant we chose to handle the tax's etc and we were given the thumbs up! Solid bussiness plan is a good thing!
Dean is also thinking about going to school for small engine repair as he inquired about having one of our boat motors tuned up and was told the labor alone is 119.00 an HOUR! OMG we'd be rich!!! he ended up fixing this one on his own and it had been worked on and off for 9 yrs with no luck and he spent a day with it and it runs like a top, well a motor LOL the little propellor turns thats good isn't it?? So i think we have turned some negatives in our lives into positives and am so excited and proud about it. Even my son is creating digital art to be printed off and to be made into prints etc. very exciting for all of us.
Mom , oh my she needs her hair done! I offered to take her where i go and pay for it but she refuses to go and pay that much. She likes her own little lady who does everyones hair the same and you'd swear they have barbie hair machines as i swear they all look the same! but her hairlady's father passed away and so I am having fun putting little clips in her hair that we got for my neices and she looks like a young old lady LOL. AWW mom i love ya!!! We are creating a great sign for the booth with the paper mache sign i found at ben franklin and will try some new techniques on it to make it look weathered and awesome! i promise to post pics! if this comes out the way i have pictured in my head i will be so happy! If the E-store works for us, we thought maybe during the summer we cud rent space in town and get a small store and we cud hold classes etc after hours. My DH is very talented. he can do anything he puts his mind to his jewerly and beading is amazing!! I have some amazing animal sculpts he did out of polymer clay and he made me a laptop desk for my lap when i sit in bed to play with the laptop. I figured the only way we are going to get ahead in this world is to MAKE things happen. We have the desire and the smarts and just need to make sure our ducks are in a row so this will be a success!!! Now this is in the planning stages , we are not going to run out and jump into something we havnt thought totally out . So as we pray for all of you pls pray for us to. I dont want to be a poor old lady:(. I bought some dye for shirts, fabric, ribbon etc so we can do some art shirts! There isnt a store around me within 200 miles that sells what we want to. Mixed media, thats new to this area and getting a jump on it before someone else does is a good thing or so i'm told. Advice is always welcome. I was in a swap to make fantasy wedding ATC's and well it didn't go as planned so i have a card to scan to show you and i'm really impressed with myself as i did the triptech card. i think thats what you call it, it has a middle and 2 sides that close and it's like entering a church at the doors to the wedding couple waiting inside with flowers and doves and as i know of to date one will be going to someone special as she made me one in return! Anyone who has gotten packages from me knows that i dont just stop at the ATC's i have to make gifts etc and i made an altered charm braclett and some other lovelys to send to. I love to make people feel really special!
I am thrilled to be INVITED to join some special swaps and was asked to swap a collage canvas. this is all so exciting for me and i couldn't be happier! God does answer prayers and he gave me some really awesome friends and i so appreciate you all! I've got boxes coming this week and weekend and am on pins and needles waiting there arrival! I received some awesome gifts in the mail yesterday, a watercolor card hand painted and ATC card and a tag and i love them all!!! Who needs to win the lottery when i already did with the blessing of friends i have in my life! Anyone can have money, but few people are blessed with true friends who r there no matter what happens and forgive and forget and move on with more love then before! thanks for your emails and well wishes and to answer your question of the name for the whole bussiness..... drum roll you guessed it ARTifact & Whimsy !!! Happy ARTing! Keep the emails coming your suport is so appreciated!! Blessings to you all...
Thursday, August 2, 2007
Good things to come!!!
I just got the email i've been waiting for... I requested to join the international charm exchange and i was excepted!!!! I am so excited! Dh brought me to Ben Franklin today and I ended up getting some things for my store front at the crafters market. I am going to make a collaged sign , I found a 3 foot by 1 1/2 foot paper mache sign and i was so excited, i wanted it then thought i could make my sign out of that and i have some brand new foam letters i got for scrapbooking i have never used and i can stamp my store name on top of the collage. i want it to be simple and whimsical. so i am seeing some baby fairys or maybe a little girl with wings.... OMG if you guys cud see in my head! It's spinning with ideas! I have so many ideas and i want to do them all right now! I always get really inspired at this time of the night, then i end up staying up all night creating. since i did not sleep well last night i think i should go to bed after i sketch my ideas in my art journal. The art journal is a whole nother story, i end up spending alot of time coz i can't simply write stuff down i have to make it pretty or grungy or however i feel! ohh sometimes i wish i cud shut my mind off! thanks to all who have sent your continued support of my art endeavors and encouragement to my wanting to do a bit more then i have. I am blown away at the many friends i do have and i thank God for you all !!! sleep tight....................
Wednesday, August 1, 2007
Bad Links
if anyone experiances any links that don't work Please let me know if you have time and I will fix them. So far I have repaired a couple. Enjoy......
Tuesday, July 31, 2007
Bad news
after having a happy day with no sleep, my mom came home from her dr apt today and she has lost to much weight to fast , so the dr is going to give her a bunch of tests and we know what they r looking for, the big C. I am devestated! my mom and i have our differances but i can't be without her! i need for you all to pray real hard for her that its something simple to fix and that she's ok. she's the only parent i have left and i am having a really hard time. I need to keep busy so i dont dwell on this. I will pray like never before! i feel so helpless. shes so worried and i feel so bad for her, i've been in tears with a lump in my throat since i heard this. I am far from perfect,and i dont want my mother to suffer for anything. if i've hurt anyone or made you feel bad in any way i am truely sorry! I try real hard not to hurt people, sometimes and especially when i go without sleep i sometimes do things i probably wouldn't had i not been so tired. Just remember mom in your prayers .
hugs to you all,
Dawn
I'm still awake!
it's 5 am and I still have not gone to bed. I sit and think best when everyone else is sleeping and its my alone time as even the doggies are sleeping and all i have to do is drink coffee and design my new blog! I am so excited as I have a new venture in my life. I was able to get the LAST space at the crafters market and will start to set up on wednesday when DH comes home from work to help. I will take pictures to show when I have my space the way I want it. I have BIG plans for this and for my life. It seems it's taken 41 yrs for me to start to have a life! I had to go thru all kinds of wild woods to get to where I am now. I am so happy with how my life is going now. I have great family and friends who are supportive and helpful and I so appreciate you all! Today I am going to create a canvas, I have a couple sizes to choose from. I believe i will use the larger size as i want this to be the front and center of my spot at the market. I also have to create 12 ATC's (artists trading cards) and 12 tags for swaps this coming month which OMG starts tomarrow!!! I will be fine, I havn't missed a deadline yet and don't plan to either. I hope you will share your thoughts and comments with me as this is the first time I have ever had a blog. I have completed my ATC vintage nude cards and the 20 handmade charms for another swap. I have a few one on one swaps i need to finish up and i'll be so ready for the next project to come along. I like to hang out at Hannahgrey's yahoo group, the artist there are so fun to talk to and see all the differant art people create. I need to learn to use photoshopCS so I to can play around like most of you already do. I learned something new today, the coffee shop where i buy my fresh roasted beans want to barter coffee for art for the shop and I also have art pieces there to offer the customers who come. I live in a tourist town and we are the most bussiest in the summer time. Feel free to email me , I love to get mail! I'm going to go grab some fresh coffee and wait for DH to wake up to go to work and then i can start to play with my art supplys!!!
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