Decorated for Christmas

We put the Christmas tree up on the next day after Thanksgiving.My daughter wanted to start decorating for Christmas even before that.

Ashley helped too.

This corner was entirely organized by my daughter.

Getting into Christmas mood

Yesterday it was a good day.I made some Christmas cards for my Etsy shop.The two ones at the foreground are original -drawn with ink and painted with watercolor pencils by me.The one at the top is a print of my own watercolor painting of my daughter and Santa Claus.

Christmas is an exciting time,my favourite Holiday of the year.

For more details you can visit my Etsy shop.

Crafty weekend

Last weekend my daughter was in a crafty Christmasy mood.
Let's make something for Christmas!
OK.
We discussed the ideas and came up with a felted snow man.You can see the results in the picture.The big white one is mine.The little cute one is Sonya's/I just helped a little bit with the sewing/.The green one was made by my step daughter Alana/16/ on the next day.When she saw our creations she got inspired and wanted to make her own.I helped her with some directions.
We won't forget which one is hers.

And this is Sonya's letter to Santa.It was ready and sealed at the beginning of September.So,you won't make a mistake telling which is her favorite Holiday.

And this is the back of the envelope.

New items in my etsy shop

Today I was busy listing some greeting cards in my etsy shop.Both sets include two original /handmade/ cards and one printed one of design of my own. I really had fun creating them.I have more ideas and some more are coming to the shop.

If you are wondering why I was out of sight for a while it was because our computer was crashed.I hacker,a virus,a computer recovery shop-it was a long story.Now everything is back to normal,thank god,and I am back again.

Happy birthday to me

An outfit for Ella

Last Sunday she said :You haven't made anything for me recently.I asked:What do you want? A purse,she answered.I have already made you a purse I said.OK, she said,make clothes for my dolls.Make a skirt for Ella,please.So,I did it,a whole outfit.

Today I made cards for my Etsy shop.I will list them

pretty soon.

The Shop

I am the proud and excited owner of an Etsy shop.I opened it in the middle of this month and I already had one sale!
Today I listed some more stuff.Crocheted baby booties and a hat.I like to crochet or knit when watching TV with my daughter.We like to watch George Lopes and Everybody Hates Chris.And iCarly is our favorite.

Inspired

I painted this drawings inspired by the move The Yellow Submarine by the Beatles.

Working on my Etsy shop

I did not have time to paint and draw the last couple of weeks,neither to post in here.I was trying to figure out how to set up an Etsy shop.Finally it is done and I have a couple of things listed.I still have tons of things to learn-for example how to put an Etsy button on my blogs but I will solve this problem too.

Sweet memories of the summer.

It is a nasty weather out there.Pouring rain and wind!Real fall.
So,I decided to post some sweet pictures from the summer, when my daughter,her little friends and I went on a short walk in the woods.

My first attempt for amigurumi

With the leftover yarn from my daughter's little purse I made a teddy bear.I did not fallow any pattern because I am not very good at that.I just fallowed my intuition and it turned out pretty good.I had fun creating the face but the hardest part for me was to figure out how to make the paws.I tried a couple of ideas that did not work and ended making them one at a time and sewing them to the body.

My daughter loves it and plays with it very often.

It is about 10 inch tall.

Colors

Fiber art-a purse for a little girl

I made this little purse for my daughter .After she saw the purse I had made for myself she wanted me to make one for her.She loves it and she brings it with whenever we go shopping together although she has tons of store-bought purses.

Signs of fall

Three new sketches

My goal was to achieve flat, two dimensional images with cartoonish or illustrative qualities.Ink pen and watercolor pencils on paper,size 4x6.

Just a beautiful day

Three new sketches

For the first two ones I used a couple of pictures from the British edition of Country Living magazine as reference photos.For the cow I used my own reference photo.
In the first two I used watercolor crayons and ink in the third one watercolor pencils and ink.The size is about 6x9.

Some treats for my creative soul

On Monday,Labor day,we went shopping to La Cross,WI.I got

myself some treats-two delicious magazines- Artful Blogging and my favourite at the moment-Country Living,the British edition. You can find the last one only at Barns and Noble.From Hobby Lobby I got the watercolor crayons and the ink pens Millennium.

In the next picture you can see my daughter's treat,a new Moxie girl doll.There is always something new on the market!

Personal achievement

I had a personal celebration a couple of days ago.My bike speedometer read 1000 miles.I have been riding a bike on regular basis for two years already.Last year I achieved 527 miles ,this year I am shooting for 700.I hope I will be able to achieve my goal till the end of the biking season.

An Old Sketch

Here you can see an old sketch from an old journal.Again this is my daughter watching TV and eating in front of it.She still has this bad habit.
It is ink pen with watercolor pencils.