Etsy Treasuries, Fondue, Birthdays and a Giveaway!

Good morning!  Just wanted to share with you this lovely treasury I am in on etsy!  So exciting!  If you get a chance I would love it if you could check it out:)

So what are your plans for today?  I will be driving back to my small lil' hometown in Northwest, Ohio today.  It is my birthday on Friday and I will be celebrating it with my family and some wonderful friends.  The husband will be sailing in a regatta all weekend in Put-In-Bay.  We celebrated my birthday early by going to the Melting Pot for a 4 course fondue meal on Monday.  Oh my...heaven:)  I could eat fondue every day!

I am also thinking of having a giveaway soon with one of my artworks....the question is what should I give away?  If you get a chance please check out my etsy store and let me know what you think would be a cool thing to give away.  Would you like a mini 5 x 5 painting, a Vino reproduction print, hmm... I just don't know!?

Well I am off to go running and then pack for my trip!  Have a wonderful day!

Rainy Day in Northeast Ohio

Hope you are enjoying your Tuesday!  It is pretty rainy and humid here in Northeast Ohio but I don't mind!

Here is my view out my back window:

Kind of cloudy out still!

On days like this I LOVE to listen to songs like this:

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Anyways I have been trapped inside for most of the day and was able to finish up two big projects for my masters class!  Yay!  I think I am done for the summer:)

I also was able to add some reproduction prints to my etsy store!  I will be adding a couple more later today or tomorrow:) Here are some of the prints going into my store:

These are some of my favorite paintings that I have done.  I am only doing a limited edition printing of only 20! They look great in a 5 x 7 frame or mat and are fun gifts:)

Oh and here is another artwork that I recently finished:

Well I am off to do some more paintings!  I am trying to enjoy my free time as much as possible before school starts August 23rd. Ahhh!  Summer went by too fast!  Have a lovely, lovely day:)

Dandelion Days

Newest artwork! I will be adding this to my etsy shop soon! 

Enjoy your Sunday!  The husband and I are recovering today from a wedding we attended yesterday.   We LOVE to dance and definitely wore ourselves out busting a move last night:)  Tomorrow I am hoping to be a little more productive!  I love lazy Sundays:)

New item in Etsy shop!

I just officially added "Tea for Two" into my etsy store!  Happy Friday!

Creativity Tips

Wow! What a cold day it is outside here in Ohio! I cannot believe it is October and in the low 30's! We seemed to have skipped fall! The colors of the trees are beautiful though so I am not going to complain:) Just wish it was a tad warmer out!

Hope everyone has a productive Sunday, I am heading out for a run and then working on putting some new art on Etsy and preparing for the school week ahead.

Anyways...I wanted to share with you this great article by Amy Ng from Etsy's Storque about ways to becoming more creative. It was such a great little article with some lovely book recommends (I already have added a bunch of the books to my Amazon cart!)that I thought I would post it for you. Enjoy!
Pikaland's 9 Tips On Being More Creative

Photoshoot

Today I have actually had some time to work on my little etsy shop. I recently read somewhere that it is important to show off your artwork as best as you can through your pictures. So I had a little fun taking pictures of one of my favorite little collage paintings called Bouquet.

Here are some of my pictures:









What do you think?!

Well I am off to take more pictures! Have a lovely day:)

Paisley Birds

I heart Paisleys and Birds....so I combined them! The best of both worlds for me! Hope your weekend is going swell...we recently got a new oven and have been making vegetarian chili all weekend to keep ourselves warm! Check out our new and improved oven:


Tres chic! I do not cook very much but the husband is excellent at it so it is mostly for him:)

Have a lovely day...oh..and I will be adding some new art to my etsy store so check it out if you can!

Tis the season....for more birds!

I have been working hard this weekend on some new collages/paintings for my etsy store. Here are a couple that will be going up today. All I need to do is photograph them and have the husband mat them (he is amazing at it!)and then post to etsy! I am going to keep working on some more art today and hopefully get at least two more done by the days end. We shall see!

I have also been working on that picture book for my niece that I posted about a couple days ago. Things are going well and I am really excited about it! I will have to post some pictures soon! Thanks for all of your sweet comments concerning the book...it keeps me going!

Hope everyone has a great day!