Scavenged Arrangement

I realized on my morning walk with the dog that there are some really lovely spring weeds growing. So instead of scooping poop with my plastic bag, I toted home some nameless weeds and combined them with some flowers and foliage from our yard et, VOILA!  Instant arrangement.

Check out this rose bush!  It is totally overgrown and at least 12 feet tall with the most perfectly scarlet roses. We don't water or fertilize it which is probably why it is so happy.  We just leave it alone to do what it will.

Here's an unknown type of tree/shrub that is blooming in our backyard that I also used in the arrangement:

Here's the finished arrangement:

Anyone know what this green weed is?:

I think it turned out amazingly well, considering I spent absolutely nothing on it.

Happy spring everyone!

Friday Egg

Today I will show you an egg that I like so much that I am not selling to anyone.  This egg is an unvarnished brown egg, with a celadon green and white background.  When I first looked at the finished egg, I realized that if I put a shiny finish on it, it would lose some of it's beauty.  Normally I like a little shine and glitz, but the large blocks of quiet color demanded a more natural finish.  When I was doing my experimentation with gilding, I decided to gild just one bird.  I think it makes for a very special egg.  I hope you enjoy it.

Friday Eggs

This week we are back to traditional style!  A customer at Artworks bought two eggs in process, so essentially sight unseen, that were traditional style.  As soon as it stops raining I will be able to varnish them and get them delivered.  In the meantime, I have been playing with the same design a bit and here you can see the same basic traditional geometric design with minor tweaks (because I can't do the same thing twice!) on a chicken egg and a goose egg. I was a bit surprised at how little the dynamism was affected by the difference in size.  Sometimes working on a larger egg makes the design less exciting somehow, but I think it works on both sizes here.  What do you think?

Goose egg:

Chicken Egg:

Friday Egg? Nope - I'm on egg vacation

This week I haven't worked on eggs at all!  I've been on my post-Easter egg break.  I am currently taking an online xhtml/css class so I can completely re-make my website.  It's been feeling pretty tired for a while, and I just need a complete makeover.  The class started three weeks ago, but I haven't been able to concentrate on it until this week.  I hope to have a new site up and running within a month or so.  Also, I am working on getting set  up on Etsy. The only thing that has been holding me up is shipping, but I think I got it figured out on Thursday.  I feel like I'm so busy these days that even my downtime is scheduled and sliced and diced into little bits.  If only I could free myself of those addictive and time-sucking social networking sites - it is too easy to lose an hour without realizing it.

I did work on a little painted panel that I will post.  Used sharpies and sharpie paint pens with gilding.  It's that elephant again. Red this time with a tapestry blanket, on a gilded background framed in a traditional diamond pattern. Enjoy!  I will be back to regularly scheduled programming next week!

Friday Egg and SALE AT ARTWORKS THIS SATURDAY!!!

Sorry for shouting, but I wanted to emphasize the fact that I have only one more demo and sale this Easter, so come out to say hi and peruse the selection of new eggs for you Easter time pleasure.  It's at Artworks Gallery on 6th Street - link is to the left...

This week I chose an egg that is unusual because of its light background. It is a peacock design done on a goose egg. I like that white background a lot.  Don't know why I don't do that more often...

Last Day of Sweet Charity on Thursday!

Just a reminder that I will be doing another demonstration and sale at Sweet Charity Gift Shop on Thursday, April 1st from 10:00 a.m. to 2 p.m. The shop is adorable and well worth a visit any time. I am donating half of the proceeds to the Seton Fund, which cares for indigent hospital patients in the Seton Network of hospitals.

I had a great time today and saw some old friends. Would love to see you tomorrow!

Easter Week Preview

Easter Week has arrived! It's going to be busy, with a demo and sale (remember 50% goes to charity!) at Sweet Charity Gift Shop on Wednesday and Thursday of this week from 10  to 2 p.m. and a demo and sale at Artworks Gallery on Saturday from 12 to 4 p.m.  For more details, take a look at the listings to the left!

Following is a preview of some new eggs that will be available for sale this week:

I hope that you can make it to one of the shows to say hello!