WoooooHooooo! New Promo on Etsy!!

I just made my 90th sale on Etsy! So, I am counting down (or is it up?) to my 100th Etsy sale! I am going to give a special surprise item to my 100th customer in addition to FREE shipping for that order! I will randomly add a freebie to some of the next 10 orders in celebration of my goal of 100 sales! I am so excited since only a few months ago I was wondering if I should keep on pushing this shop. Thanks so very much to all of my Wonderful Etsy customers! YAY!

What is With The Inchworms???

There are thousands of these creepy little inchworms all over everything around here! I noticed them a couple of weeks ago when they were tiny, but now they are bigger and fatter and getting very pushy! They are literally on everything! They are even coming inside the house! I do not remember them being so plentiful in years past! At first we thought they were cute, but now...I don't know... they just keep coming! We live in the woods, maybe that's why so many, but geez! Enough!!!

So, anyway, I listed several new paintings on Etsy yesterday. Check those out. And let me know if the inchworms are taking over your world as well. .....
THERE'S ONE NOW!!!

And The Winner Is.......

We exhibited our Art Work at the 49th annual "Art on the Lake" show this past weekend here in Guntersville. I had a goal of placing in the needlework category since my "new" thing this year is my freehand embroidery with Vintage Wool Yarn.
I got First Place!!!
But, the big news is that my thirteen year old daughter won.......
People's Choice! Never in the 25 years we've done this show have any of the rest of us won this wonderful honor! She really enjoyed all of the compliments she received all weekend, and her sales were at an all time high! I am especially proud of her since she competed, not in the junior category, but with the adults! She was in the sculpture category since she works in 3-D, but this award is for the favorite overall booth!
She won with her Alice in Wonderland group I featured in an earlier post!
Overall a pretty good weekend! My mom also had a booth, she outsold DD and me!
I just wanted to brag about my girl!
You Go Girl!! Love Mama
....Oh, and a little note here, this my 100th blog post! :)

Now, That's An Easter Basket!

One of my Fav clients wanted some special Easter baskets for her children. She asked me to decorate these for her twins. They will use them for Easter Bunny Goodies, but also later for storage in their rooms! I did my own technique of "Paper Applique" over handpainting. I used a wonderful sealer that gives a hard glasslike shine!
The fishing themed one is actually a baby boy gift for a friend of hers. The Dad is a Pro Fisherman! I think I will have to make some of these for "Art On The Lake" coming up in April!

Want to see Something...WONDERFUL?

Aren't these great? My daughter just finished a competition with these beautiful Alice in Wonderland pieces. She got First Place for the "Books are WONDERFUL" portrait of Alice for 2-dimensional, and First Place for 3-dimensional for "Bad HARE Day" which is the mixed media collage in the old window frame. (I love the funny quote in the picture)
The Wonderland necklace and the "A Wonderful Book" book sculpture were additional items in this series she made with an old copy of the story and vintage and hand sculpted items. She competed with these last two at the Jr. Beta Club convention this week in Mobile, AL. (She actually won a first place trophy there with another collage for Mixed Media, but that is another subject.) She used the old book pages for the background of the portrait and the book remnant for the sculpture. She sculpted all of the characters and items in the collage.
This contest was Winterfest Jr. which is a county wide art competition for students from K-12. She is in the seventh grade, and has placed first in this competition for three years in a row!
I just wanted to brag a little..Thanks for listening!

TWO-EEEET!!

My latest Etsy listing is this sweet Bluebird Pillow! She has a little song note and a 3-D flower too! More of my freehand embroidery using Vintage Wool Yarn is in my shop! Come on over! Tweet!

SQUEAL with Delight!

I listed this little Pig Pillow on Etsy this morning. It is my newest in my Vintage Wool Freehand Embroidery line. I browsed the site for about 10 minutes, returned to see if anyone had viewed my new listing and it had SOLD!!!!
I am so excited! I wanted you all to see it since I am now packaging it up to ship today! Squeal!