Archive for August, 2009

Getting a Jump on Halloween

Friday, August 28th, 2009

My favorite holiday is Halloween, so much so my hubby and I got married the evening before. I can’t believe that was almost 5 years ago now 🙂  I really think I could make Halloween art all year round so I love to get a early start on items for my Etsy shop.

Here’s more of the soldered pendants I’ve been working on:

A couple more dictionary illustration, this time a black bird. On the back I added sheet music and the words “blackbird singing” for a Beatles inspiration

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an adorable tiny bat illustration ( I LOVE this one so much!:))

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The rest are vintage illustrations from a children’s story book.

 A witch riding her broom in front of the moon, I added the words “happy Halloween”

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A big happy smiling Jack O Lantern

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a cute black kitten with a big orange pumpkin, I added the word “boo”

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Look it up in the Dictionary

Sunday, August 23rd, 2009

Wow, where has August gone?? I’ve been so busy and I’ve really neglected my blog, sorry!

This week I was a soldering fool 🙂 and made a ton of new pendants, I’ll be posting them here and for sale in my Etsy shop ( http://www.PisforPaper.etsy.com ) over the next week or so. I wanted to get a little early start on Halloween so alot of them are for my favorite holiday, Halloween!

I’ve been continuing to cut up the fabulous vintage dictionary I got awhile ago and here are a few pendants with some of the wonderful illustrations.

This is very Poe inspired, plus I have a thing for ravens and crows. The back includes the definition for “nevermore”

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Really pretty owl illustration

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and a funny one, a concertina with the words “I heart Polka” added 🙂

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I’m Published in Stamper’s Sampler!

Wednesday, August 5th, 2009

Woohoo! I’m so excited to be published in the Aug/Sept issue of Stamper’s Sampler magazine!!

My teal, white and black paisley card is on page 12, I used all Close To My Heart stamps, inks and papers for this card.

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