Fee Fi Faux Fun

Had lots of fun today making a faux butterfly specimen box

with watercolor, paper, bookboard and a couple of pins.

A perfect addition to our school/studio shelves :)
The beautiful paper-mache bird is by my friend Gustavo Aimar

Still life

Pretty little things that inspire me on the shelves.
~Watercolor mosquito by Golly Bard
~Vintage glass bottle with dune sand from my friend Toddy's ranch in Texas.
~Crow bookplate by Diana Sudyka
~Three little wood painted eggs & crochet covered stone by Resurrection Fern
~A specimen jar with natural treasures.
~And a cloth covered box with a stone Hanko seal I had made of the word "bird" that must show you one of these days.
Hope you are having a really nice Monday!

Big Bird

You might recognize him from yesterday's post :)
Just foolin' around with pastels again. This time on kraft paper and a bigger scale.

Digital Doodles

Don't let this image fool you ;)
It's a digital collage composition I made with my scanned doodles in Photoshop.
I wish I owned the old binder with crinkly yellowed pages...

Oh Happy Day!

A big hug to all :) Hope your day is filled with love and good chocolate.
I found this cute tin frame in a little shop in San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato.

Woodland

A new block print set will be available at the shop on Monday!

I carved these three woodland themed stamps this weekend

& printed them with archival inks onto gorgeous Fabriano Medioevalis cards
that measure 4.7" x 4.7 "
Remember this other Print Set I made last year?

Craft Hope for Haiti

This hand carved bird stamp & a couple of cards
that I stamped with it are for sale* at Jade's wonderful Craft Hope for Haiti shop,
all proceeds will benefit Doctors Without Borders in Haiti.
Photo by Lark Books

* sold :)

Corners of our home

I found the perfect spot for my little orchid collection.
They seem to be very happy here :)
"Stockholm" oil painting is by Chilean artist Luis Tejada.

Little curiosities that we love on the shelves.
Daniel is VERY thankful for all of your kind words of encouragement.
You really made his day!
"Albino Jay" photo by the super talented Diana Brennan.
Nest & Egg by Rae Dunn

The boy who drew birds

There's a new print in my shop and I didn't paint it!
My 12 year old son Daniel made these amazing watercolor birdies
over the weekend & asked me if I could sell prints of them in my shop
to save up some money to buy his own art supplies so of course I said yes :)

Pastels

Lots of fun this morning playing around with a new box of pastels.
I'm going to experiment painting on Kraft paper later today.



Thank you so very much for helping me win
the People's Choice Award at Poppytalk in the Affordable Art catergory!!!
I couldn't have done it without you :)

This is what I won:
1. A one month's free participation at Poppytalk Handmade
2. A "The Poppies (People's Choice)" banner/button for your site or blog!
3. A one year's text link from the Poppytalk blog's main page
under "The Poppies" category.

Cookbooks

The few that I own & love are:
Off the Shelf by Donna Hay
New Food Fast by Donna Hay
Authentic Mexican by Rick Bayless
Whole Grain Breads by Peter Reinhart
Jamie at Home: Cook Your Way to the Good Life by Jamie Oliver
The Naked Chef by Jamie Oliver
Super Natural Cooking by Heidi Swanson
Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day by Jeff Hertzberger & Zoe Francois
How to Cook Everything Vegetarian by Mark Bittman
Feeding the Whole Family by Cynthia Lair

Thank you so much for participating in my little survey :)
I'm so relieved to know I haven't bored you with my birdies yet!

A fun little poll!