Happy Friday!!

Happy Friday!!  I don't have a new project to share today but I wanted to let you all know that I finally did it, I took the Esty plunge!  I'm happy to announce that my new Etsy store, Little Honey Bee Studio is now open for business!!  I've added a widget to my sidebar highlighting the paintings listed on Etsy for your convenience.  I'm still selling my artwork locally at Homestead Handcrafts while I test out this new online venue.  So if you browse through my online art gallery here on the blog, you'll notice that the caption will tell you where the piece can be found for purchase.  If you happen to see something you like that is for sale locally, please email me and letting me know that you'd like to purchase it online.  I'm really excited about this new chapter and where it might lead me, "nothing ventured, nothing gained", right! 

Today I'd like to feature a new artist that I've very proud of, my son J:

J has been creating with me since he was just a baby and lately he's started to work in his art journal again.  He just completed this page yesterday and I was very impressed with his lettering and sketching so I asked for his permission to share.  He happy agreed with one condition, that he be allowed to write the post so I'm handing over the reigns to my budding artist:

Hey guys, Jake5man2 here and wait, How come I'm not filming on Youtube like I should be, eh?  Ha ha well I am J. Gomez, Norma's son and yesterday at school, I drew this from boredom. 

Well, my inspiration is from a Youtube channel called Eddsworld. Eddsworld is about the Cola loving Edd Gould, Guitar playing Tom Ridgewell, and self-loving Matt on many adventures together in their animations. Sadly Edd Died in 2012 from Leukemia Cancer (I only know that it was something Leukemia) May he be blessed in heaven with cola....

 This here is my drawing of Edd holding a cola can with bold letters at the top saying "Enjoy A Cola"!!

  

All the pictures shown are drawings at a W.I.P Stage. it will be scanned, colored, and posted as a pm to Tomska and Eddsworld and the Eddsworld website when I'm done :)

I hope you enjoyed my little guys work and thanks for stopping by today!  Have a wonderful weekend!!!!

More Halloween Cuties!

Remember the Little Halloween Cuties I made a couple a weeks ago?  Well they sold so quickly that I decided to make another batch.  So here our my Little Halloween Cuties 2.0!

I think I this one the best.  I used a PWP stamp for the heart on her forehead and everything else was freehand.

This one is pretty cool too, it's all freehand.

I think this one is sad because the spiders are trying to take over :D  I used a combination of PWP and Inkadinkado stamps along with some freehand work.  The sentiment "artsy to the bone" is by PWP, it's in the Muertos stamp set.  I really like that saying.......hmmmm.......I think I might just adopt it as my motto ;D

This one is all Inkadinkado stamps.

Here they are all together, sorry for the glare my bright lights were reflecting off of the metallic white paint I used.  These little paper mache treat boxes are so much fun to work on.  I've got a couple more paper mache projects to get done by the craft show next weekend.  As soon as I'm done, I'll get them posted.  Well, I think I'm gonna take a break and go spend a little quality time with hubbz.  So I'll see ya later alligator!!

WELCOME ELSA!!! Thanks for following along and THANKS to all of you for your sweet comments on my little pumpkin patch!!!!!

Witch Boo Sign

Hi There!!  My posting schedule is a bit off right now but I hope to be back on track soon.  Today I have another BOO sign to share with you, hope you're not getting tired of them yet ;D  They have been a hot item over at Homestead Handcrafts so I'm trying to keep up with them.

This one is pretty simple because I wanted to keep the background black since she's flying in front of the moon.  I used a glue pad and flourish stamp for the beautiful glittery orange swirls.  Can you believe this is the first time I've ever used glitter with a stamp.  I've had the glue stamp pad in my stash for years and it still had the wrapper on it.  I love they way it turned out so I see A LOT more glitter in my future, lol.  On the right, I used a black glittery floral stem then just wrote in BOO.  The BOO poem is on the back of this one.

I'm working on some little paper mache pumpkin treat boxes that I picked up at Michaels but I'm still trying to figure out what I'm gonna do with them.  Hopefully I'll have those done soon so I can share them with you.  Well friends, I'm gonna get back to crafting now :D  Thanks for stopping by for a little visit and WELCOME MARIA MATTER!!!!!

Have a Beautiful & Creative Day, Adios!!!

I entered this project in Hiding in My Craft Room - Challenge #64 - Halloween

Homestead Handcrafts Update

Yesterday I had a chance to go by my little shop at Homestead and move things around a bit.  I also took in my last canvas Little Bird, the fall pumpkins and the floral arrangement I made.

It's finally starting to look better.  I was really needing to add more than just my painting to my display.

This is the top shelf, I think it still need some tweaking.  

I have some painting on the side walls and below the table.  Hopefully I'll figure out how to display the lower painting soon.

I've got some more Fall/Halloween projects in the works so hopefully I'll get them finished up soon so I can share them with you.  Thanks so much for all your sweet comments on yesterday's post.  They really made my day :D  I'd also like to WELCOME Shivani to the blog.  I'm so happy to have you following along!!

Have a Beautiful Day!!!

Happy Monday!

Hey there, hope you had a wonderful weekend.  We went bowling, played laser tag and finished up our back to school shopping.  Then we decided it would be fun to head out to the beach one last time before summer ends.  So we left late last night and got here around midnight. 

Yesterday was also vendor night at Homestead.  That's when they stay open after closing time so you so you can change things up without being in the customer's way.  My DH helped me switch out my table top and add a new hutch.  I took some pics to share but I think I left my camera back home cuz I can't find it anywhere.

Well, since I forgot my camera I won't be posting much this week.  For some reason when I upload pics from my phone, they don't come out good.   Here is a pic of a beautiful bridge we crossed last night coming out here (see how its real blurry)

Welcome Tricia Too!!  I'm so glad you stopped by and decided to follow along :D

Well I'm off to start my day, have a great one!!

Just Restocked my Shop!!

I just added some new paintings to my shop over at http://www.homesteadhandcrafts.com/ so stop by!!

Studio Fun

Having a little creative fun in the studio but I'm a little stumped so I think I'll stop here and get my last two paintings ready to take to Homestead tomorrow

Homested Handcrafts

I'm excited to finally have my art on display over at Homestead Handcrafts on Blanco Rd.  My DH and I spent most of the day trying to get my booth set up.  It's still not completely done but it's a good start.  I currently have thirteen paintings available for purchase at Homestead.  They are located at:

21518 Blanco Rd
San Antonio, TX 78260
(210) 402-1221

http://www.homesteadhandcrafts.com/index.htm

Homestead has a wonderful selection of antiques, clothing, jewelery and original pieces made by local artisans.  There is literally something for everybody.  Make some time and give them a visit, I guarantee you'll find a new treasure!

This is what we started with

Tomorrow is my big day!

I got a call from Homestead this afternoon saying I could move into my new space on Friday, then an hour later they called back saying I could move in tomorrow.  Only problem is, with everything that's been going on, we haven't had a chance to finish building my main display table & I also need enough fabric to cover all of my walls.  My space is teeny tiny but hey, you gotta start somewhere, right......My grand daughter is going home tonight so hopefully I can finish up the painting I started on Saturday and get my artwork sealed & priced.  Wish me luck!  I'll post pics and shop info tomorrow if all goes well.