Back to School!

Hello my sweet bloggie friends!!  Boy summer flew by didn't it?!  My summer was consumed with keeping the boy occupied.  I spent my days carting him from Kumon to scouts then music lessons and band practice.  We spent a lot of time camping and managed to squeeze in a couple of beach trips and short weekend getaways.  I was able to get in a little creative time but not much.

Today is our first day back to school so I'm hopeful that I'll have some more time to create.  One can hope right?!  The truth is that my schedule will probably be just as busy because we still have the same schedule as summer except everything is happening in the evenings now and we also have to make time for homework.  Oh well, the boy is totally worth it!!

I do have to get to work though because I have to get ready for my Fall shows.  First up is The Peddler's Show.  I'll be set up at the San Antonio Peddler's Show at the Freeman Expo Hall on Sept 5th -7th. 

After that, I'll be set up at Market Days @ Encino Park on Oct 4th - 5th.  Look for me inside the Banquet Hall.

I hope to squeeze the Soflo Market in there too.  So with only 2wks left til my first show, I have lots to do to make sure I'm ready.  I like to get completely set up at home before each show so I know exactly what I need to take and where everything is gonna go.

It's become sorta a ritual for me, lol.  It really does help during set up though.  My set up is always changing as I continue to try and improve.

New for my upcoming show is a sales counter and an actual cash register.  I'm really excited about that :D.  I'll share pics as that begins to come together.  I will probably start doing my mock set up this week so I have plenty of time to go get anything I need.

I'm also gonna work on getting more of my items listed in my Etsy shop, LittleHoneyBeeStudio.  I don't have any of my necklaces or key fobs listed on there right now.  I have seasonal items that I'd like to add too.

I 'd like to finish reorganizing my studio and create new art of course.  So there is tons to do, I better get off this computer and start working, lol.

Thanks for joining me today, have a fantastic day!!!

New Batch of Bangles!

Happy Monday everyone!!  I hope you all had a wonderful weekend and are enjoying the holiday season.  I was out peddling my wares at the SoFlo Holiday Market.  I had a great time, I always love connecting with new people and other local artists.  SoFlo has been such a blessing for me.  Here's a peek at my show set up.

I made a new batch of bangles for the show and just barely got them done in time so I didn't get to photograph.  I sold several of the new ones but I snapped some pics of these others this morning to share with you.

These are all new with the exception of the lavender bangle.  That one is from the previous batch but I'm keeping it here to add to Etsy.  In fact, I'll be adding all of these to my Etsy shop with the except for the black one.  That one is heading to Gracie's Genes.

Well friends, thanks so much for sharing a little piece of your day with me.  Have a BEAUTIFUL day!!

Favorite DOD Mask!

Happy Friday friends!!  I'm still working on getting ready for the Soflo Market this weekend and I wanted to share my latest mask:

OMGosh you guys, I'm really loving this mask right now!!  I think is one of my all time favorites.

I thought it would be fun to do a colored base this time around so I painted the base magenta.  Then I used turquoise and yellow as accents.  

I think this is such a hot color combo, don't you?!

The white details really help set off the other colors.

I added black satin ribbon for hanging or wearing.

I'm taking this down to the market with me tomorrow and if it doesn't sell there, I'll be adding it to my Etsy shop.  Thanks so much for visiting me today!  Have a wonderful weekend!!!

Many Thanks!!

Hi there!!  I hope you all had a great weekend.  Mine went really good, I shared my art at the SoFlo market and met several talented artist.  I also met a lot of great people who were enjoying the market.  It was a tiring but wonderful day for me.  I'm just so grateful to everyone who stopped by my booth.  I can't even begin to tell you how happy it makes me to see peoples' faces light up when they see my work and really connect with it.  There's nothing better I tell ya!  So from the bottom of my heart, THANK YOU for supporting me through this wonderful creative journey of mine!!!

Today I'm off to show my work and pick up supplies for a commissioned piece but I wanted to let you all know that yesterday was my turn to post over on the Paper Wings Productions Blog.  Here is a peek at the layout I'm sharing over there:

 

I hope you'll stop by and check out my post, here is the link: Thanks is for Giving.  So before I let you go, I'd like to share a special PWP discount with you.  If you're interested in picking up some Paper Wings Productions goodness, use coupon code: PWP*FAN1 at checkout to receive 25% off of your purchase.  Enjoy, Happy Shopping!!!

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Thanks for stopping by :D

May PWP Nesting Components Kit & SoFlo Market Pics

Hello, Hello!  I hope you all had a wonderful Mother's Day.  Today I wanted to pop in and share the new Paper Wings Productions Nesting Components Kit and some pics from the SoFlo Market on Saturday.

Here's the link to Dana's project using the Nesting Components kit and here is the link to the PWP Online store if you'd like to purchase a kit.

The SoFlo Market was great and I met so many wonderful people and young girls who share my love of art.  It's so nice to meet these little girls and their parents who encourage their love of art.  Can you just imagine what beautiful works of art they'll be creating when they get my age.  I hope they keep on drawing and painting!!

My "Blessings" canvas found a new home.  There was a lady that I met last month who really loved it so her daughter and daughter-in-law came by to picked it up for Mother's Day.  I remember visiting with her for awhile last month, she was such a sweet lady.  I hope she enjoys her painting.

This awesome chest is a new addition that my DH picked up for me a week before the show.  The shelf on the top is the insert of the chest.  He's so good to me!!  The Royal typewriter and phone are other garage sale finds that he's found me.

I wanted to change my set up so he built me this wall out of a pallet.  I just love the way it all turned out.  We had a great response to our booth set up.

I also had a lot of people tell me that my heart ladies looked like me, lol.  What do you think?

Thanks for stopping by!!

Faith, Hope & Love, Paper Mache Heart

Happy Monday my sweet bloggie friends!!  I hope you all had a fabulous weekend.  Ours was busy but oh so fun.  On Friday my son graduated from his D.A.R.E. program at school so we took him and a couple of his friends to see Ironman 3.  The movie was great, you should go see it if you haven't already.  Then on Saturday and Sunday, I had a chance to work on some projects.   This week I'll be focusing on getting ready for the SoFlo Market on Saturday.  So today I'm sharing one of the hearts I completed yesterday:

When I draw out my ladies, I always try to give each one a different hair style.  I think the hair plays a big part in how the rest of the heart turns out.  For this one, I was inspired by the photo that my friend Paula from Scrap Your World shared of her gorgeous daughter.  The face doesn't look like Paula's daughter but her hair is pulled up to the side like her daughter wore to prom.  When I saw the photo of her right after her hair appointment, I knew right away that my next heart would have her up-do because she looked so beautiful.

You know the funny thing about these hearts is that they some how end up looking like someone I know.  I don't do it intentionally but we tend to draw from what we know right.  So when I was done, I laughed because this one looks so much like me niece Monica to me.

Tomorrow I'll be sharing another heart that I completed yesterday and hopefully I'll get a few more done by Friday.  Thanks so much for stopping!

Have A Beautiful Day!!

Listen Paper Mache Heart

Hello Everyone!!!!!!  I feel like I've been gone forever, lol!  I'm happy to have a chance to post again.  Last week I worked hard to get ready for the SoFlo Market and finished up my paper mache heart series.  I had a total of four:  Be True, Trust and two more that I didn't get a chance to share with you.  Luckily I was able to photograph one of them to show you:

I'm loving the purples on this one.

This was the last heart that I completed the night before the show so I wasn't able to get a good pic of it.  These hearts were a big hit and I sold out of them fast (yay).  I really enjoyed creating these and I've had several people request one so I'm on the search for more.  If I can't find anymore, I'm just gonna make my own ;D

I've got a couple of projects in the works that I hope to share soon.  So keep an eye out for them!! Now I'm off to try and catch up on my blog reading.  Take care and THANKS so much for stopping by!!

What's Up!!

Hello Everyone!!  I'm just popping in today to fill you in on what's going on in my little world this week.  I haven't had a chance to do to much blogging since last week because we were out of town for my b-day.  Thanks so much for all of your birthday wishes!!  Now that I'm back I'm busy trying to get ready for this event:

This is a new venue for local artisan to sell their wares.  They invited me to apply as a vendor and my application was approved (yay).  I'm excited to be participating in this event.  It has been really advertised and I've already beginning to network with the local artist community.  So wish me luck!!!

I have two more paper mache hearts to go and I really want to get them done in time for the show. This is one that I started last night.  Hopefully I can get this one finished tonight so I can start the last one.  Time is flying by and I only get to work on projects after dinner.

Last week I also received these BEAUTIFUL Pinque Peacock products.  Aren't these gorgeous!!  Jessica really does a beautiful job.  So if you haven't visited her shop on FB, you need to!!  Here is the link: Pinque Peacock 

Thank you all so much for all of your sweet comments on my last two projects!!  I'm so glad you liked "Lucy" and the layout I did for Zeus and Zoe.  I hope you'll join me in the ZZ April Challenge!  Well I better get going so I'll let you go.  Have a BEAUTIFUL day & Thanks for stopping by!!!