Inspire Me Thursday: Square

acrylic paint on 4 square canvases

UPDATE: since a lot of you asked about this painting...this is what it looks like hanging...

Inspire Me Thursday: Watercolor

I sketched this morning in my sketchbook and added water color...my sketchbook isn't a water color journal so I'm sure this would have turned out better had I used watercolor paper. I'm having a love affair of sorts with sunflowers right now, and have been filling my apartment with them, so I guess they inspired me...

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Growing Season

"growing season" 11x20 acrylic painting

I finally finished this painting!!! I took a break from it for a couple of weeks, but after finishing the Tulip painting last night, I decided it was best to go back and finish this one tonight! I had the majority of the painting complete, so after 3 more short hours of painting in front of the TV (it is SHARK week!!!), I am done! It feels good.

Inspire Me Thursday: Bold

Acrylic Paint on Canvas Panel titled "Jigsaw"

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hand painted bangles

hand painted bangles
Originally uploaded by platinumblondelife

My latest batch of hand painted bangles are complete. One with a Pear design and one with a cherry design. These are painted on wooden bangles with a darker hue than the apple set. I decided to try out the Pear version for myself and I've already received a ton of compliments. I mailed off a bunch of apple bangles yesterday, so I'm excited to hear their feedback. Anyway the latest bangles are currently available in the shop

"An Apple A Day" Hand-Painted Wooden Bangles

Hand-painted "An Apple A Day" Wooden Bangles $15 each available here via my etsy shop

Inspire Me Thursday: World Traveler

This week is just a quick one. I did a Paris drawing not too long ago, and I thought about just finishing it and using it for this but that felt a bit like cheating. I think I took a less obvious approach to this topic. I am using this simple painting as a background to one of my journal pages. Here it is:


acrylic paint
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Inspire Me Thursday: Copy

water color & ink on paper
falling blossoms

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Inspire Me Thursday: Words

acrylic paint on canvas panel 8x10

"breathe in, let go" ...advice i should take once in awhile

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Illustration Friday: Remember

"i still remember" acyrilic paint on canvas 8 x 10

as i was sketching a bloc party song started playing in itunes...

"every park bench screams your name
I kept your tie
I've gone wherever you wanted
I still remember"

{"i still remember" ~ bloc party}

...it inspired me to finish by turning my sketch into a painting. i was so inspired that i was ridiculed by my friends for sitting home and finishing it on a friday night (now it is saturday morning), but hey it is done! :)

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Inspire Me Thursday: Eco Art

For this piece I used 2 pieces of cardboard that came as packaging inserts on some cookie sheets i bought this weekend. I then used scrap paper, cards, and other pieces of paper laying around my studio to create the collage background. i then layered acyrlic paints for the image. the collage painting measures 12x12.

Cupcake Block Prints

i am currently hosting/moderating the cupcake love swap, and have been gathering things to send to my partner. i purchased some things on etsy, but decided to add in a few of my own things. i really wanted a recipe journal, so i took one of the blank journals i had laying around and transformed it! i also created a couple cupcake magnets, & also made a few cupcake notecard sets. i kept the ink light...using pink & lilac on brighter colored paper & prints. it was a lot of fun, and i ended up making so many things that i am now selling a magnet set & notecard set on etsy. anyway, here are some photos from my latest project!

recipe book:


magnets:






cupcake notecards in pink:



cupcake note cards in lilac:










to purchase a magnet set or notecard set please visit my etsy shop!!! thanks for looking!

advice from a caterpillar

this is an acryllic painting on an 10 x 8 canvas panel. i am participating in an alice in wonderland swap, and the person i have to send to named chapter 5 "advice from a caterpillar" her favorite chapter. i finally finished it (it took me longer than i expected!), and i wanted to share it with you right away... this is my take on the story. :)