Advent Calendar - December 20th

Today's advent calendar deal is...free shipping for all items either from my Etsy store or my website. The shipping costs will be refunded after your purchase is complete.

This is the last advent calendar deal and also the last day to ship to make it in time for Christmas.

Click here for my website and here for my Etsy shop.

Happy Holidays everyone!!

Advent Calendar - December 19th

Today's advent deal is...20% off entire store! This includes items from my website or my Etsy store. The discounted amount will be refunded after the purchases are complete.

This offer does not include shipping and will expire at midnight tonight (EST).

Click here for my Etsy store and here for my website.

Tomorrow will be the last advent calendar deal.

Happy Holidays!

Advent Calendar - December 18th

Today's advent calendar deal is...buy one get one free for all note cards and $25 prints! Just let me know in your "message to seller" which free card or print you would like. I have a "choose your own" option for both note cards and prints if you don't see the image you want listed.

Tuesday, December 20th is the last day that USPS will guarantee delivery before Christmas. So, that will be my last advent calendar day. Only 2 more days left of great deals!

This offer is good for prints and cards from my Etsy shop or my website.

This offer will expire at midnight tonight.

Only 1 more week until Christmas!

Advent Calendar - December 17th

Today's advent calendar deal is...with any purchase, receive an original drawing ornament for only $5! The $15 discount will be refunded to you after both purchases are complete.

This offer will expire at midnight tonight (EST).

Click here to see the drawing ornaments and here for my Etsy shop.

Have a great weekend.

Advent Calendar - December 16th

Today's advent calendar deal is...with the purchase of each calendar, receive $10 off the purchase of your second item. The $10 will be refunded after the purchase is complete.

This offer is good for items from my website or my Etsy shop. If your second item is purchased from my website, I will also refund shipping from that item because the items can be shipped together.

Click here for my website and here for my Etsy shop.

This offer will expire at midnight tonight (EST).

Advent Calendar - December 15th

Today's advent calendar deal is...15% off all ($40) mini paintings! This makes each painting only $34 each. I will refund the discounted amount once the purchase is complete.

This offer will expire at midnight tonight (EST).

Click here to see mini paintings.

Advent Calendar - December 14th

Today's advent calendar deal is...buy one $25 print and the get a second print FREE! Just let me know in your "message to seller" which free print you would like. You can choose a print from either my website or my Etsy shop.

This offer will expire at midnight tonight (EST).

Advent Calendar - December 13th

Today's advent calendar is...15% off limited edition calendars. This makes each calendar less than $30 each! I will refund the discounted amount once the purchase is complete.

This offer will expire at midnight tonight (EST).

Click here to purchase a calendar.

Advent Calendar - December 12th

Today's advent calendar deal is...get 5 free note cards with any order from my website or my Etsy shop. Just let me know in your "message to seller" which cards you would like.

This offer will expire at midnight tonight (EST).

Go here for my Etsy shop and here for my website.

Advent Calendar - December 11th

Today's advent deal is...original mini painting #24 is only $30! This is 25% off the original price.

I will refund the discounted amount after the purchase is complete. This offer will expire at midnight tonight.

Go here to purchase the painting.

Advent Calendar - December 10th

Today's advent calendar deal is...original mini painting #8 is only $30! This is 25% off the original price. I will refund the discounted amount once the purchase is complete.

This offer will expire at midnight tonight (EST).

Go here to purchase painting #18.

Off to do some holiday shopping...

Advent Calendar - December 9th

Today's advent calendar deal is...15% off all ($75) prints on wood. This offer does not include my large ($150) prints on wood. I can make a print on wood of most of my images so if you don't see something on my site just let me know and I can list it for you.

I will refund the discounted amount after the purchase is complete. This offer will expire at midnight tonight (EST).

Go here for the shopping pages of my website and here for my Etsy shop.

Have a good weekend!!

Advent Calendar - December 8th

Today's advent calendar deal is...25% off original painting "adrift". This is on of my favorites. I will refund the discounted amount after the purchase is complete.

This offer will expire a midnight tonight (EST).

Go here to view or purchase "adrift".

Advent Calendar - December 7th

Today's advent calendar deal is...20% off all holiday drawing ornaments. This makes the ornaments $16 each! These would make a great gift or a cute ornament for your tree.

I will refund the discounted amount once the purchase is complete. This offer will expire at midnight tonight.

Go here to purchase ornaments.

Advent Calendar - December 6th

Today's advent calendar deal is...buy one note card set (holiday or not) and get a second set free. The free 2nd set of cards will be identical to the first.

If you are choosing your own cards just let me know in your "message to seller" which cards you would like. I can make a card of any image on my site or in my Etsy shop.

This offer will expire at midnight tonight (EST).

Go here to look at note card options.

Advent Calendar - December 5th

Today's advent deal is 20% off each "mylo" cushion cover! This cushion was sold at Urban Outfitters but the item sold out over a year ago. There are only 3 of these left! It would make a really great gift.

I will refund the discounted amount after the purchase is complete. This offer will expire at midnight tonight!

Go here to see or purchase the cushion cover.

Advent Calendar - December 4th

Today's advent calendar deal is...buy a t-shirt (only $19 each) and receive 4 free note cards. Just let me know in your "message to seller" which 4 cards you would like.

This offer will expire at midnight tonight (EST).

Go here to check out t-shirts.

Off to get a Christmas tree...

Advent Calendar - December 3rd

Today's advent calendar deal is...free shipping on your entire order! This includes items purchased through my Etsy shop or my website. I will refund the shipping amount after the purchase has been completed.

This offer will expire at midnight tonight (EST).

You can go here for my Etsy shop and here for my website shopping pages.

Have a good weekend!

Advent Calendar - December 2nd

Today's advent calendar deal is...15% off all original paintings! This discount does not apply to the mini $40 paintings or to shipping. I will refund the discounted amount after the purchase has been completed.

This offer will expire at midnight tonight (EST).

Go here to look at original paintings.

Advent Calendar - December 1st

Today's advent calendar deal is...buy one limited-edition calendar and receive a free $25 print. Just let me know in your "message to seller" the name of the print that you would like.

This offer will expire tonight at midnight (EST).

Click here to get shopping.

Happy Holidays!

Advent Calendar of Holiday Deals

Beginning tomorrow, December 1st, I will be offering an advent calendar for special holiday deals. There will be a different sale offered for each day until the 25th of December. These deals will be emailed (through my email mailing list), posted on my Facebook and Twitter pages and, of course, here on my blog.

These deals will only be available the day offered (at 9:00 am, EST) and will expire at midnight (EST) that night.

Click here to get a head start on your shopping.

Here we go...

Let the holidays begin!

Original Holiday Painting

"happy happy"

The painting that is used for the December page of my 2012 calendar has just been released. The 4" x 4" painting is titled "happy happy" and is $85.

Click here to view or purchase the painting.

Stay tuned...more exciting news will be announced soon.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Sam brought this "Thankfulness Block" home from school this week. He has not been all that into crafts so this made me very happy. He picked clippings from magazines of things he is thankful for to put on his block of wood. Dessert, Halloween, Norbit (the bearded dragon class pet), swimming and home. I absolutely love it.

Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family.

Original Drawings as Holiday Ornaments

I have just released original drawings as ornaments in my Etsy shop. These are drawn with archival inks, mounted onto scalloped chipboard frames and tied with either a satin ribbon or a festive elastic cord. Some of them even have a tiny jingle bell attached.

All ornaments are only $20 each. These would make a great holiday gift or a cute little ornament on your tree.

You can see the ornaments here.

Have a wonderful Thanksgiving!

Mini Paintings for the Holidays

Original mini painting #3 - front

Original mini painting #3- back

Mini paintings are back! Just for the holidays I have painted 30 mini paintings for $40 each. They are painted on both sides and an eye hook is attached with a ribbon so they can also be used as ornaments.

The mini paintings are available here.

New on Etsy - You Choose Note Card or Print

I am now offering a "you choose" option for note cards and prints in my Etsy store. Just put in your "message to seller"which image you would like. You can choose from any image that you see on my website, blog or previously listed on Etsy.

And...mini paintings will be released on Monday!

Click here to go to my Etsy store.

2012 Calendars are here!

I finished with these a little early this year so I thought I'd go ahead and release them. This is a limited edition of only 75 calendars and they always sell out so get one while you can. They make great gifts.

Also, stay tuned...mini paintings will be released in early November.

Purchase calendars here.

Have a good weekend.

New Painting for Halloween

"it's gonna be a long night"

My son Sam is REALLY into Halloween this year so I wanted to paint (for the first time) a painting for Halloween. I'm not really a fan of black and orange so I decided to go in a dark and spooky direction. I also really needed an image for the October page of my upcoming 2012 calendar.

Last year Sam was a knight in shining armor which included a sparkly cape that I attached myself (and that is pretty much the extent of my sewing skills). This year he is a zombie skeleton and the costume is pretty terrifying. What a difference a year makes!

And stay tuned...calendars and mini paintings/ornaments will be released in the next few weeks.

The painting is 12" x 12" and is titled "it's gonna be a long night" and is available here. Prints are also available here.

Happy Halloween!

Featured on Little Brown Rabbit Today

I am the featured artist on "Mummy Monday" today on the wonderful Little Brown Rabbit blog. I have "known" Emma for years and she is always so kind with comments and has even purchased an original painting from me. You can read about what an average day is like for me here.

Thank you so much to Emma for doing this. It was very difficult to find the time to paint once I had Sam but for all you new artist mom's out there that are struggling let me just say that it does get easier. The age 4 is a magical age and it comes with a lot of independence. Hang in there!

Thanks again, Emma!

First Day of Pre-School

Sam's first day of pre-school was today. Sniff, sniff. Last night I went into his room and he was sitting on the floor with his backpack. I asked him what he was doing and he said "Packing my backpack for school tomorrow." I looked in the backpack and he had 4 boxes of crayons and some Star Wars figures in there. So. Damn. Cute.

Ian and I both got teary-eyed dropping his off this morning but as soon as Sam got inside the school he turned to us with a big smile and said "Bye".

Picking him up was bittersweet. As soon as he saw us he ran to us with a look that I can only describe as "joyful". He was so happy and excited to tell us about his day. And then when he got close to us he fell and skinned his knee pretty badly. He cried all the way home but in between the tears he told us how much fun he had at school.

Ugh. It's going too fast. But I'm so proud of him.

New Originals

"stay"

"missing you"

"together in this crazy world"

"invisible"

"untroubled"

Five new originals and prints have just been listed on Etsy.

Click here to purchase paintings or prints.

New Originals on Exotic Hardwood

"ready?"

"waiting to fly"

"nothing better"

"solo mission"

I've pretty much taken the summer off. We had a huge landscaping project in our backyard and it took up ALL of my time and energy. But now that it's complete (I will post pics soon) I wanted to get a little painting in before I leave for vacation. Yay! We're going to Lake Champlain in Vermont. Can't wait to swim everyday and relax. Now I can feel good about doing nothing because I actually got some paintings finished.

I bought the wood for these pieces a few months ago. Walking into Cormack International is heaven for me. There are so many choices of gorgeous wood to choose from. But I fell in love with these.

Hope you are all having a great summer!

Click here to purchase originals.

New Original on Exotic Hardwood

"wild at heart"

I just couldn't resist going back to Cormack International to look at the beautiful hardwoods there. I found some really interesting blocks in wood that I haven't used before. So, needless to say I had to start painting on them. This first one is titled "wild at heart" and is on African Wenge which is a very hard wood used for floors and musical instruments. It is gorgeous. Very rich and almost black. Love! Hope you enjoy. There will be more...

Click here to purchase original.

Interview with Gumnut Inspirations

This interview with Gumnut Inspirations was posted today. Click here to read the interview. She is an Australian artist who has a very funny and interesting background. Thank you to "Nutty" for the interview.

Happy Tuesday!

Happy Mother's Day!

Today at Bent Creek

This was the best Mother's Day ever! Started out with a delicious husband-made breakfast of strawberry/blueberry pancakes and a beautiful card made by my son and then we went for a beautiful hike at Bent Creek. After lunch I decided to take a nap. My son (who stopped napping months ago) came in with his Teddy Bear when I was already asleep and snuggled next to me and took a nap with me. Heaven! Then off to a local kids festival where I saw a lot of my mommy friends and now I'm waiting for my husband to finish cooking dinner - shrimp with goat cheese and tomatoes. Yum! Such a wonderful day with my boys!

I'm really feeling the love today. And I feel so fortunate to have my own amazing family plus an amazing mother who has always been there for me. She taught me what being a good mother is all about. Thank you, Mom...for everything.

And the winner of my Mother's Day Giveaway is...Jenni Allen. Please get in touch with me offline and give me your address and let me know which cards you would like.

Happy Mother's Day!

Mother's Day Freebie Friday & Giveaway

"baby green"

In honor of all you amazing mother's out there (including my own) I am having a Freebie Friday today. Buy one print and receive a $25 print for free. Just put in your "message to seller" which print you would like.

Also, my annual Mother's Day Giveaway starts today. Just post a comment in this post about your mother or what being a mother means to you and you could receive 4 free note cards of your choice. The winner will be announced on Mother's Day.

Happy Mother's Day!!!

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New Mother's Day Paintings

"darling one"

"kiddo"

"fly to me"

"leaving home"

Four new Mother's Day paintings and prints have just been released. They are available in my Etsy shop.

Time is going so fast and Sam is getting so big. He starts pre-school in the fall and it will be the first time that he'll be away from me for an extended period of time. It's just a few hours a day but it marks the beginning of something wonderful, but also sad for me. That was the inspiration for "leaving home". I can't even imagine what all day kindergarten is going to be like or (gasp) college!

I will be having my Mother's Day giveaway again this year...stay tuned.