A Tea Leaf Blog
is today and tomorrow!
Info:
da Vinci Arts Fair 2009 Saturday, December 5th 10am - 6pm & Sunday, December 6th 10am - 4pm Free Admission! 2508 NE Everett, Portland, OR More info here.
If you can't make it, but you are interested in purchasing an item... Visit my Etsy shop here.
Photos of my booth that I took this morning... (Click on photos to see more details on my wares.)
Standard Movement Series prints were $18, now $10! Act fast, holiday sale ends next Tuesday, December 8th at 11pm pst.
Drinkin' some Yerba Mate & packing up for today & tomorrow's holiday market. Wish me luck! www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=159217149791&index=1
Congrats to Nancy! She won the Herb print giveaway!
Also, thanks all for the lovely comments. :)
My first ever giveaway is getting a lil' bit sweeter. Now you can win 2 prints of mine– Coriander & Poppy Seed!
I'm also extending it. The winner will be now contacted and announced on Monday, November 9th.
To win all you have to do is write a comment below, along with your name and an email address!
Oh my! I haven't written a blog post since October 12th! Here's a quick run-through of the latest.
New Earrings... October Nights and Black Kitten's Green Eyes are available for purchase in my Etsy Shop.
My Dill drawing of my Herb Series is featured in an Etsy Treasury called Dill or Sweet. They can't be beat! Click here to view.
On Sunday, November 8th I will be selling my art and jewelry at Crafty Wonderland. More info here!
I'm doing my very first give-away on here! I will be giving away an 8" x 10" print of my Poppy Seed drawing!
There are 2 ways to win:
The winner will be contacted and announced on Friday, November 6th.
I promised that I would post snaps of my most recent doodles and sketches... and here they are!September & October of 2009 sketchbooks:
(Click on images to make them larger.)
No matter how hard I try, my "Keith Haring" flair comes through.
I'm looking forward to this brand new week. I have a few custom orders to do! Oh, I didn't forget about creating my September video, don't you worry. I'll be working on that soon. Also, I've been thinking about raffling off one of the items in my Etsy Shop. I've never done one before. I'm thinking sometime next week. Stay tuned!
It's Friday! Woo-hoo!
Well it's just about over with, isn't it? I'm staying home this evening due to feeling a bit under the weather. Hopefully things turnaround with the help from hot tea. I mean come on, who wants to be sick over the weekend? Surely not I.
I don't know if you noticed but 2 new sets of earrings made their way into my Etsy shop yesterday. I'm having so much fun using these little twig beads that I acquired awhile ago.
Float on Clouds - Earrings - View in Etsy Shop
One More Song - Earrings - View in Etsy Shop
Lastly, a new plant is added to my Herb Series! I've been pretty anxious to post this one.
Mint - 8" x 10" Print - View in Etsy Shop
Well that's all for now. I'm gonna kick back with a steamy cup of Chamomile tea, snuggle with my cat, and watch a movie borrowed from a friend. Hope all you lovelies have good weekend and enjoy that crisp Autumn air.
Ah Portland. It's so incredibly good to see you again.
Flying high above layers of cotton candy clouds and thinking fondly about my Nebraska trip.
My trip to Nebraska was pretty... pretty... pretty good. *throwin' in a Larry David reference.* I wish there was enough time to see everyone though. I was always on the go- riding in a car to Lincoln, Columbus, Nebraska City, and Omaha. My trip included visiting with my family, in-laws, & a few friends. I am very thankful to have the opportunity to see them. And for that matter, so thankful to be able to be a part of my best friend's special day, her wedding. Just you wait, I'll be posting pictures very soon!
Enjoying the sunset, drawing in my sketchbook, and anxiously waiting for my connecting flight to PDX.
I will also be posting some snaps of my most recent doodles and sketches very soon. I've been working on two sketchbooks at the same time. Silly, I know.
Well I would love to share more about my Nebraska trip, but I've got to get going here. So much stuff to catch up on! See ya on Friday.
Heading out to The Good Life state. Be back in a jiffy. Enjoy this photo of my pal Jennie while I'm away.
Photo Credit: quietless.com
New item in the Shop!
Standard Movement Glass Bubble Magnets
Each set includes 3 large glass bubble magnets that include a portion of a mixed media artwork print of my Standard Movement series.
Finally got around to making my August video. Woot.
Tinymeat™ and I have united our creative powers to bring you...
Weeping Willow Wallets!
They are now in the Etsy Shop for only 15 buck-a-roos.
Exterior
The wallet's exterior has my 14th work of my Standard Movement Series, 00014 - Weeping Willow.
Interior
The wallet's interior is antique ledger paper. Coffee ring and scribbles included! Sewn by Tinymeat™ himself! How cool is that?!
I joined this nifty group on Flickr called Self Portrait Thursday. What a cool idea!
Here's my first submission!
Yep, that's Gretel! She's hanging out at the A + J pad for the week. She loves jumping on my lap while I'm at the computer. Lol. She's such a sweetheart. Check out my new goldfish necklace, it's so awesome. It was made by my new pal Little Bear. Oh boy, I gotta get going! I need to start packing up my art for today's event, Last Thursday on Alberta. Hope to see you there!
PS: A new addition will be making an appearance in my Etsy shop tomorrow. I'm super excited for it to join the others. So do check my blog tomorrow! Yay!
When my husband & I visited Portland for the first time, we checked out all of it's awesome neighborhoods, including Alberta. I fell in love with it's telephone poles covered in show posters, it's street art, and it's quaint art store Collage.
A street art find on my first visit to Portland, back in Fall of 2007.
A few months after moving here we learned about and checked out Alberta's monthly event, Last Thursday. It was so awesome to see such a lively event for blocks and blocks. Food, unique art, live & obscure music are definite staples of the experience.
My wish to participate and sell my handmade goods and art is going to be a reality! I will be joining 2 other artisans, Little Bear and Camp Smartypants this Thursday evening (which happens to be tomorrow). So if you are in the area, definitely stop by and make an appearance. I love meeting fresh faces. Also, if you have a minute do check out Little Bear and Camp Smartypants' Etsy shops.
Tomorrow I'm joining 90 other Artists & Crafters at tomorrow's (Saturday, 19th) craft bazaar, Skating with Scissors. If you are in the Sellwood/Portland area you should totally swing by. It's free to get in! I am so thrilled to do another craft show. Submerging myself into the Portland indie craft fair scene has been super awesome!
Here are directions to Oaks Amusement Park.
Start your Christmas shopping early and support handmade!
Happy Anniversary to my love! 3 wonderful years!
