Hello Etsy!!!!!!

Here it is folks, the first item up for sale in my new shop!

Well it's official, the store is up! However I am not ready for the big reveal quite yet. I have a few kinks to work out first, like almost everything. So if you do decide to take a sneak peak at it right now, please forgive me for the lack of a more polished look that I am trying to achieve. Plus I don't know how to link my Etsy shop to my blog and I have a million other questions to figure out tomorrow. Hope all is well and I look forward to getting some constructive (go easy on me) criticism when all is said and done.

And the Winner is................

The winner is KKJD1!

Thanks to everyone who participated in this giveaway. I am so thankful for all the kind and lovely comments that each one of you leave. It is very encouraging to hear such positive things about my artistic creations. When life gets busy and family takes up a good deal of my time, it's easy to want to give up on my dreams, or at least put them on hold. Somehow the encouragement of others gives me that little push I need to keep on keeping on. Thanks everyone! Hope you all have a great week.

P.S. Congratulations Karen, please e-mail me so we can discuss the ideas for your illustration. I will post a reveal of the illustration before I send it in the mail. 

PedEgg

This is my newest most favoritest thing in the whole wide world. Anyone who has seen my feet knows that this was a much needed purchase. My husband just informed me that my nasty feet really needed this. Ahhh yes, how I love Dean's brutal honesty. No I really do. When he tells me I'm beautiful, I know he really means it.

Lazy Sunday

I haven't done a thing today. Well I went to church, and cleaned the house and then I took a super long nap with my Zoe. I feel like I haven't done anything productive though. I guess sometimes you need those days. I am heading to the chair in my livingroom to work on some new sketches.

I went to one of my favorite stores yesterday, TJMaxx, and bought some frames for the artwork that I am going to put in my shop. I also found some cute frames at Target. The frames that I really love are the ones you can find at antique markets and yard sales. They are super gaudy and really elaborate, they are my favorite. They are also hard to find. Well enough about frames. I must go and work on art. Hope everyone is having a great weekend!

"You Decide" Giveaway

So here it is folks, another Artfulife giveaway. Only this time I am going to mix it up a bit. The winner of this giveaway gets to pick what I paint for them. I will paint any animal that you would like for the little one in your family. If your little guy likes dogs, I will paint him an illustration with a dog theme. If your little sweetheart likes kittens, then the illustration will be a kitten theme. The sky is the limit. All you have to do to enter is leave a comment telling me the animal you would want used in "your" illustration, and why. If your name is picked, I will paint the animal theme you left your comment about.  Last day for entries is Monday, August 18, 2008 at 4 pm. My little ones love to pick the winners, it's Zoe' turn to pick this weeks winner. 

This giveaway is to celebrate the opening of my new Artfulife Etsy store this weekend. Hope everyone has a wonderful weekend and I can't wait to see what animal I get to paint next. 

The size of the finished painting will fit into an 8"x 10" frame.

P.S. The painting will be in my illustrative kids style. I don't have enough time to do the photo realistic paintings that I have done in the past. Maybe in another giveaway when the kids are older.