Sad news

So I feel like I have been non stop this past month. I have orders upon orders for paintings and necklaces for Christmas. My sad news is that my grandmother, who has been suffering from Altzheimers, is in her final stages and is not expected to last much longer. She has not been eating or drinking and is pretty much in a coma. On top of all this my grandfather on my mom's side is sick and will possibly have to have gall bladder surgery within the next week. I am completely stressed and emotionally drained. Well, just wanted to get that off my chest. Please pray for my grandparents and our family. Thanks!

Glass etching

So i discovered a project which is totally gratifying and quick, glass etching. I love it. I etched a vase in 5 minutes. I think I will be going through a whole lot of glass in the weeks to come. Oh the ideas that are etching in my head.

Jewelry

Here are a few pendants I did and I am very excited about the way they came out. 

I apologize for the quality of the photos. My camera has been acting up a lot lately and I can't seem to get a good picture of small objects.

Hair clips and hair clip display

Here is the hair clip display and hair clips I did that are currently for sale at Serenity Hair Salon.

New Commissioned Paintings

I've recently started taking orders for my paintings and I've already had two customers. These are the paintings I did and I've already been commissioned to do more. 

A blog I absolutely LOVE

Ok, I found this blog and I absolutely LOVE it! I wish I was her. I guess I am a girl after her own heart. She is so very creative and her artwork is amazing. I have no idea how she has time to do the things she does. Here is her blog address. Check it out!

 http://lilblueboo.blogspot.com

Hair Clips

So I've been busy making hair clips. I've made some with ribbon flowers and buttons and recently I've been making some with felt and thread. I am most proud of the candy corn clips that I made. Personally I think they are adorable. Too bad I don't have a little girl to adorn with hair clips. Oh, and the pictures are horrible. I'm not really sure why they came out so badly. Oh, well.

home

home, originally uploaded by littlemockingbird.

This painting is for those Louisiana natives.

Initial

S, originally uploaded by littlemockingbird.

This is an initial I did the other day.

Serenity

Serenity, originally uploaded by littlemockingbird.

This painting is at my hair dresser's shop. I've gotten a few inquiries about it.

Dominic's 2nd Birthday

Dom making a wish

So my son turned 2 and we had a wonderful airplane theme party for him. We dressed him as a pilot and my husband was the co-pilot and I was the flight attendant. The invites were airline tickets and the goodie bags were barf bags. I also made some peanut and m&ms bags and each child had there own pilot pin. We had bunches of white balloons hanging from the ceiling as clouds and I made different signs to hang around the house as airport signs. We had lots of fun and I had a blast designing and making everything.

Business cards

So I was looking around at some of my favorite blogs and stumbled upon this link to awesome business cards, http://creativebits.org/cool_business_card_designs. I found the link at the U create blog. These cards are amazing and definitely inspiring.

Been away for a while!

Hi all! It's been a while since i last posted anything. I stood in a wedding in June and I was busy doing the programs, favors and lots of other stuff. Then shortly after that was my sons 2nd birthday. I had to go big so he had a wonderful Airplane themed party (pictures to follow very soon).

Amidst all of that I have been bombarded by family and friends to start an invitation/painting business and I must be crazy because I will be trying to start one. I really need to get back to this blog and possibly I can use some imput from people to help me along with my business. Ok, well I have a crazy 2 year old running around so I must go, but i will be back soon!

Sorry

It's been crazy the past few weeks. Between showers, planning vacations, appointments and so on, I haven't been able to craft much lass blog. Once things settle down a bit, I plan on crafting and creating more and posting about it. Sorry again!

Original artwork

100_1737, originally uploaded by littlemockingbird.

This is an original piece that I did for a friend who is about to get married. Down here in Louisiana the fleur de lis is very popular. It is an acrylic done on canvas.

cloth shoes

cloth shoes, originally uploaded by littlemockingbird.

These are some cloth baby shoes that I made using a pattern from Stardust Shoes. I found the idea from once again Homemade by Jill. This is the third pair I made. The first two were definitely trial and error. I can't wait to give them to somebody with a little girl. 

my tote

            
my tote, originally uploaded by littlemockingbird.

This is the first project of hopefully many. I used a tutorial found on Homemade by Jill and it was very simple. Her projects are great!

Crescent City Classic

Hey everyone, been busy the last couple of days. Today I ran in the Crescent City Classic in New Orleans which is a 10k race. Had lots of fun, but I am extremely tired haha! Hope to post some pics soon and to write a little more tomorrow. Hope everyone had a good day!

New to the blogging world

I just wanted to start a blog to post my original artwork and crafts that I have been working on. I've gotten many of my craft projects from Homemade by Jill and she is absolutely amazing. Hopefully I will be able to post some pictures soon.