Austin's Room

I met Austin's mom at the Overland Park Fall Festival last October and she hired me to make a couple of custom art pieces for his bedroom.  His dad was pretty adamant that it not be too girly, so I felt like I was really under pressure, haha!  I did keep checking with my husband, just to make sure I was keeping it very boyish...I mean, Austin is only 3!  :)  Here's what I came up with, I really LOVE both pieces!

Nursery Gifts

Wow!  It has been a long time since I have posted, I have good reason though....I am 7 1/2 months pregnant!!  We are SO excited and have been really busy preparing for a while now.  I will post some pictures of our nursery in another post, it looks AWESOME!!!

This post is actually to show off some artwork I created for a lady at work to give to her nieces for their nurseries.  They are both having girls, one has a sock monkey theme and the other flowers/birds.  Here's what I created for them, I think they turned out very cute!

2013 Wall Calendar

I am very proud to say, my first wall calendar is complete and ready for sale in my etsy store!!  It took a few months to make and I had a hard time deciding which artwork to use for each month, but I am so excited about how amazing it turned out.

They will make a great Christmas gifts for friends and family!!  I am also going to be selling them at the Overland Park Fall Festival on September 29th.  Here's a few pictures to check out:

Let's Go Ride a Bike

I'm finally working on some new art for my store, for a fall show I'm going to be in AND for my 2013 calendar that I'm creating!!!  YEAH!!!  Here's a sneak peek:

Dining Room Art

I finally found the perfect art to hang on the wall in my dining room!  I have only been looking for 9 months and I finally found it!  I found the small frames at a garage sale yesterday, the large frame is from Ikea and the flowers are from an artist I found on etsy.

Here's the before:

And the after: 

Doggie Love

Here's a couple of my custom collage creations I've been making lately.  I made these as gifts for my sister and brother in law....they LOVED them!
Here's Lola, she's a sweet chocolate Lab.

And this is Westly, their new puppy:

     

Art Mart

We had an art sale at work last week, here's a few pictures of my table!

It was a Success!

The trunk show last Friday night was a great success!  I had lots of friends and family show up to support me, it was awesome!  Here's a few pictures:

Got Some Art

I posted back in August about how I needed some artwork for my house.  Well, we ordered one of those photos from Society6.  Here's the finished product:

 

Before framing

After framing hung in the family room

It's almost Show Time!

I know I have been neglecting my blog a lot lately, I am very sorry for that.  I have just been swamped between work and everything going on at home!  Here's what has been consuming all of my time:

I'm still here!

Man, I have been swamped lately!  Between work, etsy store orders, activities and getting ready for my trunk show I have been totally ignoring my blog!  I'm so sorry to all you faithful readers.....Erica!

Here's a couple of orders through my etsy.com store that have been keeping me busy:

 

Trunk Show

Local Flavor Wedding Set

Here's another custom wedding invitation set that I created for a co-worker.  They turned out really cute!

Need more Art...

After moving into our new house, I realize we need a lot more art to decorate our new rooms.  It's hard for me to pick out artwork because as an artist myself, I always think "I could do that myself really easily."  But then, I never find time to actually do it!

I'm trying to find different work and support artists that don't sell to big retail chain stores.  More people like me who are just trying to make a few bucks doing something they love.  Here's a few pieces that I found that I think are pretty unique.

 

UO Call For Artists

I think Urban Outfitters is a pretty rad store and they offer up some of the coolest things!  As an artist I find this pretty refreshing, check it out:

Here's a few pictures of their gallery:

The Wedding Tree

Wedding season is in full swing and sales of my wedding tree in my esty store have been great this year!  If you know someone getting married, you should tell them this about this unique way to create a guestbook.(And it makes great artwork for the home after the wedding!)  It's also a great gift for that close friend or relative for their wedding, just make sure to coordinate it with them in advance!

Here's a photo of my wedding tree from our wedding last September:

Stepped off the face of the Earth

So....I did it again and stepped off the face of the earth and ignored my blog for another week!  We sold our duplex and have been looking for a new house and it has been consuming my life!  It's very exciting and we are very happy.....but I am a worrier.  I worry about the duplex appraising and the inspection, etc.  Hopefully, it will all go off without a hitch!

I have been working on a new invitation set for an Etsy customer, Danae.  She liked one of my invites and wanted to expand on it a little.  Here's what I came up with for her.

Basket Weaving

My mom asked me to take a basket weaving class with her this past Saturday at Powell Gardens.  I thought it would be a cool new craft to learn, so I said heck yes!  The class was full of old women and 1 guy who was going to use his basket for knitting needles....need I say more.  It was a hoot!
Here's my basket progress and finished product!