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Sunday, February 27, 2011

Sunday Sketches - From the Sketch Pad



Good Morning!
It's Sunday and it's time for Sunday Sketches. There will not be an official SS today, Sophia's father is ill.
 But do pop over to Sophia's blog, at The Blue Chair Diary to send your thoughts to Sophia and her family.

This week I am sharing a page from my sketchbook....lots of little ideas here.
I hope you are all having a fabulous weekend.
Heather

Saturday, February 26, 2011

Enjoy this day


A grownup is a child with layers on.
~Woody Harrelson

Whatever you do today, enjoy it...and embrace it!
gone tomorrow...live in this moment...

oh and yes, that's me, being silly with my daughter!

we got 10 inches of fresh snow here yesterday....

Have a great day
xo
Heather

Friday, February 25, 2011

Happy Friday and Thank You!


Happy Friday My Friends,
I would like to say a big THANK YOU to The Ruby Needle, for this treasury,  BSBag, for this treasuryCreatureCollars for this treasury, and Rebecca Lippert for this treasury.
They all created beautiful treasuries this week on Etsy and included my new Pisces card.
I am so delighted that you chose my card to be featured! Thank you ...from the bottom of my artistic little heart!

It's also Friday, and I am feeling VERY Lucky and thankful for being featured here

with my original fortune cookie that is now sold! YAY! See, when you visualize good things, they come!
I love Etsy treasuries, I find so many fun things on Etsy.
How about you, what do you think about Etsy?
and
What are you up to this weekend?
Heather

Monday, February 21, 2011

Illustration Friday - Layer

Whenever it snowed,
 Sophie's mommy dressed her in so many layers,
she could hardly move

remember those days as a child, when you were stuck in all of those layers?

For more layers, visit Illustration Friday, here
heather

Sunday, February 20, 2011

Sunday Sketches - Under the Weather

She was under the weather....

hee...:)
Tissues, tea and Vitamin D were in order.


This is how the sketch began this morning, and then I add my little details, like MORE tissues and pink noses and thermometers!

It's Sunday! Time for a visit with Sophia and friends over at The Blue Chair Diary and Sunday Sketches.
Grab a cup of tea or coffee and come visit all of the wonderful artists with me, I can't wait.
See you there!
Heather

I have updated her a bit this afternoon, as seen in the top photo....

Saturday, February 19, 2011

Happy Birthday Pisces

Happy Birthday to my Pisces friends....This is one of my cards available, here, in my Etsy Shop.
Also a big thank you to Sole Role and Terre Tissot for featuring my Pisces cards on their Etsy Treasuries. I love seeing all of these fun treasuries!

Happy Saturday everyone!
What are you up to this weekend?
xoxo

Wednesday, February 16, 2011

Illustration Friday - Sweater

Summer loved going into mommy's closet to borrow her
cozy knit sweater.

This is my entry for illustration friday's prompt, sweater.
Inspired by my daughter, and her love of my real cozy sweater
For more sweater illustrations, pop over here.
click photo to enlarge

Tuesday, February 15, 2011

Creative Tuesdays - Lucky

 Madeline was the luckiest mouse of all...she had found her four leaf clover!





and when I saw the Creative Tuesday's prompt over at Mr. Toast's I quickly sketched this out...
Just a few little good luck charms for my friends, over there.
Well, one thing I know is that I am lucky to have found such a wonderful group of people here in the blog world to share my days with! 
Thank you for that!
Now, I am off to visit Mr. Toast, and see all of the creative entries!
Lucky me!
Grab a pencil and paper and come join us!

"Luck is believing you are lucky"
Tennessee Williams


Monday, February 14, 2011

A Valentine 4 U



Love is more than a noun -- it is a verb; it is more than a feeling -- it is caring, sharing, helping, sacrificing.



Happy Valentine's Day My Friends!
remember to Love someone or something today
and
remember,
You are loved today!


X♥O
Heather

Sunday, February 13, 2011

Sunday Sketches - Love Letters 2 B or Not too be?

Cleaning out some boxes recently, I found some old love letters that I received many years ago. The handwritten notes were on little pieces of paper, cards and  regular plain old notebook paper. I even have one on a napkin - "Yours Forever"...it read...A simple heart and our initials adorned the front of another letter.
I loved pouring over these handwritten notes. Their words brought back wonderful memories, sweet sorrow, hope and happiness as well. A reminder of where I had come from...
The words inside the notes were written from the heart, thought about, signed, dated, sealed and delivered. There were no backspace buttons, no delete buttons, to speak of. Maybe there were a few cross outs, scribbles, drawings, hearts, etc. but it was written with feeling....written in ink. So I got to thinking,
Are love letters a thing of the past? 
With texting and emails, will our children have the memory of the faint smell of the paper, the scribbles
and tear stains on the edge of a note? -
Well, I know one thing is for sure, I will forever treasure my box of love letters!
Thank you to my Valentine, for those!

How about you? Do you write love letters?
Or do you type an email or text your feelings?
When you express your love...
 do you say ILU or I love you?

For more Sunday Sketches please pop over to visit my friends at Sophia's blog 
The Blue Chair Diary, here.
Have a great Sunday!
I'm off to write my Valentine, a letter!
Heather

Saturday, February 12, 2011

Saturday in Pink




"I believe in pink.
I believe that laughing is the best calorie burner. I believe in kissing, kissing a lot. I believe in being strong when everything seems to be going wrong. I believe that happy girls are the prettiest girls. I believe that tomorrow is another day and I believe in miracles."

— Audrey Hepburn

It's the weekend and I am off to my color theory class...
I'm really excited about this one!
My Outfit...begins with PINK today
J Crew Cashmere Sweater in Paris Pink
( I love these sweaters, I have 2 in black)
Banana Republic skinny jeans
Lanvin gold flats....love them!
and I'm out the door and ready to go...
signature scent?
Michael Kors
xxoo
Have a great day!

Wednesday, February 9, 2011

Illustration Friday - Reverse

Madeline wasn't sure if she should put it in reverse...and run....
she had some unexpected guests at her little cottage this evening....

For more reverse themed art, pop over here, to Illustration Friday

Monday, February 7, 2011

The Pefect Valentine Accessory

I love finding fun and unique ideas to spruce up an otherwise boring shirt or sweater.
So when I stumbled across, ban. do accessories, I fell in love with their
mini ban.do bedazzled sequin heart pin.
How cute is this for Valentine's Day with a crisp white shirt?
I am definitely ordering one!

Now, here's a fun tutorial for how to create sequins in your illustrations.
I found this, here at Fabulous Doodles blog.
1. Begin by coloring your design with the base color, red shown here.
2. Shade the design with deeper grays.
3. Place black dots across and around the design for a dotted look.
4. When that dries, make dots with your Whiteout pen on top of all of the black dots.
5. Then add a few small "x"s with a fine tip micron pen...as accents
I love this site, for fashion illustration tips.
And she has some of the most beautiful fashion illustration you have seen!
xo - heather


Saturday, February 5, 2011

Sunday Sketches - Hearts

It's time for Sunday Sketches.
So grab your pencil and a cup of coffee and come join us!
This is a sketch of something that I am working on for a post later this week. She's all done up in red, white and pink...and she's wearing a big RED sequin heart pin, from a fun shop I found on line recently...I will share that with you too, this week!

I have also found a great way to make sequins which I am going to share with you, when I post her in color.

So what's happening over at Sunday Sketches, today? I can't wait to see what you all have drawn!

 - Heather - xo