Howdy Partners!

Howdy Partners!

Just wanted to say a big Thank You to all of you for all of your continued support, friendship and encouragement. It's so great to have a place to share my artwork and favorite things!

Your visits and comments really make my days that much sweeter...and speaking of sweet...

A big

THANK YOU

to artist Joni Nickrent over at Pop Art Minis for this..........

Sweet Award - 

Have you seen her adorable characters?

You must hop on over here and say hello....

YAY!!!!THANK  YOU JONI from the very very bottom of my heart!

I will pass the award along as planned later on a future blog post!

*It's Western Spirit Day at my daughter's camp...The winning camp group gets the spirit stick!  I made all of the girls stickers with this illustration. Hopefully they will win! Good Luck Toucans!

bye for now my friends

Happy Weekend

Hope you all have a great

weekend!

currently reading:

The Trumpet of the Swan

E.B. White

Paint Party Friday

Paint Party Friday

5" x 5"

Heather Stillufsen

Watercolor in Arches 140 lb coldpress paper

It's Friday!

I am so very excited,

two of my blog friends have started their own weekly art co-op appropriately called

Paint Party Friday.
A fun place to gather where we can check in on weekly paintings, progress and share ideas!

Kristin and Eva, congratulations!

Today is their Launch Day, so let's go wish them good luck!
Let's go visit and say hello!

Don't forget your paint brushes!
I have completed these two small paintings last night.


"Love"

5" x 5"
Sold

Watercolor

Heather Stillufsen

wishing good fortune to those suffering from the

devastating earthquake and tsunami in Japan

I can't wait!

See you there!

"Love"

is available here

Illustration Friday - Stir

Stir!

Miss Kitty is stirring up a little love -  for this week's Illustration Friday

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

Sequins, Scotland....and Tea!

 September Vogue 2010
I've decided upon this glamorous sequined gown

from yes, one my favorite designers, Marc Jacobs, to wear to

 Mr. Toast's Tea this Sunday.

I can't wait to visit with all of my blog friends

over at The Isle of Mull, in Scotland.

I may be a scoche late,

as I will be coming from here,  

delightful, isn't it? Yes, I am being pampered!

It's one of my favorite places, nestled along the the rocky east coast of the U.S.,
just a short hop across the Atlantic from Scotland...Yes, there is a Starbucks, here, too!

It's a tradition with my family to visit with Santa here, every year, to kick off the holiday season. 
So after my visit,
with The Claus Family, I will be off to The Isle of Mull...

hmmm, now for transportation....

"No dear Will, we can't take a cab across the ocean..."

Isn't my date the cutest?

I love a man who believes in Christmas....

See You Sunday at The Tea

xxoo heather & Will ( AKA...Elf)

Illustration Friday - Savour

Lindsey knew how to Savour the season....

yummmmy, sips of hot cocoa....

Illustration Friday - Burning

Ginger knew she had to change jobs,

she couldn't keep burning Santa's favorite cookies, anymore...

Piece on Earth

Here's the finished version of Piece on Earth,

a holiday gift card that I illustrated for a client.  

The original sketch and idea is here.

Have you done your holiday cards yet?

 

Illustration Friday - Afterwards

They raked the lawn all morning, but afterwards,
Clare and Leo loved to play in the leaves!

Weeee!

Illustration Friday - Spent

Percy Peroo had spent all of her allowance

on a shiny new bubblegum machine.

POP!

Sunday Sketches - Happy Halloween

The witches fly

Across the sky,

The owls go, "Who ? Who ? Who ?"

The black cats yowl

And green ghosts howl,

"Scary Halloween to you !"

- Nina Willis Walter .

 

It's time for Halloween and Sunday Sketches. 

Pop on over to my friends at The Blue Chair Diary for a howling good time.

As you can imagine, it has been very busy for us around here at my house this weekend.

My little ghouls have been to several Halloween parties, and we have been carving pumpkins, trying to bob for apples (another one of my great ideas...ha ha ha) and decorating our pillowcases (candy bags) for the big Halloween extravaganza today....

So, I'm off to watch one of my all time favorite movies, the original

Willy Wonka and The Chocolate Factory,

 isn't that a great way to begin Halloween?

with Pure Imagination and CHOCOLATE!

 
Happy Halloween to you!!

 

 

Illustration Friday - Racing

Sophie and Teddy were racing for a cure....