Painting, painting, painting.... and packing?

I feel like I should change the name of the blog sometimes.  :D  Especially when my other work, freelance painting, starts taking over all my *free* time!  I just finished a commission and sent it off yesterday, and I also contracted another one, plus two tattoo designs.  Then, on top of that, I am working on making decorations for Charlie's birthday party.  It is Land Before Time themed and there isn't really a great selection of decorations for it.  So I am hand drawing/painting the dinosaurs from the movie. And I will make some treestars AND a felt stegosaurus to play a game.

Then, lets mix a move into that mess.  Oi!!!  My head hurts.  But the new house will allow more room for all the family members and move my studio back into climate controlled conditions.

There has been some mini stuff happening, and I am thinking about doing another giveaway- because I love them.  And I have started the early steps of the Creatin' Contest Build 2012 for HBS.  :)  I am eager to do that one.

Posting might slow down a bit whilst I am a headless chicken, but I promise to stop in and update.

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Inspired loneliness...

This week I started potty training my youngest son, which meant that I was bound to the house without adult contact.  Oh so sad.  He is doing well though, which is nice.  So, out of this loneliness, came two new works of art for the etsy shop.

Digging around in my craft room, I came across some watercolor pencils and thought they would be nice to play with and make some dollhouse art.  Boy howdy, did they deliver!!!  So, here is what boredom, a bit of loneliness and some mascato wine produced:

 I cut them out and decided that the brown one needed a white matte border and that the sunset and tree would look great as panel art....

After cutting out and matting, I made a frame for the brown painting.  After it was assembled, I put it painted it Slate Grey by Americana and then used a Chartpack wood crafter marker on it.  I used the Black Walnut color (my favorite) and it gave it a sort of cool brown color.  It didn't stain over all the grey, either, and I think that gives a really unique look to the frame that fits the painting really well.

As you can see in my hand, it is rather large and much bigger than what I usually do.  I intended this to be an over-the-sofa piece of art and I think it is perfectly suited for that.

Here, you can see it in my Orchid and the amount of space it takes up on the wall.  I really love this piece of art!  I think I might have to recreate it in life size for my actual house at some point.  :)

Here is the sunset and tree painting cut up into its panels.

James suggested that each piece get it's own white frame.  I really like the results of that.  The other thing I did different this time, is that I put *glass* in the frames, using thin acrylic sheeting left over from my Fling build last year.  These small panels are also *laminated* with a single piece of packing tape.

Here is the panel art with one frame, side by side.

And here they are all framed and glassed.

And this is how they would look on the wall.  I really like it!

Both paintings will be available in my etsy shop within the next 24 hours.  Look for more to come soon, as I really like the way the pencils come out in miniature.

Back on Etsy with mini's!!!

I just listed a bunch of miniature paintings, furniture and art supplies.  Get 'em while they are hot with their all new low, low, low prices.  :)

The art supplies are a limited time buy at this price.  Next month, they will be put back into the Ageless Promise Art Gallery and I will be listing it as a whole.

Hope to see some sales quick!  :)  Just click the etsy link to the right of the screen to go check it out or follow this link here.

Listing On Etsy

I just wanted to give you all a heads up that I listed some paintings on one of my etsy shops:  Lyssa Wyn Creations.  

I should get some things listed in the mini shop: Lyssa's Budget Mini's, later this week.

With all the hooplah from the holidays, the wedding and now the honeymoon, over, I can get back into the crafting saddle!  Woot!

Coming together, Country shabby

Before the new year, I had made a kitchen counter out of card stock and foam core board.  I had mentioned to you all that I was going to paint it a country blue, with white counter top.  Here is the end result before I made the sink:

It still needs a curtain for the shelving, but I have yet to find a print
that I both like and is in scale.  Something flowery...or with butterflies.

The handles are from Houseworks, but the oven pull is built from scratch.

Efficiency stove top!

Quick placement and glance through the window.

The next step was to make the sink and get some hardware for it.  Who knew that I would have a faucet jangling around in my drawer of mini things...  I had made some shelving to go into the kitchen, too, but one was a little tall.  The shelving behind the sink is what I cut off.  It is just big enough to be a supply shelf there.  :)  I will probably cut the ends down though and round them off.

It came together so wonderfully!

                                   

Close up of the not perfect sink.  It cracked upon installation, but I used
Brae's perfect-mitre technique to fix the issues.  

Cereal!!!

                                   

And now, everything is in there!  Hoorah!  Accessories have been added and there is still more to come.  I want this kitchen to be full. Overcrowded.  Homey.  

I think it's off to a pretty good start.  :D

Celebrate!!

To all my friends and family:


Myspace Happy New Year Graphics
May the new year bring you everything that you are looking for.  I hope you all get to be with loved ones tonight.  Good riddance to 2011 and welcome, 2012.

Much love!