4 new ART CARDS!!!

Four NEW CARD styles just in today!!!! ONLY AVAILABLE in my NEW STORE!! Click here to visit SouthEnd Girls ART

9 more days to get in on the card club at $40.....price goes up December first.....no more members after December. Don't miss out on the fun :) Card members get special discounts and promotions in my online stores!

meet Mrs Wiggins

This is the newest member of a series of fun fabulous gals I created on 8x10 wood panels. I striped the sides in black and white and used some fabric paper and Prima flowers for her hair piece. She is a little wacky, I kept thinking of Mrs. Wiggins while I was working on her hair. The original Mrs. Wiggins was blonde, and I don't remember if she wore glasses.......but I think she really liked to chew gum. I have a vague memory of that character, but I liked her name, so I went with it.

Just a few days left to join the card club at the intro price. Next card up for December is my angel Noel. The original is featured in my current article for Somerset Studio....on the shelves now at Borders :) you can read about my Tattered Angels.

Welcome to the Land of Pretending.....

a place where joy is never ending. That is the wording I chose for my latest mixed media painting.

If you are just looking at this piece you will see a castle, garden and a very cute little princess.....but if you know me, you will know I have a secretive meaning. I am going to share my thought process....hang on tight! :)

Without being too deep, all girls/women want to be a princess ( I personally prefer queen) secretly.....I know you do, don't try to deny it. Anyway, back to the start, if you are "that" girl, the reality is, you are living life with your rose colored glasses on, being a princess is fantastic, but one day (hopefully not soon if you are under 25) you will be forced to take them off and see things clearly. Life isn't always fair, sometimes love doesn't last, you may have to work and clean your own castle.... until then........ my princess.....you are entitled to everything... Love is GRAND, your garden is rose colored and you are the "Queen of your rose colored garden"

Enough of my bizarre and kind of a downer thought process. I guess recently, I have just wanted to shake a few people and yell "WAKE UP! join us in reality.....that creep is not prince charming .....be your own knight" My latest painting is just my secret sarcastic take on the state of my union :) and for those of you still confused by this CraZineSs I will move on.....but one last thing, if you are concerned about me.....I did marry prince charming, I still live in a state of bliss, and at 40 still wear rose colored glasses :) and I am the Queen of my little garden.

Painting Details---- this is a large 12x24 wood. I will list it on ETSY later this weekend. These shots were taken on my table, as I am waiting on the buttons to dry. I love the flowers, they were created with sewing pattern tissue, I white washed them and added a bit of tattered rose ink. The background is a mix of shabby pink and pale cafe latte, touches of rose and ink stain. My princess has brown hair and blue eyes, her dress was created from vintage doilies. This will look great in a cottage shabby style room.....for girls of all ages. If you are interested feel free to contact me. I will have better photos on the listing.

Etsy LISTING CLICK HERE

On the COVER!!!

This has been a crazy week, but the hi light was going down to the mailbox and seeing this!!! (I was going to wait to show the cover until Somerset had it up on their website, but I have already seen other people posting it online. When they have it up I will take better pictures and show them.) The South-End Girls are now cover girls! I had no idea and it was a total shock! I submitted two pieces and wrote an article they are on page 48. I LOVE Halloween and to have my artwork on the cover of this incredible publication is a dream come true. I still can't believe it.
I want to thank everyone for the intrest in my "Hope is Faith" painting. It is sold ~~THank YoU~~

Summer is here....

for now, the sunshine has been great!

I just wanted to keep you updated on my current listings. I'm sure anyone who sells on Ebay knows they love to increase the rates, with that being said, my plan is to decrease the amount of items I list on their site. I will keep all my newest items on ETSY and work to really promote my business there. I will list extras on Ebay and overstock of craft and art supplies. My ETSY store is listed to the right, just click and find your way to my online store and "gallery"

Next.......my latest original. Summer Sisters. This is a collage done on wood. I have it listed in my ETSY store. This picture is cropped, the original is 6x12. I did this one in bright blue and sunny yellow, one of my favorite color combos :)

New art listed TONIGHT!

This is an 8x10 canvas that will be listed tonight on EBAY. I have another larger canvas and two minis that will go on tonight also. Here is a peek at one of them. The words read- It is on the wings of my sister that I soar to higher ground. I have used this phrase before, but it works really well here. This is a good piece for a best friend also. The girls have scripture wings, and the glare is from my less than great photography :)