Saturday in the Studio

I went shopping.

I bought myself an adorable (reusable shopping) bag.

That was filled with delightful goodies!

Five hoops and three different colours of embroidery thread, plus three different fabrics that I'll be making into dresses. I'll of course be blogging about my dress making exploits because I won't be using a pattern, per usual. And naturally, I'll be posting my embroidery to here as well! Depending on how things with those little guys go, I may start posting them on etsy! If you look carefully in the photo, you can see some of the new Jewelry I'm working on, and shamefully neglecting to work on. I've just been so frustrated with messing up on those little paintings and having to start all over again. But soon, soon. Also, you can see my goal list that I got from the oh-so-wonderful Rachel at Cornflower Blue Studio! There's a little DIY list on the side of her blog that I really recommend you check out! 

Anyways, I hope you all have a wonderful weekend!

Love and Strawberry Kisses xo

A little lovely embroidery

This is what I was up to yesterday when I was supposed to be working on a lot of other things! But in the end, I suppose procrastinating working on art with other art isn't all that bad. I had so much fun doing this, it was the first time I've ever done embroidery. Of course I did it free hand because I like to make things difficult on myself. I did base it on a drawing I made in my sketchbook a few months back which you can see here! I had dreams of screen printing the design, but have yet to sit down and actually figure out how to do that...

I already have another design worked out in my head, so I just need to get another hoop and some blue thread! I really should finish my next batch of jewelry first. Not only will there be more necklaces, I'll have earings, rings and even cuff-links up for sale on my etsy. I'm also working on a larger painting, and of course my story as well. With that said, I should probably get back to painting!

Love and Strawberry Kisses xo

Sunday in the Studio

I have several tattoo commissions waiting for me to tackle them on my desk right now, but for starters here is the one I've most recently completed! It's of a Tektite from the Zelda games to be placed on the right shoulder. I'm a huge nerd, especially for the Zelda games, so when I received an email about doing such a commission, I was a little bit more than exited. I was allowed to take liberties with the design of the Tektite, and created a hybrid of the orange tektite from Legend of Zelda and Gohma (the boss version) from the same game. In any case, I had loads of fun!

Saturday in the Studio

The weekend is finally here again! Which means more time spent in the studio for me! Right now I'm working on putting together  a book (probably several by the time I'm actually done) on a idea I had a few years back, and after spending all this time letting it fester in my brain and researching facts at the library I figured it was indeed time to begin this venture. So here are some sketches I've made over the past few days!

Sunday in the Studio

I spend almost all my time painting, drawing and knitting. But recently I've been pretty busy and on the fly more and more with less time to spend on large paintings. I was enlightened to a lovely solution after visiting a little craft store down the road from where I live, the owner told me about how she had been  making necklaces with  images she created and sent me home with a plethora of ideas and some lovely jeweler's resin (along with a few skeins of wool and a few other delightful assortments.) These little trinkets just happen to be the result!

I still have yet to pour resin on these, but that's my plan for the coming days, and I will be sure to keep you all updated!

Love and Strawberry Kisses xo