Making stuff with a view

I changed the position of my desk on sunday
to get a better view of the gorgeous Moctezuma tree outside.
The leaves mobile was made from three placecards
I kept from our Thanksgiving dinner.
It's hanging from my lamp :o)

I made myself two little purses this week.
The orange one is knit & the other is just sewn wool fabric
with appliques of wool felt, inspired by the pillow I made for my friend Ana.
They both have natural color linen liners inside.
I got the idea from Martha Stewart's Holiday Handmade Gifts Special issue

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It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas...

Postcards of this little red birdie
are available in my Cafepress shop.

The tree is up and from now on

I'm guessing it will be Christmas illustrations galore :o)
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Setting the mood for Thanksgiving...

The kid's table.

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Matt Williams, Ancestral Mountains

I was recently commissioned to photograph portraits of Matt Williams who runs the Kung Fu school I now attend. He was after a friendly face to conteract peoples preconceptions of Kung Fu being all about hitting and kicking and aimed to use the portraits as part of a campaign to get people through the door to experience all the mental and physical development side of Kung Fu that aids fitness, relaxation and general well being as well as being a useful form of self defence.

He did not however want to appear too soft either. We ended up shooting a series of straight kung fu greeting poses and some more elaborate styled images with the swords.



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Illustration Friday: INVENTION

I'm into lists these days.
This is the list of the greatest inventions according to Ideas 21.
Micron pen & digital collage.
Click on the image to make it BIG.

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My "Thank you God" list:

Happy Thanksgiving friends!

Hope you have a wonderful holiday with your loved ones.

*the complete list is here

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Daniel's 9th. Birthday!

Even though it rained and we had to have the party indoors,
Daniel's 9th. birthday was a BIG success,
we lit up the fireplace, roasted marshmallows, the little guys played and played and played.
The kids loved their goodie bags filled with chocolate and some small little toys.
I made them the week before, out of wool felt.
A different one for each boy and girl.




Daniel LOVED the present we got for him...
I'll post his creations as soon as they dry up :o)

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Mr. T

Watercolor on paper.

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Studio Friday: THIS IS ME

Self Portrait digital collage.

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Illustration Friday: THANKSGIVING

Ink & digital collage.
This year I plan on making a list of
100 things I'm thankful for
and post it here
on thursday.

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Happy News!

Hello friends!

First:
I want to thank everyone that visits my blog
for leaving such uplifting and inspiring comments,
you guys make me want to draw, and draw, and draw...

Second:
I just opened a Cafepress shop where you'll find some prints
and other goodies with my artwork,
feel free to go in and take a look
...there's a "shop" button on the left in my links :)

Third:
I've created a new set on my Flickr page
with weekly new illustrations inspired by amazing pictures from flickr.
This week's illustration was inspired by the most talented artist
Ana Ventura, that took an amazing photo of this window.

I won't be home tomorrow to post my IF illo,
and on sunday we'll be celebrating my son Daniel's 9th birthday!!!
I'll be back monday.

Have a great weekend!!!

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Illustration Friday: CLEAR

A clear and sunshiny day...
Watercolor on paper.
Have a beautiful weekend friends!
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Christmas bug...

I've been bit by the Christmas bug big time!
If you want to be truly inspired I recommend
you go and see this and this and this :o)








This little guy is handmade with 100% wool felt.
The little hat was made with a piece of an old sock.
He's 5 inches tall and really cute :)

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Flickr Inspired

Did I mention how much
I *HEART* autumn?
This little guy was inspired by this
amazing photo.



And this handsome fellow

was inspired by this dandy red deer stag.



Both done in watercolor on paper.

Oh! and this is a milestone...it's my 100th post!!!!

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Illustration Friday: SMOKE

Watercolor on paper
Made fresh for today's topic :o)
Hope every single one of you
has a beautiful weekend, thanks for visiting!

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