Art with Heart....

Since it's almost Valentine's Day, I thought I'd post a small piece featuring a collection of art on Etsy with the focus being on "Heart"  Enjoy!

Dream Chasing by David Robinson

Sixteen Hearts by Angie of Artangel

In My Heart by Rachelle Baum

Heartsong by Diahn Ott

l'amour du cafe by Mille Art

Heart No 20 by Acarrdian Designs

Weekly Challenge at Inspiration Avenue- Fruity- still playing with scissors and glue...

Happy Sunday!  I really didn't think I was going to be submitting anything for the weekly challenge at Inspiration Avenue.  Sure, I had lots of ideas, but then I got sidetracked making my little valentine ACEOs and before I knew it, it was Sunday and there I was with nothin' to put in.  Then I statrted looking at the piece I did for the Wonderland challenge a while back.  I was really happy with most of that piece except for the photo I used for the "Eat Me" element....
SO, I LOVE coconut cake and I love raspberries and decided to put it all together into a little cut and paste cupcake collage.
In case you didn't see the before, here it is:

I'm really glad I changed it, I like it so much better now!

Playing around with Hearts, Paper and Scissors....a LOT of glitter!

I don't know what it is about holidays that brings out the kid in me, but they do.  Every one of them; Halloween, Easter, Christmas.......I love the holdays and decorating, making things special, baking yummy treats, I love it all!
I remember when I was in grade school (in the 70's when kids in school still had celebrations for each holiday....) the excitement that built up to Valentine's Day- first we had to make the special container to recieve our valentines in- it was something different every year; a pink and red mail box, a special woven paper basket shaped like a heart, a beautiful sparkly oversized envelope- these are just some examples that stand out in my memory.  The excruciating choices over the perfect collection of valentine cards to buy (very few people made their own in those days....) and of course the cards that were around in those days are now vintage....wow that makes me feel old!

Then years later when my kids were small, we made a big project each year of making our own valentines; it was so much fun!   Now they are too old to make such things anymore, or if they do, they know enough to make it themselves.  This year, I participated in a valentine swap with Christine Edwards  (since it's a secret admirer trade, I won't post images of mine till V-Day) and I had so much fun with it, I decided to make some ACEOs as well.....

So, while I should be starting my new painting, or working on this week's challenge at IA, I've been cutting and gluing and have used so much glitter, I look like I'm about to go clubbing!

Here are a few of them, I decided not to post them all for fear of boring folks to death.  If you want to see images of the others, check them out at my Etsy Shop.

New acrylic painting- Concert en Bleu

I just finished my newest acrylic painting yesterday.  Evidently, I'm in a "blue mood" because for every bit of purple I used, I back lit or highlighted it with various shades of blue.  Anyway, enough rambling;for more information and pictures, click HERE.

Make New Friends........Welcoming February with new friend from OWOH!

Since it's less than two weeks until Valentine's Day, I thought I'd do a post featuring more One World One Heart artists who've created art for V'Day.  Keep in mind, the Valentine art is not necessarily what they're giving away, but I promise their giveaways are just as beautiful!
Hope this gets you in the mood......

Kersten from Altered Gypsy- and here's her OWOH Giveaway

Cheryl from Artsy Fartsy and her OWOH Giveaway

Bell, Book & Candle Season and their OWOH Giveaway

Gail Schmidt of Shabby Chic Cottage and her OWOH Giveaway

Lynn Sevens of Trash to Treasure and her OWOH Giveaway

Weekly Challenge at Inspiration Avenue- Pure

For this week's challenge at Inspiration Avenue, the theme was "Pure".  I immediately thought of a photo representing my Mom and my oldest daughter, Caroline.  This picture was taken 6 or 7 years ago when we were visiting my family for the summer.  At that time, we lived in the Caribbean and only got to see relatives several times a year.  So, in this instance, the word "Pure" is defined as "Pure JOY"- joy in all the connections and feelings that family and love invoke.  Sorry for the poor quality of the image, for whatever reason, I can't seem to photograph or scan grapite drawings well to save my life!

Make New Friends, but KEEP THE OLD- Part 3- On the Carpet with friends.....

As it's a few days since I started One World- One Heart, I find myself almost at the end of all the blogs entered.  It has been an amazing journey for me, one with daily discoveries of artists and their blogs; people that I want to get to know better.  It feels like I've marked myself as a new follower on at least 10 blogs every day, sometimes more.  For me, this has been wonderful because of the oppurtunity to make new friends. 
And today, I want to take a moment to recognize "Old Friends" who I was thrilled to find riding the carpet this week too!

Tammy of Art and Inspirations

Pat of Images Through an Open Window

 

Yvonne of ARTic Blonde Creations

Sharon of Manamoon Studios

Sharon's OTHER Blog; Plumrose Lane

Lisa of Priti Studio

Lisa of The Wright Stuff

Beth of Words and Whimsies

Shel of Pics by Shel

Hope you found some new friends of your own; either throuh my intros or your own travels on the carpet.  And if you haven't already entered my giveaway, click HERE to do so!