Happy Halloween Everyone!

Wow! I can't believe so much time has passed since I was last here.  Anyway I couldn't let Halloween pass me by with out at least posting the tall swap cards I did for a few friends in the art group I am in.

I did three witches for Halloween

 
Here are the ones I received back from the swap. The one with the pink hair and witchy hat with star came all the way from my art teacher in Germany  She also sent me the other Goodies beside it,one is a sticker of one of her dolly paintings and the other two are tiny and cute atc's of her doll art.

These also came from Ady Almanza

This beauty came from Ady Almanza! 

This one came from a dear friend Annette. I
love her art paintings and that cute owl!

This one came from Trish, the  lady that
arranges the swaps in our art group.

The tags I received and Just a few more art sketches, The sketches are still work in progress pics.

Hello friends, I wanted to post these before any more time passed. I will be starting a 15 week course at the State University of NY tomorrow, It will be about digital Art. I know my time will be limited here on my blog and on facebook. but I will try to post some of what I am learning. Hugs and much love to all!! <3
               

These are the monthly tags I received from a tag swap a while ago and I keep forgetting to post them. I did the Month of November and received all the other months.

An here is the second set of  monthly tags. I did the month of June  on this swap. The reason for the empty spot is because I misplaced the tag at the time I took this pic.

Here is a old pic I took when I did the June tag that has gone missing .

A recent sketch

This is still a work in progress.

I like this one and might redo in color.

                                     

I'm back and this will be a very lonnnnnnnnng post my friends!

                  Hello my beautiful people!    I have been gone a while from the blog and have missed my regular crafty buddies a lot. The last couple of months have been overwhelming indeed. I took some time to take an Art course at the University ( Glad that it's over). I have also continued to take online classes with two beautiful and talented Ladies The Gorgeous Kat McBride and the beautiful Ady Almanza. I have learned so much and continue to improve day by day.
            I Will be going around the craft community and visit with a lot of the blogs to see what I have missed, but first I want to post some pics of what I have been up to.  A few months back I found out my daughter is expecting her second daughter. I am so happy another little girl to spoil! Well I have been sewing up a storm for her, I have made two quilts and a pillow. I'm in the process of making the matching bumpers to the quilts for the crib and I will be doing a few fitted crib sheets and changing table covers.
                I have also done some jewelry for my sisters and I am currently working on some new styles. You will see pics of what I have already done below. Some of These are one of a kind pieces I have designed myself. I learned Jewelry making a while back and I love to invent new styles. I love giving my sisters earrings and matching bracelets created by me for their birthdays. It is so cool to see them wearing Jewelry I have created. I love working with different gems and findings. I like working with Swarovski  crystals, they are faceted and come in so many colors and I love how they sparkle. Another favorite is Czech glass and fire-polish beads because they come in so many shapes and colors. Amazonite is green and lightly marbled and Turquoise especially the sleeping beauty is a gorgeous gemstone with no matrix. I work with sterling silver and goldfilled wire, but love silver plated copper wire because it is very workable and does not oxidize like sterling silver does. It never needs polishing and it is quite strong. Another plus of this wire is it's affordability, really you won't be breaking the bank with this wire.
                  Oh, before I forget in our art group we are working with blue ink. Yes! just a regular cheap Bic pen in blue.  I have been practicing my pen work in a moleskin art journal  because the pages are so smooth and there is no bleed through to the next page. It is mainly filled with Mermies.
                                                 Well Thanks so much for keeping up with me, I can't wait to get back to the crafty blogs and the wonderful card challenges and to my Project life I have missed it so much!  Okay enjoy the Pics.  :-) 

I found a cool way of sewing the delicate baby fabric without pin holes. I just use paper clips and it holds well and viola no pinholes. 

Here is the matching fitted crib sheet.

Going to use the colorful fabric to sew the other side of this baby quilt.

Other side of pillow with coordinating fabric.

Baby pillow stuffed and her name embroidered by hand on it.

Woo-Hooo Bumper is made. This fabric is so cheerful.

Had to Iron all 14 of  the bumper ties.

What I like about these baby fabrics  is that they all seem to combine with each other. The pieces blend well with each other. Cool!

Here is the back of the panel bird quilt and the fabric ready for the batting to create  a matching bumper for the crib.

here some more fabric for some crib sheets.

Here is my trusty sewing machine. It is a Singer brand and I have had it for about 30 years. It is still going strong and I have sewn many outfits on it. I have a brother embroidery digital sewing machine, but I always end up using my Singer Machine. 

                                   The pics below are of some of the jewelry I have done and given out as gifts to my family. I need to arrange my blog into sections, I will see where I can find information on that. 

Here and below is a group of earrings I created for my Sisters.

Here and below you will see some sets of earrings and matching bracelets, I created for my Sisters. I love my sisters and enjoy giving them handmade items because they are unique and one of a kind.

My Little guy decided to model my handmade rings ( so cute).

This is a very delicate set and you can see the little handmade charm I put mainly on all my bracelets.

This was a design I came up with one day it was very intricate and took along time to make.

Well this is a work in progress.  If you made it all the way down here, YAY! and  Thanks for keeping up  with me.

Whew! Where did half of April go?

                                       Hello to all my beautiful Crafty friends. Now where did that first half of April go I ask myself? Well, there was a Birthday party for my son who turned 10 on April 1. Then I know there was a second birthday on the 13th for my nephew. But, what about the days in between. Well I don't know ( yeah right) who am I kidding. I have left my poor blog alone while I study. I tell you my beautiful people when I study, I don't know left from right or right from wrong and the days blend one into the other until I don't even know what month or day it is. I can't tell you the countless times I have wanted to come and post something and found it was way past my bed time and decided to hop in bed and get some sleep instead. But I have some stuff to post. I also have been advancing in my Art and I found time to take a Free Art workshop with the incredible and beautiful Kat Mcbride! She taught me lessons I did not know, but That will help when I move on  to color portraits. I will also take some time to do a self portrait. I am still doing my Graphite pencil drawings and at the bottom of this post, I have put up two pics of my most recent work.  I hope all of you have stayed productive and are posting all your incredible arts and crafts. Thanks so much for visiting me for a while and God Bless!!

 Here is some Easter baskets that I Made for my sons birthday and some pics of the children coloring their Easter eggs. 

I learned how to create these baskets from some instructions I found online using a sheet of 12x12 patterned card stock.  I used brads to connect the handles to the baskets. I sealed all the edges with some doubled sided tape. all was easy peasy!

They look yummy!!!

I did eight Of these paper baskets and wrapped them with cellophane and color ribbon  for the kids as goodie bags.

I did pink for the girls and blue for the boys.

                                 

All it takes for one basket is one 12x12 cardstock and a little extra for the handle.  I fold the handle lengthwise and seal it for strength.

The kids had a great time coloring their boiled eggs

The children had so much fun coloring their eggs. 

I was so proud of their efforts and their eggs were beautiful!!

My Grandson Alex was the newest Picasso in the family!

Here are the latest of my pencil drawings.

I am shading a little better now and my noses are not so  cartoon looking.

Here is a Big eye girl done in a more  cartoonist way but the shading shows vast improvements over my other drawings.

  Thanks  for visiting and come back soon I still have the Tags I received from a tag swap to post.

Here is a group of sketches made in pencil

Its finally March and spring is on its way!

Hope all my crafty friends are doing great and enjoying some of this good weather. I have been super busy creating some art and doing my monthly challenges. If any one out there would love to learn how to draw beautiful dreamy ladies or big eyed dolls, Please visit and join this site  http://www.adrianaalmanza.blogspot.de/   This wonderful Lady and teacher Adriana Almanza is always having these great give away's just for posting her work like the beautiful princess painting on the side bar.   All members of her private blog have so much fun with all the challenges and inspiration we get from one another. She has a facebook page where all members can post their artwork and also a private blog where she has many classes and work shops and is always adding more on all types of beautiful doll painting using all kinds of media, Using acrylic paint, water color paint, Prisma color pencils as well as Copics and pastels  and many more. We are always learning so much from her and she is always there to listen and critic and help with all your art questions. Okay, well I will leave you with my March challenge which I call a Pink Dreamy Lady. Thanks so much for viewing and lots of hugs!!