Orangewillow

As usual I can’t seem to find time to blog between family time and my art. There is so much involved with running a small business I never imagined. I suppose I will just recap all the major happenings. I am not good at remembering things chronologically so I may jump around, [...]

Great news everyone, I am published in a super cool Canadian magazine. My squirrel drawings are featured in the March 2008 issue of Style at Home magazine. Some of my great etsy shoppers brought this to my attention, thanks to all you special Canadian gals, you know who you are.

Sooo… I have had a BIG problem with distractions recently. I am not short on ideas at all, I think I could fill an entire sketch book with ideas. The problem is I am overwhelmed with distractions. I have a lot of chores that need done, a huge amount of purging for [...]

So I have to admit I was a little nervous about Tiny Canary craft fair this weekend. You always wonder if the first show will be a success. It takes a lot to get the word out and a heck of a lot of work to throw a successful craft show and boy [...]

So it only took me eleven days but I finally have some pictures to show of Zoe in all her glory. These are the pictures of her in costume choice number 2, the vampire.

I can’t believe she actually wore the teeth!

Zoe was a trooper and wanted to keep going almost the entire two hours.

I [...]

I know its been forever since my last post but between getting ready for Renegade Chicago, actually going to Chicago, all the shipping and commissioned pieces I had to work on when I got back, and the day to day fun of being a mom I have been swamped and finding time to handle blog [...]

Let me start off by saying I did manage to get my jewelry up last night.  I priced it a lot lower than I normally do but I want people to see how beautiful it is and generate some buzz.
 Now in other obsessions I have in my life Ryan Star got voted off SuperNova last [...]

Well I tried something new last night.  I had drawn a little girl with a great big beautiful hat and I kept trying to think of a beautiful vintage pattern for her dress.  Instead I used one of my new fabulous fabrics to make her dress.  Then I had the fun idea that on each [...]

I have a newly renovated piece of art of an old Jester (I will explain later) and a fun story about a pirate. But for those two wonderful pieces of information you will have to wait until the end of this post! I want to start with the wonderful pair of shoes I got. Now [...]

Well I have decided to list my original girl with flowers.  She one of my favorite recent paintings.  Theres something so dark about her.  The painting is 9×12 and is acrylic on a finished edge canvas so its ready to hang.  I love the swing behind her and her dress.  Definately my 2 favorite things [...]