Attention Portlanders out there!

Stop by the Tinymeat store on North Williams to find local handmade gifts! It’s a great place to pick out those last minute gifts, treat yourself to something sweet, or chit chat with Tinymeat owner, Michael! My handmade goodies are there, as well as a dozen other local artists’ & crafters’ work.

Tinymeat’s address is 3808 N. Williams, Portland, OR – Located in the same building as Cha Cha Cha & Ristretto Roasters.

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Perfect for those last minute Christmas gifts!

I’m having a Holiday SALE for a limited time! SALE ends this Friday, Dec. 18th. Click on the link below to check out all the handmade goodies.

http://www.etsy.com/shop/ATeaLeaf?section_id=6068942

Rural Oregon photographs

Weeping Willow vinyl wallets

Standard Movement Series necklaces

Standard Movement Series Greeting Cards

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is today and tomorrow!

Info:

da Vinci Arts Fair 2009
Saturday, December 5th 10am – 6pm &
Sunday, December 6th 10am – 4pm
Free Admission!
2508 NE Everett, Portland, OR
More info here.

If you can’t make it, but you are interested in purchasing an item…
Visit my Etsy shop here.

Photos of my booth that I took this morning…
(Click on photos to see more details on my wares.)

I joined this nifty group on Flickr called Self Portrait Thursday. What a cool idea!

Here’s my first submission!

Yep, that’s Gretel! She’s hanging out at the A + J pad for the week. She loves jumping on my lap while I’m at the computer. Lol. She’s such a sweetheart. Check out my new goldfish necklace, it’s so awesome. It was made by my new pal Little Bear. Oh boy, I gotta get going! I need to start packing up my art for today’s event, Last Thursday on Alberta. Hope to see you there!

PS: A new addition will be making an appearance in my Etsy shop tomorrow. I’m super excited for it to join the others. So do check my blog tomorrow! Yay!

It’s Friday and you know what that means… new arrivals in the ATeaLeaf Etsy shop! And I have a special surprise for you all. You can now choose the artworks you would like for your wearable. It gets a little bit sweeter too: not just one side, but two!

Standard Movement Series Pendants

Choose your favorite front and back and I will personally custom make your new necklace!

Head on over to my Etsy shop and get the ball rollin’. Hope you all have a long and lazy weekend lovelies!

Since I’ve heard that both my mom and my mother-in-law, have received their Mother’s Day surprise packages, I can now share them with you!

Nurture thy Mind No.8 Pendant Necklace – Mother’s Day – Jade

For my mother-in-law’s pendant, I incorporated my favorite coastal plant to draw… jade. I also included my signature globes, orbs, honeycomb and those cute lil’ spiderweb-like stitchings. The week before Mother’s Day, her and I were chit-chatting on the phone. She was telling me how she is so appreciative of all the artwork I have done for her in the years past. I am so grateful to have such a supportive mother-in-law. The topic of my art was brought up because she was rearranging her sitting room. She had gathered all my artworks and decorated the room with them.  So when this petite artwork showed up in her mailbox, you can imagine her reaction. And discovering that it was just not art… but also jewelry!

And get a glimpse of the back!

I incorporated a vintage map of my “born n’ raised” state, Nebraska and scattered some doodles. Off to the left you can see a snippet of the term family and it’s definition from an antique pocket-sized dictionary.

Nurture thy Mind No.9 Pendant Necklace – Mother’s Day – Pine

For my mom’s pendant, I incorporated some sort of pine that I discovered on a trail on Germantown Road. I have yet to research it! I also included orbs, honeycomb and those cute lil’ spiderweb-like stitchings too. Discovering this tree connected thoughts in my head of memories playing around the pine trees that my parents have in their backyard. When they planted them I was seven years old they were probably 4 feet or so… and now having quadrupled in size, they’ve long outgrown my height.

And No.9’s backside…

This is ultimately my favorite back that I have ever. ever. done. To go into detail about this, would be like writing a book. This portion of Omaha has a lot of history, a lot of memories for my mom as well as for me. After using a definition in my mother-in-law’s pendant, I fell in love with incorporating terms. So on my mom’s pendant I incorporated a snippet of the word “together” and it’s definition. I finished the back by stamping my birthdate at the very top, which happens to be tomorrow or in an hour, however you look at it. I’m very content with these two pieces. It’s so tranquil that, through art, you can elaborate on these memories.

Take a gander of what I created this afternoon!

Nurture thy Mind No.6 Pendant Necklace – Jade – purchase

I’m falling in love with drawing spiderweb-like stitching in my latest mixed media works; and finishing them off with filling in the negative space with my favorite Prismacolor markers & pencils. In this particular piece you can find this element in the bottom left-hand corner. I like how the stitching is somewhat mechanical, like it belongs in a CAD drawing.

Whew… I’m finally getting around to writing up my Monday post. What a busy bee I have been today! Sadly this will be a short one.

Easter 2009 ~ Posing with one of my Nurture Thy Mind necklace drawings

I hope everyone had a swell Easter weekend. Mine was pretty low-key this year, since my family is hundreds of miles away. Plus the fact that I am kinda holiday-ed out. But I did get around to some egg dying with a friend – evidence below. Ha! I mean how could I pass up the original PAAS Easter egg dye kit. Sometimes you just have to let out your inner child, am I right?

I’m such a lucky one to have a mother that sends a surprise package of sweet treats… chocolate, Peeps, gummy bunnies, frosted sugar cookies, etc. Oh my!