small sweet steps

Believe in your Dreams

Do you believe that your dreams can come true? If your answer is no, why is that? It took me a long time to realize that I could make my dreams come true and live a life I love. I feel like I am finally touching the rim of the space I am supposed to be a part of. I think the hardest thing to learn is knowing that you are worthy of having this wonderful experience. Feelings of fear and not being good enough traps and holds your energy and blocks your dreams from manifesting.

Dream big, believe in yourself, work hard and you will start to see the glittering path that you are supposed to follow. When I look back through the years it has taken me to get to this point I can see the synchronicities, the path appearing out of the mist and winding through the lessons, challenges and experiences I needed to live to get me here. Life is magical and full of miracles disguised as the hard stuff. When we meet our challenges and push through to the other side, wondrous things await us if we are awake enough to see them.

xo.

Believe in your Dreams print available at my Etsy Shop.

 

 

New Print Available at my Shop and Surtex Update!

I just posted this new print to my Etsy shop. I am excited about this new look and am interested to see what kind of response it gets. It is a mixed media piece with a mixture of my watercolor and acrylic paintings and a vintage postcard too.

Hope your having a great weekend! I am in Surtex prep mode. I am trying to get a lot of painting accomplished over the next couple of days. Once that is done, I will scan in the art, make pattern collections and central images and then some products sheets showing how the art looks on product. I hope to get at least 10 strong collections out of this painting session, after I complete all of those things I will start over again. Hopefully, I can work through that cycle several times in preperation for Surtex. I also need to design the look of my booth, execute it, put my binders together, design collateral for the show and maybe a little giveaway item. Oh God, I have so much to do!!!!!! Pretty darn exciting though! EEEEK!

" You are the fragrance of the flower, the beauty of the soul."

New Prints Available at my Shop!

These two prints are now available at my Etsy shop. Also, check out today's offerings over at the Artist Charity Auction!

Floating Flowers available here.

Full of Dreams available here.

New Facebook Fan Page & Giveaway!!!!!!

Due to some problems I have encountered on facebook, I need to change my facebook fan page. So! In honor of launching my new page I am having a giveaway! Please follow this link and "like" my page and leave a comment and you will be entered to win an 8"x10" print of your choice from my Etsy shop! Giveaway ends on Monday, November 21st and the winner will be announced on the 22nd! Come on over and join me here!

Here is the link to my Etsy shop, stop by and pick out the print you would like to win!

 

Celebrating my Freedom

Freedom is an amazing thing, you take it for granted until it is taken away from you and then you see it's true power. As of midnight tonight, I am a free woman. I have been waiting out a contract that restricted my creative life for the last three years and it is over... wow. I don't want to get into the specifics but am glad this chapter of my life has passed and I can release the negative energy that has been within me and focus on some amazing opportunities that are coming towards me. I can't wait to follow my dreams that have been on hold for so long. I have big plans for this coming year that I can't wait to share with you. But, for now, I have a lot of work to do! Number one on my list is to send out my pattern designs to some fabric companies and see if I can make a huge dream of mine come true. Fabric!!! oh how badly I want my designs on fabric. At midnight tonight, I will be doing the happy dance just like Snoopy.

"Passages" available on my Etsy shop.

Passages

You Make Me Happy!

New print, "Happy" available at my Etsy Shop! I hope you have a great weekend!

Flower Fairy

I have been trying to create some sweet flower fairies, what do you think? It's always nice to have some characters in your portfolio and it's not something I have had a lot of experience with but, thought I would give it a try. I would like to create a series of these so, here is the first Sweet Wishes Fairy.

This print is available at my Etsy Shop!

More New Prints to my Etsy Shop!

It's been a busy day so far! I have been wanting to get these prints onto my Etsy shop for a while now. I am selling them separately and also as a set of three for a nice savings. Check them out!

Daydreaming

Sweet Love

 

My Spinning Heart

Also available as a set of three!

Things I Have No Words For

I created this image for my "about you" page on my website and blog and always loved it. The quote is by Georgia O'keeffe and is one of my favorites, it describes the way I feel about my work perfectly and has such special meaning to me. A fellow artist and blogger suggested today that I turn it into a print and I thought that was a great idea! Thanks Kathleen.

"Things I Have No Words For" is available at my shop!

 
“I found I could say things with color and shapes that I couldn’t say any other way
~things I have no words for.”  -Georgia O'keeffe

PICC Line and a Painting!

Today was a very long day. I got my PICC line put in this morning, it wasn't too bad but, it's a bit sore right now. After that, I went into my freelance job and cleaned up my desk for my next 3 months of working from home. I feel so fortunate that I can do that. Now, I sit in my studio trying to take care of some things, ship some orders, post my new painting on Etsy and emotionally prepare myself for the coming months. I know this is going to be challenging but, I have to say that I feel very supported by the Universe. Everything seems to be happening at the right time so, I am releasing and surrendering myself to this whole situation and am just going along for the ride. Treatment starts tomorrow....here I go....

I painted this piece in bed last night. It felt good to spend some time creating and I am so happy with how it turned out. You can purchase this print at my Etsy shop.