Ok so I havent posted in 2 months!!

Ahhhh, I am such a bad blogger, I havne't posted in FOREVER. Well sorry, and thank you for still looking at this. Well the sale at the boutique was a sucess and I think they might be interested in selling some more clips! Yay, I just updated my etsy shop!! Here is what is new in the shop

These guys are all brooches except for the last one!!

Hair Accessories on SALE NOW!!

Here they are, my newest obsession. Shrink plastic bobby pins and hair clips/broaches. This isn't all of them, I took all of the loot to the Boutique before taking pics, I have owlie and swallow ones that are to die for, I'll get pics up soon of those, but if you live in Midland they are at the Boutique for a week only, and if you don't live in Midland they are for sale on my etsy!!

Exciting News!!

The Boutique in Midland, Texas is going to sell my jewelry. Starting after Thanksgiving and the week after the Boutique will see my jewelry and hair accessories. Yay, if you are in town stop by and take a look. I will be posting pictures tomorrow!

New Necklaces

Here are some new rattler necklaces that are up on my etsy!!

I've got the Painting and Embossing bug today!!

Well this afternoon I broke out my paints and embossing gun and went to town. I made 3 Dia de los Muertos inspired paintings!! Embosstastic!

This first one is a lime green calavera on a bright tomato red background. All the decoration on the skull is embossed as well as red swirls and marigolds in the background.

This one is glitter metallic mania. I'll have to say I have a slight obsession with glitter and metallic paints so I used them BOTH!! The background is black metallic with irridescent glitter paint on top. It looks beautiful in the light!! Too much you say NEVER!! I also used pearlized white for the skull and metallic paint for the designs. On top of that...yes their is more, I embossed the designs. It was really cool because as I used the embossing heat gun the metallic paint started to bubble up and created amazing texture!

This one is the first one I did, they are actually in reverse order in which I did them. This one is more realictic, a skull from profile view. The background is stained brown, black, and copper with gold glitter on top. I also embossed swirls using black and translucent powder. It looks shiney and wet. On the skull I painted various sugar skullish designs and embossed some of them!!

These beauties are all for sale on my etsy!! Check it out

Finally updated my Etsy site yay

so guys I finally updated my etsy shop, if you have time check it out. These are little ceramic charms I made in class and turned into a necklace they are hollow shaped pinch pots with little rattlers inside so when you shake them they rattle..pointless but cute. I porimise if you buy on you will be rattling it all day just for your own amusement, I do when I wear one. There should be more to come I have a cupcake one in the works.

My kiddos at school have been working so hard ....I have some artwork from them that I would like to share. p.s. we are starting Dia De Los Muertos this week and I have some killer projects that we will be doing I will definatly post on those

Native American "turqouise" jewelry 1st grade

Indian Cave paintings with pastels, 2nd grade

complementary colors, oil pastel 3rd grade shades and tints, tempra paint 4th grade

Kandinsky watercolors 2nd grade

Primary colors Fruit bowl still life Kindergarten!

Aren't they soo cute!?

Busy Busy Busy

Soooo....if you are still reading this thank-you. I have been so busy lately with my job as an art teacher!! It is very time consuming but oh so very rewarding. I am taking a ceramics class also this semester and have tons of new things so show...but no pictures yet, sorry!! Soon soon I promise and I will get my act together!

New Pastels, my wonderful fiance gave me the amazing pastels, they are very soft and full of pigment

Molly and I had an art party a while back and I made this pastel drawing with them




Here is my brand new real teacher lesson plan book and grade book!! very exciting



My package finally arrived from one of my favorite artists Emily Martin at the Black Apple!!
She had a print sale and I ordered one isn't cute??!

Yay My internet is working again!!

I am sooooo sorry for the length of time between posts lately, there really is so excuse....but my internet also has been very unpredictable and last weekend when I took photos and uploaded them I sat down to blog and I coulden't sign on to blogger!! Anyways I am getting used my new job as an ART TEACHER of kindergarten through 4th grade at trinity school in Midland. It is going very smoothly... I love it!! The kids are great...some have their difficult moments (for exampl coloring their teeth with a sharpie) but lets face who doesn't. Here are some pictures of my classroom

Where I keep assignments organized

organized supplies

color bulletin board

View from the door

my desk

book shelves

rules

art talk and word wall

chalk board

color wheel

art news

cute vintage owl

cool lanterns

Much Needed post

First of all here is the finished fired product of the dog bowls and tattoo coasters.

They turned out pretty well if I dont say so myself.

I coulden't resist this one...he must always butt in if I am not paying attention to him.

At the last art party with Molly we started making these embroidered/ painted hoop painting. Here are mine almost finished. I got threee different sizes and put muslin in one and patterned fabric in the others.

My mom got me the cutest book yesterday!! And it is quite appropriate. It has the most beautiful illustrations!!

Also as I have been working in my classrooms I have noticed that the other teachers are very generous with thier old stuff and always offer it to the art teachers before they throw it away...these amazing magazines were left at the door to my classroom the other day soe Expressions and Cloth Paper Scissors...some other anonymous gifts have been empty bottles of glue ( I will reuse the bottle), old table clothes, and old paint brushes!!

Also I want to share with you this trift store find that my sister gave me...it's a tooth pick holder!!

I will post pictures of my classroom soon!!

I have been MIA!!!

Ok, I have been missing for way too long!! This is why...first I went out of town to Dallas a weekend 3 day trip, then my internet has been down for about a week now and is very unpredictable when it is working, and I have been working on my classroom!! I will post tonight!! Promise, thank you faithful readers who have not deleted me off your lists!!

Painted Pottery, Handcarved stamps, and Paintings oh my!!

Sorry channeling my inner Dorothy there did I mention that I am going to wear ruby slippers to my wedding??!!

Anyways, here are some painted ceramic coasters that have not been fired yet, so they will look drastically different when they are. I am continuing with the tattoo series a bit.

Here is a painted canister that my mom specifically requested. She wants a set of famous art pieces on canisters and dishes! Can you guess which one this is?? ** Molly you can't guess because you should know already!!** This one also isnt fired yet. I'll be sure to posrt after they come out of the kiln.

Also I have rediscovered my love for print making in the form of and carving stamps!! I got the Idea from http://www.craftpudding.com/ to glue them on wood blocks to mae them easier and less messy

I also bought these cute mini letter stamps at Micheals crafts the other day for $1 each!! Isn't that cool I am really obssessed with stamps lately...if only I could thing of something to stamp them on!! lol

Also here is an update on the painting I was working on. I think it is almost finished but not quite. It is in thet stage where it needs something else but I am scared to mess it up by working it to much ya know?

Also good news ART PARTY TONIGHT!! and the watching of Project Runway double YAY!! I couldent' remember if I showed this to yall it was made by my bff Molly of http://www.specsandwings.blogspot.com/. It is a necklace/ small painting/ decoration for my lamp for the time being!! Thanks Molly!!

posting tomorrow!! new pics of painted ceramics and almost finished painting!

Engagment Announcements!

All of my relatives and family friends should be recieving these hand stamped announcments any day now!

Painted Ceramics

Here is tile I painted that I am going to use as a coaster. It is part of the tattoo ceramics series

I made these dog bowls for my baby Diego!! They aren't fired yet but I will post pics of them when they are. The inside should be a light yellow and the outside light blue with a dark blue rim!

New Painting for Mrs. Kiser

It is really weird that in a year and a half MY name will be Ms. Kiser!! but anyways this is a painting that I made for my future mother in law!!

What do yall think about the orange in the mix with the white?? It was somewhat of an accident. I didnt realize that the red would bleed through the white no matter how many coats I put on it, and get darker as the white dries. But I kind of like it

Finally Granny Square Number 10...or is it 11??

Granny # 10 or 11

this one is really cute don't you think?? It took a while to finish longer than others and was a little complicated when it got the the last two rounds, but over all pretty good

I have been creating up a storm!!! I have a painting in the works...finished another, 2 ceramic pet bowls, a new japanese print book, and a new addition to the tattoo ceramics!! Lucky for yall I have been documenting with pictures!! Expect many posts in the days to come...here is a sneak peak at a new painting

3 reasons why I haven't posted granny # 10

Reason # 1

granny number 10 is ridiculous and not a true grann square, it does not crochet around the edges but diagonally...and it is not cute and hard!! So I have expelled it from the count down and I am working on # 11

Reason #2

my fiance and I made a frivilous purchase....we bought a Wii and it is really fun!!

Reason #3

I was making this!! for my new sister in law to be!!

it is 16 x 20 acrylic on canvas,

it is called "All in the Family"

the pics turned out a little darker than it is in person, it is also coated with many THICK layers or varnish

What do yall think?

I'm Back with GREAT News

Hi, I'm back from my 4th of July trip to the lake and I'm engaged!! I have a wonderful fiance, a wonderful family a wonderful proposal and a beautiful ring!! It was all so perfect!!

Granny Square # 5

well I worked on some squares during my trip and I started with this one!! It is a daffodil!! and very cute I may add!!

Granny #6

this next square is soo cute I think! It is a butterfly!! The square was easy but I had to do the wings twice

Granny #7

I absolutely love this one, It was a Christmas wreath pattern and I just changed the colors it turned out so cute. The wreath poofs up for added dimension

Granny #8

This one was a tricky little booger and ugly too I dont like the way it turned out do you??

Granny # 9

this one was easy breezy and cute too!

4th of July trip to the lake!!

Hi, I am going out of town for the 4th and will be back on Monday so the Grannies will have to be paused until I get back. Don't worry I will be crocheting up a storm at the lake and will post numbers 5-9ish when I get back!! Have a great holiday and see you soon!

Granny Number 4

this one was a tricky little booger, I had to do the flower three times until I understood the patter, the flower puffs out a bit and that made it tricky, but all in all I like the finished product it looks very neat and precise to me!!

Granny Square Number 3

cutesty heart granny square, this one is ok, the heart is sewn on after the square is finished (cheating) but it still looks cute an very ruffly!!

Granny Square Number 2

this one turned out really cute I thing and it was fairly easy, I like the squares where the design in the middle is actually part of the square not just sewed on, I think thats kind of cheating!!

Crocheting up a Storm!!

Well I've caught the crocheting bug again and I decided to make a granny square afghan for my sister's birthday...it's not until October but I guess it's best to start early. I went to the craft store yesterday and bought way too much yarn and a crochet book called 101 Granny squares. I decided to make all 101 square except a Santa Clause face one because....well it's just stupid. So from this day forward Iwill be posting a granny sqaure a day!! for 100 days!!!

this is what happeneds when I try to pay attention to something other than him

notice the toy that he has dropped in the middle of my photo, it says chill pill

the blanket, it's one big granny square around the rim I am going to attach all the other small grannies that I have made

a few grannies that I got patterns for off the internet, I really like the first daisy one, I made two of them!!

the book

the yarn

Number 1

Pretty Pansy Granny

this one was pretty easy, I was unsure whether I was following the pattern right then I got to the light purple, but it all worked out. The flower is just stitched on the square not crochet in a round.

If you are interested in the patterns just comment and I'll post

Thanks

Ok Ok Ok I'm posting tomorrow

I have been neglecting my blog!! I know it's true but I just havent felt like loading pictures or taking them for that matter, but thats no excuse!! So I will be posting tommorrow...a weeks work of things I promise!! I will not fail you !! Check back please and thank you

New Painting

"The Girl With the Owl Necklace"

I made a new painting !! I am going back to my roots a little and working with imagery I used to paint a couple years ago. It is for sale on me etsy

one more new item

Here is another painting that I recently added to my etsy shop!!
It is 6 inches by 6 inches, on wood. The paisley in the background are embossed and the sillouettes of the birds are painted with s shiney varnish!
It's called A Paisley Sky is for Love Birds

Painted Ceramics For Sale on my Etsy

Here is my first ceramic item for sale on my etsy

New Painting on my Etsy Shop

Hi yall this is just a quick post, I have been re-inspired to add stuff to my etsy shop!! Here is a painting that I added tonight, I think I might also add some painted ceramics...If I added them do you think they would sell??





this small painting is done on wood and measures 6x6x3/8 inches. It was made with acrylic paint, stamps and the paisleys are embossed!! What do yall think??

Sweet Painted Pottery

I am doing a series of painted pottery based on old school tattoo designs, I have started out with the popular anchor design and the heart with mom banner on two latte mugs. I have also made a tile with pin up girl design, I think I am going to do this design on a plate.
I also made a second soup mug in the owl series.

And the winner is....

Courtney Roberts!!! I'll be emailing you to get your info and then the earrings are on their way!!

I am drawing names for the givaway tomorrow!! Don't you want to win a pair of cupcake earrings?

VBS, Better Pictures, and Package to Meme

Hi if you are reading this and haven't entered the giveaway you should!! Just look at my last post and get your name in the drawing.

Molly and I finished VBS last week and the kids did amazingly I have some picture of their finished products to share with you!

I am sending a care art package to my Meme Olga in Beaumont. Texas, she didn't get to come to my graduation so I haven't seen her in quite a while so I decided to send her a fun package!

In her care package I included the bird mug I showed yall a few weeks ago, a cute hand crochet wallet I made, some shrinky earrings, a small painting, and a cute little owlie I made and painted!

The care package itself

My fruit snack that I ate while making the package

Butterfly painting collage

little owlie

cute crochet wallet

Cute shrinky earrings

Today is Diego's Birthday!!

I made him this cute button collar!!

Finally better pictures of my painting

details

Give Away!!

In honor of the 403 hit on my blog I am having a free give away!!

I am excited to offer a giveaway of a fabulous pair of earrings, how do you enter you may ask? Well it is simple, just visit my etsy shop http://www.oliveeyes.etsy.com/ find your favorite item, come back to my blog and leave a comment about it on this post. Easy as that, I will draw for a winner on Thursday June 12!! Make sure to include your email address in the post so I can notify you if you won!!

Art Party Tonight!!

Molly and I had another art party tonight!! We had to pick up some more supplies for VBS and we got a quick pick me up coffee and tea and we got to work. We are going to participate in this art giveaway/sale called Pikaproject, have yall heard of it?? It's really cute, artist that sell goods on the web can submit 12 works of arts mainly small prints, cards, paper goods and the Pikaland group makes packets out of them, they have a few givaways and the artists recieve a packet and they sell the rest cool huh? Well we need to make 12 things I don't think we got any of those accomplished but we did make 2 pretty cool works of art!!





the crime scene, since moving home our art parties have become a little cramped


Molly feeding Diego a paintbrush


Molly's amazing henna hands holding a coffee cup http://specsandwings.blogspot.com/- her blog

her close up, a little blurry we didnt have good light

my sushi owlie painting, not a good pic I have to say, I used alot of metallic and it didn't show up to well I need to take a better one in better light, but it will have to do for tonight

more of the scene, notice the gummy bear-like dog toy

and us, we missed a bit but that was ok we kept having double chins in the ones of our whole face
I would love to hear comments!!

I think I had salmonella!! And more painted pottery

Yes... I think I had salmonella contracted from a tomato, the symptoms seemed to match exactly!! Weird. Well anyway I have some more painted pottery to show you, these I did for fun for myself...

Here is a cute tall mug with a tree with little olives growing out of it!!

Sorry for the messy pictures!!

I think I am going to make a set of these

my goal was a vintage look

so I used dark brown and a mustardy yellow for the inside

I think it turned out pretty cute, ut us a soup mug if you coulden't tell

moving and a bit of the stomach bug :(

Sorry I haven't posted in a few days, I was moving out of my apartment in Lubbock, and I caught a bit of a stomach bug, but I am feeling much better so I will be posting later tonight!! Check back

Examples, Bridesmaiding, and Camp Trunks!!

Well I have many things to share with you tonight...I am feeling suprisingly awake for some reason!! First of all I have some photo's of the prayer journals that Molly and I are going to make with our VBS art class. The oldest kids are going to learn how to bind a book, they will use canvas boards for the covers that they will paint and watercolor paper for the pages. They will be bound in by embroidery thread. Beads can be added to the ends of the string for added pizzaz. Here are some pictures of my example.

Front cover

Back cover

I added beads!!

Cool scrapbook paper for the inside

Also I finished the camp trunk I was telling you about for my boss's daughter. I used Testor Enamels to paint the semi slick plasticy surface. I think it turned out pretty well, she wanted her name with a zebra border and I added some silvery paisleys also

and here is a detail

And... I saved the best for last, My best friend Molly asked me to be a bridesmaid in her wedding!! Yay she is an amazing artist and made me this cool book full of photos of us throughout our friendship...most of them are art events lol!! Everyone should check out her blog titled Specs and Wings, the address is under my favorites!!

The front cover

the cute tag!!

graduation from Texas Tech

our hand at performance art, we had fun ...really we did!!

Molly and I made this large and I mean large quilt for a public art piece..i'll tell yall about that someday

an art show we had at the Stray Dog Gallery in Lubbock

Our very first art show at Tech in the Art building!!

The end!!