New Pieces

Apparently I've been quite remiss in posting pics of my latest pieces here to my blog! Here is a bit of everything I've been creating over the last month or so:
I've been having so much fun with the framed jewelry. The artwork in the small square pendants measures only 1/2" by 1/2", and I love testing myself to see how much detail I can fit into them. My poor pencils are being ground down to stubs, as I need to keep them constantly sharpened to extract the detail I need.






I also created these polymer clay Christmas ornaments, each with a small bit of hand-painted goodness and protected with wonderful glossy varnish.



Last is this small 5x7 acrylic painting in my "Dreamer" series, painted on canvas board. She sold at Jingle Fest...hurrah! So happy when my paintings find good homes. :)



If you see a piece you like above but don't see it for sale in my shop please e-mail me at hoydendesigns@gmail.com. With the Craft show last week and Thanksgiving just days ago I haven't had a chance at all to list them, but most are available. And there's still time to get your U.S. shipments in time for Christmas!

Belated Happy Holidays!

I've been so busy with family things for the holidays that I'm afraid I've left my wonderful blog friends in the lurch! I wanted to keep you updated on my newest pieces and how the Handmade Holiday Gift Fair went...so here goes:

The new ornaments came out wonderfully, just as I imagined they would. I even brought some fresh pine branches in a weighted vase to the fair to display them:


Here are my newest pendants, many of which sold the night of the fair!:


I didn't have a huge assortment of mew pins, earrings or hairpins, but they did very well regardless:


These rings are my new passion; I had a blast making them, and they are so fun to wear.:


I also managed to create 2 new paintings. Here is the first, which is an 8x10 acrylic painting on gallery wrapped canvas, with antique music sheet circa 1890:


Here is the second, 'The Heart Bowed Down', also an 8x10 acrylic painting on gallery wrapped canvas, with antique music sheet circa 1913:


Here is my Christmasy little display; it was too much fun!:


I hope all of you had an amazing holiday season, and that this New Year has all sorts of wonderful things in store for you!

Holiday Gift Faire and Christmas Jewelry

This coming Saturday I'll be doing a Holiday Gift Fair at EniThing in San Jose, CA! So if you're in town please stop on by. It's a small venue, but with some great and talented crafters and artists. Anyone who comes up to me while there and mentions that they saw me post about this on Facebook or my blog will get a free mini bookmark. :)
Above are some of the pieces I'm working on right now. These hand-painted (by yours truly) polymer discs will be turned into pins, pendants, earrings and rings!

More New Items!

More goodies to share with you as I prepare for the Art Bazaar this friday, each one hand-painted: earring posts, hair pins, art boxes (decoupaged with circa 1890 sheet music), and a paperclay crow sculpture. More still to come!

New Pieces for October

Trying new things again!
Here are new pins, pendants, rings, hair pins, as well as a paper clay house and a paper mache box. Each piece is one of a kind and hand-painted!:

The nest rings in the bottom right are made of actual acorn caps, and the eggs are hand-formed out of paper clay and hand-painted, and securely adhered inside. These are for the Fall Art Bazaar I'm attending this friday; I'll be posting more pics as I finish them!

Hurray for Rings and Earrings!

With my venture into little art shows I decided to add to my jewelry by making rings and earrings! They are so much fun. The ring I wear is really an eye-catcher; people comment on it wherever I go. And with the earrings I've made them tiny little posts (sometimes I think I like to dare myself to make something as tiny as possible to paint on to test myself; this time I believe I went overboard!)
Right now I only have them in the little shop I consign with. But look for them soon in my Etsy shop! And please don't be afraid to contact me at hoydendesigns@gmail.com should you like one for yourself before I get them up for sale. :)