Illustration Friday - "Strings"

Work in Progress - Shhhhhhhhhhh...I have a secret!

Shhhhhhhh...I have a little secret...

...I'll add mouths to my next few paintings... ;)

So, what do you think? Does it work?

2 Sisters - New Art Dolls!

Here are my 2 newest! I just finished their faces last night. Both are made from cotton and muslin, filled with poly-fill, and with handspun yarn (from theflyingewe on Etsy) for hair. Their faces have been painted in professional quality acrylic paints and sprayed lightly with a matte sealer for protection. Please look in my Etsy shop soon to find Lucia, the lovely lady on the right!

Work in Progress - Acrylic Painting...Yippee!

And just to show you that I'm still working on my paintings even with all this art doll hoopla, here's my latest work in progress (sorry, the picture came out sooo dim)! It's much much darker than anything I've done in the past, but it will still be a happy piece; it just happens to take place at night! I'll be calling it "Lullaby". I've never done a night time piece before, so I'm struggling over the colors and how the light will hit things. It's taking me much longer than a watercolor, but I love the spur of the moment feel I can take with acrylics.

Another try at dolls

Here's try #3 at my dolls. I managed to find some wonderful handspun wool from The Flying Ewe on Etsy and I love how it turned out! I'll be hand-painting the features soon. Any comments are welcome!

Sketchbook Finds - 10/6/08

My doodle ideas of new hairdos for my Jane Austen inspired ladies.

Congratulations Giveaway Winner!!!

Congratulations to Mannie Vincent at MVincent.etsy.com for being the winner of my blog contest! Mannie won a delicate little glass pendant featuring a print of my Halloween inspired watercolor painting, 'Jack's Visitor'!
And thank you so much to everyone who participated!

Sense & Sensibility - Chapter 20 - Jane Austen's wit!

I so loved this line (actually laughed out loud when I read it!) that I had to share!:

(Mr.Palmer to his wife) "I did not know I contradicted anybody in calling your mother ill-bred."

SALE in my Etsy shop!!! - SALE IS OVER

***Thank you, the sale is over!***

I'm having a sale!
It's a spur of the moment thing, really. But you can save some major money! Buy 1 item in my Etsy shop for full price, and get a second item of equal or lesser value for half off!
The sale starts tonight at midnight and will go through October 5th 2008 at 11:59pm. I'll refund the discount through Paypal after the order has been completed. All you have to do to get your discount is to type in the word "JANE" in the 'Notes to Seller' portion while submitting your order!
Click here for a direct link to my Etsy shop! Get a big jump on your Christmas shopping!
Hope to hear from you soon!

Affectionately Yours!
Christina

New Glass Pendants!

Here's the new batch of glass pendants that I'll be posting for sale in my Etsy shop! As you can see, one of them is the prize for my blog giveaway which ends this Sunday evening, so be sure to enter!
These will slowly be added to my shop, so if you see one you like but it hasn't been posted yet, just drop me an e-mail at hoydendesigns@gmail.com and I'll post it right away for you!