Bee's Chair....

This is the last piece to go out for the OUT OF THE BLUE SWAP and is going to my friend Deb. (nickname: Bee...Bae or Bae-BEE!!) This piece took a little longer because I actually cross stitched the little pillow that adorns the seat!! This is Bee's Bee Happy Chair!! It has lots of inspirational messages on it...Bee creative,
Bee silly...Bee Strong..Bee True..Bee Busy...A star to direct her and a butterfly to carry her dreams on its wings!! It also comes with a little poem:
BEE'S CHAIR
If the day is going bad...
And things aren't working out...
Gaze upon this little chair
For inspiration to sprout.
There is happiness, belief
and creativity
And strength and just a
little silly...
For at the end of the day
What matters the most
Is that you gave your best
And never lost hope!!
Artfully Yours,
Pattie

Canister Set!

FINISHED!!!!! This is a canister set that was given to me by a client to resurface for her kitchen!! She has a fish theme in the kitchen and gave me a few fish for a color pallet...Anyhow, when my mind wrapped around these cannisters, this is what it saw...underwater!! I love the coloring of this set!! Today I finished the final process to complete this project...They will need a day to cure and then back to the client and back to her kitchen....They don't even look like the same cannisters anymore do they?!? I love this type of project, given freedom by the client to create whatever comes to my minds eye! Custom work needs to be a trust between the artist and the client...and the client in this case had just that!! That makes working so much easier!! Although my photos still need to be perfected, these pieces are a various background shade of teals, turquoise, greens...It is just so pleasing to the eye!!
Artfully Yours,
Pattie

Happy Birthday Jaime!!

I have a friend, Jaime, who lives in Atlanta...I met her 2 years ago at a retreat! We have been in classes together on line since then, and I have coached her...but no matter what comes, what goes, time, space, silence ... whatever she always seems to pop into my mind at the strangest moments!! Connecting with me...so this is a little giftie for Jaime on her BIRTHDAY! Stop by and wish her a happy one on her site!! Remember Jaime that there is always some moment in the day to STOP and listen to the sweet song of the bird!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!
Pattie

Magical Mango Kitty!!

So this is what I do!! I saw these tin elements about 6 years ago and bought all that I could get my hands on...I thought I sold them all but when I moved my studio back into my home I must of packed a few away!! So when cleaning I found a couple of them. This is the MAGICAL MANGO KITTY....from start to finish!! This piece is for my friend Cheryl that I am swapping for a beautiful set of gratitude beads...Oh I can hardly wait to get Cheryl's reaction...So this is what I do, this is why I consider myself a surface designer...GIVE ME A SURFACE!!! Is this kitty not both whimsical but also very magical???... I had a BLAST painting and embellishing it!!
ENJOY!
Artfully Yours,
Pattie

Birthday Girl

So what do you give to your sister that has everything???? A picture of the birthday girl herself sitting on a little cake with a birthday crown and a dog!! Fairy wings and the flight of a bird...can't get much sweeter than that!!
Artfully Yours,
Pattie

t-shirt designs

While looking for challenges I decided to do some t-shirts! The challenge here was to use stencils and letters...Rather than just do that all over the shirt, I decided to put my spin on it!! LOL ...Like I always do! So, I painted some canvas, cut it out, stenciled words and sewed them all on by hand...added some beads...and there you have it!! One of a kind ART t-shirts!!
So much fun to do and you get a wearable piece of art afterwards. Now, what more could a girl ask for?!?!?
Artfully Yours,
Pattie

Fish Fly...

I posted this on my other site, but really it belongs here...I will post again when I frame it and hopefully the lighting will be better...The shadow on the left side makes it look dark, but it really isn't!! The weather is getting better here so I should be able to take it outside and photograph it.
I think the frame will be an orange yellow....
Artfully Yours,
Pattie

Ready to Fly...

Here are a few pictures of other things that I have finished and now are ready to fly! One is a chunky book swap that I am doing with one other special woman!! I found these great Angel books at the dollar store (my all time favorite place!!) and knew just the person to make this affirmation Angel book with...I am so excited....This is my opening page and I will post the progression of her and my friends as we go along! The wings have lots of texture to them, with texture magic...I LOVE this stuff...it dries so fast!! And then as usual mine is mostly painted with a few odds and ends, I also did the back of the book but I will save that for the end!!
The other is an altered painting that I did for someone else.....I do so enjoy altering my own art!
The bubbles in the background are also texture magic and then painted...This piece just makes my heart sing with the possibilities of what is in store for all of us when we truly BELIEVE!
Artfully Yours,
Pattie

Altered Seed Packets

The completion of another swap....This one had to do with 30 seed packets which were photo copied and made into ATC cards. I hand sewed the flowers and beaded the center, added green leaves and curly fabric coated wire...Added the little charms and the BLOOM on the bottom with brads. On the back I placed a little envelope with all the seeds and that says GROW. I will place each ATC in the packet and then tie it with a ribbon....And off they GO to Colorado where the hostess will swap them out and I will get 30 of them back...It is going to be FUN to see what everyone else does. Again let me state that this is just my second attempt at ATC's and I am not really sure what they are all about, but this was what my creative mind saw when I looked at the package....ENJOY! Oh and don't you just love the glitter!!
Artfully Yours,
Pattie

Altered Match packs swap!

These are ready to go! Again feeling a little like a fish out of water I altered! BUT I painted too!
So I took the match packs and placed them on different tin elements and went from there...A little plaster, a little paint, a little inspiration! Actually I like these a lot and think I just may do some more of them...I like putting the inspirational affirmations on the front...I am thinking of a few different ways to do them, BUT for ME...the main thing is that I HAD FUN! They worked up easily and the thoughts of what I can do for more is endless! NOW that is a GOOD ART day!
Artfully Yours,
Pattie