Acorn and Leaf

Acorn and Leaf
Originally uploaded by Green Leaf and Owl

Hurrah for Autumn, my favorite time of the year. I love the colors. Of course I prefer this olive green, but I also love the mustard yellow that seems to be so popular lately. It is the color of my 70's kitchen.

I am so excited about the new stamps I have been receiving the past few days. I have a bunch more coming and will be making some polymer pieces with them. Here are a couple new leaves I made gift tags with: Nut, Tree and Leaf Tags
I ordered the stamps unmounted and mounted them myself last night.

I found a great tutorial from MirkWood Designs .

All I needed was some sticky foam from Michaels, some hardwood I cut into pieces from the hardware store and rubber cement. I saved a ton of money and am quite proud of myself. :) The stamps don't look as clean as the already mounted ones, but work just as well.

Cherry Blossoms

Cherry Blossoms
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So, I haven't blogged much in the past month. I've been preoccupied with making pendants, necklaces and other things for the craft show I'll be doing in November. First one ever! I'll probably come home with a bunch of stuff not sold. I really have no idea what to expect. This new Cherry Blossom necklace is my absolute favorite. The colors are so vibrant. The version with the light turquoise background is amazing as well.

Soon I will have all new stamps... birds, more chickadees, leaves, acorns, pine cones. New designs are on the way!!

Music music music

Find something new to listen to!

3hive.com

Moth to Flame's Mix Tape Club
hurray!

Newest...

Turquoise, sterling bracelet
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So I went to pick up some sterling jump rings and wooden beads and my local bead shop. (that's all!!!) And look what I found! Oops! I had to get these huge, chunky turquoise nuggets. Why? Because I instantly got an idea for this bracelet in my head and I couldn't get it out. It turned out perfectly!

Hunkiness

More black and white photos, but these are vintage hunks that Aminyitray.etsy.com has made into tiny, hunky earrings! I love them and admire them from afar. I'm not sure my husband would go for hunky football players hanging from my ears. :)




"Hunk Earrings"



Check out the wonderful items in her shop! The Anatomy Tins are so great too..



"Tiny Tins - Anatomy"



Aminyitray.etsy.com

Photography that really caught my eye...

I find some really unique artwork on Etsy once in awhile that really stands out. I've decided that I'm going to post and promote it on here every few days.

The photographs on PrivateView.etsy.com aren't the usual pink flowers and blue water. They are photos of hazy, smoky dreams. They are images of memories lost, forgotten or just buried deep within the vault. (This is my opinion of course...)
I love the work of Private View!

Take a look!




"Memories - Fine Art Photography"

See more Photography & Digital Art by Victor Lampreia

Green acorns?!?!

green acorns?!?!
Originally uploaded by Green Leaf and Owl

My new favorite pendant. The colors are perfect. I don't know about your display, but mine captures the Acorns color exactly. Maybe I should paint listening to Feist more often. Here


Ok, I must run off to bed before I pass out. My eyes are so bleary and I keep misspelling every other word.

OOhh

I'm taking a break from painting a batch of birds and leaves (pendants). I have a couple of mums that are looking just perfect. I'm back from a bit of time off I took because of some health issues. However, I'm back and better.

While I've been painting I've been listening to Feist. Her new album The Reminder is amazing. You should download it from iTunes or buy it. And be sure to listen to the entire album with earphones. That's the only way to truly absorb and appreciate the music.

Anyways.. I hope to post some new pendants in the next week or so. Be on the look out.

A bug story...

Yesterday I was washing dishes or painting.. something like that out in the kitchen. Benny was playing in his tent out in the living room when he suddenly started screaming and crying.

I go running out to see what's wrong... and find him pointing to a black bug-like object on the floor in front of him. (He is screaming and crying dramatically and saying "spi-da") It was a piece of carpet. I even showed him and picked it up... he ran away screaming.

This made me think... do I react that way when I come across a spider or earwig? Possibly. Larry thinks I'm making him into a pansy. I really try to NOT freak out when a spider jumps out ready to attack me. I try.

Inch worm!!!!

Inch worm!!!!
Originally uploaded by Green Leaf and Owl

A cute little inchworm hanging out on my cute little son's shoulder.
Yes, I'm afraid of bees, spiders and worms, but this inchworm didn't creep me out too much..

Benny had no idea it was there.