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| One of my digital illustrations I forgot to share!! |
I had to delete last weeks post with font size fit for the
eyes of an ant! Nothing I did would fix it! Obstacles
all week were a sign I needed to move on. I missed you all!
Sometimes it's difficult to let go of something you loved
and spent so much time with! I deleted my art for that post
and took my first blogging break in over ten years!
How quickly Paint Party Friday has rolled around again!
Hard to believe I posted daily for years!
I got half way done this post when my browser
crashed taking my post with it.. Hope my second
attempt is a winner! I wasn't about
to give up once again! Although the art
and subject matter are completely different!
I had planned to put these placemats in a thrift box at the end
of October when Cupcake asked if I would paint them instead! The
fabric is quite substantial so I gave it a whirl. I added white
gesso to my blue acrylic making a nice thick cover for the
the former pattern! Then continued to Paint and stencil.
Here are the results of the sneak peak I gave you
a few weeks ago!!
I wanted to make them reversible too.
So I did the other side orange, silver and yellow, sealing them
with poly acrylic sealer! We needed to be able to
wipe them rather than machine wash them. They weren't
cheap to make. The expense was in the
time and the sealer. I used a few coats of sealer on
twelve sides which took the majority of the jar!
all week were a sign I needed to move on. I missed you all!
Sometimes it's difficult to let go of something you loved
and spent so much time with! I deleted my art for that post
and took my first blogging break in over ten years!
How quickly Paint Party Friday has rolled around again!
Hard to believe I posted daily for years!
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| My kitchen table tree with my new placemat! |
I got half way done this post when my browser
crashed taking my post with it.. Hope my second
attempt is a winner! I wasn't about
to give up once again! Although the art
and subject matter are completely different!
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| One of six placemats we had sitting in a drawer unused for the last six years! |
of October when Cupcake asked if I would paint them instead! The
fabric is quite substantial so I gave it a whirl. I added white
gesso to my blue acrylic making a nice thick cover for the
the former pattern! Then continued to Paint and stencil.
Here are the results of the sneak peak I gave you
a few weeks ago!!
with poly acrylic sealer! We needed to be able to
wipe them rather than machine wash them. They weren't
cheap to make. The expense was in the
time and the sealer. I used a few coats of sealer on
twelve sides which took the majority of the jar!
These were really fun to make but time consuming.
After stenciling them I painted over each flower several times
to make them more vivid and vibrant! Then waited for each
layer to dry! The sealer made them quite shiny and pliable!
The pattern is similar on all the placemats, but no two are alike!
I never measured out the spaces I just enjoyed creating each
one free hand! Now we have a unique set of kitchen placemats to
go with our orange Rachel Ray dishes!!
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| Each book has 40 pages, equaling 80 illustrations! |
My flipbooks arrived nine days earlier than expected.
They are above and beyond my expectations!
Not sure I could capture just how vibrant and clear
they turned out in the videos I posted below.
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| So exciting to see 80 illustrations actualized in print! |
There was a small glitch in the dye lot. As you can see here
that bottom color on this front page is looking rather dark blue
(looks even darker in person) when it was actually suppose to be
a purple similar but different than in the blond girls shirt! Also
in one book one page was out of sequence!
The Customer service was incredible. The employee was
kind, efficient, helpful. She even explained why the dye lot
on that colour might have been different. She suggested
changing it and then sent me three replacement books
at no charge. That is why I LOVE vistaprint!
They are not paying me to say this but if you want to
get greeting cards made up of your artwork this is a
week to do it!! They have great sales for black friday!
Truth be told they often have great sales!
Check them out! It's pretty easy to
navigate too!! Treat yourself with your
own flip book of your art! It truly is
heavenly to see your work in print!
Below are super short videos of the books!
Have you had to let go of anything lately?
Happy Thanksgiving to all my dear American friends.
Have a wonderful safe celebration! I am so grateful
for your lovely friendship!
