Poppytalk Handmade

bird in a tree

joy card
I have some things over at Poppytalk Handmade for the holiday season - these gocco original cards for starters. My original drawings were "burned" in from were inspired by fancy Danish embroidery work from vintage pattern books. I tried to show the stitching as true to the forms as possible. Also the image is printed on the backs of the envelopes too for a matching look. There are two patterns available and a few packets left.

My paperdoll calendar will be ready by mid month so keep an eye out here and at poppy's market for that one. It's completely a new format from last year.

Poppytalk Handmade

Thanks to Jan for featuring me at her poppytalk blog today with my new little monotype "blocks" . I have had so much fun working on the sanded pine blocks with the gelatin. These are available through her virtual marketplace and my etsy shop. Thanks Jan!

on my desk - sorting

on my desk - sorting, originally uploaded by artstreamstudios.

One surprise reveled:
I decided to take the plunge and apply to Jan's Poppytalk Handmadestreet market! I am pleased to announce I will have some new affordable art pieces at a "virtual table" there.
Here is my studio desk at home .. filled with more of these little gelatin prints waiting to become mixed media works for our next show...
The sun is exquisite today and our home remodeling is going swimmingly. Our floor (all FOUR layers of it) in the kitchen are gone!
It took three days, but Rainer and I pulled it all up.
Progress is good.

Poppytalk Handmade - call for submissions

Slow to get this post up, but if you haven't seen this already, you should go and take a closer look! Jan says that "poppytalk handmade is a monthly online street market to showcase, buy and sell handmade goods of emerging design talent from around the world. Opening early October 2007" More details right here!