Everything Is Coming Up Butterflies

On the weekend I was painting butterflies.....as you can probably guess, I'm longing for spring here and my painting projects were a wonderful way to take me out of the cold and get me thinking warm thoughts.

I've been painting in miniature again, more sand dollar pendants!!!

I actually really love to alternate painting on canvas or tin or whatever larger surface I'm working on at the moment, with painting in miniature such as eggs or pendants.

Someone recently asked me why I switch back and forth between projects and more specifically, different sizes of projects, rather then just say....finishing my Hydrangea Wreath canvas painting and then moving onto something else.

I love to alternate between painting projects because I feel it really gives my mind a change, a rest, a much needed break from things. It keeps me "fresh" on whatever larger project I'm working on at the moment...which right now is my canvas wreath. I guess I would say it allows me to step back and give myself much needed perspective on what I'm doing. This also gives me a mental break from constantly thinking about the same thing and I think, lets me step back and look objectively at my work and see what needs to be done next.

So this weekend I did a bit of both....some canvas painting and work on a few new butterfly miniatures. My dog groomer has suggested that I paint some cat/dog art pendants to sell in his shop so keep an eye out for those in the future. Today however, I'm off to paint some bugs in miniature!

And The Winner Is

After reaching for the kitchen mixing bowl this evening, I have a winner. CONGRATULATIONS to Melissa Michaels of The Inspired Room - http://www.theinspiredroom.wordpress.com/ . You have just won my Goose Egg Floral Butterfly Pendant. Please get in touch with me Melissa and let me have your mailing address so I can get this right out to you.

Thanks to everyone who participated in the latest giveaway, we had a great turnout. I will most likely be hosting another in February to celebrate the opening of my Cafe Press Shop. I've been making lots of products from my watercolors and I'm in the process of getting that shop open and ready for business. More on that next year.

Goose Egg Butterfly & Hydrangea Pendant Give Away

In the spirit of the upcoming holidays and to have some blogging fun, I'm doing a give away this month and again in December.

This is a Butterfly & Hydrangea goose egg pendant that I hand painted and adorned with some swarovski crystals. The pendant measures 2 1/4" in length & 1 1/2" in width. It has a silver bail attached to the top and comes displayed on the ribbon you see here or you can remove that and slip a silver chain through if you wish to wear it around your neck.

All you need to do to enter the giveaway, is to let me know in the comments section of this post that you would like to join in on the fun.

I'll be picking a name out of the hat (or in my case, a kitchen mixing bowl ) on the evening of Monday, November 19th. I will announce the winner at that time on my blog and the pendant will be shipped to its new owner the week of Thanksgiving. Everyone is welcome to enter. You do not have to live in the USA to enter (it's a tiny little box remember, shipping is cheap) , that means my blogging friends in Australia as well as anyone abroad is welcome to put their name in my kitchen mixing bowl. Have fun and good luck.