adulting with whimsy
Whimsical holidays bring out our inner child. Halloween, Christmas, Easter, Saint Patricks Day are perfect events for whimsy. But did you know that you can make any day special when you embrace whimsy.
Tagged with Love: A week away from Christmas and we don’t have any snow on the ground. Fortunately, I photographed my wolf pup sculpture enjoying a snow day last winter. Now he’s starring on handmade gift tags to grace my family Christmas presents this year. Get your free printable! Want to use this pup on […]
Evette is coquettish, spirited, and glamorous. In other words, she is the exact opposite of introverted me 🙂 It is hilarious to picture me snuggled up in my favorite pink hoodie while I sculpted her big blue eyes. Sure, I can find a little sex appeal for a night out with the hubby, but for […]
My friend Kristina asked me to create handcrafted Christmas ornaments for her children. She liked the ones I showed her where I turned hollow eggs into animal ornaments. As they rattled off a list of animals that they liked, “giraffe” piqued my interest. I had never tried sculpting a giraffe and the shape provided a […]
Lately I’ve been enjoying working on some fun wall art for you animal lovers. This sweet raccoon gal is the star of my latest creation: a small mixed media piece called Jazz Hands No. 2. I call her Daisy and she is famous for flashing her Jazz Hands on the dance floor. I shared some in progress […]
Yay, It’s Ornament Season. Ornaments are tiny little windows into the soul. Each one holds special meaning for both the creator and the one displaying it. Most of the ornaments in my 2016 collection feature whimsical critters. They offer me joy through the creation process and you, the collector, a little bit of fairytale escape. Sculpted from […]
No beach house is complete without a whimsical one-of-a-kind cat mermaid ornament! Maybe she’s a “mer-cat” or maybe she’s a “cat-fish,” but this little glamour puss has big mermaid aspirations. She’d make a great gift for a water-loving cat parent or even a little luxury for yourself. Making of a Cat Mermaid Ornament I sculpted this sweet […]
Yes, you can find some form flattering clothes for petite frames in the junior section. You just need to dig through a lot of glitter, sequins and barely-there hemlines to find the “age-appropriate” gems.
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This stunning piece by Beth of Create My World is the winning entry in the Polymer Clay Artists Guild of Etsy latest challenge. From the peacock theme to the intricacy of the mosaic design, I LOVE this piece! Beth described her process for making the varied tiles on her blog: such a labor of love. […]
Margaret Almon is a Pennsylvania artist who creates gorgeous mosaics that are filled with life. I’ve followed her blog, Margaret Almon Mosaics, for quite a while. I particularly love seeing her posts on Pennsylvania art, sites, and finds. When I find myself going down a negative path, she reminds me that I live in a […]
