Romantic Gothic Hearts Brooch Collection

Valentines Day is just around the corner so I’ve been busy creating this Romantic Gothic Hearts Brooch Collection for my Etsy store: https://www.etsy.com/shop/MarieYoungCreative

Even the backs are design 🙂

Brooches fronts and backs

Behind the Scenes | Creative Entrepreneurship

Launch of Marie Young Creative
ByMarie Young March 19, 2013July 27, 2025

Hello everyone! This isn’t really a new business launch for me — I’ve had a shop on Etsy for a couple of year’s now and I’ve been publishing an artists blog on blogger as well– but I feel that it is time to establish a branded home base. So welcome to MarieYoungCreative.com. My online shop…

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Behind the Scenes | Home & Garden Whimsy

Peacock Switchplates in Progress
ByMarie Young August 9, 2014August 12, 2014

These rocker-style Peacock Switchplates are for Susan in California. She has a newly decorated wall waiting for them. I thought she might like to see how they are coming along.

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Bird Business Card Case
ByMarie Young May 24, 2014July 27, 2025

This bird-themed business card case design came from an experiment. The bottom layer is a stamped bird design on a pale yellow translucent sheet. The top layer is a mokume gane pattern created from slicing into purple and gold polymer sheets.

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Whimsical Bird
ByMarie Young August 16, 2014

Nothing can put a smile on your face quite like a whimsical bird. This bird ornament is the latest iteration of my bird-related egg shell art series. Creating a Whimsical Bird Ornament I sculpted the details from polymer clay over a hollowed out egg shell. The polymer keeps the ornament light weight, but makes the…

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Behind the Scenes | Whimsical Holidays

Stylish Evette the Bat OOAK sculpture
ByMarie Young October 24, 2018November 24, 2019

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…

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Juried Art Show First Attempt
ByMarie Young May 22, 2017

I had a stretch goal of entering my first juried art show this year, The Blair County Arts Festival (read the background here). All three of my submissions were accepted and now I’m celebrating my small (but big-to-me) success that came from taking a chance. “Freedom,” my dragon sculpture, received an honorable mention and a…

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