Baby Owl Magnet Set o f2

I came across some very nice magnetic settings yesterday. I suppose to work on my charm frame pendants today, instead I was working on this magnet.

The magnets measures 5cm in diameter. The surface is sealed with water resistant sealant.

You can also see the back as the follows:
Size: 5cm for each.
Set of 2, $5 + $2.50 (S &H)

Pretty Box to Go

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This is the first box of jewelry I am going to send out today. It is a glass pendant of Peony and Butterfly. It is such a satisfaction to pack it in a matching box and ready to send.

It is very fun to work on Jewelries. It is very different from working on illustration and painting. I now understand why there are so many people making jewelries.

I am still developing charm frame pendants or necklaces with my art in a picture charm frame. Hope to show some tomorrow.

Cherry Blossom, Laptop Skins and Art Pendants

Do you like to put some spring on you? Check out the cherry blossom for your laptop skin, pendant or print.This is an early spring cherry blossom. Sometime I just link simple line work. This one only uses lines without any shades of color.

This is for the laptop skin design. If you like some spring with you, you can order it here of the laptop skin.

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I added a vertical version just for prints. You can buy the horizontal or vertical version for Prints or Laminated Print on Wood Block (LPWB)The following are art pendants. I developed one new type, the round glass pendant. I love round shape.

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Cherry Blossom, Laptop Skins and My First Art Pendant Sale

I am so excited that I sold my first art pendant, the Peony and Butterfly pendant.

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This is my first time that I get my hand on jewelries. I can see that there many more jewelry makers out there than art and others. It is very difficult to get attention to your creation. Thus, I am super excited that I can managed to get one sold.

Coming back to my art work, I am thinking of coming up of some welcome spring series. The Spring print is one of them. These days, I'll concentrate on Cherry Blossom. It always makes me excited when I see cherry blossom pictures and paintings. They are just so beautiful to paint.

If you are in the mood of welcome spring and would like to change or apply some spring on your laptop, you can order the laptop skin here. To understand how to order, please read "How to Order Laptop Skin and Wrist Area Skin".

I spent sometime to tide up my labels, you can browse through the labels for more designs and other information. For example the labels related to laptop skins are;

• Best Sellers Laptop Skins (2)
• For Her (1)
• For Him (1)
• laptop skin flower (6)
• laptop skin bird (21)
• laptop skin customer testimonials (1)
• laptop skin examples (8)
• laptop skin female (1)
• laptop skin flower (10)
• laptop skin owl (9)
• laptop skin wrist area skin (4)
• laptop skins animal (1)

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I am in Two Treasures

Iris Heart @ Karen Fulkner Original Art

Thanks for Karen from Karen Fulkner Original Art . I am in two Etsy treasures right now. The unique art of Karen is demonstrated in the image above. Please check her site for more pretty and special watercolors.

The treasures include one of my original paintings and another is the Spring Print. They are:

http://www.etsy.com/treasury_list.php?room_id=42838
http://www.etsy.com/treasury_list_west.php?room_id=45053

Please check them out!

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You can order the Spring laptop skin and Laminated Print on Wood Block here (using the Buy Now button).

Merry-go-Round: How you do your craft/art?

It's time for another ride on the merry-go-round! Jump on and join a group of artists/crafts-women as they link around the world and tell you a little about their lives in art and craft.

This month's question that myself and 6 other women will answer is " Explain how you do your craft."

I'll explain how I did my painting and illustration.

The actual implementation of a painting is very fast. I usually do it within one day. But the whole process starting from searching for an idea till a painting is finished is very long.

The most important thing in the process is the idea, the inspiration. I am constantly looking for it. Looking at other people's work is one important source of inspiration. I also go to visit parks and nature reserves and hope to find some there. Magazines, books, newspapers or advertisements, anything that I get into my hand will make me think about something that I can paint.

Recently, I found one important source of idea is from my customers. When they want me to do something that they like, I found that there is something that I never thought about it before.

Sometime, ideas come in a stream and I can develop many at one go. But sometime, I just cannot think of anything suitable. If I try very hard to come up with something at this kind of moment, most of the time it failes.

One thing I realized is that if you do more, you get more ideas. When I was painting daily before, some people asked me where I get so many ideas to paint. But actually, if you do everyday, one thing triggers or leads to another, you will find that you have so many things that you can paint.

Thus, the more you do, the better you get and the more paintings you can produce as well.

Once I have an idea, I normally visualize it in my mind how the painting will look like. The colors, the mood and the whole sensation. I get myself excited and cannot wait to put it into paper. Sometime, the result will be much nicer than what I imaged. But sometime, it is very difficult to get what I want and I left it for a while at the corner. In the second day, I try to tackle it again and normally I can achieve the desired result.

Cherry Blossom Print or Laminated Print Mounted on Wood Block ($18 + $8 S & H)

Please don't forget to read others:

• Agathe, Le Bar du Vent
• Andreanna, Glamasaurus
• Charlotte, of Fancypicnic
• Fabs, Easterya Jewellery Creations
• Marian, Florcita's Art
• Ruth, Birdland Creations
• Sara, Sara's Texture Crafts

Best Sellers of the Laptop Skins

Just an update of the the new best sellers of the laptop skins. I found that customers tend to follow others to buy. Thus, the best sellers my help you to make a quick decision.

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Owl is always the best seller. The pink one is the best. The brown and blue are also very popular.

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Red bird is the recent winner. I like it very much as well.

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The pink version of the Lotus is third best. I guess it suits a pink laptop nicely.

Adding Glass Pendants to My Own Online Store

Finally I added the function of buying of glass pendants in my own store LilyPang Art&Design. Please check it out.

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Follow My Heart Laptop Skin and Etsy is Down

I like the line work in this piece and made laptop skins for it. It is follow your heart and the heart is your home.Order the Skins

Today Etsy is down for maintenance. I anxiously want it to be back because I need the information in my convo (Etsy emails) to process my orders. It is such a big event for many people. Just read some comments on Etsy blog. It is so funny.

Hello,

My name is Sophie and I’m an addict.

Like everyone else.

HURRY UPPPP!!!!!

*scratches arms and legs and face*
*twitches uncontrollably*

Good morning everybody!! You all are so funny!! I woke up so early and now I dont know what to do! :S Hey Christy, your blog is awsome!!

Relax!!!!
;)

My Art Pendants

Finally I got a set of glass pendants from my art ready for my shop at Dawanda and Etsy. It still takes some time to be ready in my own online shop.

It's really fun and enjoying to make these pendants.

I thought it would be nice to be a model for these pendants myself. My husband helped me took these photos. The sizes of the pendants are very nice.

Actually one of them is already given as a gift when one of my friend saw me wearing it yesterday. Since she really appreciated it a lot, I just took it off and gave it as a gift.

I yet to setup my own store for you to purchase the pendants. For now, if you like any one of them, you can just using "By Now" button in the left column. You just describe the pendant that you like from the list to me.

• Lotus
• Spring
• Baby Owl Pink
• Bird and Poppy
• Red Bird
• Red Poppy
  

Each pendant will be shipped with a pretty jewelry box tired with a ribbon.

Each pendant is $15 + $5 (S & H). The shipping fee for each additional pendant is $2.