Valentine, "When I fall in love" ...

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HAPPY

VALENTINE'S

DAY

Please Visit my ETSY store for these VALENTINE DARLINGS (and more)...

BLUEYEDUCKSTUDIOS

Be sure to check out the many categories in my shop located on the right side of the page !

XO- Katey

"I will remember you" Sammy

October 7, 1950 - January 31, 2010

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I will remember you
Will you remember me?
Don't let your life pass you by
Weep not for the memories

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(I will remember you -- Sarah McLachlan)

I'm so tired; I can't sleep
Standin' on the edge of something much too deep
It's funny how we feel so much

but we cannot say a word
We are screaming inside,

but we can't be heard

I will remember you
Will you remember me?
Don't let your life pass you by
Weep not for the memories

I'm so afraid to love you,

but more afraid to lose
Clinging to a past that doesn't let me choose
Once there was a darkness,

deep and endless night
You gave me everything you had, oh you gave me life

And I will remember you
Will you remember me?
Don't let your life pass you by
Weep not for the memories

To HAiTi with LOVE, His Love

Hold Fast

Help is on the way

(Mercy Me)

" To everyone who's hurting
To those who've had enough
To all the undeserving
That should cover all of us
Please do not let go
I promise there is hope

Hold fast
Help is on the way
Hold fast
He's come to save the day
What I've learned in my life
One thing greater than my strife
Is His grasp
So hold fast

Will this season ever pass?
Can we stop this ride?
Will we see the sun at last?
Or could this be our lot in life?
Please do not let go
I promise you there's hope

You may think you're all alone
And there's no way that anyone could know
What you're going through
But if you only hear one thing
Just understand that we are all the same
Searching for the truth
The truth of what we're soon to face
Unless someone comes to take our place
Is there anyone?
All we want is to be free
Free from our captivity, Lord
Here He comes "

Mother Nature's Son

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Earthy warm colors (especially in winter) are so comforting.

I have selected several pieces from my ETSY shop that are rich, textural, and "earthy" ...

"Sit beside a mountain stream--see her waters rise. Listen to the pretty sound of music as she flies."

BEATLES - Mother Nature's Son -- Listen as you browse

"Find me in my field of grass--Mother Nature's son. Swaying daises sing a lazy song beneath the sun. Mother Nature's son."


SEE THEM HERE
(look under wearable art & jewelry)

Altered Dominoes * Wool & Wire Earrings * Microscope Slide Glass Pendants * Assemblage Art Doll Necklaces * Hand Painted Bamboo Tiles

"I love to think of nature as an unlimited broadcasting station, through which God speaks to us every hour, if we will only tune in." ~George Washington Carver

SNOW DAY !

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"I LOVE SNOW"

2-inch miniature painting on canvas

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"SNOW DAY"

2-inch x 2.75-inch painting on canvas

ACT FAST! I can send either of these direct to your special someone - giftwrapped! FREE USA48 regular shipping - add $2 for Priority Mail. There is STILL time to get this under their tree!

www.blueyeduckstudios.com

joyfully, katey D

walking in the air ... stocking stuffers!

ACORNAMENTS - handpainted Acorn ornaments

O that you could soar above the crowds and shop as if "walking in the air!" --- you can, sort of! E-shopping! Look at all these stocking stuffers - and you don't have to leave home :)


Hand Painted Greeting Cards - from the SANTA CLAWS series

Original Paintings on book pages - The Miracle on 34th Street


Altered Game Dominoes (necklaces/pendants) - Retro Cameras for the photographer in your life

Vintage Kris Kringle Domino Necklaces / Ornaments

Original Art -- Little Girls CHRISTMAS SHOES! size 7

BLUEYEDUCKSTUDIOS

DRIFTSTUDIOS

DUCKPUDDLE

(click to visit each store) all on ETSY ... combined shipping between these shops is available to save on shipping!

Thanks for looking!

katey

FAiRY TaLeS revisited

Look at the Fairy Tales ... brought back to life on these very old book pages...where their stories have been locked away behind a cover for too long. Look at the original paintings I created directly onto pages from an antique storybook ~ there is new life in these old familiar stories as you look at my interpretations of these charming characters.

King of the Fairies - PRESS PLAY WHILE YOU VISIT

Also available: hand embellished (colored pencil & ink) prints of many of the same works and others...

www.blueyeduckstudios.etsy.com

joyfully,

~ katey D

I will remember (each of) you [veteran's day 09]

sarah mclachlan - i will remember you
DID YOU KNOW?
…that the American Battle Monuments Commission administers, operates, and maintains 24 permanent American burial grounds on foreign soil. Presently there are 124,909 U.S. war dead interred at these cemeteries, 30,921 of World War I, 93,238 of World War II and 750 of the Mexican War. Additionally 6,177 American veterans and others are interred in the Mexico City and Corozal American Cemeteries.

(all info taken from AMERICAN BATTLE MONUMENTS COMMISSION)
AISNE-MARNE AMERICAN CEMETERY AND MEMORIAL
2,289 of our military dead

ARDENNES AMERICAN CEMETERY AND MEMORIAL
5,329 of our military dead / 462 missing

BRITTANY AMERICAN CEMETERY AND MEMORIAL
4,410 of our military dead / 498 missing

BROOKWOOD AMERICAN CEMETERY AND MEMORIAL
468 of our military dead / 563 missing

CAMBRIDGE AMERICAN CEMETERY AND MEMORIAL
3,812 of our military dead / 5,127 mssing

EPINAL AMERICAN CEMETERY AND MEMORIAL
5,255 of our military dead / 424 missing

FLANDERS FIELD AMERICAN CEMETERY AND MEMORIAL
368 of our military dead / 43 missing

FLORENCE AMERICAN CEMETERY AND MEMORIAL
4,402 of our military dead / 1,409 missing

HENRI-CHAPELLE AMERICAN CEMETERY AND MEMORIAL
7,992 of our military dead / 450 missing

ORRAINE AMERICAN CEMETERY AND MEMORIAL
10,489 of our military dead / 444 missing
LUXEMBOURG AMERICAN CEMETERY AND MEMORIAL
5,076 of our military dead / 371 missing
MANILA AMERICAN CEMETERY AND MEMORIAL
17,202 of our military dead / 36,285 missing

MEUSE-ARGONNE AMERICAN CEMETERY AND MEMORIAL
14,246 of our military dead / 954 missing

NETHERLANDS AMERICAN CEMETERY AND MEMORIAL
8,301 of our military dead / 1,722 missing

NORMANDY AMERICAN CEMETERY AND MEMORIAL
9,387 of our military dead /1,557 missing

NORTH AFRICA AMERICAN CEMETERY AND MEMORIAL
2,841 of our military / 3,724 missing

OISE-AISNE AMERICAN CEMETERY AND MEMORIAL
6,012 of our military dead / 241 missing

RHONE AMERICAN CEMETERY AND MEMORIAL
861 of our military dead / 294 missing

SICILY-ROME AMERICAN CEMETERY AND MEMORIAL
7,861 of our military dead / 3,095 missing

SOMME AMERICAN CEMETERY AND MEMORIAL
1,844 of our military dead / 333 missing

ST. MIHIEL AMERICAN CEMETERY AND MEMORIAL
4,153 of our military dead / 284 missing

SURESNES AMERICAN CEMETERY AND MEMORIAL
1,541 of our military dead / 974 missing

My previous posts pertaining to VETERAN’S DAY/WW II can be seen by visiting this post in honor of my Dad
My Dad. My Veteran

Meanwhile - thank you for allowing me a break in my "normal" art posting. Please look around my blog and be sure to enter my ART Give-Away contest a couple of posts below :)

~Katey

Blackbird singing in the dead of night

www.blueyeduckstudios.etsy.com

Carly Simon

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I was a consultant on a reclamation project in Willoughby, Ohio several years back - where a pathetic old building was being given new life and now serves as a Bed and Breakfast. A few of the walls had to be moved/removed and I was able to reclaim some original 1884 framing lumber. Remember when 2x4 actually meant 2” x 4” ? (me neither ha ha) - At one time dimensional lumber was actually the dimension it was referred to! I have taken a few actual 2x4 boards that were unable to be used any other way in the lengths at hand - and I salvaged them into chubby chunks to paint on. Some of them still reveal ghosts of where the plaster and lathe attached to them.They are rough, have nail holes, scars, and fabulous character. Check them out in my ETSY shop!

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~katey

Be sure to visit my previous blog post for a chance to win ...

Killer Queen - domino pendant GIVE AWAY

Killer Queen - domino pendant GIVE AWAY

" She keeps Moet et Chandon in a pretty cabinet

'Let them eat cake' she says

Just like Marie Antoinette"

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Here we go again art friends!

ANOTHER

DOMINO

GIVE-AWAY...

Plain and simple - just leave a comment and check back in two weeks.
I am giving away this altered art domino pendant titled:
Killer Queen

I will put all the posters (spammers will not be included) into a "hat" and pull out a winner at random.

The winner will be contacted via their blog for a mailing addy.

I would appreciate any visits to my ETSY shops while you're out looking around ... that'd be swell.

For altered art, paintings, funky jewelry includings gobs of domino pendants - visit BLUEYEDUCKSTUDIOS

For one of a kind amazing photogrpahy (great Christmas giftees for the men in your life) - visit DRIFTSTUDIOS

For artisan scarves and funky textile gadgets - visit

DUCKPUDDLE


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About my domino pendants...

Size: 1" x 2" pendant on a white 18" suede cord with clasps

Type: Exceptional DOMINO ART PENDANT NECKLACE

Mixed media (painting, collage, glaze effects)

Ingredients: domino, acrylic paints (many many many layers), antique crackle medium, glazes, collage image, ric rac ribbon/or lace, findings, metallic paint, and love

I have taken an actual game piece domino (not a bead or craft store domino) and created a very textural and lush finish with multiple paint layers, crackle medium and various glazes. There is a rich and glorious textural depth to my handpainting. The collaged image is from a collection created by the "Land of Enchantment" (an amazing artist! see her link to the left). I have added details along the edges and all the dots are painted with metallic leaf. The back side is as pretty as the front - so the pendant is reversible!

~xokatey

all Your promises are true

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When the new day begins
Lord, Your mercies are new again
How my heart overflows with thanks to my King
When the night closes in
I'm so grateful You are my Friend
You said that You'd never leave and Lord I believe -- Lord, I believe

All your promises are true
I will lift up my eyes to You
For You're all that I need
And by faith I receive the wonderful things You will do.
All your promises are true;
I will lift up my eyes to You.
When my heart starts to fail, Lord,
Your strength will prevail,
And all You have said You will do
Your promises are true

When the new day begins
Lord, Your mercies are new again
How my heart overflows with thanks to my King
When the night closes in I'm so grateful You are my Friend
You said that You'd never leave and Lord I believe -- Lord, I believe



All your promises are true
I will lift up my eyes to You
For You're all that I need
And by faith I receive the wonderful things You will do.
All your promises are true;
I will lift up my eyes to You.
When my heart starts to fail, Lord, Your strength will prevail,
And all You have said You will do Your promises are true
They are comfort and healing
Strength for the journey
Hope for the hopeless
Gladness for mourning
Life and salvation
Power and victory
Lord, I believe, Lord I believe

They are comfort and healing
Strength for the journey
Hope for the hopeless
Gladness for mourning
Life and salvation
Power and victory
Lord, I believe, Lord I believe

All your promises are true
I will lift up my eyes to You
For You're all that I need
And by faith I receive the wonderful things You will do.
All your promises are true; I will lift up my eyes to You.
When my heart starts to fail, Lord, Your strength will prevail,
And all You have said You will do...(I know You will do)
All your promises are true I will lift up my eyes to You
For You're all that I need
And by faith I receive the wonderful things You will do. (I know You do)
All your promises are true;
I will lift up my eyes to You.
When my heart starts to fail, Lord, Your strength will prevail,
And all You have said You will do Your promises are true...
(Your promises are true)
Your promises are true...
(Oh, I know they're true)
Your promises are true...
(I believe, O Lord)
Your promises are true

~All Your Promises Are True by Shannon Wexelberg

forgiveness ... again

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I needed to revisit this one...

forgiveness

I hope it puts perspective in your heart today also

~katey

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one year ago today

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Missing my Dad

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My Dad. My Veteran.

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breast cancer SURVIVORS ... Celebration

October is

Breast Cancer Awareness

Month

Title: Pink Tears

"Memories" ~ Within Temptation

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Together in all these memories,
I see your smile.
All of the memories I hold dear.
Darling you know I'll love you,
Till the end of time.
All of my memories keep you near
In silent moments,
Imagining you here.
All of my memories keep you near,
In silent whispers, silent tears.

Title: Pink Confetti - a celebration of recoveryAvailable in my etsy shop here

Memories of growing up along the shore of Lake Erie ... my memories... perhaps you have some too. Vacations, times of solitude, picnics, simple play along the water's edge...For me it was and is always a hunt... the perfect piece of driftwood... smooth rocks to paint... and that elusive treasure called "beachglass". Early last fall while my Dad was still with us I found several pieces of glass I have since turned into pendants... Look around my shop for the various ways I have presented them. I hope you enjoy each and every one. May they bless your eyes and all who behold you,

xo~katey

Title: Rejoice

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MY MOM IS A SURVIVOR!!!

For more inforamtion about early detection - visit

nationalbreastcancerawarenessmonth