Sunday, December 13, 2009

SNOW DAY !

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2-inch miniature painting on canvas

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(PRESS PLAY TO LISTEN TO BING SING)

"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

Thursday, December 03, 2009

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




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

Wednesday, November 18, 2009

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...








joyfully,
~ katey D

Wednesday, November 11, 2009

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
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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

Monday, November 09, 2009

Blackbird singing in the dead of night





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

Friday, November 06, 2009

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

Thursday, November 05, 2009

forgiveness ... again

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I needed to revisit this one...








I hope it puts perspective in your heart today also




~katey




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Monday, October 19, 2009

Saturday, October 10, 2009

breast cancer SURVIVORS ... Celebration

October is
Breast Cancer Awareness
Month

Title: Pink Tears

"Memories" ~ Within Temptation

(Press PLAY while you visit here today)


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


Friday, October 09, 2009

Who Knows How Long I've Loved You ...

" Love you forever and forever,
Love you with all my heart;
Love you whenever we're together,
Love you when we´re apart. "


"I Will" ~ The Beatles

CLICK HERE TO VIEW THIS ITEM IN MY SHOP

Charmed, I’m sure…”

(a new series)

Introducing a new series (otherwise known, in my case, as a rabbit trail) - of charmed jewelry. These necklaces are assemblages of found pieces and what-nots - mostly 'new', but sometimes 'old' mixed in as well.

I always wanted a charm bracelet as a little girl so now I find myself making charm necklaces - ala a little more luxurious :) The various price ranges within the series reflects the varying ingredients, weight, time, and aesthetic. I use new and vintage pieces, but be assured the pieces are silver plated, gold plated, non-lead, and even non-nickel. If, however, you have metal allergies and require pure, precious metals be cautious of these please. I often treat the pieces with stained glass solvents to add patina and age. They are endearing!

I hope you enjoy each and every one.

May they bless your eyes and all who behold you.

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Title: Moving Out

Measurements and Details: 1.75" tall cage (has a sliding door, swinging perch with a tiny bird inside)... 18" chain with barrel clasp closure plus a 3" section of metal branch with two little birds and their nest with one precious blue/teal glass bead egg inside...also crystal centered flower charms along the chain. Sterling Plated and Metal. An Organza gift bag included!


xo - Katey
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Thursday, October 08, 2009

THINKING AHEAD: Christmas Goodies NOW


Michael W. Smith - Christmastime
PRESS PLAY WHILE YOU VISIT TODAY


Christmas
with
Blueyeduckstudios
and
family


I have wrestled with whether or not I will be doing “live” art festivals in the upcoming months. Historically they have been a great boon for me, and I would expect success this year as well - but I will be blunt -- after just barely crawling out of a six-week illness (bronchitis, not the flu) I am not at all certain I can face sick buyers and germs “out there”...especially during a pandemic.


It is with this in mind (along with the great gas savings you could enjoy and the bonus of avoiding any crowd wrangling in chain stores and big box stores) I have decided that I will be holding my own OnLine Art Festivals this autumn… right in my shop.


I will be loading my Etsy Shop with all manner of gift giving goodness! Be patient - I have tons of yummy things… original paintings, greeting cards, painted wood, folk art driftwood, altered jewelry, assemblage art dolls to wear, brooches, necklaces, pendants … and that is just at blueyeduckstudios


Visit my son's shop - driftstudios - and you will find a different array of gifts for the ‘impossible to buy for person’ in your life: fabulous fine art photography!



Over at duckpuddle (my shop with Grandma) you can find whimsy to wear and luxurious hand made scarves!

So, hold on tight ... I will be featuring items from all three shops here over the next three months…



Please come back often - and visit our family of Etsy Shops...
joyfully,
katey

Saturday, October 03, 2009

October Art

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Original Watercolors ...
whimsical autumn characters
framed under glass ...
Don't buy disposable
seasonal decorations ...
invest in art from living artists ...
like me



Moondance - Nightwish
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Friday, October 02, 2009

who let the DOGS out

... that would be ME


A mega DESTASH of supplies begins

starting with new RUBBER STAMPS


DOGS DOGS DOGS
Buy 'em here...


(cute pups - dumb song)

Monday, September 21, 2009

Pay it Forward ART !

Are YOU an artist?
(go back/down to the first entry to get all the details!)
Jump in on the next ART BOX




Tuesday, September 15, 2009

and the WiNNER iS...

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THANK YOU ....



CreativeFlutter, Pressed Ink, nic2415, Poetic Artist, Melanie, Bridget, Bit of Art, Valeriote Design. and Lynn Stevens for taking part!!!


(See my DOMINO GIVE AWAY POST for details)



Drum Roll...


Melissa Valeriote is THE holiday queen!!!

And she is the winner of my altered domino give away!


Thank you all for posting!


Visit Melissa at her gorgeous blog: HERE
And get her fantastical art on ETSY: HERE

xo - katey

www.blueyeduckstudios.etsy.com

Tuesday, September 01, 2009

Domino giveaway ...

DOMINO ART PENDANT / NECKLACE
GIVE-A-WAY



Measurements: 1" x 2" pendant on an 24" chain (gold plated)
Type: Exceptional DOMINO ART PENDANT NECKLACE ...
mixed media (painting, collage, glaze effects)
Color Theme: gold, tan, chocolate, caramel, and beige

Title: City on Our Knees

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

I have taken an actual game piece domino (not a bead or craft store domino) and created a very 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 Debrina Pratt (an amazing artist!). 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!







City on Our Knees - Toby Mac


If you gotta start somewhere why not here? If you gotta start sometime why not now? If we gotta start somewhere I say here. If we gotta start sometime I say now. Through the fog there is hope in the distance. From cathedrals to third world missions - Love will fall to the earth like a crashing wave...

~~~~~ GIVE - A - WAY ~~~~~

Just post a comment here. In two weeks (September 15th-ish) I will randomly pick a 'post~er' from a 'hat' and announce the winner here (at which time I will need said winner's mailing address). I hope you'll listen to Toby Mac's song while you're here. I have met him on three occasions - he is genuine.






Please take a lookie loo at all the new domino

pendants in my ETSY STORE - :)

MORE MORE MORE coming THIS week!

~joy! Katey

Sunday, August 23, 2009

oh OH Domino



Van Morrison - DOMINO



I'm back!

And so are my Domino Pendants!


http://www.blueyeduckstudios.etsy.com/


Saturday, July 04, 2009

Friends, here now, gone away, firecrackers, and memories



Happy Picnic Day... a day to catch up on yard-work, eat way too many grilled goodies, gather to watch enormously expensive explosions...remember those gone and, hopefully, look ahead with hope.


Independence Day - 4th of July... Happy Birthday America...

Get to know who we are - where we came from - READ for yourselves.


Find a good history book.. I recommend, ironically enough written by a Brit, "A History of the American People" by Paul Johnson...



Meanwhile (like playing a rerun or listening to "The Best of Crane")- I suggest a revisit to an older post - for those who have lost a friend...

realize good friends come and go and it does not make them less good, just gone...




~katey



The last of our original Duck Family, Splash, gone away May 14, 2009

Monday, May 25, 2009

Memorial Day Tribute - LEGACY

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I don't mind if you've got something nice to say about me
And I enjoy an accolade like the rest
You could take my picture and hang it in a gallery
Of all who's who and so-n-so's that used to be the best
At such'n'such ... it wouldn't matter much

I won't lie, it feels alright to see your name in lights
We all need an 'Atta boy' or 'Atta girl'
But in the end I'd like to hang my hat on more besides
The temporary trappings of this world

I want to leave a legacy
How will they remember me?
Did I choose to love?
Did I point to You enough
To make a mark on things?
I want to leave an offering
A child of mercy and grace who blessed Your name unapologetically
And leave that kind of legacy

I don't have to look too far or too long a while
To make a lengthly list of all that I enjoy
It's an accumulating trinket and a treasure pile
Where moth and rust, thieves and such will soon enough destroy
Not well traveled, not well read, not well-to-do or well bred
Just want to hear instead, "Well Done" good and faithful one...


Nicole Nordeman - Legacy
~In Remembrance~
February 1924-October 2008
My Dad. My Veteran. (click link)
To this you were called, because Christ suffered for you, leaving you an example, that you should follow in his steps. ~ 1 Peter 2:21

Friday, May 22, 2009

I Won't Back Down


I Won't Back Down ~ Tom Petty with George Harrison, Jeff Lynn (ELO), Ringo

Well I wont back down, no I wont back down.

You can stand me up at the gates of hell

But I wont back down.

Gonna stand my ground, won't be turned around.

And I'll keep this world from draggin' me down.

Gonna stand my ground and I wont back down.

This calls for patient endurance on the part of the saints who obey God's commandments and remain faithful to Jesus. ~Revelation 14:12

Hey baby, there ain't no easy way out.

Hey, uh huh, I will stand my ground.

And I wont back down.

Well I know what's right, I got just one life.

In a world that keeps on pushin' me around,

But I'll stand my ground and I wont back down.

Hey baby, there ain't no easy way out.

I will stand my ground and I wont back down.

No, I wont back down.

Just as man is destined to die once, and after that to face judgment, so Christ was sacrificed once to take away the sins of many people; and he will appear a second time, not to bear sin, but to bring salvation to those who are waiting for him. ~ Hebrews 9:27-28


Another Work-in-progress from my series

TOM PETTY

25" square / acrylic on gallery wrapped canvas








Quite a fun concert by the way - saw him last summer (in the rain) along with Steve Winwood. It was one giant sing-a-long. Petty's SuperBowl appearance (08) was one of the best in a long time - and he most definitely wins for "most improved" in the face department by sporting that new beard.



MORE FACES...
People are strange (Jim Morrison)
DREAM ON (Steven Tyler)
imagine... (John Lennon)
" EMoTiONaL ReSCuE " (Mick Jagger)

BiG Heads (introduction to the BiG HEAD series)

Want a face of your own? Yourself? Your Auntie Mame? Uncle Bud? I can create a custom portrait in this same style ~ convo me at blueyeduckstudios@gmail.com

joy in the journey,

katey~D

www.blueyeduckstudios.etsy.com