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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 recovery
Available 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
Christmaswith
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
Tuesday, September 01, 2009
Domino giveaway ...
DOMINO ART PENDANT / NECKLACEGIVE-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
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
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)
"my name is ALiCE, I live in a PaLace..." (Alice Cooper)
" EMoTiONaL ReSCuE " (Mick Jagger)
I Can't Make You Love Me If You Don't (Bonnie Raitt)
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
Monday, May 11, 2009
I Can't Make You Love Me If You Don't
~Bonnie Raitt~
An amazing voice - yes?
I find I get into painting to the point I don't pay attention to what I am painting... in this case I reversed Bonnie (note her "Sweeney Todd" is on the opposite side of her forehead)...
Lovely, melancholy... desperately sad song in this 'tube... listen as you look. The exquisite Bruce Hornsby is on keyboard.
My affordable art is available on ETSY.com at www.blueyeduckstudios.etsy.com. Convo me about custom portraits in the rock-face style you see throughout my blog.
joy, kateyD
For more details about the many "rock faces" I have created - look further down the blog ~ thank you!
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