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

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!

Visit my ETSY STORE

xo - Katey

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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

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

VISIT MY ARTY SHOP HERE

Moondance - Nightwish

~

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...

http://www.duckpuddle.etsy.com/

(cute pups - dumb song)

Pay it Forward ART !

Are YOU an artist?

Check this out

Pay It Forward Art Blog

(go back/down to the first entry to get all the details!)

Jump in on the next ART BOX

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

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

oh OH Domino

Van Morrison - DOMINO

I'm back!

And so are my Domino Pendants!

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

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...

http://www.harpercollins.com/books/9780060930349/A_History_of_the_American_People/index.aspx

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...

Fair Feathered Friends

~katey

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

Memorial Day Tribute - LEGACY

~~~

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

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)

BaBY LoVE (Diana Ross) more Baby Love

imagine... (John Lennon)

"my name is ALiCE, I live in a PaLace..." (Alice Cooper)

" EMoTiONaL ReSCuE " (Mick Jagger)

Sir ELTON JOHN

PAUL McCARTNEY and Blackbird WINGS

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

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!

katey Duck on facebook

PAUL McCARTNEY and Blackbird WINGS

It is dreary and dark and very rainy today,

but just now an intense whiteness has begun to open the sky…

the sun is pushing through the gloom …
It is like the song…

that singing that breaks the silence in the dead of night …

that strength that comes from weakness…
that peace that passes all understanding.

Blackbird - Beatles

And so here are still more Work in Progress pictures

(please scroll down the entire blog for previous FACES in this large ongoing series on exhibit)…

Paul McCartney

And now some mildly selfish pushiness…

my own series of BLACKBIRDS…

all original artwork - matted and framed ...

available in my little ESTY shop at

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

"The LORD bless you and keep you;

the LORD make his face shine upon you

and be gracious to you;

the LORD turn his face toward you

and give you peace."

Numbers 24: 25-26


~katey D