tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-70351939546403964502024-03-12T20:23:30.281-07:00Decorating With ArtWelcome to Decorating With Art -- the official Lori Gutierrez blog! Bringing you an artist's eye view of the world, I want to show how you can find beauty, charm, and style - the usual and the unusual - in everyday life. Anything and everything you see, even those things you don't even notice, has potential to become artwork. Life brings subjects and models for creativity, every moment, every day. Read my blog to learn how to find them, and more about my passion, my love, my life - art!Decorating With Arthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00431984534747457674noreply@blogger.comBlogger30125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7035193954640396450.post-30751976302290852732013-01-06T18:01:00.000-08:002013-01-06T18:01:45.431-08:00Happy New Year!!<div style="color: magenta; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;">
Happy New Year Everyone!! Can you believe we're in 2013? Seems so weird....but so wonderful!!</div>
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Lately I've been focusing back on mermaid art again - it continues to be one of my favorite subjects. Such a wonderfully artistic blend of beauty, fantasy, sensuality, and my love of the female form makes my mermaid art such a passion. Here are a couple examples of what I've done recently, and more to come - as always, check out my <a href="http://www.lorigutierrezart.etsy.com/" target="_blank">Etsy</a> site to see my latest stuff!</div>
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Decorating With Arthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00431984534747457674noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7035193954640396450.post-38237461661815088162012-12-02T11:46:00.000-08:002012-12-02T11:46:04.887-08:00I'm Back!!<div style="color: magenta; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">
I know, I know....it's been forever since I've posted a blog! In the meantime though I've been keeping very busy, getting my <a href="http://lorigutierrezart.etsy.com/">Etsy</a> web page back up and going, keeping my Country Roads space all stocked up, and especially, doing more and more shows.</div>
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<br />Speaking of shows - I'll be at the <a href="http://uptownvillagemarket.com/" target="_blank">Uptown Village Market</a> in Long Beach on Dec. 7th and 8th. Here are some of the things I'll be showing - would love to see you there!!</div>
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<span style="color: magenta; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">.....and by the way - I promise to do more blogs!! </span>Decorating With Arthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00431984534747457674noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7035193954640396450.post-25086700528571405732011-04-04T20:32:00.000-07:002011-04-04T21:14:48.790-07:00Something NEW!!<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204); font-family: verdana; ">OK, so it's been a while I know! But I've been keeping busy -- going to shows, working on my space at Country Roads, just doing a lot of creating in many different ways! I'm always looking for new things to create, and something new, fun and exciting came to me. I happened to see a store window display that had a French setting and motif, and it was so beautiful and inspiring - so I wanted to create my own take on a French window display.</span> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204); font-family: verdana; ">I've always painted old suitcases and had some laying around, and also work with glass, I thought, "I can try this". If I cut an opening in the suitcase, put glass in the opening, then the inside could be my window! I put French miniatures, and other found objects, and voila! It became a mini store window - a take on an old idea of the "diorama".</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span class="Apple-style-span"style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204); font-family: verdana; ">I had so much fun creating it! I took it to Spring Glitterfest and it was a big hit! Here's a picture</span>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GvIaZMASykw/TZqNt7lFT6I/AAAAAAAAAcA/zDdEloORR9E/s400/Smilebox.jpg" style="text-align: center;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 255px; " border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5591937707560751010" /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span"style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204); font-family: verdana; ">Then I thought of some very special customers and decided to do a themed diorama - here it is.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0b5s6miB0cU/TZqTcAXkEZI/AAAAAAAAAcI/b99xXF0aln8/s400/LMDIA7.JPG" style="text-align: center;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 330px; " border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5591943996678345106" /><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-BPivPkzYdOo/TZqUIfLXGLI/AAAAAAAAAcg/w_MvB4y1Z90/s400/LMDIA3.JPG" style="text-align: center;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 381px; " border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5591944760862906546" /><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-nmfD5NDCtG4/TZqTcXn-5mI/AAAAAAAAAcQ/owgOp_UZF3g/s400/LMDIA2.JPG" style="text-align: center;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 341px; " border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5591944002921227874" /><span class="Apple-style-span"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span"style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204); font-family: verdana; ">I so enjoy these and have other ideas for my dioramas - I'll be putting some in my space at Country Roads and bringing them to upcoming shows - hope to see you there!!</span></div>Decorating With Arthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00431984534747457674noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7035193954640396450.post-7600562285053463152010-10-05T19:44:00.000-07:002010-10-05T19:56:05.945-07:00Show's Over - Now, Back To Work!!<div style="text-align: center; font-family: verdana; color: rgb(204, 51, 204);">Whew!! Fall Glitterfest 2010, and Tinsels and Treasures back-to-back shows, are over! Great fun as always! But, now back to work on my space at Country Roads in Orange! Just when one project ends, another begins....and on to the next adventure!!<br /></div><div style="text-align: center; font-family: verdana; color: rgb(204, 51, 204);"><br />Here's some pics of my displays at the shows - hope to see you soon!!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_SfPFXmBcaMA/TKvk20iVrwI/AAAAAAAAAbQ/SsfwUi3PI-4/s1600/tt1.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_SfPFXmBcaMA/TKvk20iVrwI/AAAAAAAAAbQ/SsfwUi3PI-4/s400/tt1.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5524760998366785282" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_SfPFXmBcaMA/TKvk4MFMzQI/AAAAAAAAAbw/PoajnMOD1ek/s1600/gf4.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_SfPFXmBcaMA/TKvk4MFMzQI/AAAAAAAAAbw/PoajnMOD1ek/s400/gf4.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5524761021866888450" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_SfPFXmBcaMA/TKvk3yEQGeI/AAAAAAAAAbo/zFD3t3uwnPw/s1600/gf3.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_SfPFXmBcaMA/TKvk3yEQGeI/AAAAAAAAAbo/zFD3t3uwnPw/s400/gf3.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5524761014883588578" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_SfPFXmBcaMA/TKvk3TVC1fI/AAAAAAAAAbg/xMHQRu9c9gk/s1600/gf2.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_SfPFXmBcaMA/TKvk3TVC1fI/AAAAAAAAAbg/xMHQRu9c9gk/s400/gf2.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5524761006632523250" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_SfPFXmBcaMA/TKvk3MdxSxI/AAAAAAAAAbY/hfn4JkItKco/s1600/gf1.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_SfPFXmBcaMA/TKvk3MdxSxI/AAAAAAAAAbY/hfn4JkItKco/s400/gf1.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5524761004790074130" border="0" /></a></div>Decorating With Arthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00431984534747457674noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7035193954640396450.post-25962777382092204782010-09-14T20:31:00.000-07:002010-09-15T07:04:41.544-07:00Sneak Peek!!<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);font-family:verdana;" >Getting ready -- and getting frazzled -- preparing for this weekend at </span><a style="font-family: verdana; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.tinselandtreasures.com/">Tinsel and Treasures</a><span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);font-family:verdana;" >. Here's a little sneak peek at stuff I'll be selling. Hope to see you there!!</span><br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_SfPFXmBcaMA/TJA_E-dtrzI/AAAAAAAAAao/HtAFAH344q0/s1600/DSCN1283.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 279px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_SfPFXmBcaMA/TJA_E-dtrzI/AAAAAAAAAao/HtAFAH344q0/s400/DSCN1283.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516978898248511282" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_SfPFXmBcaMA/TJA_FG_HabI/AAAAAAAAAaw/e0mWp_StVGc/s1600/DSCN1282.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_SfPFXmBcaMA/TJA_FG_HabI/AAAAAAAAAaw/e0mWp_StVGc/s400/DSCN1282.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516978900536093106" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_SfPFXmBcaMA/TJA_FYgr7wI/AAAAAAAAAa4/tZY0UVNJ198/s1600/DSCN1280.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 387px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_SfPFXmBcaMA/TJA_FYgr7wI/AAAAAAAAAa4/tZY0UVNJ198/s400/DSCN1280.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516978905240301314" border="0" /></a>Decorating With Arthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00431984534747457674noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7035193954640396450.post-75420265028138426932010-09-06T19:19:00.001-07:002010-09-06T19:24:35.109-07:00Peace!<div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(204, 51, 204); font-family: verdana;">Hope you had a safe, happy, and PEACE-ful Labor Day weekend. :-) I know I did !! 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I was so thrilled and honored -- and it occurred to me that so much of my success is truly due to all of you who have been such wonderful, supportive colleagues and good friends over the years. So, I titled the article "Queen of the Castle" - because, after all, isn't that what we are? :-)</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center; font-family: verdana; color: rgb(204, 51, 204);"><br />So, I dedicate this to all of you - the queens of your castles!! Check out page 48, and enjoy!!<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_SfPFXmBcaMA/THla0dNRCQI/AAAAAAAAAZs/MzNQ7tgx160/s1600/Home.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 308px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_SfPFXmBcaMA/THla0dNRCQI/AAAAAAAAAZs/MzNQ7tgx160/s400/Home.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5510535476304480514" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_SfPFXmBcaMA/THla1F3GF9I/AAAAAAAAAZ0/-DlWBK0NjV4/s1600/qc2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 293px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_SfPFXmBcaMA/THla1F3GF9I/AAAAAAAAAZ0/-DlWBK0NjV4/s400/qc2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5510535487217342418" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_SfPFXmBcaMA/THla1SDA_dI/AAAAAAAAAZ8/Ie4RdPMRDIA/s1600/qc1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 285px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_SfPFXmBcaMA/THla1SDA_dI/AAAAAAAAAZ8/Ie4RdPMRDIA/s400/qc1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5510535490488565202" border="0" /></a>Decorating With Arthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00431984534747457674noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7035193954640396450.post-83926449609881081662010-08-03T19:27:00.000-07:002010-08-03T19:34:28.549-07:00Mermaids, Wood, and Words - A Great Combo!!<div style="text-align: center; font-family: verdana; color: rgb(204, 51, 204);">OK so you know I love to do mermaids. They just seem so right painted on old wood panels and doors -- gives it that vintage, nautical look -- and then, add some appropriate words to it, and voila! It's a mermaid sign! One of my favorite items to paint, and a good seller too. Here's some examples....hope you're having a great summer!!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_SfPFXmBcaMA/TFjRWF0mbUI/AAAAAAAAAZc/tHpwip70rWw/s1600/mermb5.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_SfPFXmBcaMA/TFjRWF0mbUI/AAAAAAAAAZc/tHpwip70rWw/s400/mermb5.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5501377122283187522" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_SfPFXmBcaMA/TFjRVwTowOI/AAAAAAAAAZU/jsJn97xbhrs/s1600/DSCN1223.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_SfPFXmBcaMA/TFjRVwTowOI/AAAAAAAAAZU/jsJn97xbhrs/s400/DSCN1223.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5501377116507783394" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_SfPFXmBcaMA/TFjRW0--bHI/AAAAAAAAAZk/QMSSR1300F0/s1600/mermpi11.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 257px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_SfPFXmBcaMA/TFjRW0--bHI/AAAAAAAAAZk/QMSSR1300F0/s400/mermpi11.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5501377134943169650" border="0" /></a></div>Decorating With Arthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00431984534747457674noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7035193954640396450.post-11652002236548376482010-07-29T18:46:00.000-07:002010-07-29T19:01:58.299-07:00Crowns 'n Crowns 'n More Crowns!!<div style="text-align: center; font-family: verdana; color: rgb(204, 51, 204);">Getting ready to do back-to-back shows, so what am I working on? Crowns 'n more crowns! I haven't done any in a while, and since they are one of my favorite things to create, and one of my best sellers, I'll be living, breathing, eating, talking....crowns! Can you say BLING?!! :-)<br /><br />Here's a few I've done so far...available on my <a href="http://lorigutierrezart.etsy.com/">Etsy</a> site!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_SfPFXmBcaMA/TFIxXRRfw0I/AAAAAAAAAYM/GZx0CSKC4ZU/s1600/crownd2.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 316px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_SfPFXmBcaMA/TFIxXRRfw0I/AAAAAAAAAYM/GZx0CSKC4ZU/s400/crownd2.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499512370816336706" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_SfPFXmBcaMA/TFIxXzbxxJI/AAAAAAAAAYc/gVeTQvAAB1Q/s1600/crownc3.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 313px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_SfPFXmBcaMA/TFIxXzbxxJI/AAAAAAAAAYc/gVeTQvAAB1Q/s400/crownc3.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499512379986265234" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_SfPFXmBcaMA/TFIxXkzndyI/AAAAAAAAAYU/mFWs-fRiO9c/s1600/crowna2.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 393px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_SfPFXmBcaMA/TFIxXkzndyI/AAAAAAAAAYU/mFWs-fRiO9c/s400/crowna2.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499512376059721506" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_SfPFXmBcaMA/TFIx3ODn9aI/AAAAAAAAAYs/lvzMDxpFfjw/s1600/crownb4.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 380px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_SfPFXmBcaMA/TFIx3ODn9aI/AAAAAAAAAYs/lvzMDxpFfjw/s400/crownb4.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499512919708661154" border="0" /></a></div>Decorating With Arthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00431984534747457674noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7035193954640396450.post-44011735431470440642010-06-29T19:56:00.000-07:002010-06-29T20:26:11.735-07:00Fantasy!<div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(204, 51, 204); font-family: verdana;">One of my favorite genres of art is Fantasy. Here are a couple examples of Fantasy art I've done.<br /><br />The first -- I've always loved old Hollywood, the glitz and glamour, the gorgeous starlets and dashing men. One of my all-time favorite Hollywood on-screen couples is Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers -- watching them dance together in old movies is breathtaking. So I thought, the perfect fanstasy - Fred and Ginger, dancing on a moonlit lake. Here's the result -- I painted this back in 1986 and it still hangs in my studio today.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_SfPFXmBcaMA/TCq46U5AcuI/AAAAAAAAAX0/xFo1hBQ_SiE/s1600/f%26g1.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 271px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_SfPFXmBcaMA/TCq46U5AcuI/AAAAAAAAAX0/xFo1hBQ_SiE/s400/f%26g1.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488402408084108002" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_SfPFXmBcaMA/TCq47LfZk1I/AAAAAAAAAX8/F57T3zdYL6Q/s1600/f%26g2.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 346px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_SfPFXmBcaMA/TCq47LfZk1I/AAAAAAAAAX8/F57T3zdYL6Q/s400/f%26g2.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488402422740652882" border="0" /></a><br />The other -- I've been mixing collage and painting to create a new altered fantasy art. This is the result -- not only mixing the media, but mixing the subject matter, mixing the mood, going for a certain feel. Do you feel anything when you see it? Would love to read your feedback!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_SfPFXmBcaMA/TCq47lkU7WI/AAAAAAAAAYE/onOEDUc92Ps/s1600/altered+mermaid.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 319px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_SfPFXmBcaMA/TCq47lkU7WI/AAAAAAAAAYE/onOEDUc92Ps/s400/altered+mermaid.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488402429740641634" border="0" /></a></div>Decorating With Arthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00431984534747457674noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7035193954640396450.post-63958868853234493692010-05-27T19:41:00.000-07:002010-05-27T20:10:32.162-07:00A Glittery Day!<div style="text-align: center; font-family: verdana; color: rgb(204, 51, 204);">What a wonderful, glittery show on Saturday -- Spring Glitterfest 2010 was a smashing success. Each show is getting bigger and better! Thanks to the amazing Whimsy girls -- Sheryl and Dianne once again outdid themselves. They never cease to amaze me, all the time and hard work they put into it. I'm so lucky to know them -- not only because of Glitterfest, but also the Whimzy store, and their flea-market (I always seem to drop a load of cash there every time!!).....but mainly because they are such good people. You can't help but like them, and we have so much fun together!<br /><br />I also want to thank all the wonderful customers -- whether you are returning customers or new ones, you helped make the show a big success for me!<br /><br />I so look forward to Fall Glitterfest on October 2nd -- see you there!!<br /><br />Now I need to get back into the studio to catch up on my space in Country Roads!!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_SfPFXmBcaMA/S_8y71J1miI/AAAAAAAAAW0/dlVWdeXMKr0/s1600/gf2010-1.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_SfPFXmBcaMA/S_8y71J1miI/AAAAAAAAAW0/dlVWdeXMKr0/s400/gf2010-1.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476151675367823906" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_SfPFXmBcaMA/S_8zhwVQV7I/AAAAAAAAAXk/2BvlgwG1kSk/s1600/gf2010-7.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_SfPFXmBcaMA/S_8zhwVQV7I/AAAAAAAAAXk/2BvlgwG1kSk/s400/gf2010-7.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476152326908565426" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_SfPFXmBcaMA/S_8zhtlTR0I/AAAAAAAAAXc/-KjeWvmg5WI/s1600/gf2010-6.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_SfPFXmBcaMA/S_8zhtlTR0I/AAAAAAAAAXc/-KjeWvmg5WI/s400/gf2010-6.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476152326170560322" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_SfPFXmBcaMA/S_8y9taXxjI/AAAAAAAAAXU/A5YoZ_3YfW8/s1600/gf2010-5.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_SfPFXmBcaMA/S_8y9taXxjI/AAAAAAAAAXU/A5YoZ_3YfW8/s400/gf2010-5.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476151707649426994" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_SfPFXmBcaMA/S_8y9EH_ZxI/AAAAAAAAAXM/UAt4vZDPlN4/s1600/gf2010-4.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_SfPFXmBcaMA/S_8y9EH_ZxI/AAAAAAAAAXM/UAt4vZDPlN4/s400/gf2010-4.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476151696566478610" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_SfPFXmBcaMA/S_8y8zIZbZI/AAAAAAAAAXE/vcNMyRYYGEM/s1600/gf2010-3.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_SfPFXmBcaMA/S_8y8zIZbZI/AAAAAAAAAXE/vcNMyRYYGEM/s400/gf2010-3.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476151692004781458" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_SfPFXmBcaMA/S_8y8V9pg7I/AAAAAAAAAW8/nO9zB7NZdAM/s1600/gf2010-2.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_SfPFXmBcaMA/S_8y8V9pg7I/AAAAAAAAAW8/nO9zB7NZdAM/s400/gf2010-2.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476151684175070130" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_SfPFXmBcaMA/S_8ziIPY-sI/AAAAAAAAAXs/nLVt7kICvtI/s1600/gf2010-8.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_SfPFXmBcaMA/S_8ziIPY-sI/AAAAAAAAAXs/nLVt7kICvtI/s400/gf2010-8.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476152333326416578" border="0" /></a></div>Decorating With Arthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00431984534747457674noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7035193954640396450.post-41092160457755940462010-04-20T19:22:00.000-07:002010-04-20T19:51:10.944-07:00Fun, Different, Unusual, Random Stuff !!<div style="text-align: center; font-family: verdana; color: rgb(204, 51, 204);">Here are some pics of some rather different, unusual, some a little weird, but all fun -- pieces I've been working on lately. Come take a look at them and more at my space in Country Roads, in downtown Orange, CA!!<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_SfPFXmBcaMA/S85nDXsrTEI/AAAAAAAAAVs/PY704PpJRRM/s1600/space8.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 365px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_SfPFXmBcaMA/S85nDXsrTEI/AAAAAAAAAVs/PY704PpJRRM/s400/space8.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462416705645661250" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_SfPFXmBcaMA/S85nDwSB9MI/AAAAAAAAAV0/pXR3unXqp_o/s1600/space6.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 362px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_SfPFXmBcaMA/S85nDwSB9MI/AAAAAAAAAV0/pXR3unXqp_o/s400/space6.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462416712244786370" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_SfPFXmBcaMA/S85nEn-yB1I/AAAAAAAAAWE/nlEIqWO8gH4/s1600/space4.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_SfPFXmBcaMA/S85nEn-yB1I/AAAAAAAAAWE/nlEIqWO8gH4/s400/space4.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462416727196436306" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_SfPFXmBcaMA/S85nEOnTrAI/AAAAAAAAAV8/ZWQrpfnWdCM/s1600/space10.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 358px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_SfPFXmBcaMA/S85nEOnTrAI/AAAAAAAAAV8/ZWQrpfnWdCM/s400/space10.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462416720387091458" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_SfPFXmBcaMA/S85nEwTavsI/AAAAAAAAAWM/-Lv-0_4DeYs/s1600/space11.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 234px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_SfPFXmBcaMA/S85nEwTavsI/AAAAAAAAAWM/-Lv-0_4DeYs/s400/space11.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462416729430474434" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_SfPFXmBcaMA/S85nf6X0vHI/AAAAAAAAAWU/nTlhpw99a9c/s1600/space9.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 333px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_SfPFXmBcaMA/S85nf6X0vHI/AAAAAAAAAWU/nTlhpw99a9c/s400/space9.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462417195989777522" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_SfPFXmBcaMA/S85ngjVyfZI/AAAAAAAAAWc/8qyEgjV0MsU/s1600/space2.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 162px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_SfPFXmBcaMA/S85ngjVyfZI/AAAAAAAAAWc/8qyEgjV0MsU/s400/space2.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462417206987095442" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_SfPFXmBcaMA/S85ngxdGp8I/AAAAAAAAAWk/soien0_52V0/s1600/space3.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 218px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_SfPFXmBcaMA/S85ngxdGp8I/AAAAAAAAAWk/soien0_52V0/s400/space3.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462417210775873474" border="0" /></a>Decorating With Arthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00431984534747457674noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7035193954640396450.post-71893147060848464932010-03-16T20:08:00.000-07:002010-03-20T17:49:19.105-07:00The Disney Twins!!<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);"><span style="font-size:100%;">....but to me, they are my wonderful friends Valerie and Diane. I've talked about them in a previous blog, so now I'd like to introduce you to them! They're professional women, each with her own thrivi</span></span></span><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);"><span style="font-size:100%;">ng practice, that occasionally comes with stress. So how do they deal with it?</span></span></span><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);"><span style="font-size:100%;"> Like all of us women -- they go shopping! How lucky am I that they like to shop with me, and by now they are regular custom</span></span></span><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);"><span style="font-size:100%;">ers.</span></span></span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);"><span style="font-size:100%;">They inspire me to do some of my best a</span></span></span><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);"><span style="font-size:100%;">nd f</span></span></span><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);"><span style="font-size:100%;">avorite work, with their always upbeat energy and positive attitudes. They are an absolute dream as customers, and are the sweetest, most wonderful friends that anyone could hope for!<br /><br />As I mentioned before, they love anything and everything Disney. With the new "Alice in Wonderland" movie out now, they </span></span></span><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);"><span style="font-size:100%;">as</span></span></span><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);"><span style="font-size:100%;">ked for a custom painted skirt with that theme (size 4 - damn them !! :-). You</span></span></span><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);"><span style="font-size:100%;"> can s</span></span></span><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);"><span style="font-size:100%;">ee them holding the result in a photo belo</span></span></span><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);"><span style="font-size:100%;">w.<br /></span></span></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);"><span style="font-size:100%;">Also, they told me they loved the "Lady Liberty" jacket (also a previous blog) so much, that I told them I'd do a Disney jacket fo</span></span></span><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);"><span style="font-size:100%;">r them. Like I said, their favorite characters are the female villains, so on the back I painted Cruella, the evil queen from Sleeping Beauty, the Queen of Hearts, the hag from Snow White, and Maleficent, all framed by Ursula and her tentacles. On the front, I painted the poison apple, and the magic mirror. The collar is Ursula's eels. One</span></span></span><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);"><span style="font-size:100%;"> sleeve is the dragon, the other the Queen of Hearts. The jacket and skirt</span></span></span><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);"><span style="font-size:100%;"> ar</span></span></span><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);"><span style="font-size:100%;">e both studded with rhinestones, and have a ton of glitter on </span></span></span><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);"><span style="font-size:100%;">the</span></span></span><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);"><span style="font-size:100%;">m</span></span></span><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);"><span style="font-size:100%;"> - bling galore!!<br /><br />Here are some photos of the jacket.<br /><br /></span></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_SfPFXmBcaMA/S6BPkoBAmtI/AAAAAAAAAUg/dvTHQD9jOiU/s1600-h/twins4.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 388px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_SfPFXmBcaMA/S6BPkoBAmtI/AAAAAAAAAUg/dvTHQD9jOiU/s400/twins4.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5449443039753837266" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_SfPFXmBcaMA/S6BPlqDRmXI/AAAAAAAAAUw/Whl_XjpuNTE/s1600-h/twins5.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 364px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_SfPFXmBcaMA/S6BPlqDRmXI/AAAAAAAAAUw/Whl_XjpuNTE/s400/twins5.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5449443057480079730" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_SfPFXmBcaMA/S6BPk4-yEaI/AAAAAAAAAUo/6Rm08RncqE4/s1600-h/twins6.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 387px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_SfPFXmBcaMA/S6BPk4-yEaI/AAAAAAAAAUo/6Rm08RncqE4/s400/twins6.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5449443044307898786" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_SfPFXmBcaMA/S6BPl8WSxcI/AAAAAAAAAU4/id_uqs7Tt_E/s1600-h/twins2.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 398px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_SfPFXmBcaMA/S6BPl8WSxcI/AAAAAAAAAU4/id_uqs7Tt_E/s400/twins2.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5449443062391686594" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_SfPFXmBcaMA/S6BPmM9hrTI/AAAAAAAAAVA/t_px2h_KKGg/s1600-h/twins1.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 385px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_SfPFXmBcaMA/S6BPmM9hrTI/AAAAAAAAAVA/t_px2h_KKGg/s400/twins1.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5449443066851208498" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);"><span style="font-size:100%;">And here are the twins with their new, custom painted jacket and skirt! They loved them!</span></span></span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_SfPFXmBcaMA/S6BPyVUrrcI/AAAAAAAAAVI/YiQ5CobqqG0/s1600-h/twins8.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 292px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_SfPFXmBcaMA/S6BPyVUrrcI/AAAAAAAAAVI/YiQ5CobqqG0/s400/twins8.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5449443275254246850" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);"><span style="font-size:100%;">Thank you so much Valerie and Diane for being such great, inspiring friends.<br /><br /></span></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_SfPFXmBcaMA/S6BPyttNQgI/AAAAAAAAAVQ/OIa_uOlqBBs/s1600-h/twins9.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 338px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_SfPFXmBcaMA/S6BPyttNQgI/AAAAAAAAAVQ/OIa_uOlqBBs/s400/twins9.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5449443281799561730" border="0" /></a><br /></div>Decorating With Arthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00431984534747457674noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7035193954640396450.post-67645188193642599112010-02-23T18:57:00.000-08:002010-02-23T19:39:51.841-08:00Unfinished Business...<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);font-family:verdana;" >Do you ever have those projects that you started but never completed? And you just can't bring yourself to sit back down a</span><span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);font-family:verdana;" >nd finish? Just can't seem to get motivated to finish the work. To most people it looks like a completed painting, but you know better -- it's just not done.</span> <br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_SfPFXmBcaMA/S4SeRki-0II/AAAAAAAAAT4/KvkzdjzCgcw/s1600-h/greenlady3.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 354px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_SfPFXmBcaMA/S4SeRki-0II/AAAAAAAAAT4/KvkzdjzCgcw/s400/greenlady3.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5441648274475765890" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);font-family:verdana;" >Here's one of those projects. I did this s</span><span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);font-family:verdana;" >o long</span><span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);font-family:verdana;" > ago I can't even remember when. For me, as I see it, it is incomplete, unfinish</span><span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);font-family:verdana;" >ed, unsigned. There are so many things that are wrong with it. The chair -- started off as a chair, then I thought, maybe it's a stool? But when I look at it, it's an unfinished chair. And the floor -- originally it was a checkerboard floor but for some reason I didn't like it, so I painted it out, and now it's just a.....dull fl</span><span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);font-family:verdana;" >oor. You can't tell where the wall ends and the floor begins. When I look at it, it makes me wonder what I was trying to do with it, but it was so long ago. </span> <br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);font-family:verdana;" >There are no shadows painted in, yet she</span><span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);font-family:verdana;" >'s sitting right in front of a window. </span> <span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);font-family:verdana;" ><br /></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);font-family:verdana;" >All of these things seem so minor and unimpo</span><span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);font-family:verdana;" >rtant to others, but for me -- I had started with a vision, and didn't complete the task at hand. </span> <span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);font-family:verdana;" ><br /></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);font-family:verdana;" >What's especially strange is there's a minor detail that I love about this painting -- where her legs are crossed. For some reaso</span><span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);font-family:verdana;" >n, I am so drawn to that little area. It's funny, but this is true of all of my paintings -- there is always one little insignificant detail or area that no one else even notices, but that I am deeply drawn to...oh we</span><span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);font-family:verdana;" >ll...</span> <span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);font-family:verdana;" ><br /></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);font-family:verdana;" >As for this painting -- it's hanging in my b</span><span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);font-family:verdana;" >edroom. But in the end, it's ju</span><span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);font-family:verdana;" >st an unfinished</span><span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);font-family:verdana;" > w</span><span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);font-family:verdana;" >ork.<br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_SfPFXmBcaMA/S4SeSYcK0JI/AAAAAAAAAUA/379exRMNfDI/s1600-h/greenlady1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 348px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_SfPFXmBcaMA/S4SeSYcK0JI/AAAAAAAAAUA/379exRMNfDI/s400/greenlady1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5441648288405835922" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_SfPFXmBcaMA/S4SeS3vmP_I/AAAAAAAAAUI/gkL4daP5jvw/s1600-h/greenlady2.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 384px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_SfPFXmBcaMA/S4SeS3vmP_I/AAAAAAAAAUI/gkL4daP5jvw/s400/greenlady2.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5441648296808824818" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_SfPFXmBcaMA/S4SeTW8dBLI/AAAAAAAAAUQ/b3CO7ItT1Ic/s1600-h/greenlady5.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_SfPFXmBcaMA/S4SeTW8dBLI/AAAAAAAAAUQ/b3CO7ItT1Ic/s400/greenlady5.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5441648305184244914" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_SfPFXmBcaMA/S4SeT3U1ZFI/AAAAAAAAAUY/ZzRviIj6nTI/s1600-h/greenlady4.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_SfPFXmBcaMA/S4SeT3U1ZFI/AAAAAAAAAUY/ZzRviIj6nTI/s400/greenlady4.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5441648313876440146" border="0" /></a><br /><br /></div>Decorating With Arthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00431984534747457674noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7035193954640396450.post-63174403549373972922010-02-02T19:49:00.000-08:002010-02-02T20:04:26.532-08:00A Surprise in the Mail!<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);font-family:verdana;" >I received a delightful surprise in the mail the other day -- the latest issue of "Art Doll" magazine -- never in a million years thinking that the doll I had submitted would be featured. As you know by now</span><span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);font-family:verdana;" >, my love for mermaids inspired this altered art doll. Using a pin-cushion do</span><span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);font-family:verdana;" >ll, a perfume bottle, an old bobeche, and some jewelry, this</span><span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);font-family:verdana;" > mermaid was the result!</span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_SfPFXmBcaMA/S2j0wGUwfSI/AAAAAAAAAS4/Cdk-Ss_Rg20/s1600-h/Art+Doll+Cover.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 314px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_SfPFXmBcaMA/S2j0wGUwfSI/AAAAAAAAAS4/Cdk-Ss_Rg20/s400/Art+Doll+Cover.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433862057591078178" border="0" /></a><a style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_SfPFXmBcaMA/S2j0wwVl3VI/AAAAAAAAATA/g4KfSKllD1M/s1600-h/Art+Doll+Article.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 292px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_SfPFXmBcaMA/S2j0wwVl3VI/AAAAAAAAATA/g4KfSKllD1M/s400/Art+Doll+Article.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433862068868865362" border="0" /></a> <span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);font-family:verdana;" >I had so much fun creating her, that I just finished another altered art-doll of a different theme -- check her out below.</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_SfPFXmBcaMA/S2j1TVLvoKI/AAAAAAAAATI/bHBi5eWOZQY/s1600-h/hoopdoll1.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 276px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_SfPFXmBcaMA/S2j1TVLvoKI/AAAAAAAAATI/bHBi5eWOZQY/s400/hoopdoll1.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433862662875226274" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_SfPFXmBcaMA/S2j1UGK0g8I/AAAAAAAAATQ/WJ3eJ4jHYpI/s1600-h/hoopdoll6.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 271px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_SfPFXmBcaMA/S2j1UGK0g8I/AAAAAAAAATQ/WJ3eJ4jHYpI/s400/hoopdoll6.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433862676024689602" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_SfPFXmBcaMA/S2j1US8q3tI/AAAAAAAAATY/0pGxnaOUpXc/s1600-h/hoopdoll7.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_SfPFXmBcaMA/S2j1US8q3tI/AAAAAAAAATY/0pGxnaOUpXc/s400/hoopdoll7.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433862679454998226" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_SfPFXmBcaMA/S2j1Uy8539I/AAAAAAAAATg/xkYVIiglMng/s1600-h/hoopdoll14.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_SfPFXmBcaMA/S2j1Uy8539I/AAAAAAAAATg/xkYVIiglMng/s400/hoopdoll14.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433862688045916114" border="0" /></a><br /><br /></div>Decorating With Arthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00431984534747457674noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7035193954640396450.post-18572273433792990092010-01-21T19:51:00.001-08:002010-01-21T20:14:29.084-08:00These Boots 'r Made for WALKIN' !!<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><div style="text-align: center;"><style> <!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:Verdana; 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I have two very special custo</span><span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);font-size:78%;" >mers, sisters, who absolutely love -- they go absolutely, totally gaga --</span><span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);font-size:78%;" > about </span><span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);font-size:78%;" >anything and everything Disney. So, I wanted to do something extra special for them. They happened to see my Lady Liberty jacket (see my blog below) and l</span><span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);font-size:78%;" >o</span><span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);font-size:78%;" >v</span><span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);font-size:78%;" >ed it. One of the sisters came up with the idea of doing something that's a com</span><span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);font-size:78%;" >bin</span><span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);font-size:78%;" >ation of Patriotic and Disney. And here's what I came up with!</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_SfPFXmBcaMA/S1kiZBWkazI/AAAAAAAAARI/NSXLeCj-HxA/s1600-h/mmboots1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 385px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_SfPFXmBcaMA/S1kiZBWkazI/AAAAAAAAARI/NSXLeCj-HxA/s400/mmboots1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5429408639027014450" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_SfPFXmBcaMA/S1kiZqzZyyI/AAAAAAAAARQ/DzzMRKZcC4c/s1600-h/mmboots2.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 336px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_SfPFXmBcaMA/S1kiZqzZyyI/AAAAAAAAARQ/DzzMRKZcC4c/s400/mmboots2.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5429408650153806626" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_SfPFXmBcaMA/S1kiZ6HdOeI/AAAAAAAAARY/oixuVnEgtIs/s1600-h/mmboots3.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 358px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_SfPFXmBcaMA/S1kiZ6HdOeI/AAAAAAAAARY/oixuVnEgtIs/s400/mmboots3.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5429408654264449506" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_SfPFXmBcaMA/S1kiaE78rlI/AAAAAAAAARg/kdI3yesOHUs/s1600-h/mmboots6.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 338px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_SfPFXmBcaMA/S1kiaE78rlI/AAAAAAAAARg/kdI3yesOHUs/s400/mmboots6.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5429408657168969298" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);font-family:Verdana;font-size:78%;" >The other sister's favorite characters are the Disney villains. She gave me this totally cool pair of black boots to pain</span><span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);font-family:Verdana;font-size:78%;" >t </span><span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);font-family:Verdana;font-size:78%;" >on. So, I thought, who would be more perfect on black than Cruella De Vil. I added a chain and rhinestones -- they both love bling! -- and he</span><span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);font-family:Verdana;font-size:78%;" >re's the result!</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_SfPFXmBcaMA/S1kjrI9P6rI/AAAAAAAAARo/9nboeMU-r8A/s1600-h/cruboots5.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_SfPFXmBcaMA/S1kjrI9P6rI/AAAAAAAAARo/9nboeMU-r8A/s400/cruboots5.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5429410049817569970" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_SfPFXmBcaMA/S1kjr_fqNVI/AAAAAAAAAR4/_If9nQMNjU0/s1600-h/cruboots3.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 381px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_SfPFXmBcaMA/S1kjr_fqNVI/AAAAAAAAAR4/_If9nQMNjU0/s400/cruboots3.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5429410064457413970" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_SfPFXmBcaMA/S1kjrSPIFqI/AAAAAAAAARw/e_5tILmoqCo/s1600-h/cruboots2.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 393px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_SfPFXmBcaMA/S1kjrSPIFqI/AAAAAAAAARw/e_5tILmoqCo/s400/cruboots2.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5429410052308473506" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_SfPFXmBcaMA/S1kjsB7HRqI/AAAAAAAAASA/60ICFniDa3M/s1600-h/cruboots4.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 272px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_SfPFXmBcaMA/S1kjsB7HRqI/AAAAAAAAASA/60ICFniDa3M/s400/cruboots4.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5429410065109436066" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_SfPFXmBcaMA/S1kjsT8BOOI/AAAAAAAAASI/fKlRtbwa-60/s1600-h/cruboots1.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 365px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_SfPFXmBcaMA/S1kjsT8BOOI/AAAAAAAAASI/fKlRtbwa-60/s400/cruboots1.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5429410069945071842" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);font-family:Verdana;font-size:78%;" >These were especially fun for me. Doing the characters was really a chance to paint something different, and using these awesome boots as my canvas -- I was in art heaven! If you're ever at all interested in something custom -- anything at all -- send me an email at lorigutie@aol.com!</span></p> </div>Decorating With Arthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00431984534747457674noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7035193954640396450.post-8724987136979917672009-12-19T11:56:00.000-08:002009-12-19T12:20:34.653-08:00The Madonna<div style="text-align: center; font-family: verdana; color: rgb(204, 51, 204);">I can't think of a more fitting subject to paint this time of year -- but to be honest, the Madonna is my favorite subject of all regardless of the time of year. I never know what style I'm going to paint her - impressionistic, old-world, modern, Day of the Dead -- but regardless of the style, I so love painting her. My favorite way is in an old-world style, on wood, it is so remnant of the masters and results in such a deeply religious look.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(204, 51, 204); font-family: verdana;"><br />Here are some samples of recent and past works. The two old-world examples recently sold out of the Casitas Del Pueblo gallery in Whittier CA. The 3rd, I painted for my daughter -- Madonna as a young girl, virginal, precious.<br /><br />Enjoy, and once again -- Happy Holidays!!<br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_SfPFXmBcaMA/Sy0zTGYqitI/AAAAAAAAAPw/JPDYNQcWlwU/s1600-h/madonna1d.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 338px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_SfPFXmBcaMA/Sy0zTGYqitI/AAAAAAAAAPw/JPDYNQcWlwU/s400/madonna1d.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417042330021169874" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_SfPFXmBcaMA/Sy0zTYP6PkI/AAAAAAAAAP4/pWokko6hOEM/s1600-h/madonna1b.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 354px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_SfPFXmBcaMA/Sy0zTYP6PkI/AAAAAAAAAP4/pWokko6hOEM/s400/madonna1b.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417042334816288322" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_SfPFXmBcaMA/Sy0zTyU8UMI/AAAAAAAAAQA/YdXDKyqFLl0/s1600-h/madonna2d.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 336px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_SfPFXmBcaMA/Sy0zTyU8UMI/AAAAAAAAAQA/YdXDKyqFLl0/s400/madonna2d.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417042341816717506" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_SfPFXmBcaMA/Sy0zUAL9y2I/AAAAAAAAAQI/d9Za25eP6O4/s1600-h/madonna2c.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 273px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_SfPFXmBcaMA/Sy0zUAL9y2I/AAAAAAAAAQI/d9Za25eP6O4/s400/madonna2c.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417042345537162082" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_SfPFXmBcaMA/Sy0zUeYMzVI/AAAAAAAAAQQ/mrAPvLt7pFA/s1600-h/madonna3a.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 329px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_SfPFXmBcaMA/Sy0zUeYMzVI/AAAAAAAAAQQ/mrAPvLt7pFA/s400/madonna3a.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417042353641540946" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_SfPFXmBcaMA/Sy00tB0t09I/AAAAAAAAAQg/NHqkF4FE1zs/s1600-h/madonna4.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 287px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_SfPFXmBcaMA/Sy00tB0t09I/AAAAAAAAAQg/NHqkF4FE1zs/s400/madonna4.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417043874984874962" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_SfPFXmBcaMA/Sy00s6CPnlI/AAAAAAAAAQY/95rjRAJV3_E/s1600-h/Madonna+Skull+004.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 301px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_SfPFXmBcaMA/Sy00s6CPnlI/AAAAAAAAAQY/95rjRAJV3_E/s400/Madonna+Skull+004.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417043872894131794" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_SfPFXmBcaMA/Sy00tpzFg7I/AAAAAAAAAQo/j5qGJDu0nyk/s1600-h/feb072009+030.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 311px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_SfPFXmBcaMA/Sy00tpzFg7I/AAAAAAAAAQo/j5qGJDu0nyk/s400/feb072009+030.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417043885715456946" border="0" /></a>Decorating With Arthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00431984534747457674noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7035193954640396450.post-5128129154499103702009-12-07T19:45:00.000-08:002009-12-07T20:06:08.679-08:00A Royal Christmas Holiday<div style="text-align: center; font-family: verdana; color: rgb(204, 51, 204);">It's Christmas-time -- I can't believe it's here already! So, time to get into my holiday crafting mode! Since one of my specialties is crowns, all this time I'd never created crowns with a Christmas theme. I've always loved the Christmas colors, and how beautiful red and green and gold, and all the others, how they all look together. So, I thought I'd make some holiday crowns and make it a Royal Christmas!!<br /></div><div style="text-align: center; font-family: verdana; color: rgb(204, 51, 204);"><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_SfPFXmBcaMA/Sx3PhSmF44I/AAAAAAAAAPI/0BFIQVi-PxE/s1600-h/xmascrown2.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 339px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_SfPFXmBcaMA/Sx3PhSmF44I/AAAAAAAAAPI/0BFIQVi-PxE/s400/xmascrown2.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412710498003444610" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_SfPFXmBcaMA/Sx3PhMK3WtI/AAAAAAAAAPA/7olSrD2j4Hs/s1600-h/xmascrown3.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 382px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_SfPFXmBcaMA/Sx3PhMK3WtI/AAAAAAAAAPA/7olSrD2j4Hs/s400/xmascrown3.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412710496278633170" border="0" /></a><br />Can't you just see them as tree toppers? ! :-) Take a look at the photos -- I really loved doing them. These all sold (darn! I so wanted one or two for myself) at the Grove Flea Market in Irvine (one of my previous blogs talks about it -- maybe I'll see you there?? :-). But if you're interested, send me an email at lorigutie@aol.com -- I'd love to do a "made to order" just for you!!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_SfPFXmBcaMA/Sx3PhwXyE-I/AAAAAAAAAPQ/37LdEBXFxpA/s1600-h/xmascrown4.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 351px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_SfPFXmBcaMA/Sx3PhwXyE-I/AAAAAAAAAPQ/37LdEBXFxpA/s400/xmascrown4.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412710505996489698" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_SfPFXmBcaMA/Sx3PiA1zXkI/AAAAAAAAAPY/s4ig6zGmcJU/s1600-h/xmascrown5.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 339px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_SfPFXmBcaMA/Sx3PiA1zXkI/AAAAAAAAAPY/s4ig6zGmcJU/s400/xmascrown5.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412710510417370690" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_SfPFXmBcaMA/Sx3PiUFdwyI/AAAAAAAAAPg/ceEPUfuwDBk/s1600-h/xmascrown1.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 369px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_SfPFXmBcaMA/Sx3PiUFdwyI/AAAAAAAAAPg/ceEPUfuwDBk/s400/xmascrown1.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412710515583337250" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_SfPFXmBcaMA/Sx3Pwr60fNI/AAAAAAAAAPo/kRvYNDb7x7o/s1600-h/xmascrown7.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_SfPFXmBcaMA/Sx3Pwr60fNI/AAAAAAAAAPo/kRvYNDb7x7o/s400/xmascrown7.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412710762499308754" border="0" /></a><br />From my family to yours, sincere wishes for a safe and most Happy Holiday Season!!<br /></div>Decorating With Arthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00431984534747457674noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7035193954640396450.post-82064936982556002392009-11-04T20:08:00.000-08:002009-11-04T20:41:50.272-08:00How Our House Became Haunted on Halloween!<span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);font-family:verdana;" >We decided to host a Halloween party thi</span><span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);font-family:verdana;" >s year, and what a spooky scary ghostly ghastly time it was! Halloween truly is one of my favorite times of the year, and the most fun part for me of course was getting t</span><span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);font-family:verdana;" >he house decorated. My goal was to create an abandoned old haunt</span><span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);font-family:verdana;" >ed house</span><span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);font-family:verdana;" > with ghosts, goblins, creepy crawly things and their webs, dark black crows, ghouls at every turn, a morgue complete with mutilated body parts, murder crime</span><span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);"> </span><span style="font-family: verdana; color: rgb(204, 51, 204);">scene and haunted graveyard outside. One of my favorite scenes I created was of the ghost of the queen of the house in her bed surrounded by all her belongings, desperately grasping her beloved jewels and treasures!</span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);font-family:verdana;" ><br /> When all was complete, the house truly seemed haunted -- and it was</span><span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);font-family:verdana;" >, once all the c</span><span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);font-family:verdana;" >ostumed guests arrived!<br /><br />Check out some of the pics below, and Happy Ha</span><span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);font-family:verdana;" >lloween -- I can't wait unti</span><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);">l next year!!</span><br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_SfPFXmBcaMA/SvJWTA4SpZI/AAAAAAAAAOY/S5l7RMO2uW0/s1600-h/House+Decor+1.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_SfPFXmBcaMA/SvJWTA4SpZI/AAAAAAAAAOY/S5l7RMO2uW0/s400/House+Decor+1.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400473787824252306" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_SfPFXmBcaMA/SvJWTrGKTEI/AAAAAAAAAOg/zhD7qXZhUAk/s1600-h/Crime+Scene.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_SfPFXmBcaMA/SvJWTrGKTEI/AAAAAAAAAOg/zhD7qXZhUAk/s400/Crime+Scene.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400473799156714562" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_SfPFXmBcaMA/SvJWUZxEu4I/AAAAAAAAAOw/sLhXmmM-7N4/s1600-h/Morgue.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_SfPFXmBcaMA/SvJWUZxEu4I/AAAAAAAAAOw/sLhXmmM-7N4/s400/Morgue.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400473811684735874" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_SfPFXmBcaMA/SvJWT-Mp9bI/AAAAAAAAAOo/2ihc7sIBYLc/s1600-h/House+Decor+2.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_SfPFXmBcaMA/SvJWT-Mp9bI/AAAAAAAAAOo/2ihc7sIBYLc/s400/House+Decor+2.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400473804284229042" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_SfPFXmBcaMA/SvJWUs4m3FI/AAAAAAAAAO4/-_CdzWlrsQA/s1600-h/THe+Queen+in+Bed.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 354px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_SfPFXmBcaMA/SvJWUs4m3FI/AAAAAAAAAO4/-_CdzWlrsQA/s400/THe+Queen+in+Bed.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400473816816606290" border="0" /></a></div>Decorating With Arthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00431984534747457674noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7035193954640396450.post-82394557554906893872009-10-12T21:08:00.000-07:002009-10-12T21:33:01.038-07:00Glitterfest Gone Ghoulish!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_SfPFXmBcaMA/StQBjC93hRI/AAAAAAAAAOQ/0dTDDPnRIbo/s1600-h/witch1.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_SfPFXmBcaMA/StQBjC93hRI/AAAAAAAAAOQ/0dTDDPnRIbo/s400/witch1.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391936355472737554" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);font-family:verdana;" >Fall Glitterfest was absolutely</span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 51, 204);font-family:verdana;" > to die for!!</span><span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);font-family:verdana;" > :0) Ghostly ghastly ghouls, zombies, witches and creatures of the night -- and tho</span><span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);font-family:verdana;" >se weren't just the people walking around! So much talent, so many truly great artists under one roof -- it was a smashing success! Diane and Sheryl totally o</span><span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);font-family:verdana;" >utdid themselves! Thanks so much to those two for all their hard work in putti</span><span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);font-family:verdana;" >ng</span><span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);font-family:verdana;" > together a frightfully fabulous show!</span> <span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);font-family:verdana;" ><br /><br />Here's a few photos of some of the piece</span><span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);font-family:verdana;" >s I did for this show -- it definitely was a departure from my normal work and</span><span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);font-family:verdana;" > brought out a little darker side to my art. But so much fun and I can't wait til n</span><span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);font-family:verdana;" >ext year!!</span><br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_SfPFXmBcaMA/StQAvFirhPI/AAAAAAAAANI/rGrPI3aHtmI/s1600-h/fallglit1.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_SfPFXmBcaMA/StQAvFirhPI/AAAAAAAAANI/rGrPI3aHtmI/s400/fallglit1.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391935462810813682" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_SfPFXmBcaMA/StQA4VwYsiI/AAAAAAAAANw/gNhSLLfdQ9M/s1600-h/fallglit6.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_SfPFXmBcaMA/StQA4VwYsiI/AAAAAAAAANw/gNhSLLfdQ9M/s400/fallglit6.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391935621782090274" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_SfPFXmBcaMA/StQAw7k1OQI/AAAAAAAAANo/cGPN5F974HI/s1600-h/fallglit5.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_SfPFXmBcaMA/StQAw7k1OQI/AAAAAAAAANo/cGPN5F974HI/s400/fallglit5.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391935494495222018" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_SfPFXmBcaMA/StQAwcRkSmI/AAAAAAAAANg/qA8Gp9ullAs/s1600-h/fallglit4.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_SfPFXmBcaMA/StQAwcRkSmI/AAAAAAAAANg/qA8Gp9ullAs/s400/fallglit4.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391935486092921442" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_SfPFXmBcaMA/StQAwI-QAQI/AAAAAAAAANY/L-umuBBignI/s1600-h/fallglit3.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_SfPFXmBcaMA/StQAwI-QAQI/AAAAAAAAANY/L-umuBBignI/s400/fallglit3.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391935480911626498" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_SfPFXmBcaMA/StQAvgFIyoI/AAAAAAAAANQ/57fH25la00Q/s1600-h/fallglit2.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_SfPFXmBcaMA/StQAvgFIyoI/AAAAAAAAANQ/57fH25la00Q/s400/fallglit2.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391935469934660226" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_SfPFXmBcaMA/StQA4xk5vbI/AAAAAAAAAN4/gI0AwQmuNF8/s1600-h/fallglit7.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_SfPFXmBcaMA/StQA4xk5vbI/AAAAAAAAAN4/gI0AwQmuNF8/s400/fallglit7.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391935629250117042" border="0" /></a>Decorating With Arthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00431984534747457674noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7035193954640396450.post-65056803028350916952009-09-29T19:02:00.000-07:002009-09-29T19:27:35.069-07:00Sneaky Freaky Preview of What's Coming Soon!!<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-family:verdana;">Fall Glitterfest is coming soon, and with its Hallowe'en theme, it brings out my...shall we say....dark side! It's a time of y</span></span><span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-family:verdana;">ear that I really get to have alot of fun with my art, creating things with a creepy,</span></span><span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-family:verdana;"> edgy, twisted feel to them. Here are some samples -- hope to see you at Fall <a href="http://www.glitterfest.com/">Glitterfest</a>!</span></span><br /></div><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_SfPFXmBcaMA/SsLBo7yopwI/AAAAAAAAAM4/hcIHI0boJkk/s1600-h/Image0011.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 333px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_SfPFXmBcaMA/SsLBo7yopwI/AAAAAAAAAM4/hcIHI0boJkk/s400/Image0011.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387081013277533954" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_SfPFXmBcaMA/SsLBoTFDQPI/AAAAAAAAAMw/Xv5zOmc110Y/s1600-h/Freak+Photo8.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 259px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_SfPFXmBcaMA/SsLBoTFDQPI/AAAAAAAAAMw/Xv5zOmc110Y/s400/Freak+Photo8.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387081002348921074" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_SfPFXmBcaMA/SsLBpVKN5kI/AAAAAAAAANA/1HTUea-ka8g/s1600-h/Image0010.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 324px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_SfPFXmBcaMA/SsLBpVKN5kI/AAAAAAAAANA/1HTUea-ka8g/s400/Image0010.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387081020087330370" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span></span>Decorating With Arthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00431984534747457674noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7035193954640396450.post-71759373762093799422009-09-13T16:39:00.000-07:002009-09-13T16:57:08.830-07:00My Favorite Antique Store!!<div style="text-align: center; font-family: verdana; color: rgb(204, 51, 204);">I live in Orange, California. Old Town Orange is the antique center of the entire county, and one of the largest antique communities in the entire state. "Country Roads", one of the many antique mall stores in Orange is my absolute favorite! It specializes in shabby home decor, so many items with that vintage chippy painted look and with fabulous patina. If you're ever in the area you should really check it out, I'm sure you'll find that perfect something for your home --I know I do, every time I go in!<br /></div><div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(204, 51, 204); font-family: verdana;"><br />Here are some pics of my space in the "Country Roads" antique mall !!<br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_SfPFXmBcaMA/Sq2FgYSQX4I/AAAAAAAAAMQ/nTJ1li_YmtY/s1600-h/space9.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_SfPFXmBcaMA/Sq2FgYSQX4I/AAAAAAAAAMQ/nTJ1li_YmtY/s400/space9.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381103921098940290" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_SfPFXmBcaMA/Sq2Fi-HQZ9I/AAAAAAAAAMg/0ShRQ5Xc-xg/s1600-h/space6.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_SfPFXmBcaMA/Sq2Fi-HQZ9I/AAAAAAAAAMg/0ShRQ5Xc-xg/s400/space6.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381103965613090770" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_SfPFXmBcaMA/Sq2Fhvu8OaI/AAAAAAAAAMY/I7IvzDEV52Q/s1600-h/space3.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_SfPFXmBcaMA/Sq2Fhvu8OaI/AAAAAAAAAMY/I7IvzDEV52Q/s400/space3.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381103944573139362" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_SfPFXmBcaMA/Sq2Ffi26VZI/AAAAAAAAAMI/YjzsYPxLnuI/s1600-h/space1.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_SfPFXmBcaMA/Sq2Ffi26VZI/AAAAAAAAAMI/YjzsYPxLnuI/s400/space1.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381103906757170578" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_SfPFXmBcaMA/Sq2Fj4G_LxI/AAAAAAAAAMo/F-aC7adezCg/s1600-h/space4.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_SfPFXmBcaMA/Sq2Fj4G_LxI/AAAAAAAAAMo/F-aC7adezCg/s400/space4.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381103981181218578" border="0" /></a>Decorating With Arthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00431984534747457674noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7035193954640396450.post-82372223953450619562009-08-27T20:49:00.000-07:002009-08-27T21:38:05.239-07:00Patriotic Bling !!<div style="text-align: center; font-family: verdana; color: rgb(204, 51, 204);">OK, so I've been a very bad girl and have not blogged in a really long time. My friend Stacey had to give me a swift kick and get me back blogging again, so here I am!<br /><br />"Patriotic Bling" -- this jacket makes me feel so nostalgic whenever I look at it. It has a permanent place in my studio. Back in the day I used to paint on clothing, and have always loved rhinestones, so it was a natural to put the two together. As you know by now, I love painting women, so doing something with Lady Liberty got me started down the path of creating something with a patriotic theme. This old 80's denim jacket was just hanging around, so it became my canvas.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_SfPFXmBcaMA/SpdcTX3tCuI/AAAAAAAAAJ0/MdPSVi2lzQg/s1600-h/jacket3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 308px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_SfPFXmBcaMA/SpdcTX3tCuI/AAAAAAAAAJ0/MdPSVi2lzQg/s400/jacket3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374866168184900322" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_SfPFXmBcaMA/SpdcT8DvJoI/AAAAAAAAAJ8/qeu9mba8BDQ/s1600-h/jacket4.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 293px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_SfPFXmBcaMA/SpdcT8DvJoI/AAAAAAAAAJ8/qeu9mba8BDQ/s400/jacket4.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374866177899046530" border="0" /></a><br />I started by hand-sewing all the red bugle beads, then began adding the jewels and rhinestones, and while doing that and looking at the result, and wanting to paint the Statue of Liberty, it just started to evolve. I thought, how cool it would be for her to be revealed from behind the American flag. So, I painted her on leather and applied her to the jacket, then created the flag effect with the zipper. It became, like, unzipping the flag revealed Lady Liberty.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_SfPFXmBcaMA/Spdc1ARB6HI/AAAAAAAAAKE/iNQtRAkoQCs/s1600-h/jacket14.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_SfPFXmBcaMA/Spdc1ARB6HI/AAAAAAAAAKE/iNQtRAkoQCs/s400/jacket14.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374866745964226674" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_SfPFXmBcaMA/Spdc1mchwaI/AAAAAAAAAKM/tAN9i9CzSQs/s1600-h/jacket9.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_SfPFXmBcaMA/Spdc1mchwaI/AAAAAAAAAKM/tAN9i9CzSQs/s400/jacket9.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374866756212998562" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_SfPFXmBcaMA/Spdc2PvBxnI/AAAAAAAAAKU/_p4ciC2yGDs/s1600-h/jacket15.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 391px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_SfPFXmBcaMA/Spdc2PvBxnI/AAAAAAAAAKU/_p4ciC2yGDs/s400/jacket15.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374866767296448114" border="0" /></a><br />After that I thought about the sleeves. Since the jacket was becoming a patriotic statement, I painted "America", also on leather, and applied to one sleeve. I absolutely love living in California, so that was an easy choice for the other sleeve. And then, I added the shoulder appliques, put a few fitting rhinestone and jeweled pins, and there it was!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_SfPFXmBcaMA/SpdduXA6gTI/AAAAAAAAAKc/W65FqaNsZQE/s1600-h/jacket7.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 272px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_SfPFXmBcaMA/SpdduXA6gTI/AAAAAAAAAKc/W65FqaNsZQE/s400/jacket7.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374867731323191602" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_SfPFXmBcaMA/Spddup9v9GI/AAAAAAAAAKk/IwwNLiVdaxA/s1600-h/jacket6.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 224px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_SfPFXmBcaMA/Spddup9v9GI/AAAAAAAAAKk/IwwNLiVdaxA/s400/jacket6.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374867736410190946" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_SfPFXmBcaMA/SpddvOMX3mI/AAAAAAAAAKs/t_ieT_9HqR8/s1600-h/jacket8.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_SfPFXmBcaMA/SpddvOMX3mI/AAAAAAAAAKs/t_ieT_9HqR8/s400/jacket8.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374867746135203426" border="0" /></a><br />I thought it turned out kinda nice, and Orange County was having its County Fair at the time, so I thought "Why not?", and entered it in the fair, and guess what! It won first prize and Best in Show! I actually did wear it once to a concert (Fine Young Cannibals -- where are they now? !!). The jacket really became a labor of love for me and like I said I keep it in view always!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_SfPFXmBcaMA/SpddviLfSzI/AAAAAAAAAK0/_GEAVmjRg9w/s1600-h/jacket11.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 254px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_SfPFXmBcaMA/SpddviLfSzI/AAAAAAAAAK0/_GEAVmjRg9w/s400/jacket11.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374867751500204850" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_SfPFXmBcaMA/SpddwOocQEI/AAAAAAAAAK8/YGS5f28MAis/s1600-h/jacket16.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 257px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_SfPFXmBcaMA/SpddwOocQEI/AAAAAAAAAK8/YGS5f28MAis/s400/jacket16.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374867763432800322" border="0" /></a><br /><br /></div>Decorating With Arthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00431984534747457674noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7035193954640396450.post-22211731346426839672009-06-28T18:08:00.000-07:002009-06-29T18:51:30.915-07:00My Favorite Paintings!<span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);font-family:verdana;" >These are my favorite paintings I've done, ever. Of course, it is the subject matter that makes them my favorites -- they are my children! I painted them at different times in their lives.</span><br /><br /><br /><a style="font-family: verdana; color: rgb(204, 51, 204);" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_SfPFXmBcaMA/SkgbvZkknHI/AAAAAAAAAJc/jDxlbiONeBE/s1600-h/vincinerator.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 348px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_SfPFXmBcaMA/SkgbvZkknHI/AAAAAAAAAJc/jDxlbiONeBE/s400/vincinerator.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5352558658261916786" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);font-family:verdana;" >This is my oldest, my son Vincent. I made this for him for his 8th birthday. What I love about this painting (acrylic on board) is it was a time when he was a real boy, back when boys were innocent and into toys and comic books. Just the sheer delight of playing in the street with his friends after school is what I wanted to portray, in a comic book setting, fighting his favorite arch-enemy characters. He became the super-hero, Vincinerator! Now, he's 21, a full time college student at UCLA.</span><br /><br /><a style="font-family: verdana; color: rgb(204, 51, 204);" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_SfPFXmBcaMA/Skgbvh1sjpI/AAAAAAAAAJk/EubZaUygPNY/s1600-h/zacharmsofsteel.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 262px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_SfPFXmBcaMA/Skgbvh1sjpI/AAAAAAAAAJk/EubZaUygPNY/s400/zacharmsofsteel.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5352558660481224338" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);font-family:verdana;" >Zachary, our middle child by six minutes (he and Olivia are twins) -- he's the comedian of the family! He loves to work out, so it was so fitting to make him into an action hero starring in his own movie. He often strikes this "signature" pose -- raised eyebrows, crossed arms, pretending he is super macho and studly -- but in reality he's just my lovable, crazy goof-ball Zach. Here he is (acrylic on canvas), starring in "Arms of Steel"!! Zach will turn 19 in September, he goes to junior college.</span><br /><br /><a style="font-family: verdana; color: rgb(204, 51, 204);" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_SfPFXmBcaMA/SkgbvtkHlYI/AAAAAAAAAJs/RBR9xLeo-9c/s1600-h/olivia.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_SfPFXmBcaMA/SkgbvtkHlYI/AAAAAAAAAJs/RBR9xLeo-9c/s400/olivia.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5352558663628723586" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);font-family:verdana;" >Olivia is the baby of the family (again, by 6 minutes!!). She has no problem posing for photos, never did, never will!. In this painting she's 6 years old. She was always into hair and fashion, even at a young age! I think this painting, an oil on canvas, truly captures her -- sweet, cute, beautiful, innocent, completely a girl, all sugar and spice. Now she's the inspiration for many of my mermaid paintings. Olivia also turns 19 in September and in junior college.</span><br /><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);font-family:verdana;" >My pride, my joy, my children.</span>Decorating With Arthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00431984534747457674noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7035193954640396450.post-56004229946241000472009-06-06T18:16:00.000-07:002009-06-06T18:38:31.631-07:00Day of the Dead<span style="font-family: verdana; color: rgb(204, 51, 204);">I love painting "Day of the Dead". Maybe because it's in my blood as a hispanic, or maybe because of the bright colors and -- even though the subject is of skulls and skeletons -- maybe because the tone is so upbeat and happy. I know people sometimes get creeped out by them, but I just find it fascinating and love painting this genre.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana; color: rgb(204, 51, 204);">Of course, I also love jewelry, so it made perfect sense for me to marry the two. Here are some pics of some Day of the Dead bangle bracelets, and other paintings I've done. I'll be out at the Grove on Sunday, June 7th with them. They'll also be on sale soon on my<span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255); font-weight: bold;"> </span></span><a style="font-family: verdana; color: rgb(51, 51, 255); font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.lorigutierrezart.etsy.com/">Etsy</a><span style="font-family: verdana; color: rgb(204, 51, 204);"> page.</span><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_SfPFXmBcaMA/SisYwi5TNJI/AAAAAAAAAIc/9E3nwdU-R3E/s1600-h/dod+bangles1.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 255px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_SfPFXmBcaMA/SisYwi5TNJI/AAAAAAAAAIc/9E3nwdU-R3E/s400/dod+bangles1.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5344392605085152402" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_SfPFXmBcaMA/SisYxMgXaZI/AAAAAAAAAIs/8vYhz19Bhh4/s1600-h/dod+bangles4.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_SfPFXmBcaMA/SisYxMgXaZI/AAAAAAAAAIs/8vYhz19Bhh4/s400/dod+bangles4.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5344392616254859666" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_SfPFXmBcaMA/SisYw9p6h2I/AAAAAAAAAIk/BTPc6UxAKIg/s1600-h/dod+bangles3.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 225px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_SfPFXmBcaMA/SisYw9p6h2I/AAAAAAAAAIk/BTPc6UxAKIg/s400/dod+bangles3.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5344392612268377954" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_SfPFXmBcaMA/SisYxOrTKHI/AAAAAAAAAI0/yinb0A9YxPE/s1600-h/dod+bangles2.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_SfPFXmBcaMA/SisYxOrTKHI/AAAAAAAAAI0/yinb0A9YxPE/s400/dod+bangles2.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5344392616837589106" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_SfPFXmBcaMA/SisY9w0AMyI/AAAAAAAAAJE/LZph-fj3cng/s1600-h/dayofthedead1+047.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 304px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_SfPFXmBcaMA/SisY9w0AMyI/AAAAAAAAAJE/LZph-fj3cng/s400/dayofthedead1+047.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5344392832159331106" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_SfPFXmBcaMA/SisYxSL5F-I/AAAAAAAAAI8/BpkDXB9jpjo/s1600-h/dayofthedead1+016.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 316px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_SfPFXmBcaMA/SisYxSL5F-I/AAAAAAAAAI8/BpkDXB9jpjo/s400/dayofthedead1+016.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5344392617779599330" border="0" /></a>Decorating With Arthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00431984534747457674noreply@blogger.com7