I'm on a roll!!

Well I guess taking a break from my art without the pressure of having to sell it has really opened up my creativity. Who knew? I'd like to show you the 2 pieces I created tonight! My hands are covered in paint and I'm having so much fun with it. I've rarely used a brush too! :)

Here they are!

"The Good Egg"

"MEOW!"

With the flash the colors are truer but you don't see the sparkle as much.

Taken with my iPhone you can see her sparkly outfit!

Little details

Freedom!

Created this for my niece Corlin's room.

I am enjoying my new found freedom with my creations lately. Now that I'm not stressed to keep up a shop it seems to have unleashed some more passion for creating! This is what I've done in the last few days. If you see something you like and would like to purchase it just holla! I hope you all have a wonderful holiday season!! Merry Christmas from me!

This was my 3rd attempt at an image transfer on this canvas. It finally came out so I finished it! Below is a detail of the bottom.

This is what I've been doing lately, exploring!!
Still need to add a few details to this but it's pretty much done.

2nd Annual - It's my birthday but you get the gifts giveaway!!

Hi all!

As some of you know next Friday is my 36th birthday and I'm not dreading it like I was last year! I'm looking forward to it for some strange reason and you all can look forward to some fabulous gifts from some wonderful sponsors! YES that's right GIFTS! I'm giving away things, some are mine to give, others are donated from some wonderful Etsy shops and artist friends. You can start entering by midnight tonight and I will stop the comments on the morning of the 9th. Here's the list of the generous sponsors:

Becky Hilgendorf - 5 Original Art Cards

Amanda Makepeace - Original Frog ACEO

Mindy Murphy Lacefield - Tim's Sally - Acorna Pocket Mirror with bag

Erin Keck - EK Creations - "Love Within Our Reach" mixed media necklace

Shelli Dorfe - DazeyChic - Print of your choice & a journal!

Zuda Gay Pease - Handmade Beads & Pendants - Original Polymer Sunflower Brooch

Amy Kane Smith - Amy Smith Mixed Media -

Handpainted & Stitched Card wallet (OR) a pair of earrings.

Amy Kane Smith Glass - $10 Gift Certificate

Kelly Nelson Warren - Happy Shack Designs - Glass Tile Necklace

Kim Geiser - Persimmons Gal - Original ACEO & A Pair of Earrings

Julia Jewels White - Jewels Dolls - Handmade Christmas Doll

Jodi Marie Foster - 3 Art Dolls Kit
(plastic carry case included, 3 fabric doll forms with materials for embellishing (feathers, beads, face cabs, fibers)

EBSQ - Self Representing Artists - One FREE month of membership!

& Me! - MazerDesign - Original Little Whimsie of your Choice (I have 3 originals left!)

Please be sure to visit these wonderful artist's websites and say hi!

I will announce the 15 winners on my birthday (Oct. 9th)!!

Here's the rules:

1. Add a comment on my blog (this post) to enter (that's not hard right?)

2. Tell me what the best birthday gift you ever received was!

3. If you want bonus points add a link on your blog (tell me about it) about this giveaway and you'll get your name entered 2 more times!

Good luck to all who enter and thanks for playing!! Feel free to pass this along to others as well! OK now go do something nice for someone! :)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME AND YOU! :)

Spontaneous Getaway!

The Wheaton Kissy Face Pose - we're starting Lo early

Hi all,

Life has been very crazy for my family this past year and we decided we would try to go to Florida to visit with J's family and his visiting family from CA and TX. We looked up tickets to go and lo and behold (hear the heavenly choir singing?) we purchased tickets for $29 each way!! Our RT tickets were $60! INSANE!!! How could we resist at those prices! So we just got back from FL for a week vacation full of fun places, lots of swimming, family and friends!! I know I've been missing in action for quite some time but I hope this post will keep you coming back! I still haven't recouped from my Nana's passing, my art mojo seems to have left with her. I hope it comes back soon. I need my creativity, it's what has gotten me through the last rough year. I'm happy to say things at home are back to normal and we are all a happy family again and this vacation really showed that to me. We had a wonderful time down there and didn't want to come back to NY. Some of the highlights were, Downtown Disney, stay at a B & B in St. Pete overnight, Sea World, Butterfly Encounter and daily swimming!!! Lorelei got to play with her 2 cousins, aunties and uncles and friends. I can't wait to go back possibly in the Fall. Here are some photos of the trip! And please if you've seen my art mojo BRING IT BACK TO ME!!!!

Sea World waiting for the dolphins

Here they are!

La Veranda B & B in St. Pete - Great Place!!!

Lo and I feeding butterflies

Lots of hugs!

Forever Spring - JUST LISTED on Etsy

Today was a gloomy day, so gloomy I got to thinking that summer would never come. I LOVE Spring just not the gloomy, dark days we've been having lately, it was kind of depressing so I started creating this piece which just came together for me! This piece is so vivid and rich I don't want it to leave the nest. This is my job that I love and I know this must go. This piece was filled with lots of love! This mixed media piece has vintage ephemera circles with German and French text, glitter, acrylics, pencil, rubber stamps, salt, water color pens, oil pastels, Ranger Adirondack inks, white conte crayon and probably more that I'm forgetting. It's on a 16 x 20 stretched canvas. I had a lot of fun doing this piece. It is coated in beeswax so it gives it a dreamy feel. This piece has a lot of dimension and texture to it. The detail photos are before I put the wax on so they are more vivid than the first photo but you can see all the details better. This truly is a OOAK original, it's too big for me to scan so there will be no prints. You will be the only one to ever have this piece grace your home and with FREE SHIPPING how can you beat that?

New look!

New look!, originally uploaded by creativeFlutter AKA MazerDesign.

Well it has been a long time coming but I finally revamped my website, it's been embarrassing to me for quite some time, too cluttered, dark colors and I was trying to keep up and put every little piece of art I've ever created on it with links to purchase, UGH!!! Enough was enough. I decided to keep it simple and sweet and too the point. I have links to all of my important sites where you can be updated of my artistic flutters as I call them. It's easy to navigate and fun to look at. I may expand on it in the future when I'm not chasing around my daughter Lorelei or our crazy pup Riley. I'd love to hear some feedback when you get a chance, please tell me what you think even if it's negative, I'd like to know if I could make it better or leave it the way it is. Thanks so much!!

Hope you all are having a happy, fun and SAFE Memorial Day weekend!

TTFN!

Aimée

Fabulous Etsy Finds

Well this week I've spent waaaaay too much time on Etsy. I would say I'm a definite addict, are there any self help books on dealing with an Etsy addiction?? I would say I need to read it if there is one. Anyways, with all the time spent on Etsy I've happened to find some noteworthy shops, I've been on Etsy for over 2 years now and I'm still discovering great new shops and sellers. Etsians are a great group of people, I say this because they're not commercialized someone put it in a good way, "Etsy is a window shoppers dream!" I was in chat for an hour which wasn't a complete waste of time because I walked away with 3 trades! I found a lot of people loved my art last night and were willing to trade their precious items with me. I traded for some handmade soap, a pearl necklace, and an antique Kerr jelly jar that has been Shabby Chic'ified (if that's a word). It was great fun!!!! I had 2 more trades the day before, an owl pillow and a vintage 50's bird pillow for my studio! I'm so excited about receiving all these goodies, it's like Christmas in April!! Of course I bought a few things as well and I'm also thrilled about those. Well let me get to the fabulous finds I wanted to share with you!

In no particular order here they are!


This fabulous print is from ArtandPhilanthropy, I just love all of the textures and patterns in it, I may have to purchase it soon!!!
This adorable print is from Dazeychic, I just love her work, I had a hard time choosing. She's also one of my favorite bloggers, she's a great writer. I bought this one, I loved it's sentiment.


This sweet print is from Fall Down Tree. I found him on somebody's treasury on the front page of Etsy. He has some adorable work! I love how simple but full his images are. Definitely a new fave!

Check out Freshline!!! She has some sweet illustrations and is a very sweet person from what I can tell. She was in the trading room last night and seemed very nice. She also has a nice blog.

Well those are my favorites for the week! Go check them all out you won't be disappointed!!

Happy weekend all!!!

Happy Monday I'm in a New Treasury!!

YAY!! It's Monday and I usually don't cheer but had to share this morning that I'm in another Etsy treasury called "You're so pretty" made by Ian Parry who does fine art photography. Check out his store here! YAY super happy!!! Now it's time for coffee! Hope you all have a wonderful day!

Hoo Hoo Red and Blue

Hoo Hoo Red and Blue, originally uploaded by creativeFlutter AKA MazerDesign.

This is my newest print for sale in my shop. It was originally a custom order for someone but I fell in love with it so much I'd thought I'd share it with everyone else! It is now listed in my shop. If you love owls then you will LOVE this print! If you like this print but would like different colors let me know, I'd be happy to accommodate you.

Latest news from me:

I'm happy to say the very wonderful artist Claudine Hellmuth is willing to meet with me when we go down to Orlando these next 2 weeks. I'm proud to say I own an original Poppet Sketch made by Claudine herself. I am going to be talking to her about my Swirlyville series and how to go about marketing it. How nice is that of her to meet a complete stranger and help out? She's AWESOME! Can't wait to meet you Claudine! Check out her website here.

Also I am honored to say that the Jackson Symphony has contacted me to use one of my logos for an upcoming concert in the Fall. They found me on Cafepress and want to use my BeGreen logo. The logo will be used as the centerpiece for all publicity on the concert. The concert will be called "Be Green featuring the Photochoreography of James Westwater." Westwater is photographer who will sync his photos to the orchestra playing music. The concert will raise awareness by environmental topics such as energy conservation, recycling, and overall green living. The logo will appear on all publicity materials (posters, flyers, season brochure, etc). Check them out here. Very cool and honored to be a part of this.

Well as I stated before we are going to Orlando on Monday. I will be gone until the 21st, any orders from Etsy I won't be able to ship until I get back. We're very excited because we will be meeting our new nephew Caleb who was born on 2/18. We'll be taking Lorelei to SeaWorld too, she loves sea animals so that should be a big adventure for her. I'm so ready for some warm weather and sun that warms the soul! It will be great seeing all of our old friends and family too, hopefully it will be a wonderful trip! Wish us luck flying with our 13 1/2 month old!!!

Til next time!

A few Etsy Faves

Tiles from my new fave Etsy shop, originally uploaded by creativeFlutter AKA MazerDesign.

I admit it, I'm a complete and total Etsy addict! Are there any support groups out there for my compulsion with Etsy????? ;) OK so during all the time I've spent on Etsy this week I found a few new favorite shops and I'd thought I'd share them with you!!! The photo above is from Tilesmile's shop. I adore these decorative tiles!! I'm totally hearting the YAYA tile!!! I need it for my studio but have spent too much this week so hopefully it will be there for a future purchase.

I also just received my new painting from EarthArt (see above) and I'm IN LOVE with it! I am currently collecting birds for my studio, all types, I love the cutesy birds I find all over Etsy, everyone seems to have them and they are usually in most of my art as well, not sure why, maybe another addiction on my part!!

Another total fave of mine is TeterDesigns!!! I now own 3 pairs of these Teter originals, the third being the Japanese Flowers you see above!!! You will not find a nicer seller out there, Mark is amazing to work with and is fast as well. He even sent me my earrings during a horrible ice storm he was in!! Kudos to Mark, check out his incredible shop! I will always be a repeat customer!!!

Another shop I found this week and purchased this pair of swirly hoop earrings from is LoopsDesigns, simply amazing!!!

OK last but not least check out MercersDaughter she has some beautiful little paintings as well as some adorable jeweled pieces, I am doing a trade with her now too!! So now you have a few more shops to check out in your spare time. If you're like me in your spare time you browse Etsy and that's what gets me in trouble!!! LOL

Well enjoy these new shops and send me some feedback about what you'd like me to write about. I need input people!!!! ;)

As always thanks for reading!! ;)

The Beautiful Pirate

The Beautiful Pirate, originally uploaded by creativeFlutter AKA MazerDesign.

She is finally done!

ARGGGH! This is a painting that just evolved! It was going to be something completely different but then this beautiful pirate came out from the canvas. She must have a message for someone. Dead men tell no tales but maybe women do! ;) She lost her eye in a vicious battle but was victorious and still drop dead gorgeous! Let her beauty grace your space or place and be the topic of lots of conversations! This beauty is a combo of mediums, it has vintage ephemera underneath all the layers and you can still see the postcard and stamp if you look closely in her neck, it was from 1910. There is also light molding paste in the background. This painting has lots of cool texture as well. The sides are painted black so it's good to go right on your wall.

Painting has been sprayed with an archival spray to keep colors looking their best for years to come. This painting is 20" x 16" and will come with a (COA) certificate of authenticity signed by me.

Click here to buy me now!!