Color Amongst the Snow

A Winter Wonderland in February

Views of my Garden...

They Say: 

"No two snowflakes are alike"

 Imagine how many different Snowflakes there are in my garden alone!

Original glass piece I made this fall in Michigan

Colin's welded guy... he made it when he was about 9 

OOAK Handpainted IPhone Cover

I had an idea, as you might know by now... I am an idea person.

I had been looking at wooden phone covers on Etsy for months now 

( like this one from EXOvault ). 

 After spending a fortune at the Apple Store for my phone,  

I decided I would have to wait for my coveted wooden cover...

While browsing the internet, I found a clear cover for only $3.99 with free shipping.

Tossing thoughts of the wooden cover aside for now...

   I decided to create an original watercolor,

Trim it to fit under the plastic cover and Enjoy!

top left: I phone in clear plastic cover. top center: blank tag, top right: Small watercolor set
center left:  black Micron 20 pen. center:  small illustration complete.  center right:  cut the tag to fit the plastic for the back of the phone
bottom left:  complete illustration of the Lincoln Park Lagoon and the Hancock building in Chicago.  bottom center: side view.

Opendoorhandmade.etsy.com is open for business!

I have recently opened my newest shop OpendoorHandmade.etsy.com.
There you will find many handmade items. I have begun a "line" of greeting tags.
The line includes my original artwork in little collections ...
"it's your birthday" , " your home"," wedding day", "wild things", " project pink", "be mine", " couture collection", " Easter blessings", "be well"... and many others!

I hope you will stop by to see my original illustrations. Each is painted with watercolor and then pen and ink line drawing over top. Each illustration is signed and dated and can make a cute little art collection... just add a frame!

My lines will be growing to include cards and other handmades.

I will be adding my handmade scarves as well, once i get rolling.

I hope you will stop by and see what is new!
martha