I am busy
making some little
gift shop items
This is my pile of wood that I will cut
and sand and paint
to use as the backing for my
water colored florals
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| This is some of the raw sanded wooden boards and little tiny bird shapes. My hubby cuts out the birds and I do all the sanding and painting from there |
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| Some of the birds I drew up were cardinal -like some are going to be bluebirds and maybe woodpeckers and finches too They are looking very basic here and could be anything |
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| I painted all the various sizes of boards a creamy color with acrylic paints |
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| then I painted up some floral water-colored paintings on paper |
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| These are the basic flower shapes I came up with Just sort of from my mind (imaginary flowers?) |
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ink lines added now for definition. I don't know why I tend to leap to the purple and yellow all the time I have to remember to do other colors too maybe some red roses or orange tiger-lilies |
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| Here is the Bluebird I did a few weeks ago |
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| Finch I did a few weeks ago |
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| So these are already in the gift shoppe for sale "The Mindful Bird" in Williamstown out in Massachusetts I hope she has luck selling them to her customers I have many more to send out to the shoppe now. Or I might just be stuck with these May have to try to sell them myself in my etsy shop. Which has not been exactly hopping for me lately and I am almost ready to pack it in with etsy. |
So If you know where Williamstown, MA. is
and the Williams Inn
the gift shop there is called
"The Mindful Bird"
and Suza is the new owner
she "found" me and my birds
on ETSY a few months ago
and she is offering my folk art in the gift shop now.
I really hope that I can be successful there
in some little way.
Most of my items are only ten
to about twenty dollars which is
about what tourists pay for a gift-y type item, I guess.
We shall see.
I am coming up with more ideas
for other bird items
like a mobile and ornaments
for the holiday season too.
Wish me good luck my friends
