FoxyBlue Creations: June 2012

| at Sunday, June 24, 2012

Raspberry Muffins! Yum!

I made some yummy raspberry muffins tonight and thought that I would share one of my baking secrets with you! It's a good one!

How many times have you gotten inspired to bake up a storm only to find that you fed your kids the last egg for breakfast this morning? You start calling your neighbours but NO ONE'S home. Naturally. So, you've got this bowl full of all the ingredients you need to make your special treat EXCEPT your eggs. I guess that's the end of THAT idea, right?

WRONG!

If you have flax in your cupboard (and if you don't, you should get some), then you are good to go.

Check it out:

Cool, right?

Love? Hate?

| at Friday, June 22, 2012

I REALLY wanted to get creative today. I mean REALLY! The gallery that sells my art is almost fresh out of my paintings and I wanted to have a full creative day start the replenishing process. The kids are at school for their very last Friday before summer break and it was the perfect day. The perfect day except for the fact that I hit a creative road block. It started out well and then I started to embellish and stuff, and it sort of came apart at the seams. I'm really unsure of how I feel about this painting. I don't even know if I want to name her.

So, without further ado, here is...da da da...Untitled!

| at Tuesday, June 19, 2012

I'm currently working on an art swap (I love art swaps!) with a very talented artist overseas and she LOVES Alice in Wonderland and has an obsession with playing cards. While I was walking down to the water yesterday, I stumbled on a plethora of rocks. One of them kind of reminded me of the Queen of Hearts' head. So I picked her up, washed her off and painted away. I think she turned out rather cute. And so today, I'm going to go get more rocks...just cuz it's fun :)

| at Friday, June 15, 2012

Sapphire's Fairy Princess Party planning is well underway. My mind is spinning with ideas. I just hope to get them all done! I'm the Queen of biting of all you can chew, as they say. So let's just hope I get it all done!

Anyhow, to start it all off I took a picture of her and played around with it in Photoshop until I got this! I'm super happy with how the invitations came out. Whimsical and fun. Exactly what I was going for!

And last night after around 12 hours of work (with bake time included in that), I finished her fairy cake. I just love it to pieces and I hope that all the little girls (all 15 thus far) will enjoy it!

Wish me luck with the rest of the party!

Esme and her Golden Scarf

| at Tuesday, June 12, 2012

Esme loved her golden scarf. It was all that was left of the golden blanket that her dear nanny crocheted for her when she was but a wee little ginger. Whenever she felt sad, all she needed to do was tie that scarf around her neck and the tears would magically dry up. Oh that golden scarf was just handspun love...

She's a mixed media sculpture that stands about 18 inches tall. I may or may not put her in my etsy shop :)

Deedra, the absentee...

| at Monday, June 11, 2012

Unlike what most might think, I am not dead or lost in some crazy wilderness without internet access. Nor have I had a creative hiatus. Nope. Been busy painting and creating and crafting, same as usual. So why the delay in posting here? Not sure. I'm just not sure! But I promise to start posting more.

To start, here's a piece that I created as part of an art swap. She's mixed media on watercolour paper. I used all sorts of fun stuff in this little creations. I drew. I painted. I used vintage sewing patterns and more fun stuff to make her. I just love how she turned out.

I love it so much that I turned it into a business card! Thank you Photoshop creators for this software. A life without photoshop is no life at all! So, should you ending up buying one of my pieces of art, I will include this business card for free. Ha ha. So generous. I know. I'm all heart!