Tuesday, January 27, 2009
Fern Collage (ACEO)
Original, slightly abstract collage featuring blue sky, trees and a fern. Layered cardstock stitched with cotton and metallic threads. The piece is sewn and adhered to 140lb watercolor paper for stability.
ACEO (Art Cards, Editions and Originals)
2.5 inches wide by 3.5 inches long
6.4 centimeters wide by 8.9 centimeters long
This and other ACEOs, fabric collages, contemporary quilted art wall hangings and more may be found in my shop.
Cheers!--Janyce
Sojourn Quilts
"A Resting Place Along Life's Journey"
Blog: What Shoes I Wear
Saturday, January 24, 2009
My name is Julie Steiner. Keri invited me to post on the blog. Itried doing my own blog for...a week...but it drove me crazy talking to myself!
I started doing art about 4 years ago. I began selling my art on EBAY at that time...which is where I met Keri (It is funny, I see one of my paintings hanging on her wall in her photos here!) Anyhow...I got involved in galleries and shows shortly after that, and just recently returned to EBAY a few months ago. I am re-learning the ropes there these days...
Here is a link to my EBAY store. I have 5 auctions going right now. I start my auctions at .99 cents.
If you want to find out more about me and my art, you can click through to my ME Page from here.
(thanks Keri, for the invite to post here.)
Julie
Thursday, January 22, 2009
Hoo-Boy Lots Of Lil Dolls!
slimy, gooey, monsters all over my shirt...eek!
Today has been a day full of surprises, and not very friendly ones!
I woke up this morning covered in slimy mini monsters!
I woke up this morning covered in slimy mini monsters!
gross....slime trails, gooey eyes, and the worst part is they bite!
Then I went down stairs to make some coffee & I see that I have a new visitor. Peter, and I had just explained to all my mealy monsters, no more monsters, and don't they turn around and invite all of these guys over.
What am I going to do?
Then I went down stairs to make some coffee & I see that I have a new visitor. Peter, and I had just explained to all my mealy monsters, no more monsters, and don't they turn around and invite all of these guys over.
What am I going to do?
Meet Peter....
Peter finds his bunny suit is very helpful when trying to make the perfect rabbit stew.
Peter finds his bunny suit is very helpful when trying to make the perfect rabbit stew.
Full Moon and Four Trees (ACEO)
Slightly abstract collage featuring mountain, full moon and four trees. Made from cardstock layers sewn with metallic and cotton threads. The piece is sewn and adhered on to 140lb watercolor paper for stability.
ACEO (Art Cards, Editions and Originals)
2.5 inches wide by 3.5 inches long
6.4 centimeters wide by 8.9 centimeters long
Cheers!--Janyce
Sojourn Quilts
"A Resting Place Along Life's Journey"
Blog: What Shoes I Wear
Monday, January 19, 2009
Kitty Memorial Sculpture
Hi Everyone! I hadn't posted in a while so I thought I would show my latest project: my kitty memorial sculpture.
I made custom clay pigs last Christmas until they were coming out of my ears (I vowed NEVER to make a clay pig holding a Budweiser again!) and a VERY nice customer that had requested a custom ornament last year requested a memorial sculpture in memory of her precious kitty.
I was NERVOUS to take this project on because I usually don't sit down to sculpt with an idea already in mind. The wings were difficult for me (but they look MUCH better in person) and deciding on the size of base was also a challenge because I didn't want to dwarf the sculpture and make it look diminished. I also jazzed the base up a little before I packed him up to ship because it just lacked luster.
Animals just aren't easy for me to sculpt but I was happy that the general feeling of the sculpture captured the essence of the real pet... or at least I think so :)
I hope you all are having a great evening and I'll be dropping back in soon!
Renee :)
P.S. We're finally getting a good snow in East Tennessee! WooHoo!
Saturday, January 17, 2009
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
Above the Tree Line (ACEO)
I made some cardstock envelopes for my ACEOs yesterday and had some scraps left over. I hate wasting paper, so I made this mountain scene. It is both machine and hand stitched with cotton thread. The whole thing is sewn and adhered to 140lb watercolor paper for stability.
Cheers!--Janyce
Sojourn Quilts
"A Resting Place Along Life's Journey"
Thursday, January 8, 2009
"Hoorah For Anything!" Babe
Ahhhhhhhhhhhh............life is good! Woo-Hoo Pikline Is GONE!!!!!!!!!!!! It was time to pull the pikline & infusions to stop. One forgets how nice it is to take a shower without gloves up to your shoulders. Hey-A new doll "I Can Pull A Calf Out A Cows @#$" Babe! I hope everyones holidays were beautiful & all will have a fantastic New Year. Hugs & love to all.
Keri
Wednesday, January 7, 2009
Upside Down Ladybug Fabric Collage (ACEO)
At least in my house, the ladybugs spend their time walking upside down on the window sill!
This piece is an ACEO (Art Cards, Editions and Originals) made from recycled/repurposed fabrics sewn and adhered to 140lb watercolor paper. Designed and handmade by me.
Cheers!--Janyce
Sojourn Quilts
"A Resting Place Along Life's Journey"
Sunday, January 4, 2009
New law will affect hand made products for children.
I'm not sure if this has been posted here recently. If so, my apologies. The deadline is coming up and I believe that all artists should sign the petition and contact their Congress and Senate reps. I'm sure that the Etsy boards are full of discussions about this if you'd like to participate. This will affect children's clothing too, and most of all, it's an attack on hand made.
Could a skeptical like me speculate that there might be big money sponsoring this proposed law? The hand made industry has taken off big time, and I imagine that big manufacturers are concerned with their chunk being smaller; in fact, I believe (but have no stats to back me up) that the current state of disappointment from the public in regards to anything China made has spilled over to kids' products too.
This could easily be a measure designed to curb further growth of the hand made market.
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"In 2007, large toy manufacturers who outsource their production to China and other developing countries violated the public's trust. They were selling toys with dangerously high lead content, toys with unsafe small parts, toys with improperly secured and easily swallowed small magnets, and toys made from chemicals that made kids sick. Almost every problem toy in 2007 was made in China.
The United States Congress rightly recognized that the Consumer Products Safety Commission (CPSC) lacked the authority and staffing to prevent dangerous toys from being imported into the US. So, they passed the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA) in August, 2008. Among other things, the CPSIA bans lead and phthalates in toys, mandates third-party testing and certification for all toys and requires toy makers to permanently label each toy with a date and batch number.
All of these changes will be fairly easy for large, multinational toy manufacturers to comply with. Large manufacturers who make thousands of units of each toy have very little incremental cost to pay for testing and updating their molds to include batch labels.
For small American, Canadian, and European toymakers, however, the costs of mandatory testing, to the tune of up to $4,000 per toy, will likely drive them out of business. And the handful of larger toy makers who still employ workers in the United States face increased costs to comply with the CPSIA, even though American-made toys had nothing to do with the toy safety problems of 2007. Toy makers won't be the only ones impacted by the CPSIA, the thousands of US businesses who offer clothing, jewelry and other gifts for children --in essence-- the entire children's industry will be as well.
The CPSIA simply forgot to exclude the class of toys that have earned and kept the public's trust. The result, unless the law is modified, is that handmade toys will no longer be legal in the US.
Thriving small businesses are crucial to the financial health of our nation. Let's amend the CPSIA so that all businesses large and small are able to comply and survive!"
Please check Facebook group and the web site of Handmade Toy Alliance
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