SneddoniaDesigns

My Etsy wirework shop:
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My Etsy art shop:
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My ArtFire shop:
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My DaWanda shop:
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My Folksy shop:
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After months of a kind of creative block, the past few weeks has seen me creating in wire again. Suncatchers featuring some of my favourite themes - hearts, skulls, the rainbow, stars and bats - have been popping up all over the shop.

















In addition to this, I have also had my work featured in two places - the 'Gift of Art' Gift Guide campaign on Etsy's front page, in which they've used my 'Turquoise Star' piece:



And also on ACEO Showcase, the new blog from the creator of Cuteable, who has featured my 'Midnight Moon' ACEO:





I made some stamps:




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My Etsy art shop:
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My ArtFire shop:
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My DaWanda shop:
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My Folksy shop:
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In a previous post, I mentioned this year's New Year's resolution - to buy something handmade at least once a month. See that post for the inspiration behind this resolution, and for the first of January's purchases - a print from Champignons which I had been coveting for a while. To continue the red shoes theme from that print, I wanted two more prints, the first of which was this beautiful Ruby Slippers piece from Quite Contrary, which I also bought in January:



This month, I was also able to afford to buy this gorgeous print from Linda Boucher:



The two shoe prints above continue the symbolism that was there in the Champignons print. Although her print is called 'Alice in Wonderland', and is about when Alice grew tall from eating cake marked 'Eat Me', the fact that she is wearing red shoes makes me think of The Wizard of Oz, and Dorothy's ruby slippers. Also, the fact that Dorothy and Alice's clothing are very similar means that this figure could be either of these characters. Plus, there needed to be three prints not only because things look better in threes, but also because Dorothy says "There's no place like home" three times while clicking her ruby-slippered heels. Therefore, the hanging of the Alice/Dorothy print with ruby slippers either side seemed quite natural to me. I searched for red-shoe themed prints from UK Etsy sellers, and found the perfect ones. All three prints now hang in my bedroom:





I made some stamps:




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Thanks to my boyfriend for the subscription.
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My Etsy metalwork shop:
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My DaWanda art shop:
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My Folksy shop:
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I've just listed my first printed greetings card - Kinver Hearts. I've been wanting to get this image printed for a while, and it finally exists in the form of a card.



The card has come out a little different to the original in colour, but I prefer it. The greys in the sky that you can see above have turned out more purple, which is great. Visit the listing here.

Just over a year ago, I blogged about the series of artworks that inspired this piece - visit the post here. It all started with this photograph, taken at Kinver Edge in the Midlands:



Shortly afterwards, I painted this piece. I opened up the negative space a little, allowing for a colourful sunset to be seen behind the plants:



Using that canvas as inspiration, I painted a similar scene in my art journal in watercolours and acrylics:



I experimented with that a little, adding an extra layer in acetate:





I also edited the photograph of the original, stretching it out:



Then playing with the contrast and adding hearts:



The original painting was originally to be for sale but we (that is, my boyfriend and I) liked it so much that we kept it.



I still wanted it to be for sale in some form though, hence these greetings cards (yes, there will be more!). I'm looking into getting prints of many of my paintings made too, of which Kinver will be one. There will also be a Kinver Hearts print - watch this space.



I made some stamps:




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Thanks to my boyfriend for the subscription.
His website (RPG and other sci-fi stuff): www.ugavine.com



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A thousand thank yous to for the CSS!



My website:
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My MySpace:
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My Flickr:
www.flickr.com/photos/sneddonia
My blog:
sneddoniadesigns.blogspot.com
My Twitter:
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My Fashion Central profile:
www.fashioncentralcommunity.com/profile/Sneddonia
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My Etsy metalwork shop:
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My Etsy art shop:
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My DaWanda art shop:
sneddonia.dawanda.com
My Folksy shop:
www.folksy.com/shops/Sneddonia



In amongst my more predictable New Year's resolutions, such as losing weight, I've come across a much more appealing idea - buying handmade. The idea came while browsing through the fabulous Hippy Of Doom's Flickr photos - she mentions in the description of this photo (an image of a pendant by the equally fabulous All Those Threes) that her resolution for 2008 was "buying something handmade for myself every month". A far more enjoyable (and doable) resolution than the well-meaning yet unrealistic ones that involve denying oneself things. As Hippy herself says, "I highly recommend it as a resolution - I have SO much awesome stuff now!"

So I'm looking forward to a year of awesome stuff, starting with this beautiful print by Champignons. I've been coveting it for months and have finally, with a little bit of Christmas money, been able to buy it.





Things are better in threes though (or so my OCD tells me), so there's going to be a row of three framed prints, all on the theme of red shoes. This print, by Quite Contrary, should be appearing in my house next week, no doubt chanting "There's no place like home". Although I'd be somewhat worried if a print could talk.



In other news, I am having a January sale at Sneddoniart. For this month only, everything in store has 20% off. Click below to visit:



Many items are still on sale in the other shop too - just visit The great 7 dollar sale section.



I made some stamps:




Feel free to use them!


Thanks to my boyfriend for the subscription.
His website (RPG and other sci-fi stuff): www.ugavine.com



I'm a member of:



A thousand thank yous to for the CSS!



My website:
www.sneddonia.co.uk
My MySpace:
www.myspace.com/sneddonia
My Flickr:
www.flickr.com/photos/sneddonia
My blog:
sneddoniadesigns.blogspot.com
My Twitter:
twitter.com/Sneddonia
My Fashion Central profile:
www.fashioncentralcommunity.com/profile/Sneddonia
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