Paint Party Friday....inspired by my favorite window in NYC 2012....

Hi Everyone....

hope you are all having wonderful weeks filled with all of your favorite people and places and fun...I just spent the last 10 hours baking all kinds of yummy treats for Christmas....I will have to post some photos of all the treats I made .....

I always get super inspired when I go to NYC in December to see all of the windows and Holidays inspired decorations...especially at Bergdorf Goodman.....and this inspiration always brings out some new work that will always be a lasting memory for me....

This window all in white with the amazing textures and tones and highlights screamed to me!!! and I could have stood outside this window for ages....I am all about colour in my work....but something about all white just makes me happy....love this window....and had to create a painting as inspired by this window....I decided to pick some colours to pop the piece....so I went with purples and aquas.....oh and some metallic gold too.....oh and who doesn't love a red lip!!!

Hope you like it....and enjoy my photos!!!

Happy PPF and Happy Creating Everyone!!!

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One of my Favorite Windows in New York City this year....I love the mirrors and sparkle

Hi Everyone...

I am super busy this week with some fun art projects at School with the children and baking and last minute holiday things....but had to take a minute to share more of my NYC trip.....I have to go every year just because of the amazing Windows....and this one was gorgeous!!!

Hope you are all busy little bees having an amazing week!!

Happy Wednesday and Happy Creating Everyone!!!

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Back from NYC with more inspiration....from food to art....very inspired!

Hi Everyone!!!

I am back from another amazing weekend in New York City.....I long to go there every December to get inspired and this weekend....I was like a sponge gaining all sorts of inspiration....the sights and scenes are amazing and the food....what can I say....you know I will be cooking inspired dishes from this trip....and art for the next little while will all be as inspired by the amazing Windows in NYC....I am in love with the amazing windows....I have so much to show you all and I will be doing it daily!!!

I know today is freebie Monday....but I am going to move it to Tuesday so I have time to get something created....I think a long overdue recipe card freebie is in order....something with apples....as inspired by the big apple!!!

Happy Monday Everyone....and Happy Creating!!!

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do you like nutcrackers?

I have never been a fan of these decorated men called nutcrackers....but after some time and seeing my Mother in Law's collection they seem to have grown on me....Each one is so different in design and colour....and they have their own personality....then I saw these huge ones on my trip to NYC a few weeks ago and it inspired this piece....

I was going to create these guys all in white so when I print them they I would be able to add some glitter for fun....but I ended up going in the traditional Christmas colours of green and red.....

Do you like these? do you collect or own any?

There is not much information on these pieces...only the two act ballet....here is a little blurb about the show from Wikipedia......
The Nutcracker  is a two-act ballet, originally choreographed by Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov with a score by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. The libretto is adapted from E.T.A. Hoffmann's story "The Nutcracker and the Mouse King". It was given its premiere at the Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg on 18 December 1892, on a double-bill with Tchaikovsky's opera, Iolanta.
Although the original production was not a success, the twenty-minute suite that Tchaikovsky extracted from the ballet was. However, the complete Nutcracker has enjoyed enormous popularity since the mid-20th century and is now performed by countless ballet companies, primarily during the Christmas season, especially in the U.S Tchaikovsky's score has become one of his most famous compositions, in particular the pieces featured in the suite.Among other things, the score is noted for its use of the celesta, an instrument that the composer had already employed in his much lesser known symphonic ballad The Voyevoda. Although known primarily as the featured solo instrument in the "Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy" from Act II of The Nutcracker, it is also employed elsewhere in the same act.

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Illustration Friday - "phenomenon"

I have always been impressed with the Statue of Liberty....Imagine that it was a gift from France and traveled so far....and it welcomes so many people to America....She is a symbol of something that is extraordinary....and I think many people feel the same way.....

This week over at IF the theme is "phenomenon" and I created this special watercolor and ink as inspired by my time in New york last weekend......



Wishing you all a wonderful weekend...may it be filled with Family, Friends and inspiration......

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Back in the Studio with tons of inspiration from a weekend in New York City!!!

This is my favorite time of year.....everything is so beautiful and everyone is in such a wonderful spirit.....I took some time away from the Studio to head to one of my favorite places in December...New York City.....If you ever need inspiration you will find it here.....so much hustle and bustle and so much beauty all around...and talk about art.....no wonder it is the hub for all things creative....you can't help but draw energy from everything around you here.....

Everything was decorated and we shared some great laughs and we must have walked till we could barely walk no more....pure fun and pure inspiration.....

it wouldn't be a trip to NYC without one of the pretzels....is your mouth watering yet!!!

Here is my yummy lunch in little Italy...at Cafe Napoli in Little Italy....these Gnocchi were so so good!!!!

New York Cheesecakes.....yummy!

I have never been into much fiber art....but these are amazing pieces....even better in real life...you have to see these!!!!

the box of canolli I brought home....oh these are so good....we only share one a day....

my new NY ornament....I love this one!!!

the cab rides are hilarious...They drive like maniacs....very impressive!!!

we shopped, we ate....we ate more and shopped more....and took in all of the wonderful sites and scenes...it was amazing....Truly inspirational!!! and just what I needed to head back to the Studio.....

Hope you all had a wonderful weekend....and I hope the week ahead is filled with inspiration and creativity....

Happy Monday!!!!

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