Cards!

"Do You Have the Time?"

Lithograph reproduction fine art card set.

Just in time for birthday season (well... my birthday season at least), I thought it would be good to give you a wonderful, thoughtful, and creative gift giving option!  Fine art cards.

These cards are lovely reproductions of two lithographs I created depicting city scenes from South Carolina.

The first is a charming clock with trees, eclectic buildings, and cars behind it; a very picturesque small-town view (even though it's actually down town Columbia!).

Set of five cards, printed on satin stock paper and individually signed, can be found in my shop for $12.

"Charleston Blvd"

lithograph reproduction fine art card set.

I just love this lithograph... a completely Charlestonian scene with the gorgeous, tall, stately, homes, the narrow uneven streets, lovely ironwork gracing each entryway...  beautiful.

Again, a set of five cards, printed on lovely satin stock, and pared with beautiful black envelopes.  As you can see, these envelopes look stunning addressed in gold or silver ink.  Really, who wouldn't want to receive that?  These can also be found in my shop for $12

P.S. the original lithographs shown on these cards are also for sale in my shop, if you're interested.

Painting #110 Deck the Sky With Festive Songs

And... here it is!  My gift of gratitude to my grandparents for their lovely gift to me... and one of the cutest paintings I've featured here!  I just love creating collages...  they feel so complex, yet relaxed with their many layers and textures and shapes.  This collage was especially enjoyable because it's just so happy!  Two little care-free birds signing together on a decked-out cheerful set of electrical wires.  I added the black and white border to give the painting a bit of weight and to add a little drama.  

I used watercolors paper, watercolor paints, pen and ink, a variety of fine papers, and some shimmering vellum paper.  

What do you think?  I would like to do a few more paintings in this style, so if you have any ideas, please let me know!  

Don't forget to check back tomorrow morning (not too early of course...) for three darling, little, paintings that will fit in any budget and decor perfectly!

I know this blog isn't about Annalisa....  but she's just so cute and photogenic.  It's hard for me not to include her in EVERY post, so I don't feel bad about slipping a few photos in every now and then...  besides, she helped me with this collage.  She crumpled up the paper I wasn't using.  Thanks, baby!  

She's got her "puffs" snack.  Life is good.  

Framing Brilliance

Let's start with my personal favorite...  wide white mat, simple, high quality, black frame, (photo, thanks to Living etc.)   This style looks great with watercolor paintings, photographs, mixed media collages, oil and acrylic paintings in unwrapped canvas (meaning, without the thick, wooden frame), and drawings of all sorts.  

These three lovely photos (and the three bellow) were found on the Black.White.Yellow blog (talk about inspiring eye candy!)

Similarly, wide white mat, white frame.  Chic, simple, minimalistic, and very romantic. 

This style really allows the artwork to stand out. 

Another option is no frame at all!  This can look great with a nice, thick canvas, or a painting on wood with a wooden box frame nailed to the back.  Simple, and stunning.  With this style (or lack thereof,) it's all about the artwork.  I found this beautiful seen on the Neutral Dwelling Blog.

Painting #100!!! The glitziest painting yet...

We've done it!  Painting #100!  I am so thrilled to be here!  I cannot believe it's been 100 days...  Thank you so much for your support and encouragement (and for all the photos!)  I could not do this project without you!

As you may remember, we went to Charleston a couple weeks ago.  I just love visiting that city... almost as much as I love drawing inspiration from window shopping!  I love all the lights, the shiny things, the reflections, the dark shadows, the wonderful shapes, the hundreds of layers, and the warm tones you can see through a store window.   Here is a watercolor painting of just one of the shops I perused while there.

Chandelier Warehouse" is an 8x10 watercolor painting on my favorite hot press watercolor paper and is for sale on my Etsy page for $100!  This is a serious steal...  

Check out EmilyJeffords.etsy.com

What is White, and Black, and Yellow All over...?

Just a little inspiration for today's painting.

Click on the image to see more details about each item.  They are all wonderful, and all for sale on Etsy!

I Heart Creature Comforts

I just have to pass this along to you:  I stumbled on my new favorite blog!  

Back-story:  Dan and I are moving out of our lovely, huge home that we are currently renting into our very own home that we will (hopefully!!!) own sometime at the end of the summer.  However, we're such design freaks that we want to remodel a kitchen and a add few other things to make our new home "us".  I love DIY projects that make each space special. So, I've been scouring the web for beautiful treasures, and just stumbled on the jack-pot! 

Check out CreatureComfortsBlog.com and prepare to be wowed.  

Shown are a few images I pulled out of her blogroll.  Beautiful, right?!