Sometimes… Fearless Leader (a.k.a., me) will stray away from the comfort of her beloved felt.  It’s never my fault, of course.  Painting can be so therapeutic, incredibly seductive, and in all honesty… it keeps me from killing people.  So, hooray for paint!

Sometimes… out of guilt, I’ll even paint felt – just to keep it from getting jealous.  o_O  But normally, I throw my soul (and acrylic) on canvas.  Lovely, lovely acrylics on lickably luscious canvas… ahem.

To keep the peace in Feltopia, my paintings are for sale.  (Peace, wall-space… whatever.) You can find my latest work in the Artwork section of the store.  I’ve even listed a couple of pieces from my private collection.  Check it…

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Bowl-o-Fuzzies! Lots of new one of a kind Felt Fuzzies hair clips starting at $0.99 (eBay auctions).

And in other news…

My new painting. I call it “Sea Serenade.” (more…)

The day of Love is upon us, also known as the Gimme Chocolate Covered Diamonds Day, or more commonly referred to as St. Valentine’s Day. I could regale you with the history of this holiday but a simple check of our Magic 8 Ball (Google) could do it for you much more quickly and factually.

It doesn’t have to be just for lovers though – it’s for anyone capable of accepting and giving L-O-V-E. Love of life, God, self, kids, puppies, Fuzzies, trees, dirt, pumpkins, (more…)

After years of experimenting with various Turtle to Cuteness ratios – coupled with many shakings of tiny fists and infected bites from non-cute snapping turtles – we are proud to present to you, Hammond the Sea Turtle. We didn’t just stop after (more…)

This gal has had an insane couple of days!  Lots to report and lots to brag about…

First, I got my 95 pounds-o-felt yesterday!  Hooray!  However, ‘Hunky UPS Guy‘ failed to be the one to deliver it.  Boo!  No offense meant towards the UPS guy who did deliver it, of course.  There ought to be a UPS Drivers’ calender…  hmmm, I’ll be sure to mention it at our next Bored WAHM’s meeting.  

I nearly fainted at the sight of all this GORGEOUS felt.  Three large, kid-sized cartons were stuffed almost to bursting point with this:

A feast for the eyes!  Most of these colors have been nearly impossible to find and now they are discontinued.  Lucky me, I stumbled upon an awesome eBay seller (quiltershusband) who went out of his way and really hooked this fabric junkie up.

In other news, my brilliant monkeys brought home their fabulous works of art from school yesterday.  So what’s a momma to do?  Scan them and show them off, that’s what!  And because I think they are good enough to sell, I’ve uploaded some high-res pics of them to my CafePress shop to have them printed on lots of goodies.  They now have their own section in my shop and the commissions earned from each sale will go directly into their respective college savings funds.  Monkey 2 wants to go to MIT for goodness sakes!  Monkey 1 is looking at either UT Austin or get this… Yale.  *_*  Either they bust their tails to earn full scholarships or I’d better win the lottery.

Here’s my oldest son’s work.  He didn’t have a name for it so I named it ‘Abstract Cat’.  Squint, tilt, lift your right arm… I promise there is a cat in there. 

I absolutely loved his use of such fiery colors.  This masterpiece was made with crayons.  He usually gets frustrated by paint because he likes to put so much detail in his drawings which doesn’t translate well when he uses brushes.  He really enjoyed making this though so I’m hoping to encourage him to try painting abstract works on canvas.

And here is my little one’s work.  He calls it, ‘Robot Cat’.

Can you believe how amazing it is?  I was (and still am) very impressed and surprised when he showed this to me.  He used mixed media (crayons, paint, and markers).  I’m sending their art teacher a friggin’ huge gift basket after seeing these two masterpieces. 

Let’s see, what else have I been up to…  Besides wearing myself out writing HTML, CSS, and PHP & Java scripts for my various sites… listing tons of inventory in my eBay /Etsy / CafePress / KarmaBox stores… answering 90-150 emails a day… Fuzzing gobs of Fuzzies… drumming up Ron Paul support in my neighborhood… and writing this little ditty… I guess not much.

Okay, I’m going to take a nap while you buy some of my genius children’s artwork. 

Blessings,
+ann
(An unbiased mommy.  Ha!)

Latest addition to our Felt Fuzzies family of fine felty fun.

I’m also working on the following new and spifferiffic hair clips: (more…)

Thanks to sites like Zazzle and CafePress – I can paint to my heart’s delight, sell the originals to art lovers, and then sell high-resolution prints of them on things like calenders, shirts, yard signs, mugs, bibs, tiles, and hundreds of other useful items. My family can set aside their morbid fear of being trapped in an art gallery (no touchy!), I get to pay my bills, and you get sumpin’ purdy! Woo hoo! A starving artist no more.

Seriously though, I love my CafePress ‘printables’. I have bought several of my own tiles, shirts, and other useful household items (waiting with bated breath for my Bob & Jane apron!!). Another thing besides the prices that I love about CafePress is the superb quality of their products. I have a shirt from there that has been washed a countless number of times over the past couple of years and it has yet to fade.

My compulsion to combine form and function in my work can be traced back to my youthful obsession with MacGyver. After all, if anyone can diffuse a bomb with a squirrel (more…)

I just finished a new painting, another in a series entitled “Doll Collection.” Yeah, it’s a working title… I still don’t have a name for any of my doll paintings. The first 3 were given away as gifts a while back.

This one measures 11″ x 14″ x 7/8″ and is painted with acrylics on gallery stretched canvas (staple free sides are painted black. Here’s the no-name doll herself (with a black frame graphic & watermark):

I hope to eventually name her, any (more…)