Christmas Kitties

More stepping stones that were Christmas gifts. I am almost to the end of the Christmas things here!

Christmas Stepping Stones

I've been working on some of these since October! The dog stepping stones that were for Christmas gifts. It's a lot of fun to see the pictures of the different dogs, and it seemed like this year I got a really large variety of breeds.

I'm Alive !

Holy Cow you guys, I haven't posted in a long time. But things in my life got pretty nuts there for a little bit. Here, I shall run through them really quick

-I applied to graduate school at Iowa State University

- I got accepted to grad school, I'll start in January getting my MFA in Graphic Design. The plan is to teach at a four year or university.

- I looked at apartments in Ames, seeing as my lease on my Des Moines apartment ended at the end of October and it made no sense to stick around for another two months and move durning December.

- Found an apartment- actually the exact same one I shared with two awesome roomies the last year of my undergrad. Great location, cute place, and an awesome landlady. WIN.

- I moved.

-Then I did the Market Day show in Des Moines for October. If I ever think that a show plus a major move in the same week is a good plan ever again, someone please slap me.

So all in all, life got pretty insane there for awhile. Now I'm back, comfortably settled into my Ames apartment (which I'll probably post a virtual tour of soon, 'cause it's awesome) and getting back to regular posts, regular artworkings, regular updates to the Etsy shop, and regular sleep (I think I like that last one best.)

Catching up on some of my latest work, here are some stepping stones that were completed last month- well, the ones that are not Christmas gifts, anyway. I don't want to spoil things for anyone :)

Stepping stone-black lab

This is one that I did as a sort of sample, but it is also up for sale, $70. I really like how it turned out.

Thank you everyone!

WOW! June has been an incredibly busy month. I've had a lot of fun and done a lot of work!

I'll be posting some of my new work here over the next couple of days. Some of it was seen at the Artwalk in Ames, some of it is brand new. Thanks to everyone who attended the Artwalk and made it a great success!

The painting above made it's debut at the Artwalk. It is 20" x 20", and still for sale. 

I'd really like to thank everyone who has come out to see me and attend the events that I've been at. I spent this morning at the Clean Paws Canine Walk & Run in Perry, Iowa. I met wonderful people and fantastic dogs- what an awesome way to spend the morning! Thank you Susan, and everyone who attended!

New work-Mother's day gift

I actually finished this last week, but I knew that it was a Mother's Day gift, so I decided to wait on posting it until now.  I've done these for about five years now- they are 12" X 12" concrete stepping stones (I buy them, I do not make them myself) that are custom painted from photos of  a customer's pet. I then seal them with an all-weather spray sealant.  They sell for $70 apiece. This one was for the Mom of one of the employees of Three Dog Bakery in West Des Moines. The dog is a Jack Russell Terrier/Border Collie mix. So cute!

Happy Mothers Day! Hi Mom, I love you! <3