St. Lucia Day

In spirit of St. Lucia day, I've chosen some of my most favorite scandinavian style items to feature!

violuepaperarts

handyjan

robinandmould

roddyandginger

mengseldesign

tialys

abelcarver

minthome

BCharmer

mostazaseed

sweetina

SimonysArts

LoveSal

Last but not least, My own dalarna horsie! I've used him on a lot of Christmas ornaments and wrapping paper!! He looks extra handsome on felt;)

(an old pic my mom had of me doing the st. Lucia day routine-obviously we never took it very seriously as I think that it was the advent wreath that we used, and I was still in my work uniform...)

Christmas - Santa Lucia Sweden

For those of you who were wondering... "what the heck?" Why does
Corrabelle have a picture with candles on her head?

Mrs. Wilson's Brood

Just sharing a new original watercolor that I've listed in my shop- based on the tragedy of Mrs. Wilson.

Mrs. Wilson, you see, was our finch (or rather my sister's) who had such a compulsive need to lay eggs, yet none of them ever hatched.


However, she didn't seem to notice. She would simply carry on and building her nest.
 She and Mr. Wilson** would sit on their eggs, day and night, in hope that one might hatch. However, if an egg proved to be taking too long for their liking, it was tossed out of the nest and into the food dish.


**may Mr. Wilson rest in peace-we will discuss his suicide at a later date. It's much too soon to talk about it.
Mrs. Wilson is now happily settled in at a retirement home though, where she may meet another Mr. Wilson.


A side note: If any of you ever does have a finch who is a maniac egg layer, do not remove the eggs from the cage and leave them in a dish on the dining room table for observation. They so closely resemble cadbury mini-eggs and can be easily mistaken by an innocent (and later very disgusted) passer-by. Please don't risk it. I speak from experience.

Happy Hanukkah from us to you!

Watercolor winter wonderland

A quick post only to share a few recent designs for my Christmas cards being sold at

AllSorts Gallery.

White backgrounds weren't actually an intentional theme, which is kind of funny because I normally don't leave such empty spaces. I find it refreshing though:)