just wanted to pop in and wish you a very merry christmas…
it’s still busy around here: we’ve been busy packing up all our belongings into a storage unit near what will be our new home. it’s been lots of work, but we’re blessed with family and friends who were willing and able to help any way they could. hopefully we’ll start the new year in our new place.
again, merry christmas to all of you. may the new year bring all of us much love, laughter, and exciting new possibilities…
♥ – susie
the past several weeks have been filled with excitement, frustration, laughs, and anger. as mentioned in an earlier post, my husband and i are trying to buy our first house. for all of our seven years of marriage we’ve rented houses, and though i think we did a great job of making them our homes for the time we lived in them, we are SO looking forward to owning our own house.
but it sucks when you have to deal with individuals who have a much different sense of doing business, different ethics, and different goals. i won’t go into detail until this whole ordeal is over, but i will just tell you that the selling agent is lucky my husband and i haven’t met him in person…
anyway, i’m stuck in a vicious cycle of “we need to pack!” and “wait, this might not work out!” and back to “we need to pack!”…you get the idea, right? this week i spent packing away my beloved art supplies, to hopefully be opened again soon in our new home (fingers crossed!!!). my mom spent a couple of days with us and i got more done with her here than i have in weeks!
i am keeping my sketch pad handy, so i’ve been drawing lots with my awesome Faber-Castell PITT artist pens. i thought nothing could be better than drawing with my dear Sharpies, but i am LOVING these artist pens!
i’ll share photos soon of my drawings, but in the meantime keep sending prayers, positive thoughts, energy, light, whatever-good-stuff-you’re-into, our way please!!!
been busy adding items to my Etsy art shop, including sets of my holiday cards, now on SALE! i like my cards simple, as shown by my designs here. one set features a silhouette of a tree, decorated with red round ornaments. the message is clear and simple: “merry christmas”. the other set of cards features a drawing of a dove, carrying a red flower in its beak and wearing a garland around its neck. again, a simple but clear message to share during the holidays: “peace”. cards are black inside so you can include your own personal message.
these cards sell at events for $4.00 each. right now in my Etsy shop i have them in sets of 5 for $10 – that’s only $2 each!
while you’re there, please check out all my other listings – original artwork, stationery items, hand stitched ornaments, hand painted wood and tin items, and much more!
Etsy art shop – http://www.etsy.com/shop/asucarr
when i started blogging i told myself i’d be good about posting regularly.
hmm…does every 2 weeks (or so) count?
anyway, it’s been really busy around here, in my personal life. i posted early on that my husband and i were hoping to buy our first house. well, it looks like we’re well on our way! if all goes smoothly, we should be in our new – own! – house by the time the new year starts. (can’t believe there’s a new year around the corner!) i don’t want to jinx it by sharing too much, but it’s very exciting – please send positive vibes & prayers our way!
i’m having a great time tormenting the husband about what i’ll be able to do when we move into our own home. i’m pretty sure the scariest thing (for him) is that i want to draw a huge wall mural with my beloved black Sharpies. i CAN’T WAIT. seriously. i can’t wait to have our own home where we can the rooms any color we want, create a garden however we want, and answer to no one but ourselves. yay!
i have been trying to stock more items to the Etsy shops – both the art shop and the supply shop. i hope you’ll check them both out and consider doing some holiday shopping with me! you’ll be getting 100% handmade and unique work.
Etsy art shop – http://www.etsy.com/shop/asucarr
Etsy supply shop – http://www.etsy.com/shop/susiecarranza
remember, you can also find my work on the website we share with 3 other artists – www.artedenuestrocorazon.com. you’ll find beautiful Mexican folk art, Day of the Dead art, stationary items, beaded jewelry, and so much more.
until next time…
november 1, 2012. i can’t believe the year is almost over. can you?
if you follow Day of the Dead tradition, today – November 1st – is dia de los angelitos (day of the little angels). it is believed that babies and children who have passed away return to their loved ones for the day, to celebrate their lives.
i added lights and more flowers to our home altar today. (the blue box on the right holds photos and memorial/prayer cards of family and friends who have died.)
the vase reads “In Loving Memory
this light
shines as
a symbol of
a life and love
remembered”
meant for a candle or flowers, we had two of these vases at our wedding 7 years ago, one in memory of Lawrence’s sister, Adrie, and one for my paternal grandmother (Tita).
♥♥♥
susie carranza studio 