I LOVE wearing and making memory wire bracelets – just wrap around your wrist and go! I love how they spring back to their coiled shape when you take them off. This week I added some new beaded bracelets to … Continue reading
it’s been a while since i’ve blogged…
every time i tell myself i’m going to blog consistently – life happens.
the end of october brought with it the first anniversary of losing my sister patty
then, on november 2nd, my mother unexpectedly lost her sister, josefina (my Tia Chepa). once again, we were faced with the loss of a loved one right before the holiday season.
i won’t go into emotions right now…i’m just dealing with making sure my mom’s okay and that she not get ill, as she did when we lost my sister. she’s still recuperating from that…
i’m just getting back to work again. on a personal level, i am not thinking of celebrating holidays right now. from a business level – life goes on…shops remain open…
this past week or so i’ve been working on Christmas ornaments. i just listed some to our website – i’d love for you to check them out!
wood ornaments by Susie Carranza for http://www.ArtedeNuestroCorazon.com
ornament: pot of marigolds with mini serape & heart milagro…
ornament: Frida with El Venado Loteria card…
ornament: large orange rose with miniature clay pottery…
ornament: Frida with wing milagros & flowers…
for these and lots of other handmade art pieces, please go to http://www.ArtedeNuestroCorazon.com
i’ll also be adding new items to my Etsy art shop and Etsy supply shop in the next few weeks. please support the handmade community and original artists this holiday season! ❤️
(i bought the raw handmade wood ornaments i used here from Terramaya on Etsy – make sure to check out her shop!)
’til next time…
happy new year! i hope this post finds you happy and hopeful in this first week of the first month of 2014.
i wanted to share the first creative thing i’ve made this year. i’m part of a Facebook group of artists, The Studio, and the artist who created the group – April Cole – challenged us to create an art badge as a way of celebrating our one year anniversary as a group. i hadn’t participated in any of the challenges or activities so far and i signed up for this. who cared that i’d never created an art badge in my life! we were to post it on our Facebook group page on january 1st.
this is what i came up with. i covered a chipboard heart shape with a gelli print, and went at it…
…and i love it!
i chose the phrase “create every day” for my badge. i plan to place this somewhere in my work space where i can see it daily, to remind myself to really create EVERY day. even if all i can manage is a drawing in my sketchbook late at night, into the early morning hours.
CREATE. EVERY. DAY.
i’m grateful for this challenge. it made me think about what i want this year to be: creative, colorful, and full of art.
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so, have i been creating every day? we’re three days into january, and so far, yes. if you guessed it’s late night/early morning drawings in my sketchbook – you’d be right. my days are busy right now with personal issues, but i make it a point to stay up late, pull out my Sharpies, and draw.
i have lots of plans for this year. yesterday (due to the personal issues) i decided to temporarily close both my Etsy shops. my husband (a.k.a. my shipping department!) and i need some time to focus and regroup. and just breathe! but it’s only for a short time. i have my work table going with new projects, lots of ideas jotted down in notebooks – on the first of the year i even signed up for an online course with artist Jeanne Oliver. i have lots to share and i can’t wait to get new items into the shops! (if you’d like to see what i’m up to late at night, follow me on Instagram.)
again, happy new year! and if you have a favorite word or phrase of your own, please share in the comment section!
til next time…
susie carranza studio 