Dew Drops

Peachy Dew Drops I

by Watercolor Artist Rita Squier

Art Card - ACEO

Original Watercolor Painting

2.5 x 3.5 inches

A new series of ACEOs currently added to my

Squier Etsy Shop

"HUGE SPRING SALE"

I just lised a whole lot of pre-cut assorted blank ACEO cards on my Etsy store: http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=6344288

Also, I'm selling a few Original ACEO cards. http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=6344288

And there's a big sale going on on both the originals and the aceo supplies.

FOR THE ENTIRE MONTH OF APRIL BUY ANY TWO ORIGINAL ACEOS AND THE SHIPPING IS FREE. ALSO, WHEN YOU BUY TWO ORIGINAL ACEOS AT REGULAR PRICE, THE THIRD ONE WILL HAVE A 50% DISCOUNT AND IF YOU BUY THREE AT REGULAR PRICE, THE FOURTH ONE IS "FREE". ALWAYS THE FREE OR DISCOUNTED ACEO HAS TO BE THE SAME OR LOWER PRICE THAN THE FIRST ONE.

SPRING SALE: From now till the end of April, when you buy 5 sets of Pre-cut blank ACEOs, shipping is FREE. Buy 10 sets and shipping is also FREE plus you get an extra set of your choice (of equal or lesser value)

Hugs,
Jade

Is Spring Here in your Neck of the Woods?

Well the flowers are starting to bloom and then all of a sudden we had snow yesterday :( but today the sun is out and the temps are rising again! Yeah!! I have drawn a burst of daisies aceo and it's for sell in my Etsy Store

Artbylisak

Come check out all my aceos

http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=23093055

Red-themed ACEOs

I just uploaded a bunch of brand new ACEOS to my Etsy shop. They were made by paintrolling the background on, then adding ink and acrylic overtop to make the images. I hope you like them!

Sunshine Canary

My newest ACEO for sale...it's a cheery little canary!

The wonder of swaps!

Although I belong to this wonderful group I also take part in another group that some of you may know. It is called Boomers and Beyond or BBEST for short!

Last month the BBEST team had an ACEO challenge with the theme set as ‘Spring’. Members were invited to contribute an ACEO in any medium to swap with others. There was a great response and many who had never tried creating an ACEO had a go, and really enjoyed themselves in the process!

For my part I entered the challenge with two, one in my PQ personality and one in my OAW persona.

My PQ ACEO was created using coloured felt pieces, vintage buttons, beads and a signature butterfly. With a bright sun to cheer the viewer on their way I wanted to achieve a bright, springy feel to this one!

The ACEO created under my OAW banner was created in the encaustic medium or painting in wax. Using my trusty travel iron and hot stylus for detail I imagined this stream running through some rocky crags with plants rearing their heads gingerly as Spring approached.

I suppose it was a sneaky way to secure a swap for 2 great ACEO’s. Let me show you what wonderful ACEOs I got in return!

Firstly from Hemlock Hollow came this beauty. She even used rocks (pebbles!) from her creek. Very pretty!

I think this was a ‘first’ and hopefully, not the last.

Meanwhile, the other ACEO I was lucky enough to receive came from Make Your Presents Felt and brought a cheery smile to the day. What a cheerful chappy!

Personally, I thought it was a wonderful way to introduce ACEOs to creators new to this format. To some ACEOs can be very daunting; to have to work in such a small piece of art can be challenging when you are not used to it. However, these two folk had never attempted this before and there were many who have realised what a fun and interesting size it is to work on!

New Treasury

If I could get a screen shot to work I would happily post my treasury here. Please come and visit it at
http://www.etsy.com/treasury_list.php?room_id=49780

Maybe you are in it.

I have included mostly ACETSY aceo makers and a few others for this spring themed treasury. Hope it is ok to mention it here. If not. Delete it administrator!!

Cute Art Worlds~ March Freebie~Family Faires

"Family Fairies"
March's Freebie!
I have a free design to give to everyone!
Double click on the design to get the full size.
Then just drag off to your desk top.
"please do leave your comments"
Let me know what you think of this new FREE Design!
The size is 5x7 you can print it from your printer!

Fiber Squiggle ACEO's

Lemon Lime Squiggles ACEO

I've just added over 15 new Squiggle ACEO's of different colors. This is my first attempt at a series. Usually, I'll create one or two pieces, so this is a first for me.

Metallic Silver ACEO

Each of these ACEO's were hand painted with Lumiere Paint on cotton muslin & then rubber stamped.

Cherry Red Squiggles, ACEO

I then added layers of irridescent Angelina Fibers, which unfortunately do not photograph well (so I enclosed a closeup so you could see them.)

Grape Squiggles, ACEO

closeup of Angelina Fibers

I then added different colored metal "squiggles" as embellishments.

Dark Chocolate Squiggles, ACEO

I normally don't work in browns, so I was unsure of both brown ACEO's, but the feedback I've been receiving seems to be positive.

Milk Chocolate Squiggles, ACEO

You can find these ACEO's along with others that I have made in my Etsy shop, Squigglechick.

Two New Designs!

"Carousel Horse Bunny Fairy"

Bada,Bada Bing!
Now is that some eye popping candy or what?
It was 3:22 am and I was up,I had a migraine and went to bed at 6pm!
Woke up and my head was spinning to create!

"Sea Creature Fairy"
I started with both creations a couple of days ago.
Although I did not get very far with them.
Finally they are both finished!
This one is my cool water creation!

I hope you like my newest creations!
You can find them in
My Etsy Shop

New Papercraft ACEO - Breezy in Brown

I'm so happy I can post here again :-) My latest ACEO on Etsy is a brown horse silhouette on a watercolour background.

Time to Say Goodbye to Winter

Adirondack Winter I

by Watercolor Artist Rita Squier

Original Watercolor ACEO

Art Card 2.5" x 3.5"

on 140 lb. Cold Pressed Paper

Now that Spring is here it is time to say goodbye to Winter. Let the inspiration of the new season help us grow as artists.

This ACEO and more Original Watercolor ACEOs can be found in My Etsy Shop.

http://squier.etsy.com

Memories Ready to unfold!

Thought I would share some of my ACEO's Photos today, I love to take photos and here are some I have for sale in my etsy shop

www.artbylisak.etsy.com

Purchase Here

Purchase Here

Isn't it amazing how much a camera can be, it will allow you to capture anything, anywhere to make time stand still!! Things we never realized we wanted to see again, there it is in a photo!!

Memories just waiting to unfold! Time to pick up that camera!

New Bird ACEOs in Shop

Haven't been drawing as much as I want/need/should. I don't know why I find so many excuses not too since it makes me happy.

Therefore I revisited my birdie ACEOs and made a couple of new ones which I have now put into My Etsy Shop: joojy.etsy.com

Enjoy!

(Click images to enlarge)
Watercolour and pigment pens.

Jo Fong
jofoland.blogspot.com

17 March brings out the Irish in you!

I guess if you have a hint of Irish blood in you, or you just want to join in, today is the day! Yes, it’s St Patrick’s day which is celebrated worldwide but especially in Ireland (of course!), New Zealand and North America. It is the one day of the year when the Irish theme is paramount and everything green goes and even if you have no Irish connections you can proclaim yourself to be Irish for the day!

In the past, Saint Patrick's Day was celebrated as a religious holiday. It became a public holiday in 1903, by the Money Bank. (Ireland) Act 1903, an Act of the United Kingdom Parliament introduced by the Irish MP James O’Mara. O'Mara later introduced the law which required that pubs be closed on 17 March, a provision which was repealed only in the 1970s. Can you imagine closing an Irish pub?

Queen Elizabeth, the late Queen Mother in England, used to present bowls of shamrock flown over from Ireland to members of the Irish Guards, a regiment in the British army consisting primarily of soldiers from Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland (Eire). Last year the waters in Trafalgar Fountains in London were turned green for the day. Here though let’s see what items can be found in the ACEO Street Team on Etsy!

Could this be an Irish hill?

over the hill-ACEO

by

rhradcliffedesigns

 

 

Or check out these signs of Spring!

Spring Renewal – ACEO

by

DianeClancy

 

 

… and in Spring there are always plenty of showers and sunshine to shelter from using parasols like these.

 

ACEO - Parasol - watercolor enhanced print

by

riverroadstudio

I really couldn’t let a chance like this escape, now could I?  How about some green bamboo?

Bamboo - Green, an original encaustic ACEO

by

onawhimsey

Remember……
A best friend is like a four leaf clover: hard to find and lucky to have. ~Author Unknown

A Vicious Circle: New ACEO by Lizardo Art

A Vicious Circle

Come visit my shop to see my latest ACEO, A Vicious Circle. Do you ever do things over and over even though you know there is no real benefit in it? Observing the tendency to keep repeating the same things over and over again inspired this title.

Read more about me on my blog.

Check out my original abstract ACEO's.

Dragon Fly Sugar Fairy

Hi everyone I have been so busy lately! So now I am ready to share with you all my new surprise!
I opened my own Hair Salon! I will still create my art everything will stay as it is. So no I will not leave my passion behind!
I named my Salon
"Idol Hair Design"
Located in Port Charlotte, Florida.
So now back to my newest creation!
This is my Dragon Fly Sugar Fairy.
It is my digital creation from the original art!
Totally tantalizing yummy sugar Fairy!
I hope you like my newest creation.
You can find it at

My Etsy Shop

Spring is in the air!

Since many of us a relishing the slightly (I did say, slightly!) warmer weather I wanted to share an ACEO with you! I belong to another Etsy group (Boomers and Beyond or BBEST for short) and they are having a swap for the month of March with the theme set as Spring!

So many images come to the fore don’t they? Finally, I decided on this ACEO as my entry. It is entitled ‘A Spring running down the Valley’.

Created using my favourite art medium of encaustic paint or painting with wax the ACEO has plenty of depth and detail to it. If you listen carefully you might even hear the tinkling of the spring water as it trickles down the mountain!

Now I just have to find out to whom I am to send it!

If you would like to view more ACEOs using this amazing 2000+ year old medium do visit my Etsy shop .

It's All About GREEN

It's all About "GREEN"

We need to do our part in keeping our earth cleanier and greenier for sure!
But Isn't GREEN a pretty Color, and St. Patricks Day is coming around the bend pretty quickly so I thought I would show off some of our members great art that is all about gREEn :)

This is My Daily Green He is For sale on Etsy Shop artbylisak on Etsy here
Paper Moon Delights Lisa

Search ACETSY for lots of great ACEO
Super GREEN art!

Oh la la, it's Mardi Gras!

Happy Fat Tuesday -- Mardi Gras --- (and Carnival, if you're lucky enough to be in Venice!)

I hope everyone plays it safe while having a little bit of fun!

Here's my joker..a little Heath Ledgerish..maybe an accidental homage, and a couple more I couldn't resist making tonite!

Smelly Rhino Studio

Regards,
Rebecca

Fly on Your Wings

Soaring on wings and not growing tired. Here are two ACEO created with this in mind. First, Find your Wings and Fly - is she an angel, a fairy or a woman who has found her stride? You decide.



Next, You Soar on Wings - whether fairy, butterfly, angel or otherwise, I hope they inspire you to reach new heights.



Both available as giclee prints at peaceofpi studio © JoMo 2009.

Now Fly!

Abstract Spring Tulip

(c) M Pruitt 2009

ACEO's are still one of the hottest selling original art items on the market! I think it's because they are affordable and collectors can add a great variety of original artwork to their collections at very affordable prices!

This is my newest ACEO - Abstract Spring Tulip - combining a stained glass look, with watercolor and ink. It's available in my shop TheCreatorsPalette

Make Life a Breeze!

Well, I might not be able to make all your lives a breeze but I do have information that might help blog authors.  For those of you who have already discovered Microsoft LiveWriter please bear with me!  Have you checked it out recently?  There are some awesome new tweaks that you can incorporate now!

Microsoft LiveWriter (LW).  What is it?  This program which is free to download from the Internet has been created to simplify and encourage blog authors who like to post on not only one blog but on a variety.  Each blog, as you know, has a different look.  That will be down to the fonts, settings, layouts etc.  Also, when writing a post directly in the actual blog and you want to list a picture it has the annoying habit of receiving the picture but placing it at the top of the post so that you have to juggle the layout each time you do this!  Grrrrrrr!!!!

So for this, life is simple and a breeze!  I have been using the program for a while now and downloaded the latest version called Windows Live Writer 2009.  Check this site http://windowslivewriter.spaces.live.com/ for good informative details about what LW can do for you.

Once you have downloaded the program all you have to do is register your blogs so that LW can remember each blog and all its settings without you having to do anything other than be creative with your words!

For this you will see at the top of your screen page the word ‘Blog’, second in from the right, next to ‘Help’.  When you click on ‘Blog’ you will see a drop down menu showing View, Manage, Edit, a list of blogs you have registered and ‘Add Blog Account’.

The latter heading of ‘Add Blog Account’ is where you need to go.  However, in order to complete the information input you will need to know a) the name of the blog  b) your username (ID) and c) your password.  Imagine entering a building full of filing cabinets and being told to file your book in the correct place!  Well, it would be helpful to know which room, which cabinet to go to and which key to use to unlock it!  You get my drift?

Once the program has recognized your information and found your blog a page will open displaying a title bar and blank page in the same format as your blog….. magic!

Now you can write to your heart’s content, edit, save as a draft, insert a table, a picture which you can place where and how you want from the tools provided on the right of the screen.  Videos can be added too!!  You can create albums or use different borders and effects. This program will work with most popular blogs like Windows Live, Wordpress, Blogger, Live Journal,  TypePad, and many more.   It will even help you with YouTube videos!!

LW will allow you to preview your post to see how it will look before you publish!  Note on the pictures above I have tilted them and added a watermark.  Neat isn’t it?

Remember to add your tags so people who search can find you.  This is done in LW too.  You will find the area for this under ‘Set Categories’ at the bottom of the page.  There are many more aspects to the program but for the moment and for the sake of the content of this post I would stick to the blogging side of things.

I could go on and on and really bore you but I suggest you go see for yourself and decide.  Life will never be the same.  This clever tool helps encourage would be authors to write to different blogs because all the hard work has been taken out of it leaving it a pleasure to create with words and pictures!

This post was created using LW as proof of the pudding! 

The View-Mistress!

She's everything!! Sweet and functional! --- (Don't we wish we all were?)

Rebecca
Smelly Rhino Studio

New ACEO's

Hi! My name is Magdalene Lima-Fiallos of Gifts of Creation. Please visit me at at my etsy shop and my art blog. I am thrilled to be part of ACETSY. Here are my latest ACEO creations. I plan on doing a bird series

Splat Series

Splat II

by Artist Rita Squier

An Original Abstract Watercolor Painting 

ACEO Size: 2.5 x 3.5"

140 lb. Cold Pressed Archival Watercolor Paper

This one and others in the series can be found in my Etsy Shop.

Squier.Etsy.com

ACEO Variety

I love creating ACEOs! It is seriously something I try to work on every day. In fact, my husband sometimes finds it hard to spend time with me when I'm in depth working on a new one. Sometimes I'll spend a lot of time making an ACEO, and then it won't turn out how I wanted, and it will definitely affect my mood. Then again, when it comes out to be one I like, then it's great. Here are some that I really, really like. You can see more at my Etsy shop.

Original ACEO: Abandoned by LizardoArt

Original ACEO

Abandoned by LizardoArt

Old abandoned buildings inspired my latest ACEO. I used acrylic paint and various textures to give it a weathered feel. I painted on canvas paper and then mounted it onto illustration board for support. You can frame this or put it on a stand for display.

This is one of several in a series, more coming soon! To see more currently available ACEO's, visit my shop.

Give yourself a Valentine

Here's a collection of the hearts I've painted this month (plus a few collages that were my first ACEOs ever). You can see hundreds of hearts on ACEOs in my etsy store. I've priced the ACEO originals at 25% of my usual price point so all Etsy artists can afford them. Plus, since I'm collecting ACEOs as well, I do trades - but only for original ACEO creations. Convo me if interested.
Have a great Valentine's Day. Appreciate yourself and all those you hold dear. Blessings, Raphaella

Catch The Luck Of The Irish

I know it is a bit early for St.Patrick designs.
I just had to get this one out of my head!
Crazy as it is I love it so much and I am not even Irish!
I hope you like my newest creation.
You can find it at
My Etsy Shop

"BRAND NEW ACEO PRINTS, HOT OF THE PRESS"

Good morning everyone. I'm so happy to be a part of the Acetsy Street Team and this blog. So exciting!!!

Anyways, I'm off to a great start today, just added some brand new listings to my Etsy store, new ACEO prints, bookmarks, notecards, stickers and magnets. I also listed a few ACEO sets and each comes with a great savings. More products coming soon, I'll keep youposted. I'm currently working on a few new ACEOS and also on a secret project I'll share with you all soon.

SPECIAL OF THE WEEK:

I'm giving FREE SHIPPING and a FREE GIFT to the first five customers buying any of the sets offered in my store. Take advantage of this double savings, not only you save when buying the sets you're also getting FREE shipping and a FREE gift!!! There's still time for a sweet Valentine's Day gift, so hurry and get your sweetheart a littlesomething while saving lots of money. Take a look at the new products here: http://www.jadefantasyart.etsy.com/


Many hugs a have a wonderful week,
Jade