Oh, Such a Bad Blogger!

I told myself I wasn't even going to begin by saying anything about resolutions...

 it's over two weeks into 2014

(how did that happen?)

 and I am just now wishing you all a Happy New Year...

I hope it's going well for everyone!

Why is it that I put off things that I love doing?

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I identify so well with this fellow!

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My good friend Ardeth sent me this cute kitty New Year's card...



Love it!

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And, I promised pictures of some of my animal-portrait ornaments,



so even though it is late, late, late...



(Or extremely early, depending on how you look at it)



I'll still post some pictures ~ :)



Hope you like them...I just love doing these ornaments!



Let's just pretend I'm really on the ball for 2014!



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Here's my painting set-up...satin glass ornaments and acrylic paints.

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I begin by lightly sketching in the face using a liner brush



 with thinned white acrylic.



This is my Tallulah ~ ♥



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Then I blocked in the main colors...



White always takes several coats!



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Leo, contemplating art and life...



and wondering why it's 'Lulah on the ornament!



(It looks like he's just drained the shot glass, doesn't it?



Those little glasses are perfect ornament-holders!)



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Making progress on Tallulah's ornament...

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Finished!

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Here are a couple of sweet canines..



Since I wasn't familiar with these fellows,



I did more detailed preliminary sketches before actually painting on the ornaments.

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Here's one of the finished pups...this is Kody ~ ♥



I'll also be adding house-portrait ornaments for 2014 :)

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Now, I'm actually going to do a second post with a little project I just finished!



Stay tuned!



I'm going to leave you with a few photos from Christmas...



hope all of you had a merry, blessed one!

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I didn't really have a plan for decorating this year...



I was so busy with commissions, and there had been so much going on...



Somehow little vintage toys just gathered themselves together...;)



and I decided that they were as good a theme as any...♥

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I know, there's a LOT of stuff...



When it was finished it kind of reminded me of a Christmas "I Spy" book



Jonathan had when he was little....

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The Crossword Anagram letters are from my childhood...



The truck was Nelson's, and the little iron was my mom's...as were the story books.



(Except "Alice", I got that when I was little.)

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The china doll, toy kitchen utensils and miniature furniture were also my mom's.

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The little vintage Santa belonged to husband Nelson's mother...



a birthday candle just fits in his holder ~ :)

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Antique German chocolate molds...many from my dear friends Elaine and Wendy. ♥♥♥

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An Ino Schaller belsnickle...in lavender...love him!

The celluloid reindeer has red rhinestone eyes...♥

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I filled my sleigh with all vintage glass ornaments...there's a Santa lightbulb,




twisted tin icicles, aluminum bells (also Nelson's mom's) and my little Woolworth's Nativity, too,




still in its original box (29 cents) in there, too!




Have a wonderful weekend, all!









Love,






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