Oh hey, August...

There's Always Room at the Top...for a Hug!
12x12, acrylic on canvas
©the enchanted easel

not only are you one month closer to Fall and all things PUMPKIN SPICE (ridiculously happy about that, btw)....you are also MY BIRTHDAY MONTH! Shout out to all the Leos (and Virgos) out there celebrating as well! 💝🎂🍎🌟

Throughout the month of AUGUST ONLY,  I am offering a FREE 6x6 PRINT of a painting I did back in 2014 to commemorate one of my all time favorite characters from childhood (and now too)...HELLO KITTY!! She turned 40 back in 2014. Can we talk about how old that makes me feel?? I digress...back to the FREE PRINT. 

You will receive a FREE 6x6 PRINT of this painting with ANY PRINT PURCHASE in my Etsy shop....all August long. No coupon. No code. And, BONUS-I'm still offering FREE DOMESTIC SHIPPING on EVERYTHING in my shop for the remainder of the Summer. WIN WIN!! 

Happy Birthday, August babies!! 🎈🎉🎂🎊

PS-THE ORIGINAL PAINTING IS AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE. CONTACT ME IF INTERESTED. 

Puppies and Petals....

Emily's Commission
12x16, acrylic on canvas
©the enchanted easel 2018

or sleeping puppies and lots of pink roses, to be more exact. My latest commission was a complete dream to paint. So girly. So me. And, I mean, who can resist some cute little sleeping puppies resting on a rose petal dress.

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Making the world a little sweeter...one painting at a time.

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{If you'd like something special created for your little beauty, contact me and I'll do my very best to accommodate you.}

illustration friday~PINK

Sakura Dreamers
11x14, acrylic on canvas
©the enchanted easel

With this week's Illustration Friday prompt being my most favorite color 💗PINK💗, well I couldn't resist posting something!

Cotton candy clouds, a strawberry moon and cherry blossoms with a sleeping baby elephant. The stuff dreams are made of....well, at least mine anyway.

Throwback to 2016's Sakura Dreamers. PRINTS and PENDANT NECKLACE available as well as some other GOODIES such as sketchbooks and mugs available in my Society 6 shop.

(PS-pendant necklace is FEATURED in the Spring 2018 Jewelry Affaire magazine. A full double page spread penned by yours truly.)

Illustration Friday...it's been a while!

The Lucky One
6x6, acrylic on canvas
©the enchanted easel

With this week's prompt being MONKEY well, I kinda though this would be fitting. Flashback (Friday) to 2016's "The Lucky One"...and the year of the MONKEY. 🐵

PRINTS and PENDANT NECKLACE available in my Etsy shop. Other GOODIES available in my Society 6 shop.

Look at that happy little face...😊🐵

2 New Pendant Necklaces...

are available in my Etsy shop and 2 more days of FREE SHIPPING....on everything!!

*sale ends 3/31 at 11:59 pm EST

Snowdrops...

one of the first signs of Spring. 

Happy first day of Spring!!

"Serenity Amid the Solstice". 2018's first painting (and my favorite painting to date). PRINTS available and PENDANT NECKLACE coming next week!

PS/BTW, I'm still running a FREE SHIPPING SALE on EVERYTHING in my Etsy shop. Sale ends 3/31 at 11:59 pm EST.

Sleeping puppies and pink rose mountains...

Truth be told. I don't usually share my sketches for commissions until after they are complete paintings. I'm a little superstitious like that. However, it was a request from a friend of mine on Facebook who commissioned me to do a special painting for her daughter's Sweet 16. She wanted to "share" it so I obliged. Helped me conquer my little superstitious fear along the way so I was all for it. 

Puppies, pink roses, blonde hair and brown eyes were the only must haves in the painting. My mind goes right to sleeping puppies on a dress made of rose petals amid large pink rose mountains in the background. Add some whimsical vines and rosebuds (which I have since added to the sketch) and Emily's 16th birthday painting is on it's way to the canvas.

They LOVED the sketch so I will be happily be working on this painting for the next few weeks. Larger scale at 12x16 but I'm super stoked for it.

Sleeping puppies and pink rose mountains...making the world a little sweeter, one painting at a time.

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SPRING SHIPPING SALE!!

Despite being sad to see my beloved season of Winter make it's exit later this month, I try to spread the love to the other seasons as well. 😉

No better way than to start an early Spring with a FREE SHIPPING SALE!! ALL items in my Etsy shop are are listed with FREE SHIPPING. No coupon code needed. Sale ends March 31st at 11:59 PM EST.

🌸🌷Happy Early Spring!!🌷🌸

Gong Hey Fat Choy!!!

Lucky Puppy
6x6, acrylic on canvas
©the enchanted easel 2018

Little Mei-Hua has stopped by to wish everyone a very Happy Chinese New Year!! It is her year, after all. 

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PRINTS and ORIGINAL PAINTING are available. 

PENDANT NECKLACE coming soon!!

Gong Hey Fat Choy!!

2018's first painting!!

Serenity Amid the Solstice
11x14, acrylic on canvas
©the enchanted easel 2018

And I love her! So much!

Inspired by my love of winter (yes, I LOVE WINTER-someone has to), snowdrops and green eyes, I present to you the beautiful, Lumi. Meaning "snow" in Finnish, Lumi just seemed like a good name....I mean she kinda has a Scandanavian like vibe to her (well, to me anyway). Painted in a palette of soft sages and gorgeous grays, I wanted to give a wintry like feel to her without using baby blues and icy pastels. I must say, I throughly enjoyed this color palette I chose. 

Those big green eyes (I LOVE GREEN EYES-i digress), conveying a feeling of serenity surrounded by the delicate beauty of the snowdrop flower and kissed by butterflies wings. Lumi is indeed, "Serenity Amid the Solstice".

PRINTS AVAILABLE HERE and I'll be turning her into a pendant necklace in the next few weeks. Pendant necklaces available here.

I really hope you love her as much as I do. She sure does own a piece of my winter loving heart.

A new snowdrops painting....

is in the works for 2018!! 

I LOVE WINTER...AND SNOWDROPS! Basically, anything including the word "snow" is usually is enough to make me happy. :)

Been working on a new snowdrops themed painting these last few weeks with a serene color scheme of soft sage green and a bevy of gorgeous grays. Different than my usual bright and colorful color palette, yet I must say I'm thoroughly enjoying it. 

Progress pics below as well as January 2016's "Silence of the Snowdrops" painting (still my favorite painting to date) with links to PRINTS and a sweet pendant necklace featuring that painting.

Wishing everyone a blessed and happy New Year!!

PRINTS 

PENDANT NECKLACE

NEW DRAWING AVAILABLE!!

hazel
8x10, graphite and colored pencil on 80b cold press cream drawing paper
©the enchanted easel 2017

With this being the last day of November (YAY DECEMBER!!), I thought it was a good time to post this drawing of a little autumn themed girl I named Hazel (because I need to name EVERYTHING). She is done in graphite and colored pencil made by my FAVORITE pencil maker, the fabulous Derwent Company. Seriously, these people make the best pencils ever-no matter what type you're looking for. I own them all. Really. Obsessed with Derwent. Those Brits make some really handsome looking pencils. I digress...this drawing was done with the Coloursoft line of colored pencils and their graphite pencils as well. Love me some Derwent.

Hazel has a summer sister by the name of Mirasol found here. Both are available FOR SALE as original drawings. NO prints will be offered.

ONE MORE DAY OF FREE SHIPPING ON EVERYTHING IN MY SHOP!! SALE ENDS 12/1 AT 11:59 PM (EST).

Christmas time is here!!!

and I've added some beautiful little snowflake ornaments to my shop featuring mini prints of my winter girls trio of drawings. THERE ARE ONLY A FEW OF THESE TO GO AROUND!! Buy one. Buy all three. And, take advantage of the FREE SHIPPING still available until Friday, December 1st.
I. Love. Winter...and Christmas!

It's That Time of Year Again!!

Annual Black Friday sale-starting a little early!!

FREE SHIPPING ON EVERYTHING IN MY ETSY SHOP!! CLEARANCE ITEMS INCLUDED!! NO CODE NEEDED. And, as a little THANK YOU to everyone who has purchased my art this year, a 10% OFF COUPON will be given to you as well (at checkout) to use towards your next purchase.

*sale ends 12/1 at 11:59 pm (est)

Wishing everyone the Happiest of Thanksgivings!!

Little Lionel...

lionel's lullaby tree
6x6, mixed media on canvas panel
©the enchanted easel 2017

every night he gathers by his most favorite toadstool under a sky of polka dot stars. Magically, the leaves begin to play the most peaceful of melodies that lull little Lionel into the sweetest of sleeps.

Lionel's Lullaby Tree. NEW ART PRINT FOR SALE HERE!! I also have the ORIGINAL PAINTING AVAILABLE. Contact me if interested.

I loved working on these mixed media animals over the summer. I also have an owl named Otus available here and two others I worked on last summer (an adorable bear and another owl). These are so much fun and I'm hoping to maybe work on some arctic animals this coming January...because we all know how much I LOVE WINTER!!!

NEW PENDANT NECKLACES!!

I have been working on these sweet little pendant necklaces for the last few weeks and am so happy to finally be able to share them with you. They are FOR SALE in my Etsy shop...just in time for holiday shopping! I have 9 different designs available. If you would like one custom made for you in a different metal finish (antique bronze, antique copper and antique silver are the choices), please contact me and I will do my very best to accommodate you.

I had made a few of these sweeties last year in only the oval shape and once they sold out, I decided to try some more of a variety with the rectangles and squares and with the addition of a cute little matching flower charm (because let's face it, mostly all of my latest paintings include flowers...and I'm perfectly okay with that). I thought the charm was a lovely addition.

Each one of these are entirely HAND CRAFTED by yours truly...from the necklace cards they are placed on (designed by me and printed by Vistaprint) to the tiny little bows tied by my arthtic right hand and I tied....my "little labors of love".  I hope you love them as much as I do.

NEW OWL PRINT AVAILABLE!!

Otus' Opus In Bloom
6x6, mixed media on canvas panel
©the enchanted easel 2017

Little Otus...with an ostentatious screech here and there, he manages to assemble quite the composition. So much so, it makes the flowers bloom...even at night. PRINTS are available and the ORIGINAL PAINTING IS ALSO AVAILABLE. Contact me if interested.

I worked on this little guy over the summer along with a baby fox (available next month in my etsy shop). Had such a blast making a couple of mixed media animals last summer, that I carved out some time to do a couple more this summer. These are so much fun and allow me to use the wide range of art supplies I have (and I still never manage to use them all-I mean one can NEVER have too many art supplies. just sayin'). Everything from my beloved acrylic paints to scrapbook papers, sheet music, oil pastels, palette knife, inks...and the list goes on. Looking forward to sharing the fox in November. Speaking of November....

it's one step closer to (wait for it, wait for it)...WINTER!! And oh how I have MAD LOVE for winter. I mean someone has to, right? Well, that someone is ME! :) On my easel right now is a winter themed painting featuring snowdrops (I so love the delicate beauty of those flowers). Here's a peek...

She's a beauty, if I do say so myself.

And, before I forget....NEW PENDANT NECKLACES coming next Thursday, November 2nd to my etsy shop. I redesigned them and added sweet little flower charms to further showcase the artwork. Super excited to share these just in time for the HOLDAY SHOPPING SEASON!! Stay tuned....