gotta love this type of recycling

...this is happy good stuff...

I love that Valerie Weberpal uses recycled wools and textiles in making her pillow-like art dolls.  

 

They are all so charming, each singular in style...

festive and fun.

 Val and her work were a big hit at the recent event at the Jeanine Taylor Folk Art Gallery 

in Sanford, FL... 

(here's her work on display there...)

...and wonderful news...

Val will be among the featured artists at the

 Country Living Fair in Nashville next week...

WOO HOO!!!

I cannot wait to see what she has up her sleeve... you see, Val never uses a pattern in making her Harvest Moon creations...

 

She never repeats a design...

 

That's pretty cool!

 

 Here's a peek at just some of her latest...

and stay tuned for more fab creations 

on her page of the site...

Thanks Val for making these happy critters...

you make it all more fun!

 So glad you made it to the Country Living Fair Val..ALL YOUR NEW WORK IS NOW POSTED!!!

xo Jen

oh boy WOW30 for 30% OFF...this is BIG!

...this is BIG...this is WOW!

Let's celebrate her style!

30% OFF 

all paintings & creations by Laurie Meseroll....

Use code WOW30 at checkout THIS WEEK ONLY

CLICK HERE TO SHOP NOW!!!

...yes sale items too, prints, jewelry & smalls...

such a wonderful opportunity to shop during this promotion sale!

Thanks to Laurie for the amazing selection of work...here are some images of my current faves...

magic for the walls

Laurie Meseroll paints with a certain magic....

 In her inimitable style, landscapes and ladies become folly and fascination.

 

Her latest are among my favorites. 

Ever. 

 

And it seems I say that each time a new grouping 

of her original mixed-media work arrives...

but the truth is...

She just keeps getting better and better.

Treat yourself to a peek at her new arrivals...

CLICK HERE.

xxoo Jen

you never know what's up her sleeve...hello Monday

...hello Monday posts are something I have been doing for some time now linking up with my friend Lisa Leonard and her fab-u-lous blog...feel free to leave your BLOG link in a comment...how about some hellos...

hello Monday...it's time to bring you all up to speed on 

some new pages we've added to the site...

 

you see ...we never know what to expect from Laurie Meseroll, and that's ok, because her work always exceeds expectations! 

So we are really thrilled to add a TREATS page 

to her website offerings at Earth Angels Studios...

 So hello Monday and hello to original art at treat prices....pretty ribbons, festive things...and petite paintings on enamel...love these...

Hello tiny fairy paintings...these are so dear, 

and irresistible at their treat prices...

Hello to these wee busts...we're packing these to take to our event in Florida next month...if they don't sell before then!

Hello happy wintery days...they feel crisp and clean and I am fighting to be more organized about the to dos...and fitting in the fun...

Hello lots of skiing...

 ...and HOT CHOCOLATE...

Hello to you all and have a super week...

...hope this one's a winner

xxoo Jen

Sis-Boom and Barbara Strawser Part 2 of 2....FEATURED ARTIST OF THE MONTH!

...on Monday we took a quick peek back at the holiday open house of my wonderful and talented fabric designer friend Jennifer Paganelli of Sis-Boom....

The chain of friendship extended from Jane Dagmi to Jennifer and then Jennifer shared her style and savvy and yes, even her friendships with me...

This unraveling of relationships and connections is a certain magic...

Jennifer has Barbara Strawser's works around her home and has been a dear friend to Barbara for many, many years...

So, shortly after I visited Jennifer for the first time and feel in love with Barbara's works,

(search this blog for Jennifer Paganelli and peek at the many older posts...) I started to work with talented folk painter, Barbara.

 But it has been some time -- too long in fact -- 

since I have seen Barbara to buy her work from her...

she is quite old-fashioned and does not do email or digital images 

so I have to see Barbara to pick up paintings and she lives hours away...

so happy day! We got to spend some time together, once again, thanks to Jennifer Paganelli!!!

 a peek at her simple watercolor box...

and some papery supplies...she makes such magic from such humble things.

 Here are some of my faves...these are happy stuff....
and we are honored to feature Barbara 
as January's "HOME PAGE FEATURED ARTIST"...

Thanks to you Jennifer for bringing Barbara and her magic into my world...

you can see more of Barbara's new works HERE

 

xxoo Jen

big and wonderful and so very Meseroll

 

 ...had to share a peek at these amazing, huge and just arrived 

mixed-media folk art paintings from Laurie Meseroll. 

They are large and truly wonderful...

we had to get the whole crew involved to photo them!

This is the largest collection of large pieces I have had to date...

in all the time I have worked with Laurie...

and only two times before have I had such grandly scaled pieces...

I am smitten and had to share.

Details on sizes and prices are on the site...

Thanks Laurie for these beauties...cannot wait to share them with the folks who can see them in person at the Atlanta Country Living Fair....

they are so much more exceptional in person!

xxoo Jen

the fond farewells are wrapping up...oh Debbee...

For those of you that follow the work of Debbee Thibault you know that she announced her impending retirement -- and the retirement of all new moulds and the discontinuing of all designs in her collection -- at the end of 2013.

Since then, Debbee has been completing what orders she could...

until the moulds started to break...and some orders were cancelled 

(sorry again to those of you that missed those pieces....)

But most of you were able to add a special piece to your collection and we are grateful for your orders...the remaining inventory of her creations from the 2013 and prior year's collections are offered on these pages....we have a few wonderful pieces still available, among them some of the very last in the editions and most we have just one of still available...

There are some really special and very rare pieces still here, so do check the pages if you adore Debbee's work as I do...

 We're also truly thrilled that as Debbee has been still hard at work creating some tribute pieces to celebrate the high notes of her long career...these are called the "Fond Farewell Editions" and this entire collection is available exclusively through Earth Angels Studios...she is making them with the last of the available supplies and moulds and most are editions of just 4-8 pieces.

Among the first was "Bitty Cup Cakes"...I adore everything about this piece!

Just in last week were the festive duet...The Halloween and Christmas Spirits....

And the stellar "Good Luck Santa"...

I love that he's all about the silver and the sparkle!

 Santa for a Black Sheep is almost sold out...

 And then the wonderful "Santa's Favorites" with his pink house and Earth Angels bunny and teddy bear...

 And the dear little Itty Sweet Cakes...

 And among my personal faves, The Halloween Sprite...

You can see them all here and a few peeks are below....

I want to take this opportunity to thank Debbee from the bottom of my heart for the honor of sharing the last of these amazing creations to come from her heart and hands. 

I count Debbee among my friends, and I am so grateful for her in my life, and for all the talent she has shared with us who appreciate all she creates.

xxoo Jen