Sorry To Bore you All with my Busy Week…BUT, I Wish I was Here!!!

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Continuing my quest to make ever more, even quirkier, unique Peg Bags….My week started here! After considering where I would most like to take my washing in order to get it dry ~ having no electric dryer (living in the dark ages and all that) I considered it would be very cool to set off in my orange short set and matching hat to a remote, very deserted desert Island to watch my whites waft in the wind!! Hand drawn , cut and appliqued novelty Peg Bag ~ check out my Etsy Shop for more quirky items and gift ideas!

On a little roll of creativity, I got, interjected with…an urgent request from a lovely lady in the UK…..Could I make her…..An Origami folded fabric tote in the ‘little owl’ fabric, the same as I had made my little 8 pocket pouches???? But, Of Course!! I even gave her the option of a bespoke lining colour and wadding effect!! No sooner had I had her reply, I was racing off to the fabric store ~ before it closed to buy the requested colour – Duck Egg Blue!!

Received request…Sourced Fabric…Produced the next day….Listed for sale…and sold!…all within two days ~ shipped… and my lovely lady received it the day after ~ what a turn around in under 96 hours!!! My lady was so please I received this little note…….

I absolutely love my new tote and pouch 😊
Thank you it’s very well made and is already in use
It is definitely a talking point
I will remember you in the future for more purchases and recommend you to friends and family
Kind regards…

A wonderful result to make a creative crafter very happy!!!

Whilst on my jolly jaunt to source the Duck Egg Blue, I succumbed to purchase a little ‘Scottie’ Print cotton fabric as well ~ couldn’t resist! SO…

And then…..

Another ‘plumped’ up version…using some more of the Duck Egg Blue cotton fabric for the lining………….

https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/280529334/tote-and-mini-cosmetic-pouch-duo-set?ref=shop_home_active_26

If you want a conversation starter…this is a good starter!!

Moving swiftly through the rest of my week…………

I had enough ‘Owl’ fabric left to then combined it with a rich burgundy cotton for the lining for another unique tote creation….check it out……….

https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/281068022/owl-fabric-tote-free-shipping-super-cute?ref=shop_home_feat_2

back to where I was eventually in the week….Peg Bags ( with included Peg Doll creations for a lovely unique feature)

…Do you know how difficult it is to fashion Peg Dolls with full length Culottes ??? LOL ~ wish my garden was that tidy btw!!!

 

Another little cutie ~ I hope the little fluffy at the back can keep up!!!?!!!

A change of direction from the previous week’s makes…. having some ‘owl’ fabric left over from the commission and a selection of 8 inch squares hanging around for no apparent reason ~ I combined the two ~ into a simply colourful duo Place Mat Set…

https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/294711137/little-owls-patchwork-place-mats-skewed?ref=shop_home_feat_1

…on a ‘skewed’ roll again, rounded my week off 😉

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https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/294299903/set-of-six-coastermug-rugs-pink-and?ref=shop_home_active_3

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https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/280537690/coaster-matsmug-rugs-skewed-squares?ref=shop_home_active_14

Ok!!! I reckon tomorrow is a sewing day off after that week of creativeness 😉 perhaps a little weeding is in order ;-/ ???

A Now!!..Or Never Moment!!! Grab a Sale Bargain ;-)

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Have I lost the plot??? SHE just can’t stop making things and adding buttons!          BUT….DON’T MISS THIS!!!                                                                                                                           

My Crazy woman creator, IS HAVING…drum roll please…..A SALE!!!!!                                                                       15% OFF EVERYTHING with Etsy Coupon Code NEWYEAR2016SALE– Check out her Etsy Shop

https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/carenscanvasandcraft

And…grab a bargain for a limited time only….FOR JUST 14 DAYS, till the 25th January,….15% OFF EVERYTHING TO LOYAL FRIENDS, FAMILY, FOLLOWERS AND CUSTOMERS….BEFORE SHE HAS A MEGA SITE CULL FOR NEW CREATIONS!!!!Use the Etsy coupon code …..

 

Don’t miss out! In 14 days or less things might not be available any longer!

 

HETTIE

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” Aw….BUT Please….” My Weimarana Peppy’s sister..Hettie! A very quick pencil sketch of a sulking moment …..doesn’t it make your heart strings twang?! She was so pretty, here as a pup, as, I’m sure she still is today!

A lovely Weimaramer moment captured in pencil art!

A quick pencil sketch done on rough watercolour paper and mounted on sale in my Etsy shop

 

‘Wallis and Lamb’ Original Pencil Artwork

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‘Wallis Russell and Lamb Cuddle’
Copyright Caren Taylor 2015 All Rights Reserved – Now available on my Esty shop 🙂

After sending Mrs.P a couple of little pencil sketches of her beautiful hand crafted knitted bunny, Wallis Russell and Lamb, Roma was kind enough to urge me to put some more pictures upon my Etsy site. Roma has the brilliant little store over on Etsy – see below for the fabulous little creations she makes…
https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/CottageOnTheGreen If you haven’t seen Mrs. P’s Blog here on WordPress, I definitely urge you to have a look……
https://craftodyssey.wordpress.com/2015/09/29/the-story-behind-wallis-russell/
…Brilliant, funny and Hand made Crafts too :-)!!

TWO New ‘Wallis and Lamb’ sketches now over on https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/carenscanvasandcraft With thanks to Mrs. P for urging me to put them in my store ❤

”Wallis and Lamb Chatting” Copyright Caren Taylor 2015 All Rights Reserved

‘Penguins at the Pole’ An Original imaginary Polar Landscape Pencil Drawing

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Mounted and ready for shipping from my Etsy store Cute, Quirky, Original Artworks
Copyright Caren Taylor 2015 All Rights Reserved

Sometimes I do wonder what goes on in my head…???…well here is one of those moments :-D… A few hours of pencil pushing to produce a Polar Penguin picture…Isn’t imagination fun??!! 😀

‘Lenny the Leprechaun’ A Pencil Portrait of my ‘Doorstop Dumpy’ Creation.

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”Lenny the Leprechaun”
Copyright Caren Taylor 2015
*ALL RIGHTS RESERVED*
ONE.. of today’s little pencil sketches drawn from my very own Doorstop Dumpy created from my own patterns and ideas….for a glimpse of the cute little green subject – take a look at the link below, you may not have wandered across him on my site before?!

After grabbing my pencils for a little gift swap last week, I am overwhelmed how much I am enjoying the simplest of things once more, just drawing! Today I found myself totally absorbed in three little sketches, not to mention a slowly growing mound of graphite dust and sharpenings LOL 😀 Meet Lenny the Leprechaun, the first of three to be unveiled

Lenny the Leprechaun
Doorstop Dumpy’ – Handmade and Designed Character Doorstop
https://carentaylor.wordpress.com/2013/01/02/handmade-and-designed-doorstop-dumpy/
He being one of the very first posts I did after joining WP

‘LENNY THE LEPRECHAUN’
Copyright Caren Taylor 2015
*ALL RIGHTS RESERVED*
Here he is mounted, a totally unique little sketch, drawn from my own handmade creation, a ‘Doorstop Dumpy’ all ready for shipping, now in my Etsy shop!! A Cute quirky mounted (12 x 10 inches) ORIGINAL pencil drawing 

Pencil and paper moments

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I started Large…A  16 x20 inch mounted pencil portrait…….to give extra detail! Sometimes, as an artist…it’s just nice to touch base with the simpler things in life, like a piece of paper and a pencil! 🙂 Though, the paper is of the exquisite kind – 100% cotton, rough grade 140lbs/300g/sq m which I thinks added a lot of texture to the finished pieces!
Recently, I did a little gift swap with another WP blogger, MRS. P,  From the wonderful craftodessey!
Part of it was for a little requested pencil sketch of my adorable heritage bunny, which Mrs P had insisted I must have (who was I to pass up such an opportunity ???)……….. when it arrived – with a surprise unexpected little companion, knitted Lamb! My little bunny was given to me with a lovely letter telling me about her history. She was sent to be my new apprentice from the Workhouse. If you are new to all of what is going on here?? then a couple of links might help;
https://carentaylor.wordpress.com/2015/09/25/im-in-love-3-3-3-how-lucky-am-i-d/
https://craftodyssey.wordpress.com/2015/09/29/the-story-behind-wallis-russell/

The two little sketches I did for Mrs. P of her lovingly handmade and gifted (to me) knitted bunny, Wallis Russell and Lamb. Which The RM Postie delivered just yesterday as her surprise 🙂

Carried away by the moment – I seem unable to stop at the one I first thought I would do…..After all it is always nice to get an extra surprise!! 😀

….and so the sketches continue 😉
Watch this space for more tiny and large Wallis and Lamb portraits!

Oil Paintings from May!…….OMGoodness They are actually dry at last!!!!!!!!! :-D

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”Lurking in the bushes”

‘Dapple Shaded Poppies’

Mounted and ready for shipping as is My Original Oil on canvas
‘Dapple shaded poppies’

Dapple shaded poppies mounted

Time for a happy dance…get the clogs on!! Some may remember??…way,way,way back in May of this year I did ten Oil paintings on 14 x 10 inch canvas panels?! Only today have these two, actually dried out ;-/!! But, even just behind a mount, they were worth the wait! 😉 Glad I wasn’t holding my breath though – note to self……”add some white in future!! as it dries out much quicker mixed with other pigments”

”Oxbridge Days!” – An Original 14” x 11” black and white oil painting

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”Oxbridge Days!”
An Original Oil Painting on 14” x 11” canvas panel.
A bit of nostalgia….The scene is of Cambridge Uni friends of my daughter from her days at Oxford uni sitting on the banks relaxing away from hectic studying, chatting and watching the day go by. Although I have painted this scene before in watercolours, still being in my black and white oils phase, I thought it would make a really good subject ! 🙂

This being my tenth oil painting in 24 days!…I think I need to go back to sewing for a rest 😉 My window ledges are crammed to capacity until all the oil paints dry out – so, I must think up some new quirky fabric creations instead, to keep me occupied!

”One, Small One and Smallest One” An Original 14” x 11” Oil Painting

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‘One,, small one and smallest one’
An Original Oil Painting on 14” x 11” canvas panel.
Continuing with my black and white phase, yesterday, I started this little still life – it’s developed from a drawing I did many years ago of my little soft toy sheep ‘family’, click the link to see pencil sketch
https://carentaylor.wordpress.com/2013/01/04/pencil-drawing-of-still-life-one-small-one-and-smallest-one/

Happy Father’s Day! 🙂