Step #1: le outline

Slowly adding drawing fluid.

Success!

Did silver too!

Planning the placement. The empty space is reserved for the owls.

Last night I added owl #2 to my screen, and the printing results were successful! This owl gave me more problems than the other one, but we've since settled our differences. I also cut the outline for my Christmas tree display for the ornaments. The last craft show I did people kept asking if they were catnip toys :)  

Screen printing!

Tracing a stamped design onto paper.

Finished drawing fluid stage.

Screen filler! Kinda globby, but I'm new at this! 

Bunches and bunches of cards.

The black ones printed really well!

And a beautiful, beautiful red owl freshly printed :)

After a series of unfortunate failures trying to block print my owls onto cards (so many perfectly round cornered cards wasted!), I begrudgingly decided to try screen printing the design. I REALLY didn't want to do anything but block printing because I put so much time into carving the stamps, but I looked up some how-to videos and learned drawing fluid+screen filler isn't such a difficult thing. My first attempt was unsuccessful because I was too impatient and the screen filler wasn't fully dry, but my second attempt has birthed me 13 beautiful cards. My next step is to do the other owl I designed in a similar fashion and begin those tonight. Then on Friday I'll trim the corners and put them into pretty packaging for a holiday craft show on Saturday. Go productivity! 

Okay, so I missed my Etsy shop and reopened it. There are definitely perks selling on here that I can't ignore, especially in terms of searching, exposure, and affordability. My bigcartel shop will remain open but will eventually have less items. I'm really sorry for my indeciveness, so I'll be doing a giveaway on my tumblr soon to make up for it!

Black Friday & Cyber Monday

From Nov 22 - Nov 27 my entire shop will be 20% off!  In addition, a randomly selected woodland animal card and a sticker set containing one of each woodland animal (fox, rabbit, owl, bear) will be sent with your purchase! The stickers are available exclusively with the sale, so they won't be around after Nov 27! Every sentence needs an exclamation mark!

Consumerism aside, I hope everyone who celebrates Thanksgiving has a fabulous time, whether you spend it with family, friends, or happily with a meal for one. Cheers!

The other cat ornaments

Remember my spotted blue cat ornament? Well, here are the other versions I talked about! They are all available for adoption in my shop, as well as my fancy pup and cat ornaments. 

Black Bear Brooch

Red Fox Brooch

Brown Owl Brooch

White Rabbit Brooch

Finally found time to post these here! A few months ago I designed some woodland animal brooches when I was experimenting with style a bit. I was happy with how they turned out, but I didn't feel like I nailed it. Two days before the last craft show I thought, "Meh, I'll at least see what happens when I draw a new owl." And so hours past and I drew a new fox, rabbit, and owl to replace the others. Drawing digitally isn't something I typically do, but it makes designing cute brooches really easy! 

Greeting cards are pimpin'

My new shop is open! I decided to update the stickers for the little storm cloud card from raindrops to a plaid sticker, a cloud, and two lightning bolts. I also updated the cats in scarves envelope to gray instead of black, and the woodland animal card pack is brand spanking new. I'll be adding stickers soon and my block printed kitty ornaments! 

Paper Goods-ness

Making new cards and envelopes have kept me busy the past couple of days. Made some new gray envelopes to replace the black ones for my Cats Get Down in Scarves card, and decided to make a 4 pk of the woodland animals. I'm hoping to design another holiday-y card for the craft show in December. I need more penguin things to sell...

My new online shop is in progress! I'm switching over to bigcartel from etsy, and I'm expecting to have everything uploaded next weekend. I'll keep you posted!

Saturday's Craft Bazaar

Hey look! This was my lil' table at the craft show I participated in this past Saturday. This was super fun and I wasn't sure what to expect, but plenty of friendly people came by and said some very nice things. I'm proud of myself for getting 4 hrs of sleep the night before instead of MAYBE an hour before the last one I did. I guess I'm getting better at planning? My head is full of new ideas and I'm pumped for the next craft show in December! 

On another note, sorry I didn't post for Favorite Artist Friday! I'm going to be lame and not do those anymore. I'll continue to post art that inspires me once in a while but I was over ambitious boasting that I would do it every Friday! Meanwhile, the links are still hot and ready to be clicked!

Happy Sunday! I'm going to spend the rest of today tidying up the massive mess I made in preparation for the craft show -_-