Earrings and Cards....

Many people are off and running with their Holiday shopping. Chanukah and Christmas are literally just days away. I have marked every earring in my Etsy shop, Lilleypad, DOWN by 10% and in my photo shop on Etsy, Lilleypics, there will be no shipping charges for custom orders only, including Holiday cards. All prices will hold until December 25th.

Please convo me with your custom orders so that I may create a listing reserved in your name!!
A portion of every sale is donated to the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation.

Happy shopping!!!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Norman Rockwell ( 1894-1978)

Freedom from Fear, 1943
War bond poster
Story illustration for The Saturday Evening Post, March 13, 1943

These have been some trying days not just at home, but for our men and women abroad. We pray for their safety and strength for their families. We pray for our country and the continued freedom we initially fought for, well over over 200 hundred years ago. But, for today, for tomorrow, for this years Thanksgiving celebration on Thursday, it is my prayer that we pray for freedom from fear, and that we can hold this beautiful image which Normal Rockwell painted for the Saturday Evening Post, over 60 years ago close in our hearts.

Psalm 23

Wordless Wednesday

Happy 85th Birthday, Aunt Claire!!!!!

We love you....

Holiday Cards #2

'Christmas Cheer'
'Christmas Baubles'
and for my Courier & Ives traditional, you all know,
'Armington House, Circa, 1868'

Here is batch, #2. Shadows and light once again, playing an all important part in each of the photos. If you look closely, in 'Christmas Baubles', you can see my reflection in the 'floating' blue ornament...surprise!!

These cards can all be found in my Etsy shop, Lilleypics, and my ArtFire shop, amylilleydesigns.

Holiday Cards #1

'Elegant Christmas'

'Christmas Baubles Overflowing'
'Starry Night'

Well, here they are. Photographed like jewelry, where shadows and light are so primary to get just the right shot. Once again, the Handmade community is beginning to work at a fever pitch with the Holidays quickly approaching. We are doing shows, working on our Etsy and ArtFire shops with promos and sales.

Here are three of the cards I am offering. I will post the next batch in a couple of days so you can take it in, half at a time. I may very well come up with even more before the months' end.
These cards can be found in my Etsy shop, Lilleypics, and my ArtFire shop, amylilleydesigns.

Wordless Wednesday

Ruby Red CZ

Lilleypad on Etsy

Wordless Wednesday

Gosta

Carl Larsson (1853-1919)
Private Collection/The Bridgeman Art Library