Posts tagged ‘etsy’
“I think it is in collaboration that the nature of art is revealed.” – Steve Lacy, composer, jazz saxophonist.
As much as I appear to be a one-woman operation here at Lauren Alexander Art headquarters I enjoy the opportunity to collaborate with others. When I saw The Charm Lady on Etsy I knew it was meant to be.
I contacted her to see if she does custom work. She does. I picked out some of my favorite new paintings….we work out the details… she melts metal…bada bing bada boom… I get the most beautiful art-jewelry pieces I have ever had the pleasure of selling.
There are a total of 5 different necklaces. BUT each necklace has TWO sides, two designs, yes that’s two necklaces (really) for the price of one.
Have I lost you you yet?
Stay with me. I did not make these necklaces. But they were custom made for me by Lori, the Charm Lady, a talented artist and downright awesome person to work with. Here she is explaining her work to me:
“Your gorgeous images are sandwiched between 2 pieces of glass, wrapped with copperfoil tape and then soldered around the edges with a lead-free silver solder. Each piece is finished of with some light sanding and polishing 
“
You can only find these wearable artworks in my store. And I only have a few of each. So think of your friend, your mother, grandmother, favorite aunt, wife or girlfriend, or for goodness sakes just think of yourself!
You can find the selection of necklaces here. I hope you like them as much as I do. I am totally in love with this collaboration. I’d love to hear your ideas and feedback.
I’m here: www.laurenalexanderart.com or go directly to my shop: www.fromsmallthings.etsy.com
And you can find the amazing work of The Charm Lady, Lori here:
www.thecharmlady.etsy.com and www.thecharmlady.blogspot.com
Sunset; digital collage sheet by Lauren Alexander on Etsy
You know who you are. You walk into a garage sale and see a chair with three legs and shredded upholstery and think, “SCORE, I can’t believe they are selling this future shabby chic vintage ottoman!”
Foxy; digital collage sheet by Lauren Alexander
Yes you, who saves your wrapping paper, toilet rolls, and/or pine cones. Or maybe you just stroll through Pinterest marking amazing projects you never thought of because you don’t re-envision everything you see as a handy new paper towel holder. But someone does….
Today is your day! You are a visionary, and I applaud your talent.
You may or may not know it but over a period of about 5 years I made hundreds of small trading card sized paintings. Each of those paintings were sold, some were made into prints, and some just evaporated. Most of them were pretty cool though and I think they deserve a second life…
I will get to the point. All of my “old” small paintings are being re-born as a supply for your never-ending creative drive. I am making digital collage sheets for yo
ur downloading pleasure. There is no limit to the possibilities of what you can do with them, but then I don’t have to tell you that.
Right now I have 6 different collage sheets of my small original paintings. Each sheet has different designs from the other. So it’s best to collect all of them. Better get craftin’!
Which One Are You; Original watercolor painting by Lauren Alexander on Etsy
In March I traveled to New York City. I was lucky to stay with someone who took in a stranger and helped me navigate the high-pressure subway system. On one of our long rides from midtown to 170-something street we both stared up at an advertisement.
The person, a woman, a professional, and single Manhattan-ite whom I learned a lot from and admire to this day asked me a question that I never got out of my mind.
We were staring at a sign that displayed a row of models posing in lively happy ways in pretty bright colored dresses. I have no idea what the ad was for…hopefully dresses but god knows it could be for pest repellant or some unrelated thing.
“Which one are you?” she asked making conversation.
Looking at the row of ladies all in different dresses I knew exactly which ones I wasn’t. I was not the flowy flirty blue blonde….or the sassy strapless giggle box.
I told her I was the one in the black dress. “But if the dress were longer.” I must have sounded like someone from the “compound” in Utah with that qualification but to be honest I didn’t see myself as any of those ladies.
Her response was priceless, “With your legs? Oh puh-leeze.”
I love this woman.
Just a quick shop announcement. All my limited edition prints will now come with a Certificate of Authenticity. I’ve been wanting to do this for a long time but with over two hundred prints in my old store I would have never been able to sort it all out and keep good records. Now that I am starting over in my new store it feels much more manageable to provide this service. Now you can be assured that if you buy an art print from me that it is the real deal. I like a little extra security, don’t you?
Also, sad news. The day has finally come when I closed up the original Lauren Alexander Art shop. Started in 2006, I spent 6 years polishing that shop and although I thought about keeping it open for my digital collage sheets I decided to close that door too and focus on just one shop with high quality hand made art.
Lastly, I’ts SUMMMERRRRRRR time. Sorry for yelling in your ear, but I can’t tell you how thrilled I am to be kicking back, sleeping in, traveling, painting, doing as I please for approximately 10 weeks.
Needless to say, I plan on making a whole lot of ME time.
These and more on sale now! by Lauren Alexander on Etsy
Been keeping the shop tonight. Normally I work in the morning on Saturdays painting and packing orders in between making special weekend breakfast for the crew. But since I was out way past my bedtime Friday night having some grown up good times seeing live music and having long over due fun my entire Saturday got thrown out of whack. Since I’m home on a Saturday night what better things to do than sit around creating new listings for my Etsy store and make sure things are in order for this sudden rush of holiday shoppers? Oh and of course wasting precious time on the Twitter. Which I pronounce Tvee-ter. It’s because I’m Swedish.
Are you making the most of your weekend? How so?
And finally it must be shared that I am offering you something really sweet this shopping season. Truly, I am a dear by offering you FREE shipping to where ever you live all over the world! (Until the 17th). But you gotta enter a special coupon code when you check out to get your shipping knocked off. That top secret code is FREEHOLIDAYS because I want you to be free of worry about the added expense of online shopping.
Sigh. All this shop sweeping has got me wiped out. I think I’ll go watch some old holiday movie and pass out on the sofa.
What Fun It Is - original watercolor by Lauren Alexander on Etsy
Are you ready for the hustle and bustle of the “Holiday Season?”
That’s not the question but I’ll answer anyway: Me neither. Part of me wants to run under a rock for the next few months. Until it is warm outside and the sun stays up past 5pm. You know…just hibernate until after Valentines Day. Wake me around Spring break, okay?
Okay, okay I will hunker down and participate. I even painted a lovely little Christmas tree last night. See….I do have some, uh, what some would call holiday spirit.
I do enjoy the festive quality of Christmas; making things decorative and of course the FOOD is pretty amazing.
But I can do with out the shopping and the forced family get togethers.
So before this post gets all bipolar on you I will just end with this question:
1. What do you most look forward to during this lovely time of year?
Twisting the Night Away - 8x10 watercolor by Lauren Alexander on Etsy
I can’t look at this painting without hearing the title ring through my head in Sam Cooke’s soul shaking voice.
“Let me tell you bout a place…“
But for a minute no one was going to look at the painting because about halfway through I started to hate it and wanted to throw it away. Sometimes it’s just good editing and sometimes it’s only for the thrill, the power, the glory of deciding an artwork’s fate (insert evil genius laugh).
I did not toss it out. But I came to a turning point while painting and decided I was just going to have fun with it and paint it how I wanted. I think you can tell I was not so strict about painting over paint (which can be really tricky with watercolor) and I can almost hear my painting teacher in high school shouting at me, “Don’t make it muddy!”
I exercised some restraint and came out with this pretty picture of a gang of owls having a night time soiree. By pure sweet wonderful miracle I sold the painting on the same day I listed it for sale. That almost never happens! But you can pre-order the print if you like. It will be in by Saturday, Dec. 3rd.
This weekend marks one year ago that we signed the paperwork to officially adopt my daughter. It’s been a wonderful year. To celebrate I am offering you a free 2012 calendar (handmade featuring 12 unique artworks by me) with your purchase this weekend only. Buy anything you want and mention Adoption Day in the notes to seller when you check out. I’ll put it in with your order. Easy! Visit my shop here: Lauren Alexander Art on Etsy.
Starting at 7am (central) Oct. 14th – midnight Oct. 16th get 25% off everything in the Lauren Alexander Shop on Etsy. Get some pre-holiday shopping done! Prices are already reduced to sale price. No need to enter a coupon code or anything. Have any exciting weekend plans? I think I’ll head to the most sincerest pumpkin patch. Happy Friday!
From just three 11×14 prints to an enormous 13 – I am proud to share the newest editions to my Extra Large Print section of my Lauren Alexander Shop.
At the Seams 11x14 print
Hello There 11x14 art print
May Bouquet 11x14 art print
No Better Love 11x14 art print
Play Date 11x14 art print
The Lucky Days 11x14 art print
You and Me 11x14 art print
