Painting on Wood

             

I have been experimenting with some portrait painting on wood. I love the effect of the wood grain coming through the painting. 

Check out my other recent paintings from my Drawing on the Subway Project here.  

Lately in the Studio

I am working on some wax carving for a new collection.  I have flowers, branches, leaves, buds and Spring on my mind.  I like carving lots of fine detail into these pieces.  It makes them very special.

Mr. Norrell

Our cat, Mr. Norrell passed away last week.  He had a bad heart but it was still very sudden and we were not expecting it.  We are feeling very very sad.  I keep thinking that I see him out of the corner of my eye.  It feels lonely without him.  He used to sit with me when I came home from work.  I keep thinking about petting his soft white underbelly fur and how he would curl up in my lap.  He liked to sit on top of us and rub his face in Ben's beard.  He was our best non-human friend.  We miss him a lot.

 

Featured in Lucky Magazine's Gift Guide!

I am super excited for One Little Star to have been featured in Lucky Magazine's Gift Guide.


Check it out here.

You can also see the Silver Honeycomb Band Ring and the Brass Slim Honeycomb Cuff Bracelet in the shop. 

Holiday 2013

Check out the Holiday Ornaments now in the shop.  The ornaments are a sterling silver whale, dove, bee and deer and all come on a bright red ribbon.  Theses ornaments make beautiful heirlooms you can hang on your tree for many years to come. 

Making the Honeycomb Cuff Bracelet

Get a glimpse of my process by checking out this video I did with Etsy showing how my Honeycomb Cuff Bracelet gets made. I am so excited and proud to share the video. Click here to shop the Honeycomb Cuff Bracelet. And click here to check out the rest of the One Little Star shop.

Double Arrow Cuff Bracelet - Now in Gold!

 

 

The Double Arrow Cuff Bracelet is now available in 22K gold vermeil.  Take a look in the shop.

Also, any piece can be gold plated my special order.  Just ask.

Florida

We bought an underwater camera, snorkels and masks and had the best time.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We saw so many more animals than we would have seen without the snorkels and masks, we were so glad that we bought them.  During our week stay we saw all kinds of fish and birds.  We had pelicans land in the water and grab fish right in front of us.  We found a baby octopus which suctioned onto our hands.  There were so many conchs crawling on the ocean floor leaving paths behind them.  On our last day I found a giant conch covered in barnacles, we named him Frodo and took his picture and then moved him into deeper water where no one would step on his pointy self.  He must have been pretty old.  None of the other conchs were anywhere close so his size.  Schools of manta rays swam around us as they paced up and down the shore line.  We saw a bunch of sting rays and tried to stay clear of them.  Ben got stung by one which was painful but he still didn't want to leave the beach.  Mostly the water was perfectly calm but there was one rough day.  All the surfers and a kite border came out and I got pretty tumbled in the waves.  There must have been a storm somewhere else causing it because we had beautiful weather.  We had so much fun, the week went by so fast.  We hope to go again next year.