Red Rocks, Pine Trees, and Pumpkin Cats

We just got back from a nice little family vacation- forest and desert in one trip.  Lake Powell and Flagstaff... red rocks and pine trees- such a wonderful dichotomy.  On our last morning the sky was so beautiful.  The air was so clean and cool (so nice to get away from city pollution); the clouds looked almost like computer generated images- they were so fluffy and perfectly shaped, and the sky was such a brilliant shade of blue.

Many plans on the horizon here at the studio.  Flagstaff was so nice and cool- I couldn't help but think of all of the Fall events coming up... pumpkin picking, Halloween costumes for the girls...I have been meaning to list Witch Kitty:

 

Cooler weather is on the way (finally)!



New Beginnings

I have been working on a number of projects around my house ~with many more on my to do list than I can manage these days~ yet still accomplishing things, one-by-one.  Like I mentioned last post, I have started a new line of Wedding Suite Invitations.  I have been adding listings to Dusty Shamrock Studio, which is full to the brim with paintings, and needed somewhere else to put all of them so I started a new shop...

Tying The Knots.  Here is a glimpse inside of my second Etsy shop:

 

 

I don't have it very well stocked, yet... but it is the type of work I love to do, so I don't mind one bit planning and working on my next projects.  I really have only two types of products in the new shop: Wedding Invitation Suites and Custom Portraits.  Here is one of my favorite Wedding Portraits: "Peachy Keen":

 

Of course all of my work revolves around watercolor, which I have really fallen for. 

 

Early Morning + Sleeping Baby = PAINT TIME :O)