2012 Calendars

This is my new Melancholy Girls 2012 Wall Calendar..

it's actually the first calendar using my 'melancholy' girls...

last year I used my 'steampunk' girls.

This calendar actually has the origin of the month included...

the link is here.

See a 'sample' of those calendar pages below.

For the 'plain' version...without the month origins...

you can find that one here.

I also put together a 'Tree Art' Wall Calendar this year.

This one just features a select few 'tree' pieces I've done the past few years.

The link for this calendar is here.

I talked Jaime into doing a few calendars this year and I am so

excited with how well they turned out...

Links to Jaime and Mike's Calendars on Etsy

can be found here.

I hope you liked the little preview of calendars for

2012

and I'm especially pleased to be able to share those

of my daughter and her husband...I think they are so very cool:)

Jaime's Art

Jaime is fixing to take a large number of her

prints out of her Etsy Shop

kind of like I do once or twice every year.

She hasn't done this in such a long time that she has way too

many prints to manage.

She's put a list of the prints she's retiring

in her blog...

hopefully this will help her be able to stay on top of everything else....

especially since she's also helping me

take care of Oliver 4 days a week.

My Bookmarks are Available....

I had gotten to the point that I could no longer offer bookmarks

in my Etsy Shop.

Not having a car made it just way to difficult to get

the bookmarks to the Staples and laminate them....

I tried doing a bunch ahead of time and it never failed...

I always seemed to sell whichever bookmarks I was 'out' of.

So...to eliminate some of the stress...I just decided to 'do away' with them.

My two oldest children have recently decided to open their own Etsy Shop...

and they've started with bookmarks. 

Jaime and I both decided not to continue to

carry these in our own shops and we are happy 

 to have them available at

TNT Creationz.

A Giveaway on a Wonderful Blog

Becky...over at

Rainy Day Wanderer...

is having a HUGE Giveaway on her blog.

She's giving away a couple of my calendars...

and a few other items...

as well as some goodies from Dyche Designs..

Best Art Studios...

and so much more.

Check out this wonderful blog...

and become a follower..

her blog is definitely one of my favorites.

The giveaway ends....January 12th!

Wordless Wednesday 7

A Melancholy Dwelling

Jaime Best has a shop on Zibbet

'A Melancholy Dwelling'

I really love Jaime's art...it is so

vibrant and beautiful...

especially in person.

Forget that I am somewhat prejudiced...of course I am..

but I am being completely unbiased when I

brag on this girl's talent...

her style really is uniquely her own.

I'm giving her a bit of a 'plug'...

she's going to be the Featured Seller on Zibbet

this week...

and I'm hoping she gets a lot of 'love' from my friends and readers.

Her interview speaks volumes about the kind of person she is.

Here's a link to her blog..

and to a really cool website she's put together

for her (and her husband's)

BestArtStudios2 site.

Bookmarks at Best Art Studios

Mike and Jaime now have some very

cool bookmarks listed in their

Bestartstudios2  Etsy Shop.

These really are so very cool..

I just HAD to 'share'.

Jaime's Holiday Banner

I visited Jaime's Etsy Shop

and saw that

she made a wonderful Holiday Banner for her

shop.

I was so tickled by it that I had to blog about it.

I know her work well enough to know that

this is a combination of

four different paintings...

some Christmas lights

and clever fonts.

Nothing but the Best....

'Can U Fix It?'

by

Mike Best

'Dream Come True'

by

Jaime Zatloukal Best

I do the shows with my youngest daughter, Jaime...and her husband Mike.

Here is a sampling of their art...

They've got an Etsy Shop...

'Best Art Studios 2'

and they recently did an interview

with the

'Handmade Gift Guru'.

Jaime gives me far too much credit for

the (1) art lesson I gave her a few years ago...

she is pretty much

completely self taught..

and

not to be 'bragging'..

I think she has taught herself

quite well.

You can read the interview

here.