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Showing posts with label etsy. Show all posts

9.16.2011

Fine Art Friday

Hello and Happy Friday!! I am continuing with the fall theme this week, after all, "When in Rome!" Enjoy the work from these very talented artists, I certainly will!

"Delicious autumn! My very soul is wedded to it, and if I were a bird I would fly about the earth seeking the successive autumns."
-George Eliot



1.) Modernist Painting-Intensity
2.) Autumn Forest
3.) Orange Autumn Garlands
4.) Tree Art - Welcome Change

Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness,
Close bosom-friend of the maturing sun;
Conspiring with him how to load and bless
With fruit the vines that round the thatch-eves run;
To bend with apples the moss'd cottage-trees,
And fill all fruit with ripeness to the core;
To swell the gourd, and plump the hazel shells
With a sweet kernel; to set budding more,
And still more, later flowers for the bees,
Until they think warm days will never cease,
For Summer has o'er-brimm'd their clammy cells.

-John Keats


Have a great weekend!!

9.12.2011

Monday Mania: Giveaway!


Hello! I have decided to have a giveaway and 3 lucky people will win prizes!!

What: Nicole’s Homemade Treats Giveaway
Where: My Blog
Why: Because I can
When: 9/12-18, 2011
Who: Everyone in the USA & Canada
Prizes:
1.) A canvas bag filled with goodies from 6 different Etsy shops and a large caramel & chocolate apple with your choice of topping from my shop. ($60.00 value)
2.) Goodies from 5 different Etsy shops and a small caramel & chocolate apple with your choice of topping from my shop. ($30.00 value)
3.) $15.00 gift certificate to my shop
Rules:
1.) You will get 1 entry for doing each of the following for a max of 8 entries:
a.) “Like” my FB page: http://www.facebook.com/NicolesHomemadeTreats
b.) Follow me on twitter: http://twitter.com/nikid70
c.) Follow my blog
d.) Refer someone to any of my links above (they must note who referred them in a comment)
e.) Tweet my giveaway
f.) Post my giveaway on your FB page
g.) Blog about my giveaway
h.) Make a purchase from my shop: Nicole's Homemade Treats

Once you have done any or all of these things please leave a comment, for each one, in the comment section of this post.

Miscellaneous:
1.) Contest will end at midnight EST on 9/18, 2011.
2.) Any rude or malicious comments will be deleted.
3.) Winners will be picked on Monday 9/19/2011 via the random # generator.
4.) Any unclaimed prizes will not be re-awarded.
5.) I reserve the right to cancel this giveaway at anytime.

Thank You & Good Luck!

9.09.2011

Fine Art Friday

"The woods are full of fairies; the sea is full of fish; the trees are full of golden leaves; let's make an autumn wish."
-Anonymous

Hello! I hope you had a great week. I know mine flew by!! Both of my boys are in school now - talk about odd!! I am sure I will adjust though. Speaking of adjusting, another thing I have had to adjust lately is the thermostat. I have been able to turn the air conditioning off - YEAH!! Fall is my favorite time of the year, so I am looking forward to the enjoyment it brings. Today, Fine Art Friday will help you get in the fall spirit. Enjoy!

"Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower."
-Albert Camus


1.) Autumn Elegance Leaf
2.) Autumn Leaves
3.) Autumnal Maple Leaf
4.) Red Maple Leaf
5.) Fall Feelings
6.) Autumn Oak Leaf
7.) Fall Leaf
8.) Autumn Leaves
9.) Autumn Falling Leaf


"Delicious autumn! My very soul is wedded to it, and if I were a bird I would fly about the earth seeking successive autumns."
-George Eliot

Have a great day and remember: Go Ahead & Indulge!

6.21.2011

6.17.2011

Fine Art Friday

Happy Friday everyone! Sorry to be MIA - things have been crazy! My son is winding up the school year, the gardens are growing and growing and growing and my Etsy shop is very busy! Enjoy todays selections!


Picnik collage

1.) Lake Erie 7, Moonrise
2.) Pelican Surf
3.) Open Waters 8 x 10
4.) Photograph of Empty Little Boat on Philippine waters
5.) Pacific Northwest Blue Water Landscape
6.) Seabound
7.) Ocean Calm II
8.) adrift

5.27.2011

Fine Art Friday

Hello! Happy Friday everyone - cheer to a long weekend! With the onset of the nice weather I was able to get my garden planted - now I dream nightly about plump, red, juicy tomatoes - YUM!! Today's post is dedicated to these lovely gems, Enjoy!

Picnik collage

1.) Ripe tomato
2.) Heirloom Tomato
3.) Heirloom Tomato
4.) Tomatoes
5.) Ripe Swiss Tomato
6.) Heirloom Tomatoes
7.) Golden tomatoes of the sun
8.) Tomato still life


Have a great day and remember: Go Ahead & Indulge!

5.06.2011

Fine Art Friday

"Flowers are the sweetest things God ever made, and forgot to put a soul into."
-Henry Beecher


Hello! Happy Friday everyone! I hope you had a wonderful week - I vaguely recall mine! I find as the end of the school year draws near I have more things to do and then the year is over and BOOM, I wish the kids were in school again! What a vicious cycle!! Looking for pieces to feature today gave me a chance to sit back and relax for a bit - it was nice. Enjoy!

"When you have only two pennies left in the world, buy a loaf of bread with one, and a lily with the other."
-Chinese Proverb



Fine Art Friday: 5/6/11

1.) Original watercolor flowers in a vase
2.) Original Abstract Expressionism Acrylic Painting
3.) In The Garden - Original Painting
4.) Framed original abstract painting 20x24 DANCING MEADOW
5.) Abstract Retro Flower Painting Art Print - Summer Crush
6.) Flower butterfly yellow blue Swirl spiral twists and curls
7.) Bloom106 Original Abstract Art Modern Contemporary Painting
8.) weeping cherry, original oil painting on canvas panel
9.) Bright Abstract Floral Painting
10.) Wild Flowers in the Wind an original abstract oil painting
11.) Poppy Field 1 Original Acrylic Abstract Painting Landscape
12.) Acrylic Abstract Flower Painting
13.) The Meadow - Original Modern Abstract Painting


"Where flowers bloom so does hope."
-Lady Bird Johnson


Have a great day and remember: Go Ahead & Indulge!

4.08.2011

Fine Art Friday

Hello and TGIF!! I really meant to blog all this week, but life threw me a few curve-balls and it just was not possible. I hope you are doing well and enjoying everything life has to offer. I love hydrangeas and decided to spread the love. Enjoy!

Fine Art Friday 4/8/2011

1.) Blue Hydrangea
2.) Jewel Hydrangea
3.) Blue hydrangea
4.) Hydrangea
5.) Hydrangea Bouquet
6.) Hydrangea 2
7.) Hydrangeas in vase
8.) Hydrangeas in Glass
9.) Hand Painted Canvas
10.) Blue Hydrangea
11.) Hydrangea Watercolor
12.) Bountiful Hydrangea
13.) Shades of blue

Have a great day and remember: Go Ahead & Indulge!

3.18.2011

Fine Art Friday

Happy Friday! It is a lovely looking day here in CNY, but it is a bit chilly and VERY windy. My 4 year old had trouble walking when we out - poor guy! Enjoy today's fine art

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1.) Cool Cubes 2- Original Mixed Media
2.) Spiced Berry, periwinkle, cinnamon, atmospheric
3.) Let it Snow - ACEO abstract fractal art print
4.) Blueberry limeade an original watercolor

Have a great day and remember: Go Ahead & Indulge!

3.11.2011

Fine Art Friday

"Orange is the happiest color."
-Frank Sinatra


Hello! I think we are in need of a punch of color and orange has the ability to do just that! Today's selections are some of my favorites. Enjoy!


"Orange is red brought nearer to humanity by yellow."
-Wassily Kandinsky




1.) My Darling Clementine original watercolor
2.) Orange poppy original painting aceo
3.) Abstract Flower
4.) Orange-Red Globemallow Flower
5.) Floral abstract 5
6.) Orange Day Lily, Painting on Wood

Orange Facts:

* Orange is a relative of the color red, and sparks more controversy than any other color. There is a strong positive or negative attraction to orange and true orange generally elicits a stronger "love it" or "hate it" response than other colors. Fun and flamboyant orange radiates warmth and energy.

* It is interesting to note that some tones of orange, such as terra cotta, peach, and rust have very broad appeal.

*How the color orange affects us physically
- Stimulates activity
- Stimulates appetite
- Encourages socialization

Have a great day and remember: Go Ahead & Indulge!

2.18.2011

Fine Art Friday

"In every outthrust headland, in every curving beach, in every grain of sand there is the story of the earth"
-Rachel Carson


"LIFE IS A BEACH"

Picnik collage

1. Gulf Waters
2. Abstract Landscape
3. North Carolina Beach
4. Beach and Sea Giclee Print
5. Ocean Beach
6. Original Seaside Art
7. Green and Blue Waves
8. Tranquility 2


“To myself I am only a child playing on the beach, while vast oceans of truth lie undiscovered before me.”
-Isaac Newton

1.28.2011

Fine Art Friday

"Seeing is an experience. People, not their eyes, see. There is more to seeing than meets the eyeball."
-N.R. Hanson


Hello! I do not know about you, but I LOVE art - abstract art is my favorite. When you look at a piece of abstract art it can be anything you would like and that is what makes it so much fun! Enjoy!

My creation
"For me a painting is like a story which stimulates the imagination and draws the mind into a place filled with expectation, excitement, wonder and pleasure."
-J.P. Hughston


1.) Stormy Landscape 8x10 Original Acrylic
2.) Rain in the Tropics - 4x6 Original Painting
3.) green abstract painting
4.) phantasmagoria an original 8X10 acrylic painting
5.) Original Fine Art Abstract Landscape
6.) Stripes 3
7.) Landscape 3 Fine Art Giclee Print 11x14
8.) Green, oil on stretched canvas - 8x24
9.) Green Field - Original Painting 24x24
10.) Under the Snow II - original - 12x24
11.) Landscape Grey Blue Steel Green 12x12
12.) Multi Colored Abstract Contemporary Art
13.) Acrylic Abstract Painting Twilight Garden


Thought of the Day:

"A man should hear a little music, read a little poetry, and see a fine picture every day of his life."
-Johann Wolfgang von Goethe


Have a great day and remember: Go Ahead & Indulge!

1.21.2011

Friday Favorites!

“Fine art is that in which the hand, the head, and the heart of man go together.”
-John Ruskin


Hello! TGIF, I think!! I hope you had a wonderful week! It was busy around here, but that is a good thing. I find that I am never too busy to sit and enjoy art. It seems to speak to me and can evoke so many feelings and change my mood instantly! What does art say to you? Today I would like to share some of my favorite abstract art - ENJOY!

"A man paints with his brains and not with his hands."
-Michelangelo


My creation

1.) Original ABSTRACT Modern Contemporary Fine Art-LARGE 48x36-FAVORITE SEASON
2.) ORIGINAL Abstract Green and Blue Circles-Heavy Texture 16 X 20 Painting on Canvas
3.) Finding the Center-30x50 Original Fine Art Painting-10x30 Individual Canvases
4.) Original Acrylic Painting of Pear and Cherries
5.) ORIGINAL Abstract Impasto White Flowers Landscape Modern Palette Knife Painting
6.) MODERN ABSTRACT ORIGINAL PAINTING-18 X 24-TITLE SPEECHLESS

Thought of the Day:

"The artist does not see things as they are, but as he is."
-Alfred Tonnelle


Have a great day and remember: Go Ahead & Indulge!

1.10.2011

Mosaic Monday

"Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep."
-Scott Adams


Hello! I hope you had a wonderful weekend - I was sick, but my wonderful husband took charge of the kids ALL day Saturday and I was able to get some much needed rest! I thanked him and his comment was, "I did not know I had it in me!" I feel the same when I see paintings, I just am not artistic in that manner. Today's mosaic is a compilation of some of my favorite abstract pieces and I think it looks lovely - don't you? Enjoy!

“There is no abstract art. You must always start with something. Afterward you can remove all traces of reality.”
-Pablo Picasso


My creation

1.) Green Abstract Painting
2.) Scheherazade
3.) Beach and Sea Giclee Print
4.) Panorama I-Original Acrylic Painting
5.) Abstract Original Oil, "O Sing of Summer"
6.) ACEO: Oil Pastel Abstract OOAK


Thought of the Day:

"All art requires courage."
-Anne Tucker



Have a great day and remember: Go Ahead & Indulge!

11.24.2010

✿ BLACK FRIDAY/CYBER MONDAY SALE ✿

Hello! In honor of the Black Friday/Cyber Monday Sales taking place across the country I have decided to participate also. Happy Shopping!

My creation

WHERE:

Nicole's Homemade Treats

http://www.nikid.etsy.com

WHEN:

✿ Thursday 11/25/10 @ 11:00 PM to MONDAY 11/29/10 @ 11:00 PM

WHAT:

✿ 10% OFF YOUR ENTIRE ORDER - CODE: BF2010

✿ Door Buster: Free 1/4 Lb. cluster to the first 10 purchases on 11/26 (do not add it to your cart)

Miscellaneous:

✿ Enter code in designated area when checking out and the deduction will automatically be calculated.


Have a great day and remember: Go Ahead & Indulge!

11.19.2010

Friday Favorites

"Mothers are those wonderful people who can get up in the morning before the smell of coffee."
-Author Unknown


Hello! Sorry for not posting the past couple of days, I decided to take a little break from the computer. I hope you are having a wonderful week - I don't know where my week has gone! As I was sitting here drinking my coffee I decided to search Etsy for handmade coffee mugs, sugar bowls and creamers - Enjoy my finds!

"No one can understand the truth until he drinks of coffee's frothy goodness."
-Sheik Abd-al-Kadir


My creation

1.) Textured Mug
2.) Dogwood Sugar and Creamer Ceramic Set
3.) Turquoise and Green Coffee Mug
4.) Celadon Sugar and Creamer
5.) Tall Shiny Green Mug
6.) Sugar Bowl and Creamer Set

Thought of the Day:

"Conscience keeps more people awake than coffee."
-Author Unknown


Have a great day and remember: Go Ahead & Indulge!

11.12.2010

Friday Favorites: 11/12/2010

"He had that curious love of green, which in individuals is always the sign of a subtle artistic temperament, and in nations is said to denote a laxity, if not a decadence of morals."
-Oscar Wilde


Hello! I try and try, but I always end up choosing items that are the color green! You will just have to humor me! Hopefully you will like this collection of favorites that I have assembled! Enjoy!

"Colors, like features, follow the changes of the emotions.
Engrave this quote in Our Store!"

-Pablo Picasso


My creation

1.) Short Pebble Vase in Moss Green by kimwestad
2.) Handmade Vortex bowl by scottjennings
3.) Splash of Green Bowl by haugceramics
4.) Celadon Trillium Porcelain Bowl by EntropyDesigns
5.) Green dipping dish by Dovecotedesign
6.) Hollyhock Bowl by backcreekpottery

Thought of the Day:

"An optimist is a person who sees a green light everywhere, while a pessimist sees only the red stoplight... the truly wise person is colorblind."
-Albert Schweitzer


Have a great day and remember: Go Ahead & Indulge!