Two Inklings

I am just about done these two guys...I just have to scan them in and clean them up abit.

I can't wait to show you, especially since I think they will make gorgeous wall art XO.

New Prints

Hi everyone...

these sweet beauties are now available as prints in my shop...FINALLY.
YAY!

 (they really do look GREAT)
 

 

 

$20 for awesome 8 x 10" prints

or you can take advantage of the new multiple print deals that I am offering.

Do hop on over and check things out...
your sure to find some joy, whimsy, a whole lot of colour & hopefully some smiles & inspiration too.
www.BijousWhimsy.Etsy.com



Whimsy, Quirkiness and COLOUR...Check Things Out

Christmas is coming fast...

 

Don't forget that I have oodles of beautifully colourful,

whimsical and quirky prints that would make excellent presents.

All of my prints are 8 x 10" and are super easy to frame with your favorite 8 x 10 frame.

 



 

I hop you'll hop by for a look.

Don't forget to check back often because lots of new goodies are on their way too...

such as smaller 5 x7" prints, mounted prints, greeting cards and other whimsies.

 

My website newsletter sign up isn't working at the moment
but if you want to keep up to date on new artwork & additions to my shop
just send me your email to MandySaile@BijousWhimsy.com and I'll add you to my newsletter list.

Owlette Prints

I finally...FINALLY!  got around to listing the last 4 owls

in my "Owlette" series, as prints in my shop...

Once again, as all my prints, they are printed on 8 x 10" Stonehenge paper, with top quality inks

& easily slide into any 8x 10" frame or mat of your choosing.

 

 

They are such unique and quirky feathered fellows,

that would make a great addition to any wall or shelf

or wherever your owl loving heart would put them.

P.S. These owls of mine are of course vegetarians and friends of rabbits & smaller creatures!

 

Visit my shop for these new prints & the other 4 in the Owlette series.

 



Owlette Now As Prints

Heh Everybody....look at WOO's just Perched In The Shop...


Visit my shop for a lovely soul-drenching dose of whimsy and colour.

Well that's all for today,
sorry lovely peeps but my poor noggin is too sore to write much more today...
p.s.  I am so so glad that I discuss and share my life as a migraine sufferer, here on this blog o' mine
because I get so many people writing me saying 'Heh I suffer too...' and than we share our stories
and it's some how nice to know others are out there in the same boat.

It's pouring here today...the rabbits are by the back door getting some fresh air.
And after a bit of a lie down with my trusty heat and ice packs, I'll be spending the day with
some watercolours...(pounding be damned) WHOOT WHOOT...ha ha.

XO A Colour Addicted Mandy

New Prints In The Shop

Hi Everyone, We're just hopping in today to let you know that...

..."Seraphina and The Night Owl", "Remembrance"

and 'The Dreams Perched"

could easily be hanging on your walls, in your favourite frames...yayyy

because my prints are offered in an 8 x 10" format, which is a very standard frame/mat size,

so whether your buying a professional frame, a walmart frame or perhaps some lovely one at

Winners type of thing..my prints will easily fit in.

(Visit my Etsy shop here)

5 x 7" prints AND my popular paper greetings will be available soon in the new year too, yayyy again!

Today I am sending an extra big hug to my mom & dad...

who popped in yesterday just in time to help me blow-dry a
very wet Ella Luna after a very yucky poopy incident!...XXOO.

It's the simplest of things that touches ones heart isn't it.

See you all on Friday lovely peeps...

XO Mandy & Ella Luna, who was an exceptionally good girl at doctors today.

Nubbins Now Available As Prints

Finally...Finally I am getting my dear sweet 'Nubbins' into my shop as prints.

I'd like to introduce the actual 'dolls' as well but that depends if I can get enough pieces cut and

prepped before the snow keeps me from the garage and my tools (it's already pretty cold out there!). 

Up until now they've only been available for purchase directly from me, from local sales,

from local galleries or through my own studio.

Atleast for now they are coming out as prints...

Here are the first 3 available in print form...



Nubbins 'Ellie Ebben Gray', 'Avril May Aviva' and 'Lillie Fionn Lapradie' now available as prints.



Interested? Just hop on over to my Etsy shop to have a look-see.

Hope your weekend was wonderful. 

Ours was very beautifully cozy as we were stuck inside all weekend due to rain and bad migraines.

XO A recovering Bijou & Her Beautiful Bunnies who are listening to Jesse Cook in the studio today

(We JUST saw him & his band in concert & they were amazing, a blog post on that coming soon).

New Prints Now Available

Just hopping to let you all know that these older inspirational coloured pencil designs

of mine are now listed as prints in my Etsy shop...

Kindly spread the word if you think they are beautiful and would perhaps cheer somebody's day.

See you on Monday

XO Mandy of Bijou's Whimsy

New Prints Now Available

Visit my Etsy Shop to purchase any or all of these new prints.

(Or visit just to have an eye-ful of colourful, positive, thoughtful, unique & inspirational work.)

New Prints On Etsy

Pssst...Guess What.....



Just head on over to my sweet and lovely Etsy shop to have a look see.

I am feeling very hyper and excited...about nothing in particular but about lots of things all at once:

I feel like I am finally getting back into the studio groove...

I am blissfully elbows deep in some felt fun...

I have tons of necklaces packaged up and ready to go into the shop...

I was in tons of Etsy treasuries this week, which means my work is spreading around...

I am working on some beautiful & inspirational mixed media ladies who will soon make their debut...

My fingers itch to crochet and I promise myself time to try out some new hats...

I am ready to get my hands busy with a fabulous antique chest I just adopted from my parents...

One of the jazz groups we saw at the recent jazz festival so kindly offered us free tickets to a show...

and we just got our tickets to see 'Lake of Stew', a great bluegrass-ish group from Montreal...

I feel relaxed to know theres atleast 2 more months of long outside days/evenings with my babies...

and my honey is finally starting his summer holidays.

XO An excited Bijou who will likely not sleep easily tonight, ha ha XO

New PRINTS available

Over at my Etsy Shop.

XO Bijou & Her Bunnies XO

New Prints Now Available

Now available in my Etsy Shop.

Thanks & Enjoy

XO Mandy & her inspirational bunnies

February Newsletter, A SALE & Bookmarks

Hi Everyone, just hopping in quickly to let you all know that my February newsletter is about to be mailed out.

If you've not signed up to receive my newsletter by email you can view it right here.

But if you are interested in receiving them, you can sign up here, it's super easy & fast.

In the spirit of Valentines Day I have a sale in my Etsy shop.  4 of my love themed prints are on sale with free shipping in Canada & discounted U.S. & International shipping.  This sale goes until February 28th, so do make sure to check it out...

Also, I love to include extra little treats in my orders, lately it's been miniature hand-burnished lino-cut prints & stickers...this month orders will arrive with these cute little bookmarks made by yours truly...



That's about it for today...Hope your having a fantastic week.

XO M & 4 very happy bunnies

New Prints Now In The Shop...

I am excited to have just put prints of the first 5 lovelies in the "Beautiful Birds" series, into my Etsy Shop...

...I hope people love them and gotta have them as much as I love making them.

It was a good few days off and I found that I had to make myself stay away from this dearest blog of mine, ha ha. I did start 2 new series that I am having a ball with...I still can't believe I've resisted series work for so darn long...well live and learn I guess!

See you all tomorrow. XO Mandy & some well rested bunnies...

Some Old Watercolours Revisited...

I did some works in watercolour pencil wayyyy back in 2004. I was tired of looking at them in my studio but still liking them enough to not entirely pack them away and forget about them. Than last week I pulled some work from the gallery and needed to fill the space, so I thought 'why not try to spruce those oldies up abit'...so I did, I added some coloured pencil and acyclic and I think they are refreshed and looking good. I put corrugated mats on them and with a foam core backing and cellophane wrapping, instead of putting them in frames I am able to keep the selling price lower... They are all from photographs I took during our 2004 East Coast trip...

So all of the originals are available at Art On Main or if your interested you can email me or leave a comment...the originals measure about 5 x 7 inches.

If your interested in print versions, you can now get them in my Etsy shop here....

What do yous think, was it worth revisited them?

Shop Update and SALE...

My Shop was abit sparse so I just filled it up with abunch of beautiful prints...and for the first time ever, all are on SALE for a limited time...

I am also trying something new and picked out 3 'Featured Items' and these 3 prints will be on sale for only $12.00 each...they are of a bunny theme of course...So hop on over to my store and browse and shop....Hope there's something there yous like.

(The Beautiful Birds series will be added to the shop on the week of the 15th.)

Friends In Exhibition & And More Prints For The Shop

Hi Everyone, these two prints will be added to The Shop today. This one is called "I Saw The Three Sister" and the print is from one of my original coloured pencils. This print is called "Peggy's Cove" and is from one of my original watercolour's. Enjoy!

I can't go further this week without mentioning three friends who are exhibiting at our local gallery very soon. Claire Calarco, a beloved local talent will be having her show in the smaller gallery at the WKP Kennedy Gallery and coinciding is a show with Dave Carlin and Nancy Davies called "Parejas/Couples", for this one Nancy and Dave team up with two Cuban artists, Nancy Brossard and Norberto Marrero and I trust that both shows will be fabulous shows. Claire Calarco is not only an artist but also an actress, she participates in many local films and she co-owns with her husband, a production company called "Pair of Ducks Productions", she's a very busy lady. I am so proud and happy of her...her exhibitions are usually well received and I can't wait to see what she has been up too, to go visit her new studio sometime this fall. Claire, doesn't have a website as far as I can see, I am going to have to convince her to get one soon so the whole world can enjoy her talent. Here is the announcement for Claire's exhibition... Nancy Davies is another local artist. I've seen a lot of Nancy's clay works and I just love what she does and I am anxious to see what her part in this exhibition includes...paintings, clay work...I just don't know but I am sure it will be good. Nancy doesn't have a website as far as I can see. Dave Carlin...well honestly no words can fully describe dear Dave Carlin...he is needless to say a local treasure. Someone everyone is in awe of. Someone everybody wants to be around and make proud and just an amazing and talented human being. Dave was my high school art teacher and honestly one of the big reasons I choose OCAD as my post-secondary institution...if Dave Carlin went to OCA, I wanted to also...and at the time I applied, they were only accepting 300 students out of thousands of applicants and Dave was one of the very first persons I told that I got in and he was so proud of me. It was through Dave that I realized I wanted to be an artist and it was through his nurturing that made me believe it was possible to be an artist. It was also through Dave that I came to love lino-cuts and printmaking. I bet he doesn't even know he did all of these things for me. So Dave if your ever reading this....know how very treasured, loved and admired you are dear dear man...and an early Happy Birthday to you talented and inspirational sir. (Dave has a blog here...though it doesn't look like it's updated much check it out.) Here is the announcement for Dave and Nancy's exhibition... I just can't help but gush and rave about the people I admire, love and look towards for inspiration..for any of my local readers, don't forget to come out for these two openings...they will amaze and delight I am quite sure. October 4th - November 1st, 2008 at the WKP Kennedy Gallery, North Bay. Opening: Saturday October 4th from 1:00-4:00 (and I am sure that drinks and food will most likely follow at Greico's after the gallery bit is finished up). It's kind of nice to be back to more frequent posts...so I'll see you tomorrow. Happy Creating.