Back to Work

I can't believe it's already been 2 months since my baby girl was born! We had her 2 month checkup at the doctor the other day - all is well - and she is almost 11 lbs already!! And she got her first shots :( I think I cried more then her. But she made it through with no side effects.
So, 2 months means back to work for me, which is bittersweet. Of course I don't want to leave my baby girl, I mean just look at that face! But it is good for me to get out of the house, besides its only part time and daddy is watching her!! Just makes me appreciate her even more!

Getting back to work

So I've been a new mom now for almost a month! I can't believe it, time has just flown by! Me and my little angel are getting to know each other and I could not be happier to get to spend my whole day with her!
But now that the dust has settled I feel I can start to get back to my etsy shops, of course only in short spurts while the baby is sleeping! My first task is adding some new products to my photography shop.

And here they are!  

ACEOs!!!!!
They are 2.5"x3.5" high quality prints of my photographs - what a great, affordable way to buy art!
And these are matted - all ready to be framed! So easy!

You can check them out in my shop:
AglaeaDesigns.etsy.com

I'll be adding more images soon but you can request any of photos as an ACEO, just send a request.

And I'll be adding more products to my Aglaea Graphics shop soon as well!

Aurora Faye

Our sleeping beauty!!!  Born Feb 9, 3 weeks early but very healthy and beautiful!

New (Early) Arrival

So this past Tuesday we got a little surprise - I went into labor 3 weeks early!!! After a long day we welcomed our new baby girl, Aurora Faye, into the world! She is beautiful, healthy and the best surprise we have ever gotten.
We are all home and adjusting to our new life. I will of course be a little busy to post regularly but will try to catch up with everyone soon!
Hope to get pictures up soon too!
Happy Valentine's Day!!

Book Review Sunday: The Nature of Art

This week's book review features a brilliant artist who happens to live down the road from me!
The Nature of Art by John Driscoll features a gorgeous collection of artwork by Don Nice.
Don lives in the Hudson River Valley of New York and gets tons of inspiration from the area, as do I, and creates these beautiful pieces that are very unique. He is not just creating a nice painting of a landscape scene but also incorporates symbols that are associated with that area, either personal or widely recognized.

This painting is called Hudson Highland Valley and features the Hudson River as seen from West Point Military Academy, the academy is a very important feature of our area. The painting also features a brown bear along with items associated with West Point, as well as Don's own camera and hiking boot taken along with him when he painted the river scene. The colorful border around the scene is his representation of earth, wind, water and fire and can be seen in a lot of his work.

Just a fantastic book featuring a fantastic artist, definitely check it out.

And I get to say I know him! I've got to get him to sign this book at some point!

I bought some tulips ....

... cause I am ready for Spring.  We keep hearing about this HUGE snow storm that we MIGHT get this weekend. Whatever! Can't it just be Spring already? Plus, my baby will be here by then! :)

 

Here are those tulips, took this with my new Lensbaby. Still experimenting with it, I'll post more when I get some good ones. 

Oh, and if you don't know what a Lensbaby is, check this out.

I made it to CraftGawker.com!

So I submitted a photo to Craftgawker.com a few days and decided to check it out today. And to my surprise my photo had made it to the front page!! WOO HOO!!

 

Here's a shot of my image, the heart ornament in the center, along with some other lovely Valentine inspired items. If you don't know about CraftGawker, go check them out, it's a treasury of all kinds of beautiful items. It is a juried site where you can submit photos of any kind of handmade item. They are notoriously picky about the photos they select so it's pretty exciting to get picked. And if they don't pick your photo they usually give you reasons why, so it becomes a nice way to get good critiques of your photos. 

Who knows how long it will be there but still exciting nonetheless!! I think I'll try another.

Here's the link to the photo in my etsy shop (also available as a folding card)