Breast Cancer Awarness!

I'm going to be listing a new painting tomorrow, "The Hope Tree" - I just didn't want to until I was able to get a scan to tell everyone about it. As you can tell from the picture here, the digital camera just couldn't do the job this time.


I did this painting to help my roommate, Sarah, raise money for Breast Cancer research. I've already personally donated, but I thought that this painting not only would help raise funds, but it would also raise awareness to all those who see it! All proceeds of this painting is going to her and her team so that they can walk in "The Weekend to End Breast Cancer benefiting the The Princess Margaret Hospital" in Toronto Ontario. You can see her page, and her personal and team progress here: Click me! Her team is called "Lawlor's Chaos". You can also read about her personal story and why she chooses to walk. As well, for those Facebook junkies - Sarah has a facebook group that you can join: here.

Limited edition prints will also be made from this painting. This is the first time that I'm doing a limited edition set, as well as the first time I'm conducting a sort of fundraiser. All prints will be signed and numbered. I'm not sure yet how many I will be doing, but I'm thinking along the lines of 50. I will also be making cards out of them, and selling them in sets of 4. These cards will not be limited edition.

Sarah walks on September 5-7th, so we have until then to raise enough money to help her team walk - if not more! It is definitely going to a great cause. I will be tracking the progress of how much money is raised through this painting, and how much money Sarah has raised, as well as her team as a whole on the right side of my blog. Check back often!

On one last note, I just want to point out and emphasis (so that there's no confusion)...this is not directly affiliated with the Princess Margaret Hospital or and affiliates of the Breast Cancer Research / Fund raising team.

Pounce Feature of the Week: INOMI

Every week I feature a new seller from Etsy, that I found with thier Pounce feature. This week, it is INOMI from Toyko.

From left to right: Baby Bunny Softie, Gray; Mitsubachi Boy.

I came accross her cute little plushies, and I knew I had to feature them this week! Don't you just want to give them some love?!

New Items!!!

Tree Linocut Postcards

I just posted these little dearies in my artbyangie store, they're perfect for letters to penpals, and for little notes to friends! They come with envelopes, so there's no need to worry about them getting wrecked in the mail. If you want to send them without an envelope in the mail, they're stiff enough for that too! Come give them some love! ♥ Angie

School School, almost done!

So, I'm graduating from University this year....April 25th at 5pm is the exact date and time that I will be done (not including the graduation ceremonies, but there's no studying or "school work" for that lol). It's exciting, but scary! I will b a lot of hard work for a jumble of words, isn't it funny how that all works out? hehe

As my next plan of action, I applied to college for Radiology...so really, I'm not done school...As of now, I'm accepted to Cambrian college in Sudbury; and I'm wait listed for my first choice of school: Fanshawe College in London. Fingers crossed that I get to stay in London, but if not - then I'm packing it up to the big Nickle (where my parents live, and will probably provide food and delicious home cooked meals on weekends when I visit them).

It'll be another three years, but only 1.5 of those years will be "in-class"; the rest, I'll be in the clinics playing with the technology....not playing, learning. But I hope I enjoy it so much that it doesn't seem like work.....now you are all scared to get x-rays for fear that I'll be the one doing them in 3 years lol. The Con: I'm away from my boy....sigh....just gotta cross fingers I get into London.

Etsy Love: PrettyRaccoon

Simply put, I love PrettyRaccoon! Her clothes are always very unique and definitely wearable at any occasion - casual or formal; it just depends on how you wear them!

From top left to bottom right: Chandelier one shoulder, yellow; Ship boat print tshirt, Sea blue; Seagull top shirt, deep red; Tree print green tie top, Forest green and heather gray.

I found pretty raccoon many moons ago when a fuchsia shirt with puffy sleeves caught my eye. That shirt has long since been purchased, but I still check up on her store on a regular basis to see all the new goodies that she has.

Even better, PrettyRaccoon is based in Toronto, Ontario - a fellow Canadian (I love finding Canadians on Etsy, it's like finding a little bit of family). PrettyRaccoon carries clothing for women and men, as well as some staple accessories; such as scarfs and totes.

Featured on Cuteable!

My Hello Elephant Cards that I posted to my Etsy store yesterday got featured on Cuteable today!! This is my second time being featured, my first time was for my polka-dot tree paintings. I'm so excited! This is the first "publicity" for my new Etsy store, I hope it gets a lot of love from this ♥ !

Click here to read.

New Item!

Elephant Hello Greeting Cards

I just posted these little cuties! I love these cards; I carved them and stamped them a couple nights ago. Enjoy! I'll be putting more images of them once I get home again - I'm trying to wait for a nice sunny day, but alas, the sky just wants to rain. ♥ Angie.

Etsy Feature: marmar

Today I'm featuring lovely jewelry and silver / enamel creator Mark Poulin, owner of the Etsy shop marmar. His silver jewelry is adorable, and his enamel pieces are truly one of kind.

It's hard to decide on four pieces to showcase, but Spouts, his silver necklace of a cute little whale, was my favourite from his shop, hands down!

From top left to bottom right: Spouts, sterling silver necklace; Robin and Orange, sterling silver and enamel set; Sunny Daisy Earrings, sterling silver and enamel; and Love Nut, sterling silver enamel.

The Love Nut and Robin and Orange pieces are actually reversible too!! So it's two pieces in one, how awesome is that? Love Nut actually has a cute little alien on the other side!

Inspiring Music: "New Soul" - Yael Naim

So I thought I would add a new "component" to my blog - inspiring music. I know this song has been plastered over the television because of the new, snazzy 'Mac air'...but I don't care, I still like it! (I even loved Fiest - but I know of her before mac used her). I must say, that Mac has a great taste in music; I like the music from Telus' commercials too. But anyways, here's her wonderful song....it makes me want to paint :) Enjoy!



♥ Angie

Pounce Feature: LenaKotliarker

I know I haven't posted in awhile, but I thought that I'd start of this week with my Pounce Feature! This week, I'm featuring Etsy artist Elena Kotliarker, from Israel!

The colour in her whimsical paintings caught my eye, and so I have favourited her this weekend to feature her this week! She uses an encaustic method in her painting, where she puts down layers of wax and paint together to create original, and beautiful pieces of art.

Seen here are her paintings (top left to bottom right): Jordan River, The Flower Glade (detail), Blue Butterflies (detail), Alef-Bet.

Her lovely paintings are sure to light up any room!