Fun DIY Project: Prayer Flags

 My daughter and I have been a little crankypants this summer.  I decided we should work on a fun art project to snap us out of it.  That's when I ran across this DIY prayer flags project.

I've been aware of Buddhist prayer flags, hippie dwellings on college campuses commonly fly them...  But I didn't really understand their significance. Until I found this explanation: "Prayer flags are not just pretty pieces of colored cloth with funny writing on them. The ancient Buddhist prayers, mantras and powerful symbols displayed on them produce a spiritual vibration that is activated and carried by the wind across the countryside. All beings that are touched by the wind are uplifted and a little happier."

I thought it was such a beautiful concept, and just the project we were looking for! I am planning to eventually move our prayer flags out into the backyard, but decided to spend some time with them in the living room first.  Maybe a breeze from an open window can shake a little positivity loose inside our house.

Iphone covers, notebooks, tote bags, oh MY!

My merchandise store has been updated with tons of new K8 Art designs and products!   From Ipad cases to laptop skins; Iphone covers to notebooks.  If you have to protect your Kindle or your Nook, why not do it in the artiest way possible?!  


Then you can toss all your newly decorated electronics into a cute, earth-friendly K8 Art tote bag...  

Earth Art: My Very 1st Veggies

I've always grown flowers, but this year I decided to forgo the pretty and try my green(ish) thumbs at edibles. Here are my first tomatoes and second harvest of jalapenos.

In other pots:
basil, cilantro, zucchini, strawberries, bell peppers, habanero peppers, spearmint, cucumber, lavandar and lettuce.

The heat made my spinach bolt and my green beans shrivel... But everything else is holding strong!

ACEO of the Week: Animal Calisthenics

This week's ACEO:

Animal calisthenics

Keep your girlish figure with vigorous exercise.

Bid now!

*ACEO: Art Collectibles Editions Originals a highly addictive form of miniature art..

Copyright: All rites reserved 2012.

ACEO of the Week: U, Me & Everyone We Know

This week's ACEO:

You, Me, and Everyone We Know

We are all uniquely strange.  

Bid now!

*ACEO: Art Collectibles Editions Originals a highly addictive form of miniature art..

Copyright: All rites reserved 2012.

Nursery Art: So Raven

Black Birds don't always sing in the dead of night... Sometimes they ride Vespas in the sunshine.  5 x 7 nursery commission.

This piece has also been released as a print, so you can take home your own raven too!

Tea Party

High school student Sydney Gardella made this incredible tea pot with her own bare hands for a school project.


The assignment was to create a design inspired by another artist.  It sort of made my year to find out that the elephant & owl were inspired by my art on the k8 art & illustr8 web site. 


I am so impressed with what a beautiful job Sydney did on her project, and I hope that she continues to explore art making!  And while she's at it, she should probably just go to art school, graduate and work as a professional artist...