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... 

Garden Art: DIY Succulent Planters

Like many internet geeks, I've been obsessing over Pinterest and all the delicious ideas it shares.  One of my favorites so far has to be DIY concrete planters.  It's been the perfect spring hobby for me, although I've been neglecting my drawing, and leaving a trail of concrete dust everywhere I go...

Here are pix of my favorites.

So go ahead and make your own!  The only tips I would offer: 1. don't forget to poke a hole in the bottom of your planter to avoid root rot.  2. Stick to molding with cardboard boxes and flexible plastics, I attempted to make a couple in a rigid metal box & hard plastic box, neither of which survived.  Good luck!!