Quirky Heartmade

What was my favorite random object to create with? In my *RANDOM OBJECT: Painting* challenge video, I discovered the straw was better than I gave it credit. Definitely will try painting with craft feathers now. The craft feathers are now my favorite craft object for more than just their cute, fluffiness. They create such an interesting pattern and texture, PLUS... I can incorporate the feather into the painting. How cool is that? Now there's a huge plus, incorporating the medium into the art. Something fun and creative to do. Almost like the crayon art concept that is popular. The scissors weren't bad for creating those interesting teardrop shapes, either. I guess it all depends on what kind of shapes and textures you're going for and what you got handy. What was your favorite random object to paint with? Did it give you any ideas? Hope it was  inspirational to try new things and explore art outside the box. Who knows? It might give you the next pinterest worthy craft in

Everyone has their own perspective on the world and I love to make digital art to jazz up mine.  My world is never nearly as colorful and bright and cheerful as I want it to be, so I draw on the photos to show a glimpse of a world I really want to see. Want a glimpse into how I see my reality, click READ MORE..

The contenders in the fight for best weird, random object to paint with are: The spoon weighing in at less than a pound, with a rounded head and thin handle The straw weighing in at a couple ounces as a cylindrical object The whisk weighing heavier than the straw but lighter than the spoon. A common household object for many! Let's hear it for the whisk. Might be perfect for making batter but how will it do with painting a masterpiece? Scissors, a very formidable opponent. No stranger to the crafting scene but can it paint? Light as a feather because it is one! Brightly colored and small in size, nowadays it's used often in crafts but in olden days was used for a very similar purpose. How will it work here? Watch the video to see how these opponents throw down the paint!

VIDEO LINK  <~ Check out my YouTube channel 💜 I love Nutella! When it's gone I miss it. :( So I try to think of creative ways to make it last. This time I made potato chips, because it is my favorite combo! Which is better to eat with Nutella? Bagged or baked potato chips with Nutella? I challenge that in my latest video. Was it good? Which did I prefer? So many questions!!!!!! ♥  Potato Chip Recipe: Ingredients: Knife/ Vegetable Peeler 3-4 Potatoes Vegetable Oil Baking Cookie Sheet Aluminum Foil (Optional) Nutella (dip/optional) Preheat oven to 350 F. Prepare the cookie sheet or pan that you are cooking on- either by putting vegetable oil directly on the pan or putting it on aluminum foil wrapped cookie sheet. Wash the potatoes thoroughly.  Slice off any unwanted parts of potato.  Slice the potatoes thin (for chips) with the vegetable peeler or with a knife. Put the potato chip slices on the pan and coat them with the oil in the pan. Place in

Hi! I think it is time to open up about my love affair. Let you in on the *secret rendezvous* I had before Galaxy Man ! I think everyone can agree with my love on this one! NUTELLA!!!! I did a video for them. It was for WORLD Nutella Day (to be ambassador and have our story featured)! Which could not be more awesome! Keep reading for the *awesome food creation I made*!

Pumpkin Video URL I wanted to add a touch of spookiness to my pumpkins so I did this one with the theme of a witch

etsy.com/quirkyheartmade  For a limited time there will downloads available for Halloween & subsequent holidays! Follow my blog for updates on when each of those come out! I got some really creepy artwork in the process for Halloween! So excited! Love when I give myself themes. Not to mention only $3 per digital download! You can use them as screensavers or other personal uses. There may be slight pixilation due to original size being only 8.5x11 but I have a 15.6" laptop and the picture above is how mine looks. Some customization of fit may be done through background settings. Happy Halloween! 

my shop URL: quirkyheartmade.etsy.com I was just listing my finished artworks to etsy and it inspired me to talk a little bit about it. I was online looking at different contests trying to come up with a theme for a new art piece & I stumbled upon one for Valentine's Day that was limited to the colors pink, red, white & black. (The background is a peach color even though the light makes it look more orange-y than it is.) I felt like a girly, psychedelic make-up like piece would fit the theme perfectly so this piece popped into my head inspired by my favorite 70s artist, Peter max. He has a wonderful use of bright colors & pattern motifs. Google him if you ever get a chance! He's got a great hippy style!  About this work: (Description from my Etsy shop) This original illustration of a love face encompasses the feelings of love with its wide eyes, bright colors & love motifs and many patterns. Even the color palette is reflective of arduous emotions: red

I just wanted to show my art. Here's a grouped photo! I will be selling these on Etsy very, very soon. Let me know what your opinion is.

Well unfortunately, I deleted a post while trying to format the html. The main points were that I recently got an important piece of advice. To do only one thing at a time, which although not my style I learned a valuable lesson. To be happy as long as I get one thing done a day in the process of opening my business. That's why getting my business cards was so important to me. It just makes it all real and pulls together my vision. I am so excited about opening my business because it is always something I dreamed about. I would sit at my kitchen table and pretend to sell drawings to my mom or pretend like I was having my own craft show. So this is a really big thing for me. My art is colorful and bright and fun and it always puts a smile n my face. Like I hope it does for others. That's the most important reason why I love to make art, after all. It has always been about making others' people's days after the pull of how much it calms me an brings me to a

I drew this simple drawing in crayon as part of a group challenge. He has three eyes, tusks, and long legs against a beautiful sky of stars. I was really amused by how the colors blended so well. Crayon always has a surprisingly cool effect even though I feel like it is too often avoided. **If anyone wants to share this, please reference where you got it from.*** Please leave comment (be nice!).