2011 Pop Art Minis Calendar - 12 Months of FUN! NOW Available in my Zazzle Store!

2011 POP ART MINIS CALENDAR

I'm excited to announce that the 2011 Pop Art Minis Calendar is complete and ready to go in my Zazzle Store.  12 months of snap, crackle and poppin' fun and you can make it personally yours too!  3 sizes to choose and complete with major holidays, events and seasonal delights. 

Ring in the new year with Pop Art Minis!

Septem-BEAR...Birds and Bees and Falling Leaves!

"Septem-BEAR" is complete and he's got some friends that joined him...two little bumbles and a cute Tweet! Tweet!  September a honey of a month..birds and bees and falling leaves! Almost done...October and November sketches complete just need to add the color and soon all the months will come together in the 2011 Snap, Crackle, Pop Art Mini Calendar!  Now on to October . . . my favorite month and the month I celebrate my b-day!  Wonder if that's why I love October so much or is it the colorful leaves, cool crisp air, trick or treats . . . so many wonderful reasons to love October! Ok...off to work!

The Details...

Snap, Crackle, Pop . . . Work In Progress . . . Time Marches On!

Thought it might be fun to share the 7 months that are completed for the Pop Art Minis 2011 Calendar.  I pretty much have been going in order except for the one day that I had a brain freeze and it sent me sliding right into the month of December! Luckily I quickly recovered and got back on track when I finished up June last night! Hoping to get a chance to work on July today and than with a big push finish the up the last 4 months over the weekend! That's the plan anyway and you know what they say . . . "the best laid plans of mice and men often go astray"!  So here's a quick pic look at the

Pop Art Minis 2011  "Snap, Crackle Pop" Calendar!

January

February

March

April

May

June

December (WHAT...hehehe)

Coming Soon . . . July, August, September, October, November . . . Time Marches On!

Have any ideas for the remaining months?  Please share!

The calendar designs will be available in my Pop Art Minis Zazzle Store upon completion!

Santa's Lil' Holly-Day Helper . . . Ho! Ho! Ho! Here We Go!

I know I said up next in the Pop Art Minis Calendar design line up was June, but the left side of my brain decided that it was going to skip ahead to December! So instead of a June Moon I ended up creating "Santa's Lil' Holly-Day Helper".  Santa can always use an extra hand or wing during the holly-day season and his little penguin friend decided to hitch a ride on his shoulder as they prepare for the big day! 

Ho! Ho! Ho! Here We Go

The Holly-days are drawing near.

It won't be long before we're singing Christmas Songs

And the big day will be here!

So grab a candy cane and stroll down the holly lane

With Santa and his lil' Holly Day penguin helper

Teddy Bear Hugs . . . .Mother MAY I?

From a Holly Holiday Design to some Calendar fun with the month of May!  Introducing "Teddy Bear Hugs" With Mother's Day one of the biggest holidays that falls in the month of May and inspired by the idea of the "mama bear"... protective and always there it made perfect sense that it should be two bears! The little cub lovingly looking up at his Mama and  proudly shares a flower (created with the help of April showers)!  His little (rub-on) tattoo shows his love as well for MOM and the buzzing about are those fun little black and yellow insects letting us know that all will BEE alright in the month of MAY!  

The 2011 Pop Art Minis Calendar will be available in my Zazzle store upon completion of the designs for all months.  You can view January through April at the links below.  And now. . . on to JUNE!

January - Snow Pals

February - Purr-fect Sweethearts

March - Paddy's Little Clover Bear

April - Hippity Hop Raindrop

A few of the details . . .

Oh, May you take our breath away!

Happy Mother's Day, May Day. Memorial Day and Cinco de Mayo . . . I'm sure I missed something! :)

Illustration Friday - Transportation . . . Up Up And Away!

This week over at Illustration Friday the theme challenge was "Transportation" so I thought my little red airplane Pop Art Mini  "Up Up And Away" would make a perfect entry. I created this design a few months back as a special request from a Facebook Friend and really liked the way the red "popped"! Hope you enjoy one of my favorite modes of transportation and one that I seem to use ALOT!  So if you're ready it's time to soar . . . "Up Up And Away!"

 Oil pastel on paper canvas!

Prints, Posters and More Available in my Pop Art Minis Zazzle Store!

Meet "Tuesday Twitter" . . . A Masquerading and Buzzing BEE-auty!

Meet "Tuesday Twitter" she's all a buzz

As she tweets and #twitterbees on Twitter

She's a masquerading little bee as that you can see

Especially when her wings are a "flitter".

Come along have some fun

For we've only just begun to

 tweet, tweet, a tweet on "The Twitter."

Available now in the Pop Art Minis Zazzle Store!

And if you get a chance buzzz by The Hive and join us for "Twitterbees Tuesday"

"Think Pink For The Cure!" We Can Make A Difference!

Finding a cure to cancer is a priority on all of our lists and with this the start of October, a month that is dedicated to raising awareness of breast cancer,  I wanted to create a Pop Art Mini design that could be my little part in helping in this cause and as a contribution in the fight against not only breast cancer,

but all kinds of cancer!

Calling on inspiration from the color pink, the recognized, symbolic color in the fight against breast cancer and Halloween, the biggest celebrated holiday in October I introduce to you "Pink Halloween Wtich" A wickedly cute witch, not in traditional witch colors, but costumed in every shade of Pink holding a "Think Pink" wand and pink toned "jack-o-lantern".

My Mom lost her battle to renal cell cancer only a little over a year ago and I know how devastating the news of having cancer and the fight that she went through to survive was. Cancer is a terrible disease mentally, physically and financially! So, let's join together to continue to raise awareness and give what you can so that we can say that in our lifetime we helped in the fight against cancer and

contributing to finding a cure!

I believe...do you?

Unfortunately I cannot offer this image as originally drawn in my Zazzle store due to the fact that she carries a wand that says, "THINK PINK" so I will be altering the design in order to pass the copyright rules that have been established on Zazzle.  After I have revised the image I will be offering this new design in my Pop Art Minis Zazzle Store, and for every sale of the NEW
"Pink -Halloween Witch" design on any product I offer in my Zazzle Store during the month of October I will donate 10% of the proceeds to the Susan G. Komen Organization.

I am hoping that auction of the original "Think Pink For The Cure" drawing will not be interupted for the same reason.  I was planning on posting this in my Ebay Store starting Sunday, Oct. 3, 2010 in a 7 day auction with 100% of the proceeds from the sale of the original going to American Cancer Research!

Please make sure to leave a comment and email address if you would like to be notified when the auction goes live!   I will also post when the sale is up and running so stay tuned!

Thanks so much and let's remember to

"Think Pink for the CURE!"

Raggedy Angels - Prim Blessings And A POP of Color!

I've been a little behind lately with my Pop Art Minis designing and had been trying to pull together some ideas to work on during this holiday weekend.  So the other night when I was searching through a folder of pen and ink art that I had done almost 9 years ago a small collection of angel drawings caught my eye!

I thought that it was funny how I still am attracted to the star theme and repeated patterns on the clothing of the characters . . . both elements that I'm still using in my Pop Art Minis designs today.  I also found myself being drawn to the prim look (something I hadn't really done in a while) and the use of a little quirky accent on each (ie: star  halo, fun shaped wings, striped leggings) a fun little detail.  So after a few quick sketches I decided to try recreating these Prim Angels in my Pop Art Minis style  . . . adding bright blended colors, heavier outlining strokes and a bit of a background . . . not exactly a copy of the original, but inspired by the sketch for sure! 

Here is the first in what may become a small collection of "Raggedy Angels" Pop Art Minis.

Raggedy Angels sparkle in the sky at night

Brightly colored blessings full of joy and delight!

Spread your wings and fly through the heavenly clouds above

Sharing happy thoughts, peace and tender love!

Hoping your days and nights are filled with many blessings and brightly colored dreams!

You can also find Pop Art Minis in these fun places too!

The Hive

Facebook

Twitter

Zazzle

Ebay

The Sketchbook Project

So Cool...easy to do and a chance to be a part of art history and a traveling show!

Check out all the details and join the art-venture!

Thousands of sketchbooks will be exhibited at galleries and museums as they make their way on tour across the country. After the tour, all sketchbooks will enter into the permanent collection of The Brooklyn Art Library, where they will be barcoded and available for the public to view.

Anyone - from anywhere in the world - can be a part of the project. To participate and have us send you a sketchbook that will go on tour! Start Here!

Sign up by: Oct. 31st, 2010

Postmark book by: January 15th, 2011

Tour starts: March, 2011

I'm definitely up for this! How about you?