New Projects - New 2 Day Sale!

Amber Up!

Before Black Friday, there's what I'm calling "Early Bird's Best" sale. Sunday, 11/19 through midnight Monday, 11/20, find my latest photography projects on Society6 all at 25% off. 

I can't wait for you to see what I've been working on - I'm very pleased with my work and hope you will be too.

Shown here, all but the piano photo were taken on my latest trip to Oahu. Hawaii truly is paradise and I couldn't help but find beautiful subjects to take pictures of. 

Take advantage of this sale and keep your eyes open for more of my artwork coming soon!

Art Sale Alert - Limited Time Offer - Just Today and Tomorrow!

Pretty in Pink canvas bag

"Flamin' Flamingo"

Hello, friends!

I wanted to tell you about an awesome sale on my Society 6 artwork - and it's only for today and tomorrow (November 12 & 13).

Take 25% off regular priced items using the code GIVEART25 at checkout. Just in time for holiday shopping, load up on gifts like wall art, bedspreads, pillows, cell phone cases, t-shirts, canvas bags, and more, all with my original art and photography.

"Something Fishy" 

Need new notecards?

Fountain Bleu notecards

Silly about stickers? 

Jungle Barbie stickers

How 'bout a backpack?

"Pink Starburst" 

"Going Nuts"

Yup! Those are waiting for you on my Society6 site  - unique, quality gift ideas brought to you by yours truly!

Bonus Offer: when you make a purchase and notify me via blog comment, I will send you a gift of an exclusive 8x10 matted photo! Woohoo!

"Flamingo Stretch" shower curtain

I will be adding new artwork soon so check back often!  

Fooling Around With Foam

My art journaling class keeps me on my toes! The students are super talented and inspirational so I try to find projects that will be fun to make and add value to their books. Not an easy feat as they are truly creative folks and I must think outside my comfort zone to challenge them. But, they keep showing up each week, smiling and eager to see what's "on the menu" for that night! 

Foam sheets can be found at dollar stores and craft shops. Typically you'll find kids using them to make picture frame art, masks, pencil toppers, magnetic letters, and the like. 

I had my students create foam stamps to embellish their journals. With just a few supplies, they went crazy making awesome designs.

Here's how we did it:

Supplies 

• Foam sheets
• Scissors
• Stamp pads and/or acrylic paint
• Pencil, small paint brush, or chopstick
• Wine corks and glue (optional)
• Hole punch (optional)
• Cookie cutters (optional)

How to make this

• Using the pencil, paint brush handle, chopstick or other dull edged tool, draw a design in the foam sheet. 
• Press the design into the foam so that it leaves a deep impression without going all the way through the foam. These indentations will not print when ink or paint is applied to the stamps.
• TIP: use cookie cutters to press a design into the foam.
• Cut along the outside of the foam designs so they are a more manageable size to print with.
• Use a hole punch to create a cool pattern in the foam, if desired.

• Add color to your new designs using a stamp pad or lightly brush paint on to the surface.
• Stamp the design on to your journal pages!
• TIP: glue a wine cork or a bit of thick cardboard to the back of your foam stamp to keep your fingers from getting ink or paint all over them, although painted fingers are a sign of a serious artist!
• The foam can be rinsed easily, ready for a new color.

 

TIP: carve letters backwards in the foam...oops!

The possibilities are endless. Grab some foam sheets, a few supplies, and let your imagination go wild!

UPDATE 2017: Vida! My Custom-made Design Shop

As of January 2017, I have chosen to stop designing for Vida. Instead, I have created a much larger array of beautiful clothing, home decor, and tech products for Society6. Because I am regularly adding more products, visit my shop site often to see what's new!

I now design custom-made clothing for both women and men! The following products I had been offering through Vida but I later found the company disappointing to work with. Although I continue to design merchandise for Society6, below are examples of what my Vida pieces looked like and are samples of what my artwork looks like as wearables.

  

Start looking great in one of my hand-designed works of heart!





See all of my current fashion collections on https://society6.com/kimlawsonart

New Art Prints Available!

I love photography! I venture out and try to capture nature in all it's glory and I want to share it with you (and, yes, adult beverages are part of my nature!).

Introducing the latest, greatest art prints now available for sale to you on my Etsy site. These luscious photos are 16 x 20 inches and are unframed (although I show a few of them here framed in poorly shot images - ack!). Some of these photos also come in 5 x 7 inch greeting card format perfect for framing or, gee-whiz, sending a note in the mail!

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CACTUS FLOWER

 

MARTINI TIME

SEPIA SAN FRANCISCO

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