Wishing the Happiest of Valentine’s Days to You!!

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Happy Valentine's Day! Today is not only my 3rd blog anniversary, it is also my 700th post!  What are the odds that would happen??? So of course, I am celebrating with a giveaway.  Today is the last day to enter to win a copy of my Grumpy Fairy book

This little painting is for Sherry.  She has EIGHT grand daughters and has asked me to paint them each as a fairy, like I did for Sugarwings in the Grumpy Fairy book.  I've had a lot of request for doing this, but have always turned them down.  Now, I think I am ready to take on some commissions….

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To see if I really wanted to go into the fairy painting biz, I did a few little sprite cartoons of some of my friend's children.

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Of course, these will not be exact portraits, cartoon is the key word here.  I have plans for some vintage wallpaper covered mats. When I have it all done and ready to mail, I'll show you the photos I worked from and the finished projects. I'll be interested to see what the moms say.  I'll be relying on their feed back to see if I will offer this service in my Boutique. What do you think? Is there a market for this?

Each is a mix of ink, watercolor, acrylic, and glitter. There had to be glitter!

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My little Sugarwings has been doing some artwork too.  She needed to make 16 Valentines for school, so I turned her loose with my red and pink paints and some glitter gel.  She was enjoying the job, but was even more excited to think about the cards her friends were making for her.  Their party is Monday after Valentine's, which is lucky, because she was sick on Friday.

Diecuts
Speaking of lucky, I've been getting some wonderful gifts in the mail! An envelope full of vintage die cuts came from Ruth, (who is one of the participants in our Alice Tag Book Swap– its not too late to enter if you want to join us!)

Labels
This giant selection of red gummed labels came from Kathy, along with the cute heart collage and the round stacking boxes. I can't wait to gaudy up those babies.

I think that these labels will come in very handy on my Alice swap tags.  

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Then, I got a package from Sue

that was filled to the top with pretty papers for me and for Sugarwings! Along with lots of fun tid bits for my fairy grand baby to craft with, stickers, tags, and even sticky paper to make your own stickers with.  She used some over the painted Valentines she made for school.

There was a set of fairy wings for a doll too!  Sweet, huh?

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But that is not all! My pal, Tiffany sent a beautiful card from one of her photos and inside it was this Glenda bookmark.  Just because.  And Jenn sent a cute Valentine, which was a sweet surprise.  

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And I can't forget to mention the Valentine calendar that my Sissy sent for all of us to copy and use (previous post).  I ended up putting a copy in my scrapbook today, but instead of a photo, I added two columns clipped out of the newspaper this week. They are both written by Lori Carson, who was the host for the Romantic Decorating Tips I did for the local news station (here and here). She used the tips for her column too, and gave credit to my blog.

Yep, I'm pretty lucky.  Thank you to everyone who comes by my blog to keep me company and to all the great blog friends that I've met.  Thank you for 3 years of fun. My blog means a lot to me, and so does your company.

I hope you'll continue keeping me company as I blather on in the future!

32 thoughts on “Wishing the Happiest of Valentine’s Days to You!!”

  2. LiLi M.

    Mmm my comments just disappeared, while I am in a hurry of course, but it was only a short one: Happy Valentine’s day to you and your family Karla and congrats on 3 years of blogging. I’m affraid that I’ll stick to you as an insect on those strips in the sixties!

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  5. lisa mcilvain

    Happy Valentines Day Karla,
    What a lucky girl you are to get such goodies! I’ve been on an etsy search for those vintage labels since Christmas when I needed them for tags. I can’t wait for the swap, & please enter me in your giveaway. Congrats! It’s seems like you’ve always been here. Lisa

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  8. Karen Young

    Karla, Happy Valentine’s Day, 700 posts and third anniversary. It is so nice that all these milestones fell on the same day.
    I love the fairy portraits and I think the moms will too.
    I’m so glad that Sugarwings is starting to feel better.
    Hugs Karen

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  9. Eileen Elder

    Congratulations and Happy Valentines Day! I surely think there would be a market for the fairies that you make. These are adorabe. You are a gifted woman, and I would like to tell you that you inspire me all the time. Your blog was one of the first that I ever followed, and I am so happy I found it. Have a wonderful Valentine ‘s Day! Eileen

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  11. JoAnn S

    Happy Valentines Day , Karla, looks like you received some great gifts!! Sugarwings will love her Valentines Day party, remember the anticipation of receiving, or Not receiving cards. I dont know if I enjoyed it or worried about it lol.oh the happy,carefree days of childhood.I wished my grandkids lived closer, I am even having a new grand baby girl in april, her dad and his french girlfriend and having a sweetone and I hope they give her a cute French name.They live in germany so I wont be on hand for the birth but I did see ultrasound via email. Anyway enjoy the day. hugs JoAnn S

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  12. Jane

    Happy Valentine’s Day, Karla – and Sugar Wings too! Your blog is always such a treat, but this post is especially filled with so many wonders! Love the fairy children!
    Jane – Jacksonville

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  16. Lois

    Hey Karla!
    I hope you had one sweetheart of a day.
    I am sure that you won’t have any problems getting commissions for fairy books.
    Good Luck with that project!
    Lois

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  19. Sherry Williams

    Karla….Fairy Brooklyn is beautiful! I can’t wait to see it in person! I just did a paypal to you. Thanks so much for doing this!! I hope your little granddaughter is feeling much better now. Happy Valentine’s Day!
    hugs,
    Sherry

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  24. Shawn

    Those fairies are precious!!! I”ve always wondered if you were doing them for commission! Tag swap sounds fun I plan on working on it tomorrow. Some are already done??? wow!

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  26. Sue@MyArtsDesire

    Karla,
    I do think there would be a market audience for your custom fairy paintings! They are just adorable in their own right but would take “special” to an even greater height when the featured fairy was someone’s own child/grandchild/niece, etc! Also, bless your heart, you made me look better than I am [that’s called Best Friend Potential-ha!]by not mentioning that your little package was the result of you supporting Rebecca’s Haiti by Hand shop! Thank you for your kindness…xo sue

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  29. Soarenth

    Happy Valentine’s Day!
    Happy Blog Anniversary!
    Happy 700 posts!
    What a great way to be overdosed on happy at the cottage. ;->
    Looking forward to seeing the finished products of your fairies and what those gifted scrap supplies transform into.

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  30. Janice

    If you decide to do ” fairie cartoons” please let me know…. I have inquired before about getting some made of my grandaughters…. they are just precious!! Janice Watts

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  32. Becky Wimbs

    Dear Karla,
    I would like to make a alice tag. I’m so new to this, I hope I’m doing this correctly. Thank You, Becky

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