Check out all these Birmingham based Esty Shops!

The other day while I was driving through the neighborhood by all my favorite local community shops and restaurants, I took notice of all the wonderful and unique boutiques. I realized how important it is to support the dreams and aspirations of the people in our community. In that moment, I decided it would be wonderful to look through all the local Birmingham shops on Etsy and form a little group to showcase the unique and individual talents. I think it is important to find a common thread and to help support each other and our community. We have so many wonderful shops and talented people. Even if the weather outside your house suggest an unpleasant shopping experience, you can always have a pleasant day shopping and browsing on Etsy. I invite you to take a few moments to check out the shops I found. Maybe it will inspire you to do the same or you can just simply pass along the names of the shops that you like best!

Just click on the picture to open up the link to each shop. Like what you see, be sure to stop by and tell them that you found them here on our blog! Psst, so please pass it along!!!

Grace & Love,
Natalie

Meet my newest Earthangel Amishi, Hindu for Pure

Meet my newest Earthangel, Amishi, from my series of Earthangels Around the World.

She is a Hindu bride and she represents the innocent pure love of the feminine power.

I tried to capture the precious moment of a sweet bride comtemplating her special wedding

day.
It is a mixed media painting. I used tile grout for the frame and Hindu symbols cut-out and glued to a 30 by 40 canvas.

Now Launching our Original Art & Frameable Photo CARDS!!!!!

We are so excited to finally be launching our much anticipated new venture, Original Art & Frameable Photo Cards, which is a very exciting moment for us. Art and photography are such an important part of our lives. It is what drives us, motivates us, captivates us, and connects us to our passions and spritual growth. It seems over the past year my Mom and I have had a huge burst of creative energy explode for our hearts and minds. We are so excited to finally have the opportunity to showcase our creative talents and love for nature, travel, whimsy, and spirituality. Each card is uniquely created from our very own dreams, and our personal passions. I hope that you enjoy them as much as we do!

To check out the cards you see here and our complete collection please visit our etsy shop at:

artdelamour.etsy.com

Meet Anastashia, my newest painting

This is my last painting before my daughter's sixteenth birthday trip to the beach and Disney World. Mickey here we come!

Here is a video my sweet daughter did for me!

Check out this amazing video that my sweet daughter made for me featuring my angel paintings!! Please let me know what you think. I am a proud mom tooting her horn for daughter's talents. Toot! Toot! Ha!

Having fun at my daughter's house!

I enjoyed painting at my sweet daughter's house today. She helped me to chose the color for this old frame that I jazzed up. Then I went outside to take a pictures and I found these beautiful flowers that were just perfect for this painting. I will sell her as a card on our new Etsy shop that my daughter created today. It is called www.artdelamour.etsy.com. We will sale our wearable art, prints, greeting cards, photography and much, much more. We will feature I new shop soon. We are so excited because this is a long time coming.
Charlotte

I love these Artists, Meet Jo and Dylan James

The Cart Before The Horse

I want to introduce these two artist I found on Etsy, Jo and Dylan James, they are two excellent comtemporary folk doll artist. I love their unique style. Each limited edition piece is made entirely by hand and is signed, numbered and dated by the artist. Their unique style is very refreshing. You must check out their blog, for it is a "must see" and stop in for a bit of shopping at their Etsy store.
http://www.cartbeforethehorse.etsy.com/ and http://www.thecartbeforethehorse.blogspot.com/
Here are just a couple examples of their work.

Some New Art

Playing with paint and recycling old thrift store frames. This was an old beat up wooden frame that I brought back to life. My husband says this angel she looks more like Medusa but I was going for an angel that evokes the mystical energy of deep communion. I went an entirely different direction than I thought I was going. At first she was going to have straight black hair but for some reason I decided to paint her hair blue. Then when I put the first layer of her skin tone my daughter said she liked the white layer, so I decided to go for it and just add blue tones. It is fun to think outside the box. I think the blue color projects a mystical quality.

Meet My Newest Angel, Isabella

Meet My newest angel, Isabella, which is Spanish for "Devoted to God". She represents the Angel of passion and compassion (passion representing the energy of movement and compassion representing the energy of feeling.) In life we need to have something we want to share with the world or something we want to be apart. So we use passion to give us the movement we need to get going and we use compassion to give us the feeling we need to connect with others. The balance between these two energies create the right atmostphere to make things happen. The Spanish dancer's red dress is full of movement and passion yet her soft, sweet face gives you the feeling of compassion. I hope you enjoy her as much as I enjoyed painting her.
(Notice how she changed as I began painting her. She became much softer as I went along. Spirit is definitely in charge,)

Featuring Artist Samantha

I want to introduce Samantha, a wonderful artist I met through her Etsy shop and her blog, The Journey of Sam Paintbrush. She is a self-taught artist who receives much of her inspiration from nature. I love how her art takes you to breath-taking scenes in nature and gives you the feeling of being there. She has a great artist eye for capturing the tranquility yet equally vibrant feeling of nature and transforming this mood and emotion onto the canvas. Samantha is also a supportive artist who is willing to help and support other people's talents. As you can easily see she is very talented, I hope you will check out her Etsy shop and visit her blog for some great gift ideas. http://www.samspaintbrush.blogspot.com/ and http://www.samspaintbrush.etsy.com/ .