acorn violence

acorn violence
Originally uploaded by Dahleah

My First Card Design!

bouncing apple card
Originally uploaded by Dahleah

I got Blogged!

Thanks, Suzi! It is an honor to see my work on the blog of such a talented artist! Check it out: LuLu and Suziblu

Suziblu and Lulu Cookie

I've mentioned Suziblu in my blog before, but it is worth dedicating an entire entry to this amazing woman. She is a talented artist who creates short instructional and inspriational videos encouraging girls like me to DO art.

I've been watching her videos since the end of last year and since then have become reinvested in art as a part of my daily life. So much so in fact, that my art/craft business plans likely would not have come to be without Suzi's encouragement through her blog and videos.

Like many others, I feel like I have a new friend and have enjoyed following Suzi's personal adventures through her blog. A recent new adventure for her is getting a precious puppy named Lulu Rainbow Cookie. Of course, there is delicious naughtiness in that puppy, which inspired the following drawings:

animals stamps

animals stamps
Originally uploaded by Dahleah

These are delicious - the design is so retro-school days, which is what I think I love about it. You can find these stamps at several places, but I got mine from a lovely little online store called Broadway Paper. It came with a handwritten thank you note! Now that's classy.

How to get to my "business-y" blog

I've been fiddling with the html,
but can't get my crab apple designs blog graphic
to link to my other blog.
So until I figure that out, here's how ya get there.
Four links to it in one post: beat that! (Five - ha!)

Saturday fun

I love Saturdays!

I've been taking stock of my collections and have a few fun photos to share. This one is my growing collection of old blue bottles. These came from a few ebay purchases, one of which I posted about last week (note: it is pure coincidence that I arranged the bottles on the shelf EXACTLY like they were in the ebay seller's photo), but I also have a nice collection of "found" bottles which I will post once the light is good enough to take a picture.