I recently joined a great online community of indie artists/designers called indiepublic.com to promote 2GP. I’ve made a few friends, great feedback on 2GP products and have bought some awesome handmade quality goods from other indiepublic peeps. One of my first friends/finds was Rachel of “Miniatures by Rachel”. She specializes in handmade miniatures of cakes and desserts. Once I saw her amazing skills I commissioned her to replicate my wedding cake, she said yes and she finished it while I was away in China. Fred and I had what is called a “quake cake” where the cake was crooked and looked as though it was about to fall over… I loved the cake and I love this miniature equally. I’m amazed how Rachel was able to get the right look / colors of the flowers and icing. The whole thing is beautiful. I plan on taking more photos once it is in my hot little hands. Until then check out the rest of Rachel’s amazing, realistic miniatures on her blog.

Look how tiny it is!!!

It’s true! By sharpening and resharpening colored pencils.

I took this snap shot during my last trip to China in this market where they custom made decorative tassels using these super huge ceramic good luck cat beads. Hundreds of ceramic beads hanging from the walls… I was so inspired. The photos I took were cropped and from dramatic angles to add interest. When I took the photos I intended them to become paintings however a couple of days ago I found myself wandering around Aaron Brothers and ended up in the color pencil aisle (yes they have an aisle just for colored pencils - that is why they are awesome!) so I purchased some colors that would work for the shots I took and a nice quality navy blue paper to draw on. The images show the current progress… about 5 hours of working on it. Now that I have the hang of blending again it’s going quickly. I’m diggin’ it so far…

Not in my studio! I’m sorry but there is simply no more room… You’ll pay what? Well I guess I could fit you in next to the window. When can you move in?