Happy Halloween Hauntings

May you have a safe and scary, chocolately and merry Halloween!!!!!!
Ooooh went the wind and out went the lights and the five little
pumpkins rolled out of site!!!!!!

I have been inspired to do some miniature paintings this weekend so I thought I would get about and scan them and share them with you before my little artist helper Chloe takes off with them to her room, then I have to fight with teddies and dollies and bunnies in order to rescue my
hostages! So This little lady was inspired by Tasha Tudor's book The Dolls Christmas
it is one of my favourite books and each year we like to bring it out after halloween and start to set our dollhouse up like the dolls in the book. Last year I purchased a really cute stage set with a tiny piano and real working miniature christmas tree for our little Christmas Doll show and I will be happy to set it up again this year and play with my daughter Christmas Pagent...toys for big girls.
This is Holly in the Snow and it is a miniature watercolor in the size 2 1/2 inches 3 inches in size done on Arches Fine French Watercolor Paper. I will list this little lady for sale on my little blog shop if you would like to purchase her for your little dollhouse. Have a lovely day!

Holly In The Snow

Does Etsy Hide Behind Beurocrey

I wondered the other day when I went to log into my etsy store why it had dissapeared! How could that be I pay my invoices they are up to date I have over 400 positive feedbacks and maybe one or 2 customers that I have the odd problem with. So after I limped around the Etsy site trying to find some help and after emailing them a dozen or more times only to receive standard letter replies what the heck kind of company treats paying customers like that!

I went off of ebay years ago because to the same type of treatment you are either too little for them to bother and not big enough for them to care!

Here is a link to a online forum about this Esty Extortion Proceedures

This is unbelievable to me. I mean I already knew that Etsy did close stores over one complaint, without contacting the seller first or even asking for their side of the story. That’s happened to enough other people that it no longer surprises me. But the shocking thing here is they are doing this to over 500 people sellers, and their top income producers.

I know whenever this happens someone says “well that’s just one side of the story, how do we know the seller is telling the truth?”
Feedback doesn’t lie.

The Little Dolls Halloween Party Book

The Little Dolls Halloween Book

I have put together a charming little booklet which I was inspired to make after having so much fun sharing Tasha Tudor's Little books with my daughter and her dolls, that I decided to make my own little book about 2 little dolls having a Halloween Party. This is a tiny book only 6 pages long and 3 inches by 4inches is size, the paintings inside are of my own design and they have cute verses and recipes amongst the pictures. All of the artwork is done by me and I am happy to share this little treasure book with you. The book is bound with ribbons and comes in a small basket for safe keeping.



To purchase a copy for $8.00 plus $1.95 for Sparrow Posting!

through paypal payment here

~~~~~Ask The Angels~~~~~~

I have made a few more brooches this weekend and using a very pretty dark red velvet ribbon I found made them into little ribbon brooches, the other ribbon I am using is a lovely permmisson burnt orange colour, I bought it early this year just for the deep colour and texture of the velvet. I made a few Angel Cameo Style Pins and my Little Lady Fox drawing in on one of the cameos she looks very wintery next to the red ribbon so I put them together in a brooch.
Here is a little prayer I think about when I need the angels to come around me
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I recite/think in my head
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Angels please protect me and the loved ones around me from the many faces of evil in this world, the people who wear masks of truth and then defy your trust. With your golden glow of peaceful light bring these people to justice show them love and free them from the arms of darkness.
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Amen.

And when ever you are in need I wear my little angle brooch to help me through difficult times or situations that you may need to attend and I find it works great for me, almost like i have a clear bubble around me where the poison arrows can't get in!
Please visit my little shop Dove Grey Shop if you wish to purchase a lovely angel brooch

You are invited to attend

~~~~An Early Folk Christmas~~~~~

Date Oct 15 2009

At Early Works Mercantile

I invite you to come and visit Early Works Mercantile, I will have an update this October 15th with my Holiday Folk Art.
These pieces are original works designed by myself and exclusively sold on the Mercantile site only so please do come back with your cup of hot tea and browse through our offerings!

Give Thanks

We had a nice Thanksgiving feast yesterday, it was just a small one with just our animals and ourselves so we made way to much to eat and now have to get out side in the almost zero weather and do some fall cleanup in the yard to work of all that stuffing. I tried my own recipe for stuffing this year since I am not a huge meat eater I like different veggie and combination side dishes, we mixed up a big bowl of nice bits of bread and pretty red fresh cranberries, bit of crushed chestnuts and onions and a mixture of herbs from basil to nutmeg they result was very enjoyable and I will have to do it again on the next roast dinner we prepare!




In giving thanks this weekend I reflect on how we are fortunate to have a home and food and our health and each other over this time and wish to all of you and your families the same.



I have been working on some creations for the up-coming Early Work update,
some holiday inspired pieces and wood painted silhouettes of a pair Christmas Sisters "Holly and Ivy" and a few Folk Styled Framed Papercuttings in a festive theme.
So please come back to visit my page that will be updated this week with new goodes.

I was lucky enough on our little walk through the park the other day to find some nicely colored fall leaves to decorate our table and we found mixed through the leaves near the rose garden lots of fallen but still fresh looking rose petals from the dozens of rose bushes, the strong winds we have had must a stripped most of the petals of these late bloomers so I did take a few handfuls to put in some bowls for a pretty Autumn Pot Pourri. My daughter put up her colorful paper Turkey so cute.....! she made in school this week and a few of her coloring pages to add to our table decorations. These 2 little Pagoda Blue dishes we a find at a sale this summer and I have yet to come across any more of the pattern, they remind much of Tasha Tudor's blue and white Canton China that she paints in her illustrations, and that she used for tea time every day.