LOTS of new stuff in my ETSY store!!!

So I have recovered from the fun holidays and my bad cold and posted all of my prints at my Etsy store! Please check it out! There are plenty of cute things perfect for gifts or for your home!

Ruthie Designs. ON ETSY!

New! See me on Etsy!

Click here.

THIS WEEKEND! PRINTS AND PILLOWS ON SALE!

Come visit this weekend, buy some last minute gifts for Christmas - or a special treat or two for yourself! Saturday only! Can't wait to see you there, where I will have plenty of new items for sale!

Here is more information on the event:

Holiday Shopping Last minute gift buying panic marketplace

at Western New York Book Arts Center


468 Washington St at Mohawk in Downtown Buffalo 


December 20th
11am - 4pm. 


Free admission and open to the public
Artists, craftspeople, printers, & other handmade/self published/locally produced items. Perfect gifts for giving or hoarding.

See you there!!!!

Some new prints for the last minute market on December 20th!

NEW PILLOWS! COME SEE ME DECEMBER 20th!!

Here are some new pillows I will have on sale December 20th!

Hummingbirds for spring! yes, spring...

So, I was thinking this weekend and getting a lot done. It's only 7 days past the last show and I'm happy I've gotten 10+ pillows done so far this weekend. I did the owl hand drawing on 5 of them and Gocco'd YES! Gocco'd 5 or 6 as well! I had purchased 4 fabric screens, which are strange because they are huge, like two, and you can move them down and burn again on the same screen. Along with the fabric paint I bought in black and red, I made some new hummingbird pillows to start selling on the 20th. I was thinking that since people are going to want something for the spring and not just the winter, a hummingbird design could play that role... I can't seem to get the owl print to come out well with the Gocco, so I will have to keep that the hand drawn design. P.S. you don't need a squeegee for your Gocco fabric prints, an old gift/credit card works great and you can cut it for small areas/designs! Here are some pics of what I have done so far this weekend...
The first picture was my first Gocco fabric test print:

Tis' the season!

I just wanted to wish everyone a Happy Holiday Season! The Christmas tree is up with the popcorn my amazing mother strung by hand for me a few years back! Thanks Mom!

Getting ready for the marketplace on December 20th!

In order to prepare for the upcoming marketplace on the 20th of December, I had to purchase more material last night to begin drawing more owl pillows that seemed to be the favorite at the Second Storie Indie Market this past weekend. I will have more than 1 this time for purchasing, I promise! I will also have some new goodies to stock up on as I'm playing with the gocco more!

Here is more information on the event:

Holiday Shopping Last minute gift buying panic marketplace

at Western New York Book Arts Center


468 Washington St at Mohawk in Downtown Buffalo 


December 20th
11am - 4pm. 


Free admission and open to the public
Artists, craftspeople, printers, & other handmade/self published/locally produced items. Perfect gifts for giving or hoarding.

See you there!!!!

The Second Storie Indie Market was a great time!

So in the past week I've reflected on the Indie Market I did last Saturday and Sunday in Rochester- and I have to say I had a lot of fun! I met a lot of great designers who are super kind and very professional. Made some new friends and networked a bit at the same time - what fun!

I've put up some pictures of my work from the show and the next time you can see my work will be on December 20th at the Western New York Book Arts Collaborative "Last Minute Gift Buying Panic Marketplace" in the heart of Buffalo, New York. Come check it out and buy handmade for Christmas this year!

Gocco Prints!

So today I did my first Gocco Print! Here it is:

new designs...

Here are some new designs (not final designs, they are still in progress so they are more at sketch stage right now. )

The snow has arrived!

So despite seeing any snow here in the metro - the southtowns have begun to get a lot of snow! I'm still waiting. Here is a new pillow, dedicated to the snow I have yet to see. 

The Owl Pillow too....

I never posted finished pictures of the owl pillow - the owl I've come to name "Otis." So here they are:

The Finished Peacock Pillow!

Here it is! I got my sewing machine tonight- so guess what the first thing I did was! That's right, finished the pillow! 

One word. Brilliant.

So this morning as I was playing nomad to the internet world, I found Margaux Lange. She creates beautiful jewelry using Barbie™ doll parts. I'm in love everything she makes. Intelligent and artful, way to go! 

Here is what she had to say about these works, "Barbie™ was immensely important in fueling my creative life as a child, and ironically continues to be such for me as an adult. My "Plastic Body Series" jewelry stems from a desire to re-purpose common materials in combination with metals."

 

Sales. Soon?

Look for sales on etsy under ruthie designs at the end of November. I officially start selling what you see at the Second Storie Indie Market, the last weeked in November.  I know I'm excited! 

Some birds to amuse you.

Dancing birds!

Still working on the peacock pillow! Prints to follow?

So I had this drawing of the peacocks and now I think I'm going to keep working on it for a print or two. I've been working on the pillow - and picked up some beautiful gold and silver metallic fabric paint to add just slight touches of color to the work in progress. THE PAINT IS AMAZING. It's not too bold or gaudy and it has these gorgeous rainbow pin-point sized specks in it! Just enough! I love it! Plus, it paints on smooth with no clumps. Anyway, so I added those touches and sewed the drawings onto the pillow this time... the pictures below are of the progress so far. I have yet to sew the front and back of the pillow together - so if it looks wrinkled or strange, that's why!