17 Jul Tiny Animal Totems
My best friend is visiting me this week and she is a huge animal lover. Beasts large and small make this gal smile. So in honor of her, I thought I'd share a fantastic artist who creates tiny animal sculptures....
13 Jul Art on the Floor
This week I came across Momeni's 'Lil Mo Whimsy rug collection. These are handmade rugs design especially for kids and tweens. Aren't they amazing?! It's art for the floor! I think parents will enjoy these rugs as much as children....
10 Jul Corn Hill Arts Festival
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THANK YOU to all who stopped by the AbbyDora Design booth at last weekend's Corn Hill Arts Festival in Rochester, New York. The reaction to my artwork was wonderful and gave me a shot in the arm of "You are...
03 Jul Happy As A Hippo
Original purple hippo gouache painting on wood panel I'm happy as a hippo because this weekend is the Corn Hill Arts Festival! Hip hip hooray! I can finally see the light at the end of the tunnel. It's been quite a...
29 Jun Non-toxic Fixative Find
One week till Corn Hill Arts Festival! Whoo-ooo! My to-do list is finally getting smaller and the excitement is growing. One of the last major projects was to mount my original gouache mixed media paintings to "ready to hang" wood panels....
26 Jun Daily Monster Fix
This morning I came across designer/illustrator, Stefan Bucher's, new app for your iphone or ipad—The DAILY MONSTER Monster Maker. It's a spin off on his own personal Daily Monster project. Now you get to create your very own monsters using...
22 Jun Little Free Libraries
I am totally in love with Little Free Libraries! Aren't they so adorable? I want one in my front yard too. Happily, this fantastic organization has been getting some due props this week from the Etsy blog team and from...
19 Jun Natural Art
Over the weekend D and I traveled to Pennsylvania for a family party to celebrate my grandparents 65th Wedding Anniversary. We stayed at a restored turn of the century healing springs hotel that still had a natural spring bathing pool....
12 Jun Don’t Be Afraid to Fail
Running my own company has been an amazing experience. In my 2 years I've learned so much about myself, my art, and how to run a business. AbbyDora Design is a one woman show. I'm the Creative Director, Chief Financial...
08 Jun Personalized Baby Name Prints
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One month to go until the Corn Hill Art Festival and I'm making headway each day. My list to do is still longer than I'd like, but yesterday I completed matting and packaging all my prints—all 102 of them! Phew! One...