Pigtail Friday

Girl with Pigtails by Claudine Intner. Mixed media collage on gallery wrap canvas. 9 x 12 inches and 1 1/4 inches deep. ©2011

Girl with Pigtails by Claudine Intner. Mixed media collage on gallery wrap canvas. 9 x 12 inches and 1 1/4 inches deep. ©2011

It’s Friday! Hurray for the weekend! I am wrapping up a big week of new art. I hope you enjoyed seeing all of the new mixed media collages and pendants. I am busily working on even more! Above is the last new collage for the week. I got the idea for the pigtails from a picture I have in the studio of Judy Garland in the Wizard of Oz. It seems like all the recent collages have much better hair than me! If you missed any of the new stuff, head over to the Etsy shop to check them out.

Friday also means Follow Friday when I share little links and goodies with all of you. As usual this collection of links is random, but I am sure you will find something to enjoy!

  • My addiction to Etsy treasuries continues with this one of signs. It started when I saw this no soliciting sign. We have an insane amount of door to door hawkers around here. I’ve had just about everything show up at my door from the usual religious groups and high school fundraisers to a meat truck and a guy offering to fix the dents in my car! We even had the county executive randomly show up at our door. So anyway, the sign led to a search which led to the treasury.

‘Signs of the Times’ by claudine

Just a fun collection of signs on Etsy! Enjoy!


You Say I’m A W…

$14.00

Wood Sign – Unless …

$12.95

London Underground …

$15.00

NEW ITEM you are my…

$45.00

HIPPIE Fine ART PHO…

$10.00

Eat sign …EAT sig…

$20.00

Life is too short t…

$13.95

Vintage Farmhouse W…

$16.00

Custom Handmade Woo…

$350.00

Halloween sign deco…

$10.00

hello sign made fro…

$42.00

Handmade, handpaint…

$35.00

Kindness Matters Si…

$12.00

Solicitors Will Be …

$28.00

retro vintage bewar…

$8.95

I Love You to the M…

$34.00

Treasury tool by Red Row Studio.

I love the zombie one in the bottom row. Do you think I could leave it up beyond Halloween?

Have a wonderful weekend, and I will see you next week!

Rain Rain Go Away

I am hoping for a little sun today. In the meantime, enjoy my very watery treasury on Etsy.

‘Finding Beauty in the Rain’ by claudine

It has been a very rainy week so I thought I might try to find the beauty in the rain.


Vintage girl with Umbre…

$12.00

Girl with Umbrella Mixe…

$12.00

Original ACEO – My red …

$20.00

Happy Tears Print

$20.00

Fine art print-11 x 14 …

$29.00

Yellow Bird with Flower…

$18.00

Girl with Umbrella Art …

$25.00

FREE SHIPPING – 8 x 10 …

$20.00

GICLEE Print on CANVAS …

$55.00

Walking In The Rain Wit…

$45.00

Girl umbrella rain blac…

$22.00

Black and White, Boxer,…

$25.00

Under Her Umbrella Prin…

$12.00

Original Watercolor Gir…

$35.00

53B Bright Owls on Elep…

$15.00

Hedgehog Rainy Day, 8×1…

$16.00

Treasury tool by Red Row Studio.

Raspberries, Links, and Loved Ones

Raspberry Beret by Claudine Intner. Mixed media collage on canvas. 8 x 10 inches. © 2011

Raspberry Beret by Claudine Intner. Mixed media collage on canvas. 8 x 10 inches. © 2011

In honor of Project Runway’s new season, I thought I would share my very fashionable Raspberry Beret collage. It isn’t quite finished yet but decided to share anyway. I got the idea from this pattern book…

Raspberry Beret Inspiration - Vintage knitting pattern book

Raspberry Beret Inspiration - Vintage knitting pattern book

Well, okay… So maybe it was a little of this and a little of Prince.

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Each week I try to compile an organized list of links with a theme for Follow Friday but inevitably I end up with a really random list. Maybe it is the Creative A.D.D. that makes me want to share all the pretty shiny links I like even if they are unrelated. So here is this week’s finds:

  • FlockShop - It is like Living Social for the artsy craftsy set. Oh, yes! Each day they share a new discounted item. Once they sell out, it is on to another deal. They only opened this summer so it will be interesting to see how it grows. You can also “like” them on Facebook.
  • Inspiring artist Judi Hurwitt shared a nifty technique with a bleach pen on her blog this week. I really love how she altered the bleach pen. I am kind of curious if a bleach pen would work on paper… maybe handmade papers?
  • Like every other book lover, I headed over to Borders this week to check out the great deals. I was terribly excited to grab a copy of Traci Bunkers new book The Art Journal Workshop. I love it! Lots of great techniques to try.
  • For fun, I made a couple of Etsy treasuries this week. (If you aren’t an Etsian, I should explain that treasuries are a collection of 16 items from various items shops usually organized by a theme.) I am particularly fond of my Mommy Art one. I also made a hand-themed one.

‘Mommy Art’ by claudine

Everybody loves mom!


Woman playing with a ch…  

$6.00

Mermaid Mommy and Baby …  

$25.00

FOLK ART MAGNET. Autism…  

$6.00

Mother and Child 7  

$129.00

Motherhood / Mother an…  

$15.00

Je t’aime maman  

$20.00

11 x 14 Custom Pop Art …  

$55.00

Meeting You 8×10 Canvas…  

$25.00

Together We Stand origi…  

$150.00

Earth Mother  

$6.00

Sweet Lullaby – Mother …  

$35.00

Girl with Baby art prin…  

$20.00

Motherhood 12in x 12in…  

$30.00

Like Mother Like Daught…  

$18.00

Mother and Daughter Emb…  

$20.00

I Will Help You Grow – …  

$22.00

Treasury tool by Red Row Studio.

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On a personal note, this week has been rough. I don’t need to go into all my problems this week since they are really trivial compared to what happened a couple of days ago. On Wednesday our community lost a wonderful mom, teacher, and all around good person. Her death was sudden and tragic. Jennifer was the kind of person that everyone wishes they could be. She was nice to everyone and extremely involved in the community.  She taught my oldest son in preschool when we still weren’t sure what was wrong with him — before the autism diagnosis. She was caring and understanding and professional. My heart aches for her young daughters and husband.

It was the kind of week that you realize what is trivial and what is important and that we aren’t going to live forever. So enjoy life, do what you love, and embrace your loved ones. I send you all a big hug and wish you well.

Creative A.D.D.

Mixed media collage works in progress by Claudine Intner. © 2011

Mixed media collage works in progress by Claudine Intner. © 2011

I have self-diagnosed myself as having Creative A.D.D. I have a lot of ideas and projects lined up. Is it possible to have too many? I have five different collages in progress right now. I am loving them all!

In the spirit of my Creative A.D.D., I present you will a REALLY random collection of links for this very hot Follow Friday. I hope you enjoy them!

And two little Claudine-centered links before I go…

Have a fabulous weekend! See you next week!