December Christmas Extravaganza

Come visit me at these craft fairs:

Noel Night - Detroit, MI - Dec 3
Design 22 - Berwyn, IL - Dec 10, 17

At these shows I will be selling a lot of what you can see at my shop Tomkie Illustrations

other links:
noel night
design 22

Felt Owls

I also LOVE making owls out of felt. SO MUCH FUN! Here are some of the owls I've been working on. I think I'm going to document some of what i go through to makes these guys today so stay tuned. Be sure to look at my etsy page to look at the owls i'm currently selling

I got ADOBE!

I recently got the Adobe programs and I'm going crazy with it. I have spent most of my free time glued to my computer (which is hooked up to my tv....so really glued to my tv) working on new owls. I hope to post some shrinky dink artwork/jewelery soon on etsy so check back soon for new products! For now take a look at some of my kooky owls.

i love felt

It seems that this past year I've been on a felt craze. With that said I'm pleased to announce my owl line that will be sold on my etsy store. These little guys are made out of felt and then sewn together. I'm still experimenting, long legs, short legs, wrapped wire/not wrapped...button eyes, showing stitching..vs. not.....etc. Doing this has peeked my interest in needle felting like what Laura Alane does with her owls..etc. I love her stuff and by no means do i want to attempt to rip her style off. I'm just taking this idea of an owl..something i've been drawing for the last 5 years and make it 3d.
I've also been working pretty hard at making these felt needle books. They're a great way to put all your sewing notions in one place. They have four felt pages you can pin your needles and pins to and then a pocket in back to put everything else.

as always I would love to hear feedback!

Craftiness

I've been feeling pretty crafty these last couple years. Making things with construction paper (photos to come) fabric and felt. Last weekend I went to Milwaukee to visit a friend. While there we walked into this gallery with an amazing sculpture of what looked like fabric birds. Of course this got my creative juices bubbling and now I want to make some for myself. I just hope my cats don't try to eat them. This, along with my 50's vintage kitchen utensils (photos to come too) will be my new(ish) projects.

also...these are adorable

done

snow day = art day

I'm working, working, working on my past projects that I haven't finished. Here's an updated picture on my bliss chick colored pencil drawing.
and finally my drawing of my cat. Still working on it...there's A LOT of white fur that is pretty boring to draw in so it will probably be awhile till I finish it. I might just scrap it and start over.