Fine art PRINTS now available!!

I am so excited to start offering PRINTS of some of my art! I currently only have a few prints availble, but will start offering them of more of my orginal art in the future.

All prints are printed from a professional art printer. They fit in an 8x10 frame and are printed on Somerset Velvet paper using Epson Ultrachrome archival inks. The paper has a matte finish and a bit of texture to it. It looks great!!

The first print is my 'Especially on Sundays' piece. It is pictured here in just the print form.

Here is what the print looks like in a frame.


I am also offering my 'I Love Me' piece in a print. Here is a picture of it with an 11x14 artic white matte.




Both prints are available in my Etsy shop and are READY TO SHIP! Prints are $20 and you can add a matte for $5 more.

I would love to hear what you think! Thank you, and have a great day :)

NEW letters now available!

NEW, bigger letters are now available!! Here is an example that I created for my fabulous niece, Leighton.

Letters are paper mache and about 12" high by about 7.5" wide. They can easily hang on wall or stand on their own on a desk or shelf.

Letters are partially customizeable in that the design will be the same for all, however, you will be able to choose your colors as well as name. A boy version will be available soon!
Letters are $35 each, and can be found on my etsy boutique as well as my website.

Happy New Year!!

Well, okay..it's not really the 'new year', but at work (my full-time job), our fiscal year started over Sept. 1st, so...Happy New year to me! :)

Okay, fine. It was my lame attempt to think of a good title for this blog post.

Anyway, just wanted to post a few pics of what I've been up to these past weeks in the world of TinkerDot Designs. Lots of custom letters and I also painted bricks for the CRIM race dinner. I hand - painted the Crim 'C' on 50 different bricks! I should have taken a picture of my kitchen countertop. lol













Of course, I'm working on more all the time....so I'll update again soon!

Cheers!
Jenni

*I finally started my TDD page on Facebook. Check me out and 'fan' me!

Knee deep in letters...

As I sit here on my living room floor at this moment painting letters, I decided to take a quick break to post about letters as well :) Side note: I'm also watching the movie 'Capote'...hmm..interesting, odd..the kind of movie I can't stop wathing, but also can't decide if I really like it.
Anyway, back to letters!
Here are some I did to match the John Lennon's 'musical parade' bedding set.


Here is a set for a precious baby Brynn who surprised mom and dad and came 7 weeks early! She is still in hospital, but doing well from what I hear :)


These two are the first of their kind because they are a much larger letter than my normal sets. Perfect for an initial as you see here! I will sart offering these larger letters on my site soon.



Hope you enjoy! Back to painting and Capote! :)

When 'Toys R' Us' explodes in your household...

Recently, a wonderful customer purchased a Toy Storage chest from me on Etsy. I happened to find a much larger unfinished toy chest from an online vendor and sent her a message to let her know that there was an option for a larger version. She responded with a resounding YES because she said 'Toys R' Us was exploding in her house'..lol (Obviously I stole that for my title here, hey).

She gave me all creative freedom (she did tell me colors of the room of course) and this is what I came up with! It is being shipped today and I am excited for her little one to get it!




You will notice it has a chalkboard top. Kids love it!





I loved Mr. Owl, and so did Grace..she kept commenting on it. haha







For anyone interested this toy chest is 34 3/4"W x 18 1/2"D x 18 1/2"H. It is made of solid alder and birch hardwoods. It is a great piece and will fit a great amount of toys, blankets, etc.

I am almost finished with a fabulous Table/Chair set as well and will be posting pics of that in a few days!

Hope you have a smiley day :)
Also, Toys R' Us totally explodes in our house on a daily basis and I'm a little nervous for Santa to come and dump another load.

~Jenni

"Jump, and you will...

learn to unfold your wings on the way down."

Yay!! I finally am able to blog about the canvas I created for my sister's house (thank you, Melinda, for FINALLY sending me pics! They are fabulous btw) This is the first time I have created a canvas that is not child oriented. A very different step for me...and it was so much fun!!

So much fun that I even think I'm going to start a 'big kids' line for TinkerDot Designs with all my spare time. hah! Well..I guess I'll wait and see.

I hope you enjoy this canvas. I would love to hear your thoughts :)

"How's the art easel?" "Well, haven't used it...been painting wall letters out my ears" yay!

Hehe....well, that little convo. was with my friend, Elizabeth who was so nice to let me use her art easel that her dad gave her. yay! I can't wait to use it...when I get a chance to paint something other than wall letters...
Don't get me wrong, LOVE painting letters..they are fun, always different, and make great gifts. I need to take a picture of me painting them. every .night...on my floor, on my counter, on my table. All over my house! Then I have to put them all up high every night, or in Lydia's "room" and close the door, because let's face it..Lydia does not use her room. She sleeps with me, like, umm..every night. Please no parenting lectures. I know. I know.
Oh yeah, the reason I put them up high or in a closed room is so that Lydia doesn't think they are toys and start throwing them around. or use them as "coloring books". ahh! happened once. had to start over. nice.

So, here is one set I just got done for a soon to be born, Alexandria "Alex". It was made to match the Nautica Kids Lola set from Babies R' Us. Hope mom loves them!



This set was created for a girl's room, and she obviously loves pink. who doesn't?!! Mom wanted to break up the pink in the room so we created these pink and brown letters to help her with just that! They will be hung with silky brown ribbon (yet to be added) and she also bought a matching picture frame, which I am painting tonight..will post soon.


Thank you for the wonderful orders of wall letters..I really do love creating them. But next, guess what?!! I get to use the easel because I have 2 canvases to paint in the next week..oh yeah..and more wall letters. hehe

Custom baby shower gifts are so fun!

I have recently finished a few custom orders for customers who are giving these as gifts to friends with new babies (or expecting). As you may know, I specialize in custom creations, and do love them because it means not doing the same thing all the time. I love creating new things and I also really love when I get to have creative freedom....and so far, so good. I have never had a customer not love what I did for them. (Wow..i better knock on wood right now..)
So, the first pic is of wall letters in a vintage airplane theme. I only received an internet picture to go from with these, so I was a little nervous to make sure the colors and everything were right. Plus, I have never done this sort of theme before. The great news is that the recipient received them, and they matched wonderfully and she loved them. Yay!

This next custom creation is a 12x12 canvas and wall letters to match a pink and brown ladybug themed room (from JC Penney). They are being given as a gift at a baby shower and haven't actually been given yet, so I'm anxious to see what the mommy to be thinks :)


I really loved creating this canvas. I was inspired by a piece of scrapbook paper that I saw. I use scrapbook papers as inspiration a lot...
Well, that's all for now! I really need to get to bed...
The husband is away at a bachelor party (darn him!) and I'm hoping both girls don't get up in the middle of the night. not.fun.at.all
*BTW...these pics are updated on my website under handpainted letters and custom canvas.
~Jenni

A funny story and cute chair...

Hahaha....so, Sunday night Grace and daddy were snuggling on the couch watching Narnia, which proved to be a little scary for a 3 year old...although she held out and just had to keep watching. Anyway, they are under the covers and here is the conversation:

Grace - "Daddy, did you toot?
Daddy- "Yes, I did. Excuse me"
Grace- "That stinks"
Daddy- "No, it doesn't. It smells like flowers"
Grace - Immediately looks at daddy with a completely serious and awstruck face and says in sort of a whispered, questionable tone ....."You ATE flowers?"

hahahaha.....oh, Grace. you are too funny sometimes. of course, after we all laughed..the scene had to be completely reinacted with every line being said the same exact way as it was the first. She always does this. I swear she really is going to be an actress.

Also, I finished the rocking chair a few weeks ago actually, but forgot to put it up. It was custom to match her room. turned out cute I thought :) Someday I really am going to make my own girls a chair...geeze.


Some news that is also worthy of mentioning is that I will not be taking any new orders until July 1, 2008. I have enough orders right now to keep me very busy, and there are lots of family things going on in June, so I need to be realistic and make sure that I am not rushing things..especially for the sake of my customers. If you are interested in something in early July or even very late June...get in touch with me ASAP and I can see if I am able to fulfill.

Thank you, and have a fabulous day!

For those of you that may be reading this because I sent you a Relay For Life fundraising letter from Grace and Lydia....welcome! Please leave a comment or e-mail me. I would love to know that you stopped by.

"It is never too late to be what you might have been!" - anonymous

Diamonds are a girls best friend you know...

Wow! Where has the time gone! it's been over a week since i have blogged. has anyone even noticed? lol ...oh well..

i also decided (just now) that i am going to write in all lowercase this time because it is a heck of a lot faster and more fun right now..k? great. thanks.

well, the title of my blog is dedicated to wendy who purchased a custom mirror from me on my etsy site , and asked that it be painted in purple diamonds instead of stripes. i thought that was a great idea...so this is what i ended up coming up with for her. i think it turned out very cute and i sure hope she loves it (just shipped yesterday).

thank you, wendy, for the new idea on the mirror. it was fun and you were wonderful to work with!

Also, if you haven't looked at it yet, please visit my sister's blog, Melinda Ann Photography, because my Grace went to stay with her this past weekend (she lives 3 hours away) and there is a great story on her blog about something she said. leave it to Grace (and most kids) to say the most hilarious thing, but be completely straight faced and serious about it. they have no shame...i love it.

So, while she was gone ALL weekend...we were really missing her by sunday. however, dave, lydia and i had a great weekend together. it was soo cute because dave and lydia don't get much one on one time, but they did this weekend. he took her outside to play and there was a moment when i saw her head walk by the window...i looked out and she was riding on his shoulders with the biggest smile ever. she was in daddy daughter heaven, and so was i. my heart skipped and i was reminded at how blessed i am to have a wonderful husband and 2 happy, healthy little girls. i love my life :)

have a stupendous rest of the week (because lord knows i won't be blogging again until at least friday...)
~jenni