New Challenge!

June came to an end, scary isn't it? Well, I am done with my June Guys, maybe I will make a short slide show later on (I will take off the tab soon, but it can be found HERE!),
Anyway, since in July is my wedding anniversary I decided to make HEARTS!
Why save them all for February?

I will be making 31 hearts in July. I need something to lift my spirits after  so many sad/stressing  days. I don't know about you, but hearts have always been a happy thing to me, even if done in drama (Remember your teen years??)

One heart each day. Make one, make 31, whatever you can! Photographs, drawings, crazy doodles.... Chalk, pencil, ink, anything goes on any material! Let your imagination fly!
I think the most challenging part will be finding the time to post them each day.
But if you want to play along with me in this lovely challenge, come along, grab the blog button and make hearts with me ♥

*Also, for those that want to learn to make faces, don't forget I have a workshop going on. Click on the side bar for more info :o)

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T shirt!

 Yaay! I just finished designing a Tshirt for my spanking new zazzle shop!

Remember Dream Live by AyalaArt

It only comes in white. I have to design the one for black background yet. Took me forever but I'm very happy with it.I also added a mug!

Three Ladies Mug by AyalaArt

Tomorrow I will keep adding goodies to it.

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oil painting Day of the Dead

What do you think? I think I am done. I could keep going but I will stop at this point :o)
The hair is different of what I am used to in oils. And Iwas still thinking of doing the Frida Kahlo uni-brow...

The colors are a bit off in my monitor anyway. She is not as pink in person. I love polka dots :o)

My art hangs here...

I am dancing in the clouds.... It is with great pleasure that I show this links to the Art Show in Moss, Norway. I am lucky to be part of it with 2 Frida art cards that were mailed to help get funds for books in their Library.
David Samdum had this great idea of making the first Twitter and Art International show and has done so much work to put all of this together!
I blurred the other art but click on each pic to see the walls as it is displayed. .

One already sold in the first day! :oD I wish I was there... cold, snow and all!

Thanks Giving Sale

As the end of the year and Thanks Giving Day approach, I have many things to be thankful. Most of all, my family, our love, health, and the time we can spend together. I am infinitely thankful everyday,  and I pray everyone feels as thankful in their lives.

This year was interesting and I feel blessed: in my family, I accepted that now I am the shortest person in my home (kids... they do grow fast!); I won awesome giveaways (to my delight), made new friends, enjoyed clay babies traveling by my house (Touring babies!); was published in a magazine (Thanks Cindy :o*); Art and Craft wise I reopened my Etsy shop,which I had left on the side (same for ebay) for a long time, while I learned and practised doll making.

And that's where I want to give thanks to everyone that reads my blog.
I am offering a 30% off CODE on everything in
my Etsy Shop: Dolls, Paintings, ACEOs and Custom Portraits.

Take a look and hopefully you will find something you like. Will be going on from today till the end of the month, on Nov. 30th 2010. First come First serve, as I don't make 2 of the same once they are gone, they are gone for good! Read code below picture.

Code: THXGVNAYALA Use it at checkout to get 30% off.
Does not apply to shipping.

Work in Progress and a blog Award

 After realizing that I was attacked by a Bipolar Muse, who pushed me in every direction at the same time, I decided to cool my horses (or is it hold my jets?) and go baby steps on one painting only. I will worry about the others later. Here is what I worked on so far, and you can see some WIP

She still needs more work, highlights maybe a flower and earrings...

Now the award: Campbell Jane gave me the Versatile Blog Award icon, which gives me the perfect opportunity to talk about me (Like if I don't ha!) so, here are 7 things about me, that you are dieing to know:

1. My inner child is the one that makes the rules around this house...
2. I can remember almost every sound of any instrument in many songs ranging from many decades... but hardly ever remember the name of the song :oB
3. Can't stand watching sports, I fall asleep unless there's someone I know playing.
4. I like to play marbles and make puzzles.
5. I love movies! I could go to the movies every day... only that not every time they have something good to watch. But I love to see the camera angles, the photography, the acting, the period costumes... or if it is a cartoon, I like to pay attention to the animation, textures, details....
6. I think Rupert Penry-Jones is super cute (Sorry Mr. Darcy)
7. I'm really rotten at giving blog awards... I'll put it on my list to find a blog that doesn't have one, and deliver. I don't want to just go and take it to the next person who got 7 of the same, that week :oP

Trick or Treat?

Do you like sweets? I have some eye candy, for all the artsy trick-or-treaters!
A collection of a bunch of ACEO mini paintings I have done through the years. I did not include kitties and a lot of other stuff because of the time limit. As it is, it lasts 10 minutes...
The sound will not work till much later tonight, sorry about that :o)

Hope you like it!