Made My Day

Lil Guide Tea Light Candle Holder makes the Etsy Front Page

What a fun surprise today! We received a convo from a friend DesignsbyShellie on Etsy who spotted our brand new tea light candle holders on the front page of Etsy. I noticed the convo 20-25 minutes after it had been sent and quickly went to Etsy's front page and it was still there! Thank you Shellie! And a big Thank You Etsy!

My husband and I have a second shop on Etsy, it is called SquierDesign.etsy.com. He thought it would be a great idea to separate our fine art from our vinyl graphics & design work. So we've been testing it out for a few months now. Michael is an industrial designer, who ended up designing and producing graphics for race cars. He loves coming up with design ideas for products. So hopefully, we will all see more of his ideas popping up in our Etsy shop.

We're still debating the one shop or two shops on Etsy idea.

Right now ... I'm happy one of his products made it to the front page of Etsy!

Summertime Inspiration

Forest Path

by Artist Rita Squier

Original Watercolor Painting

ACEO - Art Card

Size: 2.5 x 3.5 inches

Once again we spend a great deal of time during the summer in the Adirondack Mountains in Upstate New York. Nature, visits to the lake, occasional hikes are a great source of inspiration when it comes to my paintings. Through my art I would love to share a bit of this tranquility with you.

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Finding Inspiration

Adirondack Inspiration I

by Rita Squier

Inspiration comes from a variety of sources, but most of all, I believe it must first come from within. You have to have the will, the need, the want to do anything, to do something, to be creative.

Glimpses of the world around you will create sparks that will inspire you even more. Whether it is gorgeous scenery, good deeds done by others or a button on the sidewalk, little sparks will ignite your imagination and inspire you to be creative. Open yourself up and find those little sparks.

Over the summer, I read about ACEOs - Art Cards, Editions and Originals. Little tiny pieces of artwork that are the size of trading cards. The only requirement to an ACEO is the size, which is 2.5x3.5 inches. Little pieces of art. They are created in a variety of mediums. The more I read about them, the more I was inspired to come up with a few of my own. I was in the Adirondacks, Upstate New York when I learned about ACEOs, I had my watercolor travel kit with me. Just a step outside, my inspiration was sparked. I trimmed down my watercolor paper to the proper size, took out my watercolor paints and brushes and I painted a bunch of little woodsy themed art cards. A little magazine article, the beauty outside my door has brought about a new interest for me. I love painting these little miniature works of art.

The painting shown here is the very first ACEO I painted. It is titled Adirondack Inspiration I. All of my ACEOs are little original watercolor paintings. Many of which can be found in my Etsy Shop.

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