Mother's & Father's Day Cards

Here are our 2012 Mother's and Father's Day cards :) These are being printed and will be ready to ship in a few days:
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Next, I'll be working on Graduation, an Alice in Wonderland themed card set and then right on to Halloween (which is so hard to believe!). If you have any suggestions, requests or input, I'd love to hear it! :)

Art Journal - Floral Watercolors

While anticipating "wintery weather" here in Cary (really, it mostly just slushed with a tiny bit of snow that lasted 12 hours... but it was really beautiful!), I did a whole lot of movie watching and doodling/art journaling while hanging out under a blanket (a very nice weekend, indeed!).

Whenever I use watercolors, I always run into the big question... should I outline these paintings or not?

So, I thought I would line them up, side by side... before outlining and after. What do you think? Which do you like better?

I sort of thought of this comparison idea after I started outlining the first painting... oops.

And I outlined this one in white paint...

I have one card in the line that has the outlined watercolor flowers... I didn't think it would be a popular design, but it turned out to be a good seller! So, I'm contemplating more designs similar to this in the future. Very 1960's wrapping paper... which I fancy.

So, what do you think? Watercolor flowers and watercolor flowers with outlines... yea or nay to this design?

sale sale sale :)

Time for a little spring cleaning, so everything is on sale at our website and over at ebay. These are our lowest prices of the year!

New lower prices on shipping at our website, too.

If you think you are going to buy 1 item, I'd stick with buying on ebay... but more than one, go over to www.violetcottage.com, because you'll save a lot with our new combined shipping setup. All items are in both stores :)

Happy Shopping and have a wonderful week!

Click on any of the above items to see its price & description! :)