illustration Friday - Muddy

Everyone can make mistakes...Don't you think so?
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This is an illustration I did for this week's Illustration Friday.

Watercolor and colored pencils on 5"x7" paper Have a great week!

Little chickies

These little chickies hatched out from their eggshells a few days ago,

but they still don't want to let go to their eggshells...

Because it's so cozy and comfortable to sit in them! These little guys will be soon available in JooJooLand shop.

Have a wonderful weekend!

Hope - Watercolor version

I finished the watercolor version of my little birdie.
The print of this illustration is now available in JooJoo shop.
It's printed on 8.5"x11" paper and the colors just pop!

Here you can see more details.

The inspiration for the colors of my little birdie was
this lovely Flickr photo.

IF - Focused

"Although I'm a small bird but I have big hopes...

I'm always focused on my dreams..."

This is the sketch of a watercolor illustration I'm working

on. I've colored this one with colored pencils.

Moon over the frozen city

Today was a very cold day, -14°C but feels like -23°C

usually I walk to post office and it takes only 10 minutes.

Although I was wearing many layers like an onion

but I still found it so hard to get there...

But I love Toronto, it's a beautiful city with lots of sunny days! :)

Jewelry inspiration

I use a watercolor porcelain palette for my jewelry designs.

It just helps me with choosing colors...

whenever I think of colors that go nicely together

I put them in my palette so I don't forget them.

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That white horse is a vintage porcelain sculpture that

I've borrowed from my mom to use for my photos :)

These days I'm working on some unique wedding jewelry designs for my

lovely friend Jacqueline. She has a wonderful blog too!

I feel so excited that she has chosen my work and I'm hoping that

I can make jewelries that she really loves!

Two birdies

The last few days I was working on these two little birdies.
I haven't titled this painting yet, maybe "Innocent Love"...
Do you have any suggestions?

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.Water color on 8.5"x11" paper

Winner!

Big thanks from the residents of JooJoo land to all of you

for participating in my giveaway and

all of your nice wishes! :)

The winner of this giveaway is again picked by random.org

and is: Dear Susan from Georgia, United States (Slkunze)
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My crab is so excited that she has found a new home!
Please send you address to me
xo
Have a great weekend!

Fruit labels

I am collecting fruit labels and stick them to the

back of my writing board.
It's funny, sometimes I want to try new fruits just for their labels!
When I finished filling up the whole writing board
I'll show it to you again :)

Thank you Etsy!!! And a giveaway :)

Etsy invited me to be their featured seller. My big thanks to Etsy team!

You can read my interview by clicking here.

I am also going to have another giveaway to thank you my dear friends!
This time it's a little polymer clay crab.
Please leave a comment with your name and country.
I'll pick a winner next Saturday, 10am EST.

Birdies cake topper

Here is the birdies cake topper!

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I just added both of my cake toppers to the shop.

for more information on materials and...visit JooJoo Land.

You can see the details here...


These guys really make a laugh!
Whenever I pass by and see them they bring a big smile on my face :))

Size: 4" tall and the base is 3 3/4" wide


Thank you for stopping by!

Bunnies cake topper!

I'm so excited to show my cake topper to you!

I've been dreaming about making cake toppers for a long time

I made a sketch of how I wanted it to look like.

I wanted it to be dreamy, fruity and full of flowers and vivid colors.

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It took a long time for me to make it...

it has a lot of details and takes unbelievable amount

of time but in the end I'm so happy with the results :)

Here you can see more details.
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And more details...


The next cake topper is two little birdies.
I'll show it in my next post tomorrow.

It's 5" tall and the base is 3 3/4" wide.

Enjoy!

More!

This is the last jewelry post for this month...Whew!!!
I have more...but you can see them in the shop on Thursday :)

Don't forget to stop by tomorrow to see one of the cake toppers!

More fruits and flowers

A few more earrings. Inspired by my favorite things.

Purple velvety grapes...

a lotus pond...

Plumeria blossoms (my favorite flower ever)

and yummy persimmons ( We had a persimmon tree in our yard in Iran)

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Thank you for stopping by!

Shipping tubes arrived!

Just wanted to stop by to say that my shipping tubes arrived and now

my peacock print is available in the shop!

Here is a detailed view of the peacock's wing feathers.

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I have a big surprise for you!!!

I've been designing some cake toppers in the last few months

and they are almost ready! I'll show them to you this week!

Floral earrings

The main inspiration for these earrings was flowers.

These are my favorite pieces so far, especially the one

I am wearing. I'll keep one pair for myself :)

Little pieces of nature

Today it was so sunny and nice here and it gave me the opportunity

to take more bright photos of my new jewelry.

Hope you enjoy! Check back tomorrow for more :)

Berry earrings

I've designed a few delicious berry earrings and I will

add them to the shop next week.

A lot more new jewelry that I will show you as I take

their photos!

Winner!

I ♥ Rondom.Org

You give your first and last numbers to it and

it chooses one random number. So the winner is my dear friend Montse!

Congrats! Please send me your address!

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Thanks a lot dear friends for stopping by and taking part in my giveaway

I read all of your precious comments and I enjoyed each and

every one of them! I ♥ you all!

The peacock

I finally finished my peacock! It will be available in my shop as soon as I

recieve my shipping tubes! It will be printed on 13" x 19" paper.
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The original painting. Watercolor on 12" x 18" paper

It's very detailed from close.

2010 calendar giveaway

I always wanted to thank you dear friends for stopping by my blog
& leaving such lovely comments! So here is a little thank you giveaway
to show my appreciation for your support and encouragement in 2009!

Please leave a comment with your name, country and also your favorite
illustration of this calendar (just one out of 12)
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I'll pick one winner next Friday 1:00pm EST

Happy 2010!

It's only a few hours to new year!

I wish you a great year full of happiness, success and health!

Happy 2010!

Merry Christmas!

We are getting close to the end of 2009! Time really flies :)

I wish you a very Merry Christmas dear friends!

Sunny day

Today Toronto is sunny and beautiful. If you lie on the bed and look at
the sky you can imagine that you are in a tropical island! Because the

sky is so bright an blue, but in reality outside is -10°C

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I love to take the photos of my clay works when it's sunny because you

can create happy photos with sunlight, don't you think so?
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JooJoo Land is in chaos when I'm taking photos!

Busy days

Thses days I've been so busy with Holiday orders that I couldn't stop

by to say hi.

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This little mountain goat was a custom order that I worked

on a few weeks ago. I didn't know that mountain goats can be

found only in North America! You can read more about them here.
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I hope you have a wonderful Friday and weekend!

Peacock in progress

Just wanted to share the progress of my watercolor peacock with you!

Have a great Friday and weekend!

Lately...

Sketch of my peacock that I'm planning to color with

watercolors very soon.

A big bird that I saw from my window.

I don't know if it's an eagle or a hawk.

But it's so beautiful, and is flying so high.

Free Shipping!

I am offering free shipping for everything in my print shop (JooJoo)
from Friday, November 27, 2009 through Monday, November 30, 2009.

All the shipping prices will be set to zero at 12:00pm Est.

I also combine the shipping if you purchase prints from my

sister's shop or my other print shop.

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I also wanted to thank you for all the lovely comments that

you leave for me here!

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Happy ThanksGiving to you and your loved ones! xo

Jasper the green owl

The most talkative species of owls!!!
Unlike other types of owls Jasper doesn't sleep during the day time.
He only eats berries and worms because he is too small to hunt
mice and squirrels! He is only 2cm tall!
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He loves to hang out with his friends and talk about all the latest
news in JooJoo Land, for example who is dating who and ...

I have added these little polymer clay owls to the shop
just a few days ago.
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These days I am working on some new watercolor paintings,
they are much bigger than my usual paintings. Hopefully very
soon I'll blog about them.

My first papercuts

I did these paper papercuts yesterday for my brother's birthday.

I was inspired by lovely work of Elsita and I wanted to try it

myself. Now I have a lot of respect for people who do papercutting!

Penguins of JooJoo Land

The sweetest penguins of the world! They really enjoy it here

in JooJoo Land! Winters are not as cold as South Pole's winters

and summers are perfect for swimming and catching fish!

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It's been a while since I had these tiny penguins and I
didn't have the chance to take their photos! Finally they are here! I took their photos on a piece of ice that

I had in freezer!

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You can find these little ones in my Etsy shop.

Eat vegetables!

Here are my yummy vegetables!

My favorite vegetable is tomato!

I also love green peppers :)

How about you?

Eat fruits!

I am not really a 'sweet tooth' but I DO LOVE chocolate.

I made these little fruits to encourage myself to eat more fruits and

less unhealthy stuff.
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I have also made a vegetable version.

I'll show you in my next post :)

Moonrise

A beautiful moonrise from my window.

Moon was much bigger in person but it looks smaller in the photo.

I will get back soon with some fun stuff!

Thank you for your lovely comments on my snail! :)

Snail 10/33

Here's snail 10 out of 33

It belongs to fall ... .

I've made these leaves with polymer clay

and attached them to the branch.

Thank you for visiting :)

Have a great Friday and weekend!

Illustration Friday: Fast

Even snails can go fast!

Water color and pen on paper

Fall colors

These days I see a lot of leaves in amazing colors.

But these fuchsia ones were so eye-catching

I made a collection with them.

YAY!!! Thank you Holly!

My calendar was featured in Decor8 2010 calendar round up today!!!

I really enjoyed seeing too many options! And still more calendars

on Monday!

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My special thanks to lovely Holly!

Hugs!!!

Having fun with my calendar cards!

A lovely way to use the calendar cards at the end of the year.

It just needs some cutting and trimming!

I haven't forgotten about the 33 snails project.

Soon I'll show you the snail 10/33

Voilà!

This is how the packaging of my calendar looks like!
Today I added it to the shop.You can get all the details about it in there.


This is how it looks on my cork bulletin board.

These are the illustrations for January to June.

July to December.
. Enjoy!! :)

December - Snow

I am so excited that I finally finished making this calendar!

During this project I had many doubts. As you know I have

a chronic back pain that makes me slow in whatever I do.

So there are things that are really hard for me to do, one

of them is sitting! and making these cards needed a lot of

sitting and working with my computer, and I was afraid to

start it...but at the same time I couldn't get the dream out

of my head.

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And now I have climbed that beanstalk that took me to

a lovely cloud! Actually that snail is me! Slow and steady ;)

Thank you dear friends for all the support that you gave me

along the way!

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This calendar will be available in my Etsy shop hopefully

by tomorrow!

February - Love is in the air!

A little Valentine to warm your hearts in cold February!

.I also wanted to thank you all for visiting and leaving such lovely comments.

You are so wonderful and encouraging!

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Next and last month: December

August - Indian elephant

A playful baby elephant for August!

I can smell the summer and water...

Yes water has its own smell!

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Next calendar page: February

January - Pomegranate branch

I wanted to do something special for January!

It's the beginning of the year and the first calendar card
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This is my favorite card so far :)

I am currently working on August!

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Thank you for visiting!

April - Little chick

Here is April!

I little chick hatching out of its egg.

Four more months are left!

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Next month will be January :)

March - Maneki Neko

Lucky cat (Maneki Neko) for March!

Beginning of spring is in March, it reminds me of Cherry blossoms

and Japan...This lucky cat wishes you love, happiness, health

and all the good things you may think of!

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I am working on April now :)

Giclee Calendar 2010

A little giclee calendar I'm working on right now.

This calendar has 12 cards for each month.

Each card measures 2 5/8 x 4" printed on lovely museum quality MOAB paper.

It is put together by hand.

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Each month has one of my pen illustrations.

I have already finished making 6 out of 12 months.

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I'll update the blog as I progress.

Rays of light

The sky was so beautiful the other day.

Sun was shining through the clouds and

rays of light could be seen very clearly.

Currently I am working on a calendar project and it takes

most of my time. Soon I'll share its photos with you!

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I also wanted to thank you all dear friends for the kind

comments that you leave for me. I really appreciate them.

Illustration Friday: Welcome

"Welcome the rain"

Watercolor, pen and colored pencil on paper

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The inspiration for this illustration was a

wonderful video on YouTube.

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The video is about how we are in control of the way we

think about and respond to life's events, both in

our personal and professional lives.

Click here to watch it :)

Here is the print of my painting.
Soon it will be available in my Etsy shop.

Cactus Garden

My "Cactus Garden" painting is now ready!

I wanted to finish it before Thursday and give it

to my mom for her birthday!
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Here is the framed and wrapped illustration :)

I'm so happy that she liked it!!!

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You can find the Giclee print of this illustration

soon in JooJoo.etsy.com