Polymer clay guys

Hello lovelies! I had promised to show you the little figurines of some of

my animal alphabet guys! Finally I took their photos.

And here they are: Lobstie, MouMou and Narwie

They are made of polymer clay and I've added some details with acrylic paints.

Never give up!

I had started painting this illustration some time in September and

at that time my health situation was so bad that I left it unfinished.

I originally wanted to encourage myself with this quote "Never give up".

And now I really believe in it.

I just finished it last weekend :o)

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Watercolor and colored pencils on 8.5" x 11" Hot-Pressed Fabriano paper

I asked my husband Suma to take a photo of me next to a table lamp.

It helped me with the lighting of the illustration!

You can purchase the archival print of this illustration in my Etsy print shop!

Instagram

A while ago my sister told me about a cool photo sharing application called "Instagram",

and since then, I'm hooked!

It has lovely filters and crops your images into a square shape, like Polaroid photos.

It's compatible with iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch.

Here are some of my Instagram photos.

You can follow me here too!

Snails 15/33 & 16/33

Snails 15 and 16 out of 33.

Acrylic paint on polymer clay + Natural yellow Cuban snail shell + Natural land snail shell

I thought you may like to see some "In progress" photos.

I always outline with a pencil and then start painting with acrylics.

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* The yellow shell was a gift from my brother Ali, a souvenir from Cuba.

Thank you Ali! :o)

Love is in the air

This time I've created a jewelry display + Digital collage.

Since tomorrow is Valentine's Day I thought it's a perfect time

for the color category of fuchsia, ruby and pink as they represent

love and passion, and I called this collection

"Love is in the air".

You can find all of them in my jewelry shop now.

Hope you enjoy and Happy Valentine's Day everyone ♥ (in advance!)

Colorful room

A few photos of my work space.

I use Washi tapes for the packaging of my jewelry and prints

and also for decorating my business cards.

I love their lovely pastel colors.

You can buy them online here and in many other places.

My Colored pencils and new Japanese watercolors that I found in downtown Toronto.

I'm very happy with the quality and wide color variety of these watercolors.

They are from a brand called Holbein.

Polymer clay figurines of my "Animal Alphabet Project".

Soon I'll show you 3 new guys that I made this Saturday.

And will continue doing the rest of watercolor animals! I know..I'm slow ;)

"The Good Ol' Menstrual Cycle" poster.

I got it from a cute website called

"I heart Guts". It's all about internal organs and anatomy.

Check out their shop here.

Jewelry collage . Coral

Here is my jewelry collage for the colors "Peach" and "Coral".

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The jewelry pieces are now available in my shop.

Happiness Apple

I bought this apple from a Chinese supermarket in Toronto called "Hong Tai".

I have no idea how they created the Chinese word effect on the fruit?

Maybe with a sticker and exposure to sunlight? Do have any ideas?

I am not a big fan of apples, but this one was extremely delicious it changed my

mind about apples! I asked my husband Suma to ask his Chinese colleagues about

the word on the apple and they said it means "Happiness"! So sweet!

Ring holder

This is how I organize my rings using an over sized

pincushion and some vintage decorative pins.

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This pretty peach pincushion is handmade by my talented friend Ginny.

She is a ceramic artist and makes adorable fruit pincushions too.

You can visit her pretty shop here.

The cute piggy pins are from an Etsy vintage shop called "EverySkimo"

which is always filled with eye-candy.

Hope you have a lovely day dear friends ♥

Happy Chinese New Year

Happy Chinese New Year everyone!

I hope year of the dragon brings you happiness, health and all the good things!

Here in Toronto you'll see pretty Asian lanterns and New Year greetings everywhere.

I love how multicultural this city is.

I've used:

Sakura Micron 005 in black

HB pencil

colored pencils

watercolors . Gold gouache

Stamp

Some persimmon beads I've made for earrings

&

My beloved persimmon teapot

Jewelry collage . Yellow

Since I divided my new jewelry into color categories, I felt like presenting them

in a creative way, like a combination of my doodles/papercuts and the jewelry

pieces. And I LOVE it! Can't wait to make the next color setting!

These days I'm in love with the color yellow!

It makes me dream of sunny days, lemonade, sweet mangoes, ...oh boy I miss summer again!

You can find all of these pieces in my Etsy shop.

New babies in my garden

A few new succulents are added to my windowsill garden.

Today is very cold in Toronto (Now it's -15°C)

Can you see the frost on the window?

This one looks so pretty from the top :)

And I love the gorgeous color of this one very much!

Lemon blossoms

I was working on some blossom branches, I use them for my jewelry photos.

This one is for lemon blossoms.

For making them I've used:

Polymer clay, Swarovski rhinestones, green paper and a natural branch.

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I am working on some yellow jewelry right now, will show them to you soon.

Enjoy your weekend! xo

Sketchbook

New pages of my sketchbook.

Inspired by Chiquita fruit label

&

Persian fish tiles.

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I have my own Persian fish tile, I bought it a few years ago
from Tirgan Iranian Festival in Toronto.

Happy 2012!

Dear friends, I wish you a wonderful year full of

"Happiness", "Health" & "Success"

♥

And I would like to thank you for all your love and support for my work!

Big big hugs!!!