orange trees and dots, and a crazy Gumball mug
July 9th, 2009
Orange tree love mug, inspired by this mug and this pencil holder.
Funky orange dotty bowl, inspired partly by this bowl.
These were both painted for Carole Axium, jewelry designer extraordinaire. I love Carole’s earrings (the pair in the bowl were made by her, actually) and was very flattered that she asked me to paint a mug and a bowl for her. Carole, they’re both in my shop when you’re ready to buy them!
Remember this tree mug I just blogged about recently? I painted it for Kerri, but wasn’t 100% happy with it because I didn’t think it was exactly what she wanted. So I tried again, and offered Kerri the choice. She chose my second attempt. The bottom of this mug says “for Kerri” on it, so I marked the price down. It’s on sale in my shop, if anyone wants it. If your name happens to be Kerri, so much the better.
I painted this colorful Gumball mug a few months ago. It’s one of my pay-it-forward gifts. I finally managed to ship it to Falwyn last week so I can post photos here without spoiling the surprise!
Falwyn, as you might know, is something of a Gumball enthusiast. And that’s an understatement. Naturally, I wanted to paint her a Gumball mug, but I wanted it to be unique. So I came up with the idea to fingerpaint a mug with all different colors, then use white puffy paint to outline a “ghost” Gumball.
I quite like how it turned out. I had a hard time letting go of it, I liked it so much! But I’m happy knowing that the mug now belongs to someone who will appreciate it.
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And oh boy, don’t I appreciate it! :) Many thanks again.
Oh my, that gumball mug is awesome!
hmmmm…are you going to be making any more of those mugs??
Oooh I like the orange stuff. Its one of my favourite colours, so they look cool to me! :)
I am loving the trees!
i *love* those tree mugs, its cool to see how your style is progressing (whilst still sticking with the original fabulous dottery…)
I really like the first set you did. I love the shades of orange, so nice and Fall like.
Yep. I, too, am diggin’ the orange tree mugs. I went to your shop to try and buy it, but it was already gone. Darn it! Might you be making more of them soon? *Hint.Hint* =)
They are MINE all MINE!! HE HE!
I so cannot wait to get them!!
Loved your gumball mug colors! Together with the tree mugs above it reminded me some Leonid Afremov paintings:)
Congratulations also on your blog and family, really inspiring way of life.
Best wishes,
Ney – Sao Paulo, Brazil