holiday sale!

15% off everything in my shop now through the end of november, use the code 15SALE at the checkout

http://www.etsy.com/shop/aubreyhedrick

My darling boyfriend bought me some acid free brush pens and I've been enjoying experimenting with them....

Keeping along the lines of a handmade Christmas, I've made some holiday cards. They are all hand drawn and colored by me. For my first attempt I think they turned out pretty cute.

Although my mother would kill me knowing that I was thinking of Christmas before Thanksgiving has passed, I've been excited enough to throw caution to the wind! It's the first year I plan on getting a tree on my own. Even though I am probably going to spend too much money on decorations and everything, I am looking forward to it all. To attempt to defray some of the costs I am making a few of my own using glass ornaments and recycled paper, which I am also enjoying doing.

new items

new items in the etsy shop!

www.etsy.com/shop/aubreyhedrick

A new month

A new month begins and I am trying to push myself to create everyday, the only problem is that I find myself scatter brained. I'm torn over so many different things that I almost feel like it is hurting rather than helping, I think I need to force my self to pick one medium and stick with it for at least a month and only create things in that medium. I keep jumping between painting, printmaking, paper works, and the idea of soapmaking. I had a fall festival event recently and almost made my self crazy carving and pulling new prints, unfortunately it was not as successful as I would've hoped.


Only a portion of a night's work:

Prints

I don't think everyone understands and appreciates the true joy of the printmaking process. The smell and feel of everything, whether it's wood or linoleum, both are exquisite. And the sound, oh the sizzling sound and distinctive scent of the ink, truly blissful. The thing with printing is you never really know what you've got until that first print is pulled, throughout the entire process it's cloaked in some kind of secrecy that only the materials know and won't divulge until the end, but when you find out it is so worth the wait.