SPOTLIGHT TUESDAY

Hi everyone and welcome to my NEW Spotlight Tuesday!!
Join me today in my first Tuesday of many to come as I introduce you to some of my most amazing art sista's!! Here you will find some Fantastic artists, get to know them a little and see what is happening in the their creative world!!

Today I want to introduce you to my awesome friend from Ontario Canada. But before I do, as I shared with you last week I participated in an Artist Trading Block swap over in the Imaginarium "Anthology of an Art Doll" a facebook group hosted by the ever so awesome Mary Jane Chadbourne!! Well here is a peek at the beautiful block I received from our Spotlight Artist!!

Isn't she AWESOME!!  Imagine my delight upon receiving her!!

 

Who is this Fantabuous artist you ask? Well let me introduce you to.......

You will find Laura busy in her little Canadian Papier Atelier working on Character Constructions aka BEAUTIFUL Paper Dolls amongst many other exceptional doll creations.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Laura loves "spending time with family and making everyday count"! Her love for paper and creating one of a kind paper dolls truly stands out and I must agree that  " Every whimsical Fashionista Palooza tells their own magical story with a Happy ending"!  Her work has been featured in such magazines as Somerset Studio and Stampers Sampler.

It is always a pleasure chatting with this lovely artist. She always brings a ray of sunshine to our conversations and posts! She is inspiring just as she is passionate and loves sharing her artistic visions and teaching mixed media.  Her happiness and love for people and art penetrates all who come into contact with her and I am one lucky artist to know her and get to swap with her. I look forward to one day meeting her in person!!

You can find out more about  Laura and see more of her beautiful creations on these links to her Facebook and  her blog. You can also see more of her work over at  http://www.characterconstructions.com/guestart/lauraowl.html


I hope you have enjoyed todays Spotlight Artist. Please remember to check her out, leave her a sweet message tell her Mel'odee sent you!


Have a beautiful day everyone and be watching for a most AWESOME GIVEAWAY coming on FRIDAY!!!!!!!

OOPS The Bunny Arted!!!

Creative Mess Anyone?

 

 

 

 Thought I would pop in and tease you with some yummy color this am. After all Spring is finally here or at least it is supposed to be (only in good ol' Mo can you have tornados one day and snow the next)!!
 I have been busy in the studio creating some really fun items for my etsy store and loving all the colors. Looking like the Easter Bunny has just dumped his Paint palette of egg dye all over my dining room table!! Anyway, I hope all of you are enjoying the colors of spring and the smell of all things new and fresh! Remember to BELIEVE in yourself knowing that when you do GREAT things can happen and will!!! 

Busy Becoming and A Penny For Your Thoughts

Hi everyone,
Well, I have been busy Becoming this year!! Several personal things going on plus changes coming to Atelier Mel'odee! While I am having fun there have been some very trying times. Becoming hasn't been always been easy but nothing worth becoming ever is right? Thank goodness for ART!! 

Lots of good stuff going on in the Studio! I have been creating lots of goodies for my etsy store you can find some wonderful goodies here: www.ateliermelodee.etsy.com

I participated in my vary first chunky artist trading card swap over at the Imaginarium on facebook hosted by the ever so wonderful Mary Jane Chadborne of Desert Dream Studio. Mary Jane will be
teaching a wonderful new online class again this year over at Artful Gathering. I can't wait for to see what she will be teaching!! More on that later

 Here is my piece which went to Canada!!

 

"A Penny For Your Thoughts"

 

 

Isn't this guy just a cutie!! You just gotta LOVE images from Tumble Fish Studios!!

 

I really enjoyed this swap.

 

I received a wonderful piece in return however you will have to come back to see later in the week, when I feature the amazing Laura Haviland here on the blog!!!

 

Well thanks for stopping by and I hope you will join me again!

 

Happy Arting my Friends!!

 

 

 

You Can Become!

So excited to share one of my big adventures this year.  I had to choose a word for a group I am in that would explain my goals for 2015. It was kind of hard at first but after everything last year and some changes that I need to make I decided to go with "BECOME"  which hits on a lot of the things I want to do this year not just for me personally but with my art as well and what I learned along my journey last year.  What did I learn from last year you might wonder? Well, what I took away from last year bringing forth into this year is this,  before any of us "Become" or transform, metamorphosis, grow, trust etc I think we need to be reminded to...........

                                                              

        BELIEVE!!

 

 

BELIEVE IN OURSELVES!!

 

I created these altered playing cards for a swap in the "Enchanted Imaginarium" for an art sister who chose this as her one word for the year. As I created I was reminded None of us can move forwarded if we DON'T BELIEVE! We MUST BELIEVE WE CAN!!

 So if you are a sister who says I Can't for what ever reason remember

 

 

 

 

and 

 always be reminded you CAN if you only BELIEVE!!

 

 

 

Tah Tah for now,

 

 

A Blast From The Past and Moving Forward

Ahhhh, a new year is upon us and I am happy to be back blogging again. I am excited to share some awesome art with you this year and some BIG changes that are in the works. So excited with the direction Atelier Mel'odee is going and while it will be a slow process through 2015 I think it is going to be AWESOME!! But before we head into the new year lets take a peek at 2014......

I  won a challenge over at AlteredPages.com with my "Little Asian Houses"!

 

I had my very first swap on my blog!! What a big success it was!! Should I have more?

 

 

My Travel Tubes were born and available in My Etsy Store !!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I had the opportunity to create a page in my Documented Life Planner inspired by one of my very very very favorite artists and sweet friend "Sunny Carvalho" (and she even loved it!!)

 

 

I joined the Facebook group "The Studio-A Thriving Artist Community" and had the opportunity to teach and host a "Gluebook Round Robin"

 

 

My book

 

A page I did for one of our participants!

 

I created my very first postcards for a postcard swap and I must say I am addicted!!

 

I participated in my very first class (Anthology Of An Art Doll) taught by the AMAZINGLY TALENTED and one of my faves Mary Jane Chadbourne over at Artful Gathering!!  OH My GOODNESS if you ever get the chance her classes are a MUST!!

 

Meet my girls, Practical Joker and Gypsy!

 

Well, that's it for now. I just wanted to give you a peek of some of the happenings of 2014. So much more than that but these were some of my favorite moments! I am soo excited for 2015 as I begin with stepping out on faith and believing that Dreams really can come true and with God ALL things are possible!! I have learned so much in 2014 and look forward to growing, learning and BECOMING in 2015.  I hope you will come along with me on my journey.

I close in saying... Thank You to ALL who have stayed with me thus far, who have encouraged me and kept me lifted up!! I am one lucky girl to have soo many Art  Sista's standing beside me and I  appreciate you soooo very much!!

 

 

 

 

 

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A Birds Eye View

Hi everyone,
Well as promised here is a sneak peek at what is going on with my Glue Book Round Robin! Last week I received my first book to have fun with. Unfortunately I didn't get to begin until this weekend due to my fathers illness and hospital stay, but how awesome it was to come home and relieve some stressful days by spending time in the studio!!

 

Lynn Brittons book titled "A Birds Eye View is getting off to an amazing start!!

Take a look at some of her personal artwork found in her book.....

Lynn's book came to me from the very talented April Cole

 April created a wonderful Frida Kahlo spread! Who doesn't love a little Frida!!

 

Next here's a look at the spread yours truly added to her book.

 

  "Always Be Yourself"!!

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 I am enjoying this event so much and cannot wait to show you more as the books role this way. I hope you will continue to join me for more next week!! Until then have a beautiful week, Be yourself and GET YOUR ART ON!!!!!

 

 You can find links to Lynn and April's personal sites over on my side bar

 

Scissors, Paper and Glue Books

Happy Hump Day everyone!!



Whew have I been a busy crazy girl lately!! Yeah Yeah, I'm crazy all the time but hey- Busy, Busy,   can make a gal crazy can I have an AMEN!! LOL

 So much creativity going on in my world you just would not believe it!! As most of you know I have taken a little time off to participate in the Anthology of An Art Doll class by Mary Jane Chadbourne. I'm currently working on doll number 3 of 5 while learning to sculpt!

I know I know, only doll 3?   Yep, I am slow but oh well, Rome wasn't built in a day right? LOL  But I'm sure having some fun!!!

Now what some of you don't know however is that I am also hosting a swap over in 'The Studio-A Thriving Artist Community" started by April Cole on facebook!! What an amazing group of artists!!!  (click on the link above to no more on how to join all are welcome!!) 

 Artists running with scissors, slinging paint, paper, glue and gesso EVERYWHERE!!

The swap is called "Mini Glue Book Round Robin" What is a "Glue Book" some of you may be wondering?  Well the urban dictionary defines it as this: What is a gluebook?
In short, a glue book is whatever you want it to be. Helpful, eh? ;) Generally the term refers to a series of collages that is built up over time (normally on a regular, ongoing basis) and typically involves modern ephemera. Glue books are often of mixed media and difficult to generalize because each artist's style is different, but they almost always involve some kind of gluing, hence the name.

So in a nut shell, a glue book is a book of mixed media collage art in whatever style the artist chooses!!

For the swap I am hosting we are doing a miniature version of a glue book by using a 3.5" x 4.5" composition book we found at our local dollar stores!!

 Each participant is to decorate the outside  their book and then do a few pages inside which include a preface page of what their book is to be about and an artist sign in page.Some of our artists have never created Zetti art so this swap is an introduction to the fantabulous world of "Zetti"  Each artist though will have a theme for their book. Once the book is finished each book gets sent out to the next artist who is participating in the swap. That artist creates a couple of pages keeping in the theme of the book and then pass's it on o the next artist so on and so on until book has been through all participants and then flies back home to it's original author.

I can tell ya, there is some INCREDIABLE art work going on and I have the great privilege of being able to give you page peeks as they fly my way!! Here are a few examples so far!!

 

 

 

 

 

Now from my participants!

 

 

 

 

 

 

             Can't wait to see what Aprils book has to tell us!! !!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Don't you just love Lynn's little Birdie!!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

what would Zetti be without the Circus!!!

 

 

 

 

&

last but not least a look at a completed spread

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Can you believe all this talent going on? It just gets my muse drooling and craving more! Speaking of more, there WILL be more to come as I bring this glue book journey to my blog!! Drop in each week and see more amazing art from our fellow art sisters as our books travel the globe in and out of the studios of some talented creative gals! I am soo excited to have been given the opportunity to host this fun swap/round robin.

 

 

STAY TUNED!!! 

 

 

 

 

A Dollie Of A Week and A WINNER to Boot!!!

Hi everyone, How are ya'll?
Well, Yours truly  is taking some time off  to be a student and letting my muse run free and wild!!

What have I been learning you might be wondering? Well I have been taking a class from the Magnificent "Mary Jane Chadbourne" over at Artful Gathering!! I have been sitting in the Imaginarium listening, watching,  gluing and painting and getting my hands all kinds of dirty creating "The Girls"!!

I have two completed and I can tell you I am smittened! I love them already and they have found a niche' in my little atelier of their very own. So with out further ado let me introduce you to

"The Girls"

"Sassy Girl"

 

 

 

  And

 

 

 

"Practical Joker"

 

 

I have had so much fun creating these girls and believe it or not  they have just spoken to me all the way through the creative process

 

If you have never taken a class with Mary Jane let me tell you she is AWESOME!!  Such a kindred spirit with a total knack for teaching. Her creations are magnificent and she is just so personable. Her classes are just amazing you just want to keep watching her over and over. She is always there to answer all your questions. I have learned so much. Can you tell what a great time I am having?

 LOL

 

Anyway today I just wanted to introduce you to my girls and share a little about Artful Gathering Classes. Click on the link to see more!!

 

www.artfulgathering.com

 

No for the Big Announcement!! Thank you to all who visited the blog and left such sweet comments. And to those who tried to post but couldn't and let me know on Facebook!! Not sure why you couldn't post but I hope I have the problem fixed!!

 

The WINNER of The Canvas Giveaway is..............

 

#10 KIM!!!!!!

 

Kim please email me at melodee.oia@gmail.com  with your full name, snail mail addy and your choice of the two canvases ASAP.

 

 

Well, that's it for this week all. Please remember I welcome your comments. I hope you have enjoyed what you have seen and will join me back here next week as I bring you more ART, news and possibly even a swap!!

 

For now the girls and I wish you a Beautiful sunshine filled artful day and lots of hugs!!

 

 

 

 

 

Happy Birthday To Man's Best Friend

Just popping in to show off my bestest buddy!!!

 

 He is always by my side and loves hanging out in my atelier with me!! He is such an amazing pet but he is so much more, he is my best friend!! Happy Happy 3rd Birthday Gman, Mom and Dad love you more than words can say and so very thankful we have been blessed with such an amazing friend!!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Have a Blessed day everyone and Don't forget to hug your pet today!!

 

 

One Image Postcard

Back again. Today I bring you some of the creations I have been working on for The "One Image Postcard" swap I am in over at "The Studio" A thriving artist community on Facebook.  The idea was to cut a postcard from a white substrate (mixed media worthy) and stamp one image on it. Then you were to mail the cards out to each member of the group and have them complete it. Here are two of my finished pieces

Postcard #1

 

 

The stamped image was the octopus you see. I then covered the substrate with a beach themed napking and then added more layers with paint and collage images. I used CrowAbout StudioB's  "Just Beachy kit to create my Octomaid!!

 

 

 

Postcard #2

 

 

 

The stamped image here was the dancer you see in the sun radiance. Once again I layered the background with some paper and paint and then added some collage. This time I used images from

 itKuPiLLi 'Something Else"

 

All of these kits can be found over at www.Deviantscrap.com

 

I still have one more to do and will sow it off a little later on. Thanks for peeking in and I hope you have enjoyed what you see. If you would like to join in on some swaps then check out our wonderful group on Facebook. https://www.facebook.com/groups/TheStudioAprilCole/  It is a closed group but we welcome all!! Some amazing art going on over there!!

 

 

                                                                    Happy Arting everyone!!