I, too, have been bitten by the Silhouette art bug...

Here, in the Raven King/Queen countryside, I have been juxtaposing between "light" and "dark" art. After a couple of weeks of sewing little fly agaric mushroom plushies and pins, my Heart turned to some darker art, and some Silhouettes were born.

"Crow" is a paper cut Silhouette, mounted on white medium weight sketch pad paper, and framed-sans glass- in one of the many Lovely vintage frames I got last week, and decidedly painted a nice Victorian Black.

"Free". Ink on paper.

The Silhouettes spread("Free", "The Raven King", "Oh, Deer" and "Crow", respectively.), on my wee table at the Missoula Made Fair, this past Sunday. It was great to be showing/vending at a juried fair again. I was really quite impressed at the quality, quantity and range of the Artists there. And happy to be counted amongst them....

Raven Queen in the Countryside....

So I've been gone, baby, gone from this blog for almost 3 months! With good reason, however. In my last post I talked of Dreaming on Hearts and Homes. Well, I whisked myself off from NYC, to the countryside of Missoula, Montana(!). At least for this summer(a move to California is still in the "most likelies" column). :-)

I am currently living on 20 acres of land, with 3 Horses, 1 dog, and 6 chickens. And some humans, ta boot :-). Here is a wee glance in what Daily Life looks like for me at the mo':

Baby ducks, at the next door organic farm, glancing into a humoungous cage, that at the time of the photo, was filled with more than a hundred baby chickens :-)

Danny and gus, here at the house:

And I am back to the Crafty Goodness of making my Fay Art. Here's a Lovely picture of the Raven King pillow. Made of delicious recycled cotton from India, black tulle, and organic pink roses and lavender flowers:

"Welcome Back!" Says I, to Me, to You.

..to this Blog, that is....

xo

~Ayanna*

Creating. Dreaming.

Right now I am Creating and Dreaming on Homes and Hearts...

Won't you dream on these things with me...??

xo,

Ayanna*

ABC carpet & home

So let me introduce you to one of my favorite shops here in New York City- ABC carpet & home, which is in the Flatiron area of Manhattan. I love this area of Manhattan in general, where Gramercy, Union Square and Flatiron all kinda merge. This area is home to my favorite of all the city's Barnes and Nobles, the one on 17th street, off of Broadway.

Anyway, back to ABC. If you have never had the good fortune to spend several hours of your day parousing the high end 'Faery Couture' -as I like to call it- that is the 6 floors of glory at ABC carpet & home on Broadway at 19th street, then you are really missin' sumthin'!

The first floor of home decor, accessories, stationary, etc.; the children's mezzanine; and the 3rd floor of bedroom luxuries and bathroom accessories and apothecary treats, are all my favorites. And ABC's consistent focus on eco consciousness and sustainable practices in it's buying and selling, and in your buying, add to it being one of my favorites.

I will Luxsh(lushing on about {eco} luxury) on about ABC some more, along with piccies(pictures) in the near future- meanwhile, here is a photo of my favorite most recent display there(the entire shop is one big visual, tactile Orgasm for the Artsy inclined)- a gorgeous bed bedecked in pillows, throws, branches, etc... all in yummy Goth Couture shades of pinks, and heather and muted greys.

I love that the headboard reminds me a bit off a tombstone! How decadent and class, that I could have that in my bedroom, and etch or paint on to it, "Here lies Ayanna". Lol. Which would be true. Every night... *

talk soon, xx
~Ayanna*

Stay tuned!

So when I originally started this Blog, it was as a companion to my shop, a Luminous Spark over at Etsy. However, that is no longer where my head is at in terms of Blogging. So it'll actually be a Switcheroo.. I'm gonna Blog about Luminous Sparky things, and the shop will be the companion to this, the primary space :-)

Stay tuned...

xx,
Ayanna*

Alive and Kicking

Hello!

I am writing to you from my new computer, in my(relatively) new home, with internet service! Hurrah!

Now I can get back to the Sharing of the Art :-)

Over the next couple of weeks, I will be making lots of changes to this here lovely blog.

Looking forward to getting reacquainted with familiar readers and greeting new ones. :-)

Happy Gregorian New Year, Chinese New Year and Lunar Imbolc Tidings...*

Blessings,
Ayanna*

Flying without a Net

otherwise known as..I have no net access at home, until January 1st, so have been missing being more present here!

I am making loads of stuff, taking loads of piccies, and generally gettin on with the Joie de Vivre of Life...

Here's hoping you're all more than well, and in case i don't reach a 'puter by then-

HAPPY SOLSTICE!!!! (Can't actually believe the Winter Solstice is here already!!)

xx
Love,
Ayanna*