Girl & Bluebirds Note Card
I just finished these new note cards yesterday. They feature a print of a drawing I did and the birds are hand painted with blue gouache on each card. The painted print is then stitched to the front of these really lovely kraft board cards with a decorative design cut in the edge. You can purchase this and other note cards on my Etsy art shop.
"King of Wands" by Erika Rier
This drawing is available in my Etsy art shop.
"King of Wands" by Erika Rier
"King of Wands" by Erika Rier
Recently I was given a pair of earrings that are little wooden scissors. I wanted to send a thank you card for them and decided to design this card.
Click photo to go to my Etsy shop, Put Your Hands to Work
I just added a new note card design to my Etsy shop, Put Your Hands to Work. This card features a print of one of my drawing that has some hand-painted details in pink, green & gold gouache. The print is then stitched to the front of a yellow notecard. Check out this card and many other of my drawing projects on Etsy today!
This note card features a drawing I did sometime ago in my journal. It is an interpretation of one of Isadora’s dreams. I was playing around with new card designs and realized that this would be a really cute card. I also am offering an assortment of my note cards on Etsy now.
I’ve been finishing lots and lots and lots of drawings and finally have them mounted and added to my Etsy shop! I’ve photographed the drawings differently this time and am very excited about them. Click on the pictures to get all of their details on Etsy.
"Bakery" 8" x 8"
"Black Coffee Times Two" 11" x 14"
"Burlington" 11" x 14"
"The Big Mother" 11" x 14"
"Deja Vu" 8" x 8"
"Dream Scene #1" 9" x 12"
I have been back to drawing as of late. I finished a giant commission recently. It was the first drawing that I had done larger than 11″ x 14″. Since I have yet to get a good picture of it I figured I would share some drawings that are very in-progress.
This is the beginning of a piece that I started for someone who won a drawing at the Tumbleweed & Poppleswamp Grand Opening Gala. I told the winner to give me a list of words and I would draw something inspired by the words.
As embarrassing as it is to admit, the above three drawings were conceived and started when I lived in Brooklyn. Officially a year and a half ago. Two of them were inspired by very strange dreams, the third by Joel’s trials and tribulations bringing trash to our basement.
This one has been in-progress for quite sometime as well but I am quickly reaching the finishing point with it.
I hope to finish this one tomorrow. It is a drawing of Isadora and our many pets. I’m planning on trying to use this as a card design, I’m not sure if I can get a good color print of it with my current tools but am thinking I’ll try it. If that does not work I’m also thinking of getting a series of color postcards printed, this could perhaps be the first in the series.
Drawing in the new studio is a dream. Its so much easier to draw when I have a space so well dedicated to it. Remember, if you are far away I still sell originals, cards and prints in my Etsy shop. Hopefully these pieces will be there soon!
Its been busy busy around these parts. I thought I’d give you a run down of the projects I’m currently working on.
Health Counseling
Besides working with some amazing clients in my private practice I’ve just started a new group of students from The Institute for Integrative Nutrition. I love being a health coach for first year students at IIN. It is amazing to get to know such interesting and intelligent people. It also really deepens my counseling skills. I also like the chance to stay involved with a school that played such a transformational role in my own life.
A great thing that came out of the week of counseling was listening to what some of my soon to be colleagues with digestive disorders and autoimmune disorders are doing to manage their health. During the course of the week I was reminded of a diet that I had looked into ages before knowing I had celiac. Upon re-examining this diet it lead to others and I found some really interesting work and diets for digestive disorders. It has inspired me to refocus my diet. I’ll be writing more about this in the coming weeks I’m sure.
Marketing
My work helping small businesses get connected to their customers has been particularly busy the past few weeks as I get some new clients up and running. I’ve been working on lots of newsletters. Good practice for my own newsletter of which I’m planning on sending out this week! If you have not signed up for my newsletter yet be sure to do so soon, I’ll be sending out some great specials. Do so here if you have not yet.
Deserted Treasures
The new Etsy vintage shop Joel and I started, Deserted Treasures has been going great. We’ve been making lots of great finds and having steady sales considering how young the shop is. Here are some of our newest items:
Drawing
While I’ve bee a bit too busy to finish any new pieces the past few weeks I’ve been making sure that my other pieces are easily accessible. I added more prints to my other Etsy shop, Put Your Hands to Work.
I’ve also steadily been adding more work to Red Bubble including a new t-shirt which I am particularly fond of.
I’ve been meaning to add prints of my drawings to my Etsy shop for ages. Tonight seemed like the right time to work on this. I’ve added 3 prints of black & white drawings. They are printed on a dark natural cardstock that is 30% recycled and archival quality.
If you buy 3 prints I’ll even send you a free Noodle Greeting Card as a thank you.
Click on any of the above pictures to go directly to Etsy. I’ll be adding more prints over the coming days.
